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Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters


HOCKNEY, DAVID

4to, pp. 296; yellow heavy card bds, spine lettered in black, publisher's device to front board in blind; illus. eps & tp, photos, foldouts, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; sl tanning).

PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2001

KEYWORDS: David Hockney art artist Old Masters method technique painting painter art history

$90.00
2f51a/52

Hikurangi Ki Homburg: Henare Kohere and Terei Ngatai with the Maori Coronation Contingent 1902


HOGAN, HELEN M

Imp. 8vo, pp. xii + 140; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; 2cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repairs).

PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 1997

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history soliders 19th 20th century

$57.50
2f51a/53

New Zealand's Western Front Campaign


MCGIBBON, IAN

Imp. 8vo, pp. 408; grey heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps & tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light soiling throughout); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War 1 WW1 WWI II western front 20th century

$40.00
2f51a/55

Antwerp World Port: On Trading and Shipping


PARMENTIER, JAN & DE PALMENAER, ELS & LAGAE, JOHAN & SABAKINU, JACOB

Disc to rear. Imp. 8vo, pp. 175; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps, frontis., photos, plates, foldouts, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; gift inscription in blue ink to ht).

PUBLISHER: MAS Books 2012

KEYWORDS: Antwerp port shipping trade history trading route Europe

$100.00
2f51a/67

The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History with a Selection of Texts


KIRK, G S & RAVEN, J E

First edition. 8vo, pp. xii + 487; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; moderate to heavy fading to bds & spine; moderate to heavy pencil annotation throughout).

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1957

KEYWORDS: G S Kirk J E Raven presocratic philosohy philosophers ancient classical history first edition

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2f51a/68

The Presocratic Philosophers Volume 1: Thales to Zeno


BARNES, JONATHAN

This vol. only. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 378; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in blue ink to ffep & rfep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning; price clipped to front flap).

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: Jonathan Barnes presocratic philosohy philosophers ancient classical history first edition

$325.00
2f51a/70

Old New Zealand, A Tale of the Good Old Times; And a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845. Told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe. By a Pakeha Maori


EARL OF PEMBROKE (introd)

Fourth edition (Bagnall 3346). Original bdg. Demy 8vo, pp. xvi + 278; brown cl bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt; front board ruled & decorated in black; rear board decorated in blind; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to central gutters; moderate foxing throughout; rfep & final pg loose).

PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1876

KEYWORDS: old New Zealand 19th century Maori Pakeha history story stories war warfare battle tribes

$90.00
2f51a/71

Manual of New Zealand Geography with Maps and Examination Questions


BOWDEN, THOMAS A & HECTOR, JAMES

Foolscap 8vo, pp. x + 143 + [24 (advts)]; brown cl bds, front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, foldout maps throughout; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp verso; annotation in pencil to maps; light to moderate foxing throughout; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).

PUBLISHER: George Philip and Son 1871

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography Thomas A Bowden history environment topography maps geographical landscape

$27.50
xx173pol208277

Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905-1953


INGS, SIMON

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2016

KEYWORDS: Russia Russia history early 20th twentieth century science

$26.50
xx173pol208278

From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairytales and Their Tellers


WARNER, MARINA

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1994

KEYWORDS: fairy tales fairytales fantasy literature literary criticism folklore lore nursery rhymes history

$25.00
xx173pol208279

John Clare: A Biography


BATE, JONATHAN

Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Picador 2003

KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir John Clare literature literary poets poetry

$22.50
xx173pol208280

Aquinas: God and Action


BURRELL, DAVID B

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: St Thomas Aquinas history theology religion religious biography biographies memoir

$17.50
xx173pol208281

The Western World and Japan: A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic Cultures


SANSOM, G B

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket very torn & loosely enclosed; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1968

KEYWORDS: Asia Europe Japan social history culture

$15.00
xx173pol208282

The Healthy Country? A History of Life & Death in New Zealand


WOODWARD, ALISTAIR & BLAKELY, TONY

INSCRIBED & INITIALLED BY ALISTAIR WOODWARD, super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2014

KEYWORDS: New Zealand health history wellbeing culture social commentary science nutrition disease signed Alistair Woodward

$25.00
xx173pol208289

Australian Civilization: A Symposium


BOYD, ROBIN et al & COLEMAN, PETER (Ed)

Octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: F W Cheshire 1962

KEYWORDS: academic literature essays philosophy Australia Australian social commentary history historical

$18.50
xx173pol208294

European Vision and the South Pacific 1768-1850: A Study in the History of Art and Ideas


SMITH, BERNARD

Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1960

KEYWORDS: art history European ideas south Pacific anthropology culture

$15.00
xx173pol208297

Masters of Deceit: The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight it


HHOVER, J EDGAR

Paperback (G+) scruffy copy; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Pocket Books / Cardinal 1960

KEYWORDS: J Edgar Hoover politics government FBI communism US America American history communist party espionage

$17.50
xx173pol208304

Style, Information and Image in the Art of Cook's Voyages


SMITH, BERNARD

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG) some highlighting to text; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury 1988

KEYWORDS: Harkness lectures art history Bernard Smith exploration Captain James Cook voyages

$32.50
xx173pol208314

In the Hills of Waimarino: The Human Story of the Development of the District


ALLEN, ELIZABETH C

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers 1984

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Waimarino

$30.00
xx173pol208320

Anatomy of the Movies


PIRIE, DAVID (Ed)

Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1981

KEYWORDS: film industry movies entertainment history

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