Books - "history"
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Trial By Fire Trial By Water: History of Otautau
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 183pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light scuffing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Centennial Book Committee 1988
KEYWORDS: illustrated history New Zealand Otautau south island settlers pioneers
The Cost of War: Australians Return
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xii + 298pp, illus, VG+ (moderate tanning to page egdes, owner's name in ink to eps) in d/w, VG+ (ligth creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Australia military history psychology ptsd culture post traumatic stress Anzac sociology
Rural Canterbury: Celebrating its History
Quarto, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xi + 232pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to covers/edges & spine, moderate discolouration to spine, light soiling to covers, light cracking to gutters at rear)
PUBLISHER: Daphne Brasell/Lincoln University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Canterbury rural south island settlers pioneers
Te Wai Pounamu the Greenstone Island: A History of the Southern Maori During the European Colonization of New Zealand
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, red & green lettering to spine, xxvi + 582pp, illus, VG (lightscuffing to covers and corners of covers, sl soiling, spine sl cocked)
PUBLISHER: Aoraki Press 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history illustrated European settlers pioneers culture south island colonization colonisation
Spiritalis Unicornis: Das Einhorn als Bedeutungstrager in Literatur und Kunst des Mittelalters
TEXT IN GERMAN, quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate of spine, 527pp, plates to rear, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page egdes)
PUBLISHER: Wilhelm Fink 1976
KEYWORDS: text in German literature art unicorns fantasy middle ages history illustrated
History of Waikaia ; The Golden Century 1862-1962
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, illus, folding map, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page egdes, large scribble in ink to fep, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pgs)
PUBLISHER: Waikaia Historical Committee 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Waikaia pioneers settlers mining gold
The Moonlight Legacy
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 99pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Arch Barclay 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history George Moonlight biography memoir Nelson south island gold
Historic Trentham 1914-1917: The Story of a New Zealand Military Training Camp, and Some Account of the Daily Round of the Troops Within its Bounds
Super octavo, illus stiff card board, military illus to front board, 192pp, illus, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss, heavy creasing to board/cover edges, moderate staining to covers, moderate crease to front cover, heavy cracking at gutters, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes)
PUBLISHER: Wellington Publishing Company 1918
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history illustrated training ww1 first 1st world war one 1 Trentham
Water Meadows: History, Ecology and Conservation
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & grey lettering to spine, illus prelims, viii + 151pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, ligth chafing to covers, owner's name in ink to contents page)
PUBLISHER: Windgather Press 2007
KEYWORDS: ecology history conservation nature water science hydrology illustrated meadows
The Six-Day Bicycle Races
Imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light ink markings to page egdes) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading ot spine)
PUBLISHER: Van der Plas Pub./Cycle Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: sport cycling history illustrated US America six 6 day races
The London DMS
Lg quarto, black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 272pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Transport 2016
KEYWORDS: transport illustrated London buses dms history bus English British
Rathkeale: Rathkeale College History and Register 1964-1988
Imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 388pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy discolouration to spine, moderate chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Trinity Schools Trust Board 1989
KEYWORDS: Rathkeale college school illustrated history register English
The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots
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: Constable & Robinson 2002
KEYWORDS: military fighter pilots aviation history world war 1 2 one two ww1 ww2 first second anecdotes
The Wild Sports & Natural History of the Highlands
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: Macdonald Futura 1981
KEYWORDS: outdoor sport history hunting Highlands Scotland
A History of Jazz in America
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: Jazz Book Club 1959
KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz US America
Scott Joplin and the Ragtime Era
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: Abacus/Sphere 1975
KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz biography memoir Scott Joplin ragtime
Toward Jazz
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: Jazz Book Club 1965
KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz
Negro Folk Music, U. S. A.
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: Jazz Book Club 1966
KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz race ethnicity US America
The Real Jazz
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: Jazz Book Club 1967
KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz
Dinosaurs in the Morning: 41 Pieces on Jazz
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: Jazz Book Club 1965
KEYWORDS: music history entertainment jazz