Books - "history"
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Let Us Not Faulter
inscribed and signed by the author, crack to gutter, ex library 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: Margaret Spencer 1978
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Spencer family pioneering pioneers colonial
A City of Bridges: a History of Bridges over the Avon and Heathcote Rivers in Christchurch
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Christchurch City Council 1978
KEYWORDS: Christchurch city bridges history Heathcote Avon river rivers
Pacific Sea Shells: A Handbook fo Common Marine Molluscs of Hawaii and the South Seas
super 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Charles E Tuttle 1970
KEYWORDS: sea shells moluscs Pacific marine natural history Hawaii South Seas
Wellington Prospect: Survey of a City, 1840 -1970
ex library, imperial octavo hardcover (a little scruffy) in d/w (ditto); 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: Hicks Smith and Sons 1970
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Wellington
An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788
inscribed & signed by auithor, imperial octavo, heavy glossy card boards, white letting to spine, illustrated front cover, illus, xviii+419pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to covers, small -9 x 3cm- remnants of adhesive label on front cover)
PUBLISHER: Springer 2011
KEYWORDS: archaeology Australia history aboriginal aboringies culture penal colony sociology shipwrecks trade sealing whaling urbanisation gold factories industry industrialisation food death farming Chinese immigration
The Era of the Bush Tram in New Zealand
quarto, green cloth boards with silver letting to spine; beautifully illustrated eps & prelims; frontispiece, illus, 192pp, VG+ (very slight bruising and rubbing to boards and edgess) in d/w VG+ (slight rubbing, sl. sunning to spine, slight brusing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Transpress 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand logging history bush trams forestry machinery transport rail engines railways
Land Police: Sharing the Challenge: A Social and Pictorial History of the Christchurch Police District
large quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt letting to spine; illustrated eps & title page, lavishly illus, 360pp, VG+ v. slight bruising and rubbing to boards and edges, with slight surface loss, particularly on spine and bottom of boards, v. light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (slight rubbing, sunning to spine, slight brusing to edges)
PUBLISHER: J. C. Rowe & the Christchurch Police District History Book Committee 1989
KEYWORDS: Christchurch police force service history true crime cases weapons personnel awards rol of honour operations murder stations investigations archives
Finding our Recent Past - Historical Archaeology in New Zealand
copy of author, Angela Middleton, quarto, illustrated light card covers with red & blue lettering to spine, illustrated fep & rep, illus, vi+226pp, VG (slight rubbing and brusing to covers & edges, corners & spine extrems a little worn, page edges lightly soiled)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Archaeological Society Monograph 2013
KEYWORDS: Historical Archaeology New Zealand history culture social society
Land, Pa and Polity: Monograph 15 of the New Zealand Archaeological Association: A Study based on the Maori fortifications of Pouto
signed by author and by New Zealand archaeological author Ian Smith, quarto, illustrated light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus, 118 pp,VG (spine sun-faded, slight rubbing and soiling to covers, tiny closed tears to spine extrems, previous owner's name in ink on fep, very sound)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Archaeological Association 1985
KEYWORDS: spatial diagrams Maori fortifications Pouto history Pa
An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788
ownership of New Zealand archaeologist Ian Smith, imperial octavo, glossy illustrated heavy card boards, white lettering on spine, illus, xviii+421pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to covers; slight bruising to cover edges, particularly corners; v. slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Springer 2011
KEYWORDS: archaeology Australia history aboriginal aboringies culture penal colony sociology shipwrecks trade sealing whaling urbanisation gold factories industry industrialisation food death farming Chinese
The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts: Postcolonial Historical Archaeologies
imperial octavo, glossy illustrated heavy card boards, white lettering on spine, illus, xvii+315pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to covers; slight bruising to cover edges, particularly corners; v. slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Springer 2011
KEYWORDS: archaeology capitalism colonial postcolonial history historical archaeologies erthnicity commodities topographies farming
The New Zealand Goldfields 1861: A Series of Letters Reprinted from the Melbourne Argus
Victorian New Zealand - A Reprint Series No.1
Ex Library, octavo stapled wrapper (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: Hocken Library 1976
KEYWORDS: new zealand history goldfields gold rush
South of the Aukati Line: This History of the King Country, Particularly Covering the Areas which now Comprise the Otorohanga and Waitomo Counties, is Based on the Author's Previous Book, Land of the Maniapoto, but is Considerably Revised and Covers
Ex Library, duodecimo 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: King Country Chronicle 1962
KEYWORDS: new zealand history maniapoto waitomo
The Early History of Paihia
Ex Library, duodecimo stapled wrapper (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 1947
KEYWORDS: new zealand history paihia
The New Zealand Native Rebellion: Letter to Lord Lyttleton 1864
Ex Library, 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: Hocken Library 1974
KEYWORDS: new zealand history lord lyttleton henry sewell
The Changing Valley: A Collection of Photographs of the Tweed Valley from 1886 to 1982
Imperial octavo stapled wrapper (Nr Fine); 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: Tweed River High School (N/D)
KEYWORDS: tweed valley australia history gold coast queensland
The Romantic Past of Rotorua
Tidy Ex Library, 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: A.H & A.W Reed 1977
KEYWORDS: rotorua history new zealand colonial
National Resources Survey Part V: Otago Region
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen Gov't Printer 1967
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maps Otago geography history illustrated survey data statistics
Spellbound in Darkness: A History of the Silent Film
Quarto 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: New York Graphic Society Ltd 1966
KEYWORDS: silent films film media history
Soviet Understanding
First edition, ex library, 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Limited 1937
KEYWORDS: Soviet Union Russia Russian revolution communism history culture