Books - "history"
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Whina: A Biography of Whina Cooper
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO FELLOW NZ HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, ASSOCIATION COPY RARE! Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, with other ephemera enclosed, 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history biography memoir Dame Whina Cooper Michael King leaders protests politics Maori Land March Maori Women's Welfare League
Legends of the South Sea: The World of the Polynesians Seen Through Their Myths and Legends, Poetry and Art
Super octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Polynesian illus to front board & spine, printed eps, frontispiece, xv + 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate foxing to flaps & internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1970
KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian art myths legends antiquity ancient history anthropology culture south seas
Brett's Colonist's Guide; and Cyclopaedia of Useful Knowledge Being a Compendium of Information by Practical Colonists
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration & rule to rear board, 1208pp, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, light soiling to front board, heavy soiling to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, moderate foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing Company 1902
KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonist guide history culture cyclopedia cyclopaedia pioneers settlers
Fly a Balloon: Rona's Memoirs
Quarto, spiral bound illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 68pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing & soiling to clear covers)
PUBLISHER: Rona Swallow 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Rona Swallow autobiography memoir settlers pioneers
History of Captain John Going: His Ancestrs and Descendants
Quarto, blue glossy light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 124pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to front eps)
PUBLISHER: Keith & Cyril Going N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoirs family history genealogy Captain John Going biography memoir settlers pioneers
True Tales of Kamo
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light cracking to front gutter, sm inscription in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Jeff Oliver Print (Printer) 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Kamo community
The Gentle Griffin: A Biography of Ron Holloway - My Brother As I Knew Him
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (of100), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 147pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Puriri Press (Printer) 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Ron Holloway printers printer history
The Catholic Church and Zimbabwe 1879-1979
Octavo, orange light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, viii + 260pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers with some sl surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Mambo Press 1979
KEYWORDS: Zimbabwe Africa African countries religion catholic church history religious Christianity
Bloodspots in the Sand: Further Pages From the Life of Francis A. Waterhouse Ex-Legionnaire 1484
Super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, vii + 248pp, scruffy (moderate warping to boards, heavy cracking to top spine extrem/front hinge, moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges & extrems, light fading to spine, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky, some foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd N/D
KEYWORDS: autobiography biography memoir Francis Waterhouse legionnaires french foreign legion soldiers history war military service
Iwi: The Dynamics of Maori Tribal Organisation From c.1769 to c.1945
Super octavo, patterened light card covers, grey & black lettering to spine, 400pp, illus/photos, VG- (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing to eps, moderate soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori iwi tribes ancient history anthropology antiquity
The Life and Times of Bishop Pompallier
Imperial octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering & title plate to spine, top page edges stained brown, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (light staining to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges & spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine, light tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1957
KEYWORDS: John Baptist Francis Pompallier Ocieania New Zealand religion religious history Christianity biography memoir
SAS Operation Bulbasket: Behind the Lines in Occupied France, 1944
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 232pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light scuffing to photos from prev. adhesion- pages now separated) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges with some light soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1996
KEYWORDS: first edition military war history sas British special forces operation bulbasket ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Gubbins and Soe
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 254pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1993
KEYWORDS: soe special operations executives biography memoir Colin Gubbins military history ww2 2nd second world war 2 two first edition
Old Marlborough; or, The Story of a Province
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to front board, deckled page edges, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 478pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy chipping to buckram at spine with heavy patches of loss, light to moderate cracking at hinge with moderate fading to spine, light to moerate fading & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, boards v stiff, light annotations in pencil to margins)
PUBLISHER: Hart and Keeling 1900
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Marloborough T Lindsay Buick first edition
Guide to American Indian Documents in the Congressional Serial Set: 1817 - 1899
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & cultural motif to spine & front board, xviii + 503pp, VG (minimal external library markings, some internal library markings throughout, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: Clearwater Publishing Company 1977
KEYWORDS: bibliography American Indian native documents congressional serial set history US America indians
British County Maps: Reference and Price Guide
Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 295pp, illus, VG (moderate warping to boards, light staining & fading to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to cover edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd 1983
KEYWORDS: maps cartography British counties antiques antique collecting collector's guide reference price geopolitics history
Wings From the Sea: A History of Ohaeawai
Quarto, illus light card covers- stapled, 120pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: Pukepuriri Publications 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Ohaeawai
The Shepherd and the Scullery Maid
FIRST EDITION, octavo, stapled light card wrappers, 36pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to covers at staple points- 1cm loss to lower corner, light to moderate fading & soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to frnot cover- inside & outside, fep attached by one staple only, other closed tearing at spine/staples- covers still attached but a little delicate, moderate tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Communist Party 1950
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Elsie Locke Canterbury history
British Dance Bands on Record 1911 to 1945 and Supplement
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 1390pp + 72pp amendments to rear, VG (usual library markings, light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate tanning to page edges) in d/w attached to boards, VG (light fading, library labels)
PUBLISHER: General Gramophone Publications 1989
KEYWORDS: music entertainment British dance bands history recordings discography discographies
The German Colonial Empire
Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 274pp, VG (light creasing to spine, light scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with some loss to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Germany German colonies history politics political government geopolitics ideology