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$150.00
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Memoirs of a Bugatti Hunter: Archives of a Passion


RAFFAELLI, ANTOINE & PROST, ALAIN (Fore) & BURGESS-WISE, DAVID (English Trans)

Quarto, illus glossy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Maeght Editeur 1997

KEYWORDS: automotive racing cars high performance history Bugatti motorsports Antoine Raffaelli collections

$95.00
ak2/7a/20

Bugatti: The Man and the Marque


WOOD, JONATHAN & PRICE, BARRIE (Fore)

Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges & spine, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 1992

KEYWORDS: automotive high performance cars Ettore Bugatti engineering design history

$40.00
ak2/7a/22

Greymouth District Diamond Jubilee (1868-1928)


LORD, E I (Compiled by)

Imperial octavo, illus stapled light card covers, printed eps, 136pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate wrinkling, soiling & chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy rusting at staples)

PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Company 1928

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Greymouth district jubilee diamond brochures literature history historical publications

$50.00
ak2/7a/23

The South Explored (Revised Edition)


HALL-JONES, JOHN

REVISED EDITION, SIGNED, imperial octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & creases/flaps, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co 1998

KEYWORDS: signed John Hall-Jones New Zealand history south southern Otago Southland settlers pioneers

$40.00
ak2/7a/24

Pauatahanui Inlet - An Environmental Study


HEALY, W B

Imperial octavo, olive green faux leather heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 198pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, light occasional chipping to page edges, map opp. pg67 moderately wrinkled) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling/surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Scientific Information Division , DSIR 1980

KEYWORDS: New Zealand environment environmental science studies scientific industrial research history landscape geology Pauatahanui inlet

$42.50
ak2/7a/25

Johnny Jones: A Colonial Saga


HARRIS, DIANA

SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, white petterned lettering to spine, frontispiece, 311pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, 3x adhesive labels to front & rear covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir Johnny Jones history early settlers pioneers Otago Diana Harris signed

$48.50
ak2/7a/26

My Mountain Calls: Jane Thomson and her Mountain Adventures


MOORE, BETTY & LANGTON, GRAHAM

Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, illus/maps to inside covers, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Betty Moore & Graham Langton 1999

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers early settlers Jane Thomson women mountain climbing climbers alpine club biography biographies adventure adventurers

$40.00
ak2/7a/27

Waiuta: The Gold Mine, the Town, the People 1906-1951 (Updated Edition)


MORRIS, GERARD (Compiled & Ed by) & NIGHTINGALE, TONY (Based on an MA (History) thesis by)

UPDATED EDITION, oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, (8) + 141pp, illus/photos, VG (minor creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Friends of Waiuta Inc 1986

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waiuta pioneers settlers

$40.00
ak2/7a/28

Lives of the Engineers


SMILES, SAMUEL & BRIGGS, ASA (Intro) & SHEPHERD, C J (Ed)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black illus to front board, illus eps & title page, xviii + 380pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising & chafing/soiling)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2006

KEYWORDS: folio society engineers engineering history industrial James Brindley John Smeaton Matthew Boulton Jame sWatt John Rennie Thomas Telford George Robert Stephenson

$50.00
ak2/7a/29

An Embassy to China; Being the Journal Kept by Lord Macartney During His Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794


MACARTNEY, LORD & ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (Illus) & SPENCE, JONATHAN (Intro) & CRANMER-BYNG, J L (Ed)

IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to green spine, illus/map to eps, illus title page, xviii + 314pp, illus, VG+ (sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light soiling to half title page, sl soiling & adhesion to terminals) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & chafing)

PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2004

KEYWORDS: folio society history China journals diaries Lord Macartney 18th eighteenth century embassies

$42.50
ak2/7a/35

The Pioneer Explorers of New Zealand


ELDER, JOHN RAWSON

Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spine, beige lettering & coloured illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, vi + 121pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/rubbing & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light foxing & tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to plate, minor foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss also, moderate tanning to spine, light adhesive staining & foxing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1929

KEYWORDS: New Zealand adventure exploration explorers pioneers history historical

$75.00
ak2/7a/36

Crusoes of Sunday Island


MORTON, ELSIE K

LACKS D/W, octavo, blue heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine, 189pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, moderate creasing & soiling to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: G Bell and Sons 1957

KEYWORDS: Bell family exploration adventure Sunday Island history New Zealand

$150.00
ak2/7a/39

The Castaways of Disappointment Island, being an Account of Their Sufferings


ESCOTT-INMAN, Rev H

REBACKED, octavo, brown patterned buckram boards, blind rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, 319pp, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, multiple newspaper clippings glued in to front eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, frontispiece moderately torn & wrinkled with tape repairs at gutterlight to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Partridge 1911

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history nautical Dundonald Auckland Island literature novels true stories

$22.50
xx149pol208791

A Biblical History of Israel


PROVAN, IAN & PHILIPS LONG, V & LONGMAN III, TREMPER

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Westminster John Knox

KEYWORDS: israel biblical history christians holy land theology

$15.00
xx149pol208792

Early Israel: A New Horizon


COOTE, ROBERT B

VERY TIDY EX LIBRARY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2010

KEYWORDS: israel biblical history christians holy land theology

$19.50
xx149pol208794

The Holy Land: The Land of Jesus


N/A

Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Palphot n/d

KEYWORDS: israeli history zion zionist holy land christian

$20.00
xx149pol208805

Jerusalem: The Holy City in the Eyes of Chroniclers, Visitors, Pilgrims and Prophets from the Days of Abraham to the Beginnings of Modern Times


PETERS, F E

VERY TIDY EX LIBRARY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press n/d

KEYWORDS: jerusalem holy city land biblical history abrahamic faith

$17.50
xx149pol208806

In Search of the Holy Land


MORTON, H V (text) & BURRI, RENE (photog)

Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Eyre Methuen London 1979

KEYWORDS: holy land biblical history middle east abrahamic faiths christianity

$22.50
xx149pol208809

Jerusalem: City of the Great King


NOTLEY, R STEVEN

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Carta Jerusalem 2015

KEYWORDS: jerusalem holy land city interfaith history

$22.50
xx149pol208814

A Visual Guide to Bible Events


MARTIN, JAMES C & BECK, JOHN A & HANSEN, DAVID G

Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Baker Books 2009

KEYWORDS: biblical history bible lands holy land christian theology

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