Books - "history"
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Mana from Heaven: A Century of Maori Prophets in New Zealand
Ownership of Stuart Pack, anthropologist and former director of Auckland War Memorial Museum; Super octavo, patterned light card covers with black lettering to cards and spine, xix + 378pp, VG+ (very light soiling and foxing to page edges, covered in clear contact causing very light bubbling to card edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history prophets Maori religion bible
A Case History: The Hawke's Bay Hospital Board 1876-1989
Imperial octavo, heavy purple card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, purple eps, frontispiece, x + 308pp, illus, Nr Fine (slight scuffing board & spine edges)
PUBLISHER: Hawke's Bay Area Health Board 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hawkes Bay
A Scheme of Egyptian Chronology with Notes Thereon Including Notes in Cretan and Other Chronologies
First edition, Imperial octavo, dark blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 405pp, illus, VG (owner's name & date in heavy pencil to front pastedown, moderate bruising to board edges, 1.5cm closed tear to top of spine, light fraying to spine edges, moderate tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Luzac & Co. 1932
KEYWORDS: ancient history egypt egyptology Egyptian Chronology Cretan
Golden Goliath
First limited signed edition, scarce thus, colour cover art is a tipped in page in front of book, brown cloth boards with dark brwon lettering to spine, illus title page, 45pp, illus, VG (light foxing to page edges, owner's ex-libris label to front pastedown, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tannning to eps, small stamp and no. in ink to lower rear pastedown, small stain to page 8)
PUBLISHER: The Hawthorn Press 1946
KEYWORDS: Edward Hammond Hargraves Gold mining discoveries New South Wales History Australia Gold discoveries signed
Memoirs of Captivity in Japan, During the Years 1811, 1812, and 1813, with Observations on the Country and the People, In Three Volumes
3 volume set in slipcase, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & red panel to spine, dark green eps, xix + lxxxix + 316pp (vol I), 358pp (vol II), viii + 302pp (vol III), NR FINE in slipcase, VG+ (slight rubbing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: Captain Golownin Japan POW prisoner of war military history memoir autobiography
Aviation in Leicestershire and Rutland
Quarto, green heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, illus title page, 392pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (covered in clear contact)
PUBLISHER: Midland Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: aviation Leicestershire Rutland World War Two WW2 RAF Royal Air Force history
An Escaper's Log
First edition fourth printing, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 306pp + 4pp ads, illus, VG (light chaffing & slight saining to boards, owner's inscription to f.e.p., owner's name & bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tanning to eps & page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1940
KEYWORDS: Duncan Grinnell-Milne POW prisoner of war prison escape Germany autobiography memoir first world war 1 ww1 military history
Gallipoli
First edition, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 384pp, illus, VG (light bruising and scuffing to board edges, sl foxing to page edges and end pages) in d/w, VG- (heavy sunning to spine, moderate scuffing to spine and flap hinges, light rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: B. T. Batsford Ltd 1965
KEYWORDS: Gallipoli first world war 1 ww1 military history
Moscow Tram Stop: A Doctor's Experiences with the German Spearhead in Russia
Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 384pp, illus, VG (owner's name in felt pen to front pastedown, light tanning to eps & page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, poor (14cm x 6cm section of loss to front, 6cm of loss to upper spine, several large closed tears repaired internally with sellotape, other small tears to edges, creasing to edges, light foxing, heavy crease to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1957
KEYWORDS: Dr Heinrich Haape doctor medicine autobiography memoir Germany Russia second world war military medical history
The Road to Passchendaele: The Flanders Offensive of 1917, A Study of Inevitability
Signed interesting inscription from Col Rory McLeod to General Denning, first edition, octavo, brown cloth baords with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxiv + 365pp, VG (slight bruising to board corners, slight dent to rear board upper edge) in d/w, VG (slight soiling, light creasing to edges, inside reinforced with brown tape, covered in clear contact)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1977
KEYWORDS: Passchendaele Flanders second world war 2 ww2 military history
Dear Chevvy
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: A.H. & A.W Reed 1965
KEYWORDS: autobiography Pat Booth New Zealand history motoring 1926 Chevrolet Tourer vintage cars
English Diaries And Journals
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: William Collins of London 1943
KEYWORDS: history England Diaries Journals
Doctor In The Mountains
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: A.H. & A.W Reed
KEYWORDS: history medicine autobiography Dr W.A.Anderson New Zealand South Island Te Wai Pounamu Queenstown Lake Wakatipu
March Of The Little Men
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: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1971
KEYWORDS: Waiweka Canterbury New Zealand history novelisation
Captain Cook: Navigator and Discoverer
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Robert M. McBride & Co 1930
KEYWORDS: history Pacific biography Captain Cook navigation naval exploration
The Whale's Wake
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1982
KEYWORDS: whales whaling history Pacific New Zealand nautical
Happy Alchemy: On The Pleasures Of Music And The Theatre
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1997
KEYWORDS: music history criticism aesthetics
La Grande Mademoiselle: An Entertaining Portrait of Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans, the Greatest Lady of Seventeenth-Century France
Paperback (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books / Hamish Hamilton 1959
KEYWORDS: history France biography Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orleans
From Innocents To Agents: Children and Children's Rights In New Zealand
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Maxim Institute 2006
KEYWORDS: history chidren law New Zealand rights society
Pioneering A Vision: A History Of The Royal New Zealand Foundation For The Blind: 1890-1990
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 cost
PUBLISHER: RNZFB 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history RNZFB Royal New Zealand Foundation For The Blind