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$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

$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

$18.50
xxgac144346

The New Zealand Native Rebellion: Letter to Lord Lyttleton 1864


SEWELL, HENRY

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

$15.00
xxgad144357

The Changing Valley: A Collection of Photographs of the Tweed Valley from 1886 to 1982


SULLIVAN, R (ed.)

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

$14.50
xxgad144358

The Romantic Past of Rotorua


STAFFORD, DON

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

$35.00
xxgae144361

National Resources Survey Part V: Otago Region


COX, J. W. ET AL (Compiled)

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

$37.50
xxgaf144374

Spellbound in Darkness: A History of the Silent Film


PRATT, GEORGE C.

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

$10.00
xxgaf144380

Soviet Understanding


TERRELL, RICHARD

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

$100.00
1y8/39

The Archaeology of American Mining


WHITE, PAUL J.

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

$27.50
xxqee144329

Working Lives c.1900: A Photographic Essay


OLSSEN, ERIK

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

$35.00
xxqee144332

Battles of the Nineteenth Century: Vol V Campaigns of the Nineties: With coloured plates and numerous other illustrations


ATTERIDGE, A. HILLIARD

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

$35.00
xxqee144335

Britain at War: British and Allies from July 1943 to September 1944: A complete record in text and pictures: With 557 Illustrations


SHEPPARD, MAJOR E.W.

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

$30.00
xxqee144336

Britain at War: The Royal Navy and Allies from July 1943 to September 1944: A complete record in text and pictures: With 438 Illustrations


EDWARDS, COMMANDER KENNETH

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

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