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$24.50
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Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music


FRITH, SIMON

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: Harvard University Press 1998

KEYWORDS: music popular music history criticism philosophy aesthetics culture

$25.00
xx189pol208410

Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure and the Politics of Rock 'n' Roll


FRITH, SIMON

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: Pantheon Books 1981

KEYWORDS: sound recording industry rock music history criticism

$15.00
xx189pol208415

The Orthodox Church


WARE, TIMOTHY (Bishop KALLISTOS OF DIOKLEIA)

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: Penguin 1997

KEYWORDS: religion religious orthodox church Bishop Kallistos of Diokleia Timothy Ware theology worship history

$25.00
xx189pol208417

Studies of the Spanish Mystics


PEERS, E ALLISON

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super 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: The Sheldon Press 1930

KEYWORDS: religion religious Spain Spanish history theology mysticism teresan period

$36.00
xx189pol208418

Tales of Fishes


GREY, ZANE

Quarto 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: The Derrydale Press 2001

KEYWORDS: fishing hobbies Zane Grey literature history historical

$45.00
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A Passion for Flight: New Zealand Aviation before the Great War Volume Three


The Joe Hammond Story and Military Beginnings 1910-1914

MARTYN, ERROL W

This vol. only. Signed by author. Super 8vo, pp. 208; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; sticker peeled from front cover).

PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War 1 WW WW1 WWI Air Force Royal Great aviation planes aircraft

$70.00
2g9a/12

The Peep Show


WILKINSON, WALTER

Crown 8vo, pp. x + 230; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to central gutters; light to moderate foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing; lg closed tear to lower spine extrem along rear joint fold; hole to spine).

PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1933

KEYWORDS: Walter Wilkinson England travel travelling journey social history puppet puppeteering

$90.00
ak1/15a/21

A Changing Land: Sir Donald McLean's Maraekakaho- 1857 to Today


SCARFE, ALAN

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & brown lettering to spine, xii + 595pp, illus, folding map, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)

PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2013

KEYWORDS: signed Alan Scarfe New Zealand history Maraekakaho Hawke's Bay early settlers pioneers Sir Donald McLean

$40.00
ak1/15a/22

Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers


HARRIS, SHELDON

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & green lettering to spine, 775pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press 1989

KEYWORDS: music history blues jazz musicians singers profiles

$75.00
ak1/15a/24

Golden Reflections


McARTHUR, J F (Ed) & WAIKAKA VALLEY HISTORICAL GROUP (Ed)

Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to rear eps, xv + 432pp, illus, VG (spine cocked/warped, light rubbing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Waikaka Valley Historical Group N/D (c.1992)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waikaka Valley

$45.00
ak1/15a/25

Preservation Inlet


WATT, J O P

Tidy ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, unpaginated prelims + 131pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Times Printing Service 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand gold mining prospecting history J O P Watt Southland Preservation Inlet

$45.00
ak1/15a/27

Mountaineering from the Milford Road: An Illustrated History of the First Mountaineering in the Milford Region 1895 to 1970


HALL-JONES, GERARD

Super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 119pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, prev. bookseller's label to rear board, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Gerard Hall-Jones 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand landscape Milford Lakes District south island Southern Alps history mountain climbing mountaineering Milfird Road

$40.00
ak1/15a/28

History of Northern Southland


HAMILTON, G A

Octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 183pp, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to frontispiece & illus/photos) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling, heavy fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: The Southland Times Company 1971

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history northern Southland

$40.00
ak1/15a/29

The Inch: The Story of Stirling and Inch Clutha


RUTHERFORD, ALMA M

Octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to covers, folding map to prelims, 182pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & staining to page edges, moderate staining to base of eps, moderate closed tearing to creases of folding map- also partailly detached)

PUBLISHER: Alma M Rutherford N/D (c.1950s?)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Alma M Rutherford Clutha Southland Stirling Inch early settlers pioneers

$150.00
ak1/15a/30

Pages from the Memory Log of G M Hassing: Sailor, Pioneer, Schoolmaster


HASSING, G M

SCARCE, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, 74pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- page block partially detached, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Southland Times Co N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history autobiography autobiographies memoir G M Hassing

$85.00
ak1/15a/33

History of North Otago


McDONALD, K C

Octavo, yellow light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, vii + 275pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges & spine, moderate fading & soiling to spine, minor ink markings to rear cover, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: North Otago Centennial Committee 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history North Otago centenary centennial committee

$145.00
ak1/15a/34

Diary of E R Chudleigh 1862-1921 Chatham Islands


RICHARDS, E C (Ed)

UNCOMMON, octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 474pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to rear)

PUBLISHER: Simpson and Williams (Printer) 1950

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Chatham Islands E R Chudleigh diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir

$40.00
ak1/15a/35

The Royal Geographical Society: New Zealand Glaciers 1893


HARPER, A P

ARTICLE RECOVERED WITH FOLDING MAP, octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to title plate on front cover, 10pp, folding map to rear)

PUBLISHER: The Royal Geographical Society 1893

KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology glaciers historic articles maps royal geographical society history

$125.00
ak1/15a/37

W O Bentley: The Man Behind The Marque


BOBBITT, MALCOLM

Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Breedon Books Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: W O Bentley biography biographies memoir automotive history cars manufacturers design

$60.00
ak1/15a/38

Remembrance of Friends Past: Testimonies and Memorials to Lives and Works of New Zealand Quakers Who Died from 1843 to 1998


WEST, MARGARET & BRODIE, AUDREY & BRODIE, JAMES (Ed)

Quarto, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 235pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to covers, sm ex libris label to base of front cover, sm ink numbers to rear cover, light tanning & soiling/ink staining to page edges, occasional light pencil markings)

PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders history quakers religion religious testimonies

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