Books - "history"
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The Mystery of Iusa: A Tale of the God-Kings of Egypt
LACKS D/W, octavo, beige cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 112pp, VG (light to moderate foxing to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light chafing, soiling & fading to boards & spine, light tanning & foxingto page edges & eps, moderate annotations to front eps in pencil, light occasional annotations to margins in pencil)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press (Printer) 1946
KEYWORDS: literature Sheila Leonis ancient Egypt history historical
Building the New Zealand Dream
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, 344pp, illus/photos, VG+ (heavy fading & light creasing to spine, light fading & soiling to covers.
PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand buildings building architecture history illustrated photos landscape
A History of Chobham
Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 203pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co 1989
KEYWORDS: British English history illustrated photos Chobham villages
Sawyer's Bay; Including Sawyer's Bay School 1861-2010
SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Sawyers Bay School 150th Anniversary Committee 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Sawyer's Bay history illustrated pioneers settlers school ian Church
Beyond Thames Street: Images of Small Town New Zealand
Oblong super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to front cover, 114pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, prev. seller's label to rear, light chafing & creasing to covers, prev. owner's name in pencil to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Arrow Press Ltd 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history photography Phil Crawford Mark Munro photos culture Morrinsville
Architecture 3: Arts & Crafts Masterpieces
Square quarto, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, spine sl cocked, light chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1999
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings history art Edward Prior Charles Rennie Mackintosh Bernard Maybeck
Architecture 3: Arts & Crafts Houses II (Vol 2 only)
THIS VOLUME ONLY, square quarto, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, spine sl cocked, light chafing to boards, gift plate tipped in to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1999
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings history art Charles Rennie Mackintosh C F A Voysey Greene and Greene
An Outline of European Architecture
JUBILEE EDITION, square super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 740pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in light pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate creasing to spine & covers) in slipcase, VG (light bruising & moderate cracking to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1960
KEYWORDS: architecture Europe European buildings history Nikolaus Pevsner
Historic Otago
Square imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman Ltd 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history photography photos colonial
Christopher Dresser: A Design Revolution
Lg quarto, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 240pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate creasing to covers- particularly to rear, light chafing & soiling, sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: V&A Publications 2004
KEYWORDS: Christopher Dresser British design history industrial biography
Christopher Dresser: The People's Designer - 1834-1904
Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Antique Collectors' Club 2005
KEYWORDS: Christopher Dresser design British antiques illustrated photos history
Exquisite Apart: 100 Years of Architecture in New Zealand
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl fading to board edges)
PUBLISHER: Balasoglou Books 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture buildings history 100 years NZIA awards culture
John Jones of Otago: Whaler, Coloniser, Shipowner, Merchant
Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate denting to front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & moderate chipping to spine & edges, moderate tanning & foxing, minor tape repairs to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: A. H. and A. W. Reed 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history regional John Jones biography maritime nautical
Systematic Theology: Biblical and Historical
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, xviii + 1258pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling & chipping to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light scuffing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Christian Focus Publications 2005
KEYWORDS: religion theology academic systematic history religious bible Christianity scripture anthropology
Lands For the People? The Highland Clearances and the Colonisation of New Zealand: A Biography of John McKenzie
SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 363pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & creasing to spine & covers, light chafing, light soiling & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1996
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history biography memoir John McKenzie politics colonisation Otago regional
Bluff Harbour
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xix + 170pp, (VG+) in d/w (VG)
PUBLISHER: Southland Harbour Board Bluff 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Bluff Harbour Southland exploration pioneers settlers
Pioneers of Martins Bay
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 116pp, illus/photos, VG (lacks fep., light to moderate scuffing to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owners' names with white adhesive label to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times (Printer) 1947
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers settlers Martins Bay
Hammer & Tap: Shaping Tuapeka County 1876-1976
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 601pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chafing, in plastic cover)
PUBLISHER: Tuapeka County Council 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated photos Tuapeka Otago regional
Passenger Ships of Australia & New Zealand: 1876-1980 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, oblong quarto, blue & green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spines, illus eps, vol 1- 224pp, vol 2- 220pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate fading to board edges & spines, light foxing to page edges) in d/w & plastic covers, VG+ (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spines)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Australia 1981
KEYWORDS: transport ships maritime nautical steam travel history Australia New Zealand Pacific sea trade passenger
The French at Akaroa: An Adenture in Colonization
FRONTISPIECE & TISSUE GUARD TORN OUT, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, xvi + 420pp, illus/plates, folding map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy tape staining & cracking to front gutter, moderate cracking to rear gutter, frontispiece & tissue guard roughly torn out, sm ink markings to lettering on full title page, moderate creasing to page edges of prelims & other pgs sporadically throughout, light foxing & gutter cracks to pgs throughout, moderate to heavy creasing/folding & various closed tears to folding map)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Book Depot 1928
KEYWORDS: New Zealand France French literature history Akaroa T Lindsay Buick colonization colonisation