Books - "history"
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Savage or Civilised?: Manners in Colonial Australia
Super 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: University of New South Wales Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Australia history culture manners colonial
Inheriting the Dream: Co-operative Dairying in the Tasman Region
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp + unpaginated index, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: NZMP 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand dairy farming illustrated history Tasman
Sainsbury Logan & Williams: Lawyers Since 1875
Lg quarto, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, signed + numbered embossed blind stamp to bottom of title page , xi + 400pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board corners, light creasing with 1cm closed tearing to bottom corners of pgs 229-232) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Sainsbury Logan & Williams Services 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand legal law firm history biography memoir Sainsbury Logan Williams signed numbered
The Hawke's Bay Tribune: Emergency Earthquake Editions (Souvenir Issue)
Quarto, illus stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems, moderate creasing & staining to covers, moderate rusting to staples with some closed tearing, 1cm segment clipped from bottom corner of rear cover, moderate tanning & scuffing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: W. C. Whitlock/H.B. Tribune 1931
KEYWORDS: Hawke's Bay New Zealand earthquake natural disaster illustrated history tribune
Awaroa Legacy: The Story of the Hadfield Family
Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 352pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: October Enterprises/River Press 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated Hadfield family Abel Tasman settlers pioneers genealogy
Christian Community in History: Historical & Comparative Ecclesiology Vols 1 & 2
TWO VOLUME SET, octavo, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spines, x-ix + 438pp-518pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, owner's name in pencil to fep of vol 2) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, previous shop owner's adhesive price label to front flap to vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Continuum 2004-2005
KEYWORDS: religion theology history ancient historical ecclesiology Christianity antiquity
Glenaray: Waikaia - Southland: An Account of the Tenure of the Former Pastoral Runs Now Amalgamated in Run No. 626
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus front eps, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, folding map to rear pocket, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep & verso of frontispiece) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 3cm closed tear to top edge with archival tape repair, light discolouration to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Southland south island pastoral stock land
Respectable Radicals: A History of the National Council of Women of Australia 1896-2006
Inscribed and signed by both authors, super 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: Monash University Publishing 2015
KEYWORDS: Australia history NCWA feminism equality
Archaeologia Aeliana or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
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: Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne 1935
KEYWORDS: history Britain archaeology anthropology
Port Nelson- Gateway to the Sea
Signed by author, 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: Nelson Harbour Board 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson history port
A Catalogue of Type Faces From the Printing Museum
Numbered limited edition, super octavo softcover (near 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: Bedplate Press (printers) 2007
KEYWORDS: printing type face history
A Book of Type Specimens From the Pelorus Press
Super 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: The Pelorus Press Ltd n/d
KEYWORDS: type printing press history
Policing in the Mountain Shadow: A History of the Taranaki Police
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: TNL Print (printers) 1989
KEYWORDS: history police New Zealand Taranaki photography
The Claws of the Bear: A History of the Soviet Armed Forces from 1917 to the Present
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: Century Hutchinson 2010
KEYWORDS: military history Russia Soviet politics
The Official Handbook of New Zealand. A Collection of Papers by Experience Colonists, or The Colony as a Whole, and on the Several Provinces.
FIRST EDITION, 2 FOLDING MAPS, 5 MOUNTED PHOTOS (one missing), 26 WOOD ENGRAVINGS, octavo, illus light card covers, fabric spine, black lettering to front cover, c.o.a motif to front, illus title page, 272pp, illus/plates/folding maps, VG ( age appropriate wear & tear, heavy tanning to covers, light chipping to spine extrems, missing TWO mounted photo, owners signature in pen to front cover, embossed bookseller stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Wyman & Sons (printer) 1875
KEYWORDS: new zealand history aotearoa colonistaion colonies pakeha first edition
Mastodon, Mammoth and Man
with Illustrations
Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to front board, blind rule to boards, patterened eps, frontispiece, 84pp+4pp adverts at rear, plates, VG+ ( age appropriate wear & tear, light bruising to spine extrems with surface loss, light soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Robert Clarke & Co. 1880
KEYWORDS: science mammoth mastodon history fauna
Te Tarata: The Tattooed Rock. Contemporary Accounts of the Thermal Terraces at Rotomahana
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION #120, HUMPHREY BEALE'S COPY (his blindstamp on title page & prelim), letter from A.H & A.W Reed and hand typed notes by Joyce Beale loosely enclosed, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus & maps, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading, moderate foxing/soiling to wrappers & spine, light fading to inside to wrappers)
PUBLISHER: Catenza Press 1971
KEYWORDS: new zealand history rotomahana aotearoa
The Arts & Crafts Movement in New Zealand 1870-1940: Women Make Their Mark
Square imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, slight foxing) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers, prev booksellers sticker to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art craft illustrated women history gender
Rangi Ruru: Rangi Ruru Girls' School Christchurch, New Zealand 1889-1989
Imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Te Waihora Press 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rangi Ruru school history illustrated
Waitara Campaign HIstoric Trail: Taranaki Reserves
Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Visual Production Unit, Dept of Lands and Survey
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Waitara trail