Books - "history"
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Early Takaka and the Lower Takaka School: A History
EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue staple covers, silver gilt lettering to front cover, 39pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & tanning to covers, ligth creasing/wrinkling to pgs throughout)
PUBLISHER: R. Lucas & Son (Printer) n/d (c.1949?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Takaka schools Nelson province regional provincial history
Claude Reilly and His Valley of Enchantment
Octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine extrems, sm newspaper clipping affixed to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Tony and Kathy Reilly 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography memoir Claude Page Reilly Nelson Golden Bay
Vertical Margins: Mountaineering and the Landscapes of Neoimperialism
Octavo, illus glossy card covers, blue lettering to spine, viii + 231pp, VG+ (light chafing to covers, light soiling & tanning/foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 2001
KEYWORDS: history cultural studies mountaineering exploration imperialism politics literature
More Tales From Kahurangi Stories: Northwest Nelson
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 255pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, occasional annotations in pencil to margins- unobtrusive)
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson social history Kahurangi anecdotes biographies illustrated
1954 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Official Yearbook
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF CADILLAC HISTORIAN MAURICE HENDRY (AKA HORACE MENDRY) quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 112pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & moderate foxing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges, v occasional highlighting to text)
PUBLISHER: Floyd Clymer 1954
KEYWORDS: cars sport motorsport racing Indianapolis 500 mile race history 1954 illustrated yearbook
Inheriting the Dream: Co-Operative Dairying in the Tasman Region
Imperial octavo, illus glossy card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to cover edges, light creasing to spine, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sl messy ink stamp to front eps)
PUBLISHER: NZMP 2002
KEYWORDS: dairy farming agriculture Tasman New Zealand co-operatives Nelson history
How is the River? A Takaka Valley History
SIGNED & DATED, super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine, light occasional markings in ink to text- unobtrusive, heavy water staining to rear pages- otherwise VG+)
PUBLISHER: River Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Takaka Nelson illustrated history Sparrow family genealogy pioneers settlers signed
Filming the Colonial Past: The New Zealand Wars on Screen
Oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 322pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl wear)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand film big screen illustrated entertainment wars history
The Taieri Plain: Tales of the Years That Are Gone
SIGNED BY AUTHORS, FIRST EDITION, octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & scuffing to spine & edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history signed first edition Taieri Plain Otago south island
Northern Star to Southern Cross
SCARCE, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, xii + 162pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, numerous ownership ink/stamps to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: TNL Print (Printer) 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Scottish Shetland Isles pioneers settlers
Mountain Water & River Gold: Stories of Gold Mining in the Alexandra District
Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+
PUBLISHER: Square One Press 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history gold mining prospecting digging Alex Alexandra central Otago south island
Two Shepherds Who Lost Their Sheep
A True Historical Story Surrounding the Importation of Four New Breeds of Exotic Sheep from Great Britain and Republic of Ireland to New Zealand 1972
Octavo softcover 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: Montana Reflections 2007
KEYWORDS: sheep farming animal welfare new zealand history autobiography alan diack oldenburg german white headed mutton oxford down finnish landrace east frisian
New Zealand Railways North Island Working Timetable of July 1947
Imperial octavo (VG+) LACKS d/w; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc. 1985
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand railways working timetable 1947 north island locomotive trains history
Church Standing Tall: A People's History of St John's in the City 1853-2003
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Roger Steele 2003
KEYWORDS: st johns church wellington presbytarian christianity religion history nz new zealand
Tavern in the Town
Signed, inscribed and dated. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Reed 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand nz pubs pub social history taverns inns hotels temperance
Toss Woolstaton: An Illustrated Biography
Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: National Art Gallery / Random Century 1992
KEYWORDS: painting art history biography toss woolstation portraits landscapes landscape new zealand nz aotearoa zealander
Memories
Signed. Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Helen and Noel Guthrie 1992
KEYWORDS: illustration art new zealand nz aotearoa impressions south and mid canterbury early history
Holding the High Ground: A History of Montecillo War Veterans Home Dunedin 1918 - 2018
Signed. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Montecillo Veterans Home and Hospital Trust 2018
KEYWORDS: montecillo war veterans home and hospital dunedin otepoti history nz otago new zealand aotearoa
Baseball's Golden Age: The Photography of Charles M. Conlon
Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Abradale 1993
KEYWORDS: baseball history photography charles m. colton sports america american usa united states
Modern Australian Aboriginal Art
Quarto hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1951
KEYWORDS: western australia australian aboriginal indigenous art history painting