Books - "history"
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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
Golden Prospects: Chinese on the West Coast of New Zealand
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
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
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
The Archaeology of American Mining
Loosely enclosed business card and printed single page letter from author holograph signed, ownership signature of NZ archaeologist Ian Smith, illus heavy card boards, xvii + 198pp, illus, Nr Fine (light rubbing to rear board)
PUBLISHER: University Press of Florida 2017
KEYWORDS: american history america usa mining archaeology anthropology
Working Lives c.1900: A Photographic Essay
Quarto 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: Rachel Scott 2014
KEYWORDS: Sociology social industrial history New Zealand working class
Battles of the Nineteenth Century: Vol V Campaigns of the Nineties: With coloured plates and numerous other illustrations
This vol. only, imperial 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: Cassell and Company (?)
KEYWORDS: Military history battles Soudan Spanish American NW Frontier Chino-Japanese Greco-Turkish
Britain at War: British and Allies from July 1943 to September 1944: A complete record in text and pictures: With 557 Illustrations
Imperial 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: Hutchinson & Co (?)
KEYWORDS: Military History Britain WW2
Britain at War: The Royal Navy and Allies from July 1943 to September 1944: A complete record in text and pictures: With 438 Illustrations
Imperial 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: Hutchinson & Co (?)
KEYWORDS: Military History Britain WW2 Navy