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$10.00
xxqed144295

Picture of a Province


THE HISTORICAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OF THE HAWKE'S BAY AND EAST COAST MUSEUM

ex library octavo stiffened binding (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: Hawke's Bay Centennial Council 1958

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Hawke's Bay East Coast

$12.00
xxqed144296

Historic Bay of Islands


REED, A. H. & ALEXANDER, JOHN H. (illus)

signed by A. H. Reed, library card casing, ex library octavo stiffened binding (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 1960

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Bay of Islands

$14.00
xxqed144301

The Borough of Richmond


MILLER, J. HALKET

tidy ex library octavo stiffened boards (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 Lucas and Son 1968

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Richmond

$10.00
xxqed144303

History of the River Thames N.Z.


ISDALE, A. M.

recased in stiffened boards utilising original covers, lacks title page, tidy ex library octavo (sound reading copy); 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. M. Isdale 1967

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand river Thames

$10.00
xxqed144304

History of the River Thames N.Z.


ISDALE, A. M.

recased in stiffened boards utilising original covers, lacks title page, tidy ex library octavo (sound reading copy); 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. M. Isdale 1967

KEYWORDS: history New Zealand river Thames

$9.00
xxqed144308

Let Us Not Faulter


SPENCER, MARGARET

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

$32.50
xxqed144309

A City of Bridges: a History of Bridges over the Avon and Heathcote Rivers in Christchurch


INCE, JOHN A.

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

$19.50
xxqed144310

Pacific Sea Shells: A Handbook fo Common Marine Molluscs of Hawaii and the South Seas


TINKER, SPENCER WILKIE

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

$9.50
xxqed144321

Wellington Prospect: Survey of a City, 1840 -1970


MCLEOD, N. L. & FARLAND, B. H. (edits)

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

$90.00
1y8/3

An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788


LAWRENCE, SUSAN & DAVIES, PETER

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

$125.00
1y8/8

The Era of the Bush Tram in New Zealand


MAHONEY, PAUL

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

$47.50
1y8/9

Land Police: Sharing the Challenge: A Social and Pictorial History of the Christchurch Police District


THOMSON, BARRY & NEILSON, ROBERT

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

$35.00
1y8/10

Finding our Recent Past - Historical Archaeology in New Zealand


CAMPBELL, MATTHEW & HOLDAWAY, SIMON & MACREADY,SARAH

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

$80.00
1y8/11

Golden Prospects: Chinese on the West Coast of New Zealand


BRADSHAW, JULIA

quarto, illustrated light card covers with white & brown lettering to spine, illustrated fep & rep, illus,294pp,VG+ (v. slight rubbing and brusing to covers & edges, bottom page edges v. slightly soiled )

PUBLISHER: Shantytown (West Coast Historical & Mechanical Society Inc) 2009

KEYWORDS: Chinese gold prospecting society history West Coast New Zealand marriage family

$78.50
1y8/13

Land, Pa and Polity: Monograph 15 of the New Zealand Archaeological Association: A Study based on the Maori fortifications of Pouto


IRWIN, GEOFFREY

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

$100.00
1y8/18

An Archaeology of Australia Since 1788


LAWRENCE, SUSAN & DAVIES, PETER

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

$195.00
1y8/19

The Archaeology of Capitalism in Colonial Contexts: Postcolonial Historical Archaeologies


CROUCHER, SARAH K. & WEISS, LINDSAY (edits)

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

$9.00
xxgac144334

The New Zealand Goldfields 1861: A Series of Letters Reprinted from the Melbourne Argus


Victorian New Zealand - A Reprint Series No.1

HARGREAVES, R. P. (ed.) & HEARN, T. J. (ed.)

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

$25.00
xxgac144341

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


CRAIG, DICK

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

$26.50
xxgac144345

The Early History of Paihia


CLARKE, EDWARD B.

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

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