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$12.00
xxqdr144069

Hong Kong Remembers


WOTHERSPOON, IAN & BLYTH, SALLY

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: Oxford University Press 1996

KEYWORDS: History Hong Kong post war

$17.50
xxqdr144093

After the History of Sexuality: German genealogies with and beyond foucault


SPECTOR, SCOTT & PUFF, HELMUT

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: Berghahn 2012

KEYWORDS: Essays history German sexuality

$24.50
xxqea144105

Yesterday's Drums


VERCOE, TONY

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: Steele Roberts 2001

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history autobiography memoir Tony Vercoe

$18.50
xxqea144108

Explorers, Whalers & Tattooed Sailors: Adveture Tales From Early New Zealand


ELL, GORDON & ELL, SARAH (Eds)

Octavo hardcover (Near 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: Random House 2008

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration stories biographies legends maritime nautical anthology collection seafarers seafaring

$24.50
xxqea144117

Divine Time-Measures: Applied to Past and Current History


NICKLIN, J. BERNARD

First edition, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: The Covenant Publishing 1933

KEYWORDS: philosophy theology history religion spirituality discussion Romans latin faith first edition

$27.50
xxqea144118

Place Names of New Zealand


REED, A. W.

Super octavo hardcover, 510 pages, (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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1975

KEYWORDS: New Zealand place names history Reed

$20.00
xxqea144135

Serving the People


MERETSKOV, K. A .

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: Progress Publishers 1971

KEYWORDS: politics history communism red army Russia

$8.50
1u41/1

Have you Been to Rotorua and Journeyed to Taupo? A Pictorial Entertainment


LOWE, DAVID

ex library, octavo, light card covers, stapled, 32pp, illus, VG- (light rubbing, scuffing and bruising to covers and page edges, spine sellotaped, usual library labels, stickers and stamps).

PUBLISHER: Lodestar Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Rotorua Taupo New Zealand historical history photographs humour

$15.00
1u41/3

The Story of the Founding of St. George's Memorial Church, Gate Pa


NAYLOR, D. G.

Octavo, light card covers, stapled, illustrated front cover, 56pp, map, VG+ (light rubbing and faint tanning to covers and page edges).

PUBLISHER: Bay of Plenty Times (printers) n/d

KEYWORDS: New Zealand St. George's Memorial Church Gate Pa history architecture Tauranga

$22.50
1u41/9

Changing Days and Changing Ways: Collections and Recollections of Palmerston North and the Manawatu District


WARBURTON, CHARLOTTE ELIOT & PATERSON, A. S. (illus)

first edition, signed by author, ex library, super octavo, pale teal cloth boards, black lettering on spine, frontispiece, illus, 151pp VG- (moderate bruising to board edges, particularly corners and spine extrems, with tiny closed tears; small indentations and superficial scratches to boards, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to boards and pages, some surface loss to boards due to removal of adhesive labels, signature of previous owner on fep, small library stamp and notations on prelims).

PUBLISHER: C. E. Warburton 1954

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Palmerston North women Manawatu

$22.50
1u41/12

Early Days in Centrl Otago (New Zealand) Being Tales of Times Gone By


GILKISON, ROBERT

ex library, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering on spine and front cover, fep has map of Otago, frontispiece, illus, xi+213pp, VG (minor bruising and some small stains to board edges and spine extrems; fading & colour loss to spine; light tanning & foxing to page edges and prelims; slight soiling, small library stamps and notations on prelims)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneer Maori Otago gold Chinese Arrowtown Molyneux floods Bully Hayes Dunstan

$25.00
1u41/13

By Sea and Land


YOUNG, E. HILTON

Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt illustration on front cover, frontispiece, illus, xvi+298+8pp VG (minor bruising, with slight surface loss, to board edges and spine extrems; minor rubbing; light tanning & foxing to page edges and prelims; slight crease on front pastedown; small pencil annotations on both pastedowns).

PUBLISHER: Methuen and Co 1924

KEYWORDS: World War I one 1 military history navy naval guns Zeebruge Russian fleet Whale Island British

$42.50
1u41/16

Chasing the White Whale: Forgotten Stories from New Zealand's Bay of Islands Historic Past


ALEXANDER, LINDSAY

Octavo, black & white illus light card covers with red lettering, viii + 325pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Kororareka Press 2015

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Bay of Islands history

$45.00
1u41/19

John Webster's Maori Journal 1847


WEBSTER, JOHN

Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, 120pp, illus, nr fine

PUBLISHER: Hokianga Historical Society 2010

KEYWORDS: John Webster NEw Zealand Maori history journal memoirs Hokianga

$80.00
1u41/30

Protecting Paradise in Paihia: The Story of Williams House and Gardens


CRAIG, FIONA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR; oblong super octavo, light card boards, French flap at rear, brown & black lettering on spine, illustrated front cover, pale jade eps, illus, 182pp, VG+ (edges slightly bruised,5cm crease on bottom left front cover)

PUBLISHER: Weaving the Strands 2005

KEYWORDS: Paihia Williams House gardens New Zealand history architecture society culture

$75.00
1u41/34

Te Kerikeri 1770-1850: the Meeting Pool


BINNEY, JUDITH

Imperial octavo; light card covers; teal and white lettering on spine; illustrated front cover & title page; frontispiece; illus, 136pp; VG+ (v.slight rubbing fading to covers, prev owners details in pen within)

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books/ Craig Potton Publishing 2007

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history Bay of Islands Northland colonialism Koropiro religion Samuel Marsden Kerikeri

$70.00
1u41/37

The Fassifenr Story: A History of Boonah Shire and Surroundings to 1989


PFEFFER, C. K.

Quarto, light card boards, black lettering on spine, illustrated covers, illustrated eps, illus, 349pp, VG (slight rubbing to covers, moderate bruising to cover edges, back cover is faded with unobtrusive 13cm crease to one corner, both covers have slight superficial scratches, page edges v.slightly soiled, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Boonah Shire Council 1997

KEYWORDS: Australia history pioneers outback logging Boonah Shire Fassifern agriculture transport commerce

$12.50
xxqec144244

The Line of the Road


HOLCROFT, M. H.

ex library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Manawatu County Council 1977

KEYWORDS: Manawatu development roads bridges construction New Zealand history

$15.00
xxqec144268

Alfred's Kingdom: Wessex and the South 800 - 1500


HINTON, DAVID A.

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: Book Club Associates 1987

KEYWORDS: History British King Alfred Wessex

$25.00
xxqed144270

To Kokoda and Beyond: The Story of the 39th Battalion 1941 - 1943


AUSTIN, VICTOR

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: Melbourne University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: Military history Australia infantry WW2 Kokoda 39th

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