Books - "history"
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Hong Kong Remembers
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
After the History of Sexuality: German genealogies with and beyond foucault
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
Yesterday's Drums
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
Explorers, Whalers & Tattooed Sailors: Adveture Tales From Early New Zealand
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
Divine Time-Measures: Applied to Past and Current History
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
Place Names of New Zealand
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
Serving the People
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
Have you Been to Rotorua and Journeyed to Taupo? A Pictorial Entertainment
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
The Story of the Founding of St. George's Memorial Church, Gate Pa
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
Changing Days and Changing Ways: Collections and Recollections of Palmerston North and the Manawatu District
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
Early Days in Centrl Otago (New Zealand) Being Tales of Times Gone By
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
By Sea and Land
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
Chasing the White Whale: Forgotten Stories from New Zealand's Bay of Islands Historic Past
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
John Webster's Maori Journal 1847
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
Protecting Paradise in Paihia: The Story of Williams House and Gardens
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
Te Kerikeri 1770-1850: the Meeting Pool
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
The Fassifenr Story: A History of Boonah Shire and Surroundings to 1989
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
The Line of the Road
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
Alfred's Kingdom: Wessex and the South 800 - 1500
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
To Kokoda and Beyond: The Story of the 39th Battalion 1941 - 1943
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