Books - "history"
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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
Reminiscences of Arthur Dudley Dobson; Engineer 1841-1930
1984 RE-PRINT OF SECOND EDITION, sm octavo, black heavy boards, rubbed title plate to spine, black lettering to title plate to front board, frontispiece, 225pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate rubbing to title pate to spine, light bruisin gto extrems, light tanning to page edges, sl tape staining to pastedowns) in mylar cover- taped
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1984 (Reprint of Second Edition by Whitcombe & Tombs)
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Arthur Dudley Dobson New Zealand history pioneers settlers
The World Book of Spences (Registration No. 24511)
Quarto, red light card covers, title window to ffep & black crest on front cover, 87pp + unpaginated genealogical list to rear, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing to covers, 1cm closed tear to title window on front cover, light foxing to page edges, coat of arms pg partially detached- still tidy)
PUBLISHER: Halbert's Family Heritage 1990
KEYWORDS: genealogy family history Spence Halbert's family heritage coat of arms
Pioneering in South Otago
Octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, folding map frontispiece, 199pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising& scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing &, moderate tanning to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1948
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history South Otago pioneers settlers