Books - "history"
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Memoirs of a British Agent: Being an Account of the Author's Early Life in Many Lands and of His Official Mission to Moscow in 1918
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: Macmillan/Papermac 1985
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Bruce Lockhart espionage military politics history spy British Russia
The Young Charles Darwin
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: Yale University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: biography memoir history Charles Darwin
Enderby Settlement Diaries: Records of a British Colony at the Auckland Islands 1849-1852
Limited numbered edition,Imperial octavo, light card covers with French flaps, black lettering to spine & front cover, patterned eps, xviii + 266pp, VG+ (v slight tanning)
PUBLISHER: Wordsell Press & Wild Press 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Enderby Auckland Islands history William Augustus Mackworth William John Munce
The Triumphant Tour of the New Zealand Footballers 1905: An Illustrated Record
The Originals RARE in original hardcover binding, octavo, brown cloth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, xlviii + 176pp, illus, VG- (6cm surface tear to spine, some fraying to spine extrems & board corners, some staining to boards, some tanning to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep, fore-edges of pages 175 & 177 torn off, black ink stain to lower corner of last few pages not obscuring any text, last two pages clipped at lower corner)
PUBLISHER: Geddis & Blomfield 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport football rugby history 1905 tour
The Triumphant Tour: The All BLacks in England, Ireland and Wales 1924-1925
Octavo, light card covers with black lettering to covers, printed eps, 176pp, illus, VG (light staining & tanning to covers, some browning to page edges, owner's name in ink to contents page, light rust staining from staples))
PUBLISHER: LT Watkins Ltd 1925
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport rugby All Blacks history tour
Alfa Romeo from 1910 to the Present
Large quarto, hardcover in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Georgio Nada Editore 2017
KEYWORDS: cars Alfa Romeo automotive industry history
Memento d'Histoire de ll Nouvelle-Caledonie: Les Temps Modernes 1774-1925
TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, turquoise light card covers with black lettering, 321pp, illus, VG (moderate browning to page edges and lighter to pages, occasional crease to page corners) in d/w, VG (some creasing & nicks to edges & flap folds, some soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Societe d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle Caledonie 1973
KEYWORDS: New Caledonia history TEXT IN FRENCH
Not Just Weighing Babies: Plunket in AUckland 1908-1998
Imperial octavo, illus blue light card covers with black lettering, printed eps, x + 119pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Pyramid Press 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Plunket Auckland history
Last Port to Antarctica: Dunedin and Port Chalmers: 100 Years of Polar Service
Small quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine, 136pp, illus, VG+ (v slight creasing)
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Antarctic Dunedin POrt Chalmers maritime history
A Shred of Autobiography or The Progress of a Convict
Limited numbered edition (321/375), tall slim quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 96pp, VG+ (v. v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Sullivan's Cove 1981
KEYWORDS: Jorgen Jorgenson autobiography Australia convict history
Jorgen Jorgenson's Observations on Pacific Trade; and Sealing and Whaling in Australian and New Zealand Waters before 1805; Part 1 JOrgensen's Observations translated by Lena Knight; Part II Jorgenson in New Zealand in 1804 and 1805
Quarto, illus white light card covers with black lettering to front, 151pp, VG (v light soiling to covers, some light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Paremata Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Jorgen Jorgenson Australia New Zealand sealing whaling history
'Murihiku' Re-Viewed: A Revised History of Southern New Zealand from 1804 to 1844
Signed, quarto, red light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, black sailing ship motif to front cover, 152pp, illus, VG+ (v occasional annotation, some fading to rear cover, light rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Lithographic Services 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand South Island history
The Hejaz Railway
Large quarto, brown boards wtih gilt lettering to spine & front board, black eps, illus title page, xiii + 193pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Stacey International & Al Turath 2005
KEYWORDS: travel railways trains Hejaz Railway transport history
History of the Fleet Marriages; with some account of The Wardens of the Prison, the Parsons, and Their Registers; to which are added Notices of the May Fair, Mint, and Savoy Chapels
Octavo, black cloth boards with title label mounted to spine, 155pp + 1pp book ads, VG (moderate damage to spine plus lower three-quarters semi-detached, heavy browning to title label, bruising to spine extrems, rear hinge cracked, moderately heavy browning to page edges, some tanning & foxing to eps, owner's name in ink & owner's address stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Rivingtons 1834 (Second edition)
KEYWORDS: England Fleet history
Rewi's Last Stand
Octavo, beige & red light card covers, frontispiece map, 150pp + 1pp Raupo book ads, illus, VG- (moderately heavy tanning & tanning to covers, page edges and eps, staining to cover upper edges, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1944
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history
Auckland's Historical Background: Its Relation to Central City Planning
Large quarto, black & white light card covers with white lettering, 66 pp plus 33pages of illustrations, VG (surface damage to spine, moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Auckland City Council 1969
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland history town planning
The Sorrow and the Pride: New Zealand War Memorials
Very tidy ex-library; Large quarto, illus light card covers with black lettering, 177pp, illus, VG (light creasing & sun-fading to covers, light soiling to page edges, usual library markings)
PUBLISHER: GP Books 1990
KEYWORDS: ex library New Zealand military history war memorials
Aircraft and Commerce in War
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards, green lettering in white title label to spine, viii + 111pp, VG (heavy foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to prelims & terminals, three owners' signatures in ink to front pastedown and fep)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1926
KEYWORDS: First World War One WW1 aviation military history commerce trade
Legacy of Daedalus
Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus tile page, ii + 94pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Magick Mirror Communications 1995
KEYWORDS: Daedalus lectures history archaeology philosophy
Faulkland Islands Freshwater Fishes: A Natural History
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 102pp, illus, nr fine (v. slight soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Faulklands Conservation 2005
KEYWORDS: natural history freshwater fishes Faulklands ecology biology zoology ichthyology