Books - "history"
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Rugby in the Bays: A History of Rugby in Golden Bay, Motueka and Murchison to 1970
Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine, 313pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Mike Parkinson/Paturau Press 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby sport history Golden Bay Motueka Murchison the bays statistics
Nelson: A Regional History
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 261pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board edges, light occasional pencil annotations) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cape Catley 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history regional Nelson illustrated photos
To Make a World: George Ault and 1940s America
Square quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 153pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing to page edges, sl staining to base of eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing/soiling, 2cm closed tear to top spine extrem)
PUBLISHER: Smithsonian American Art Museum/Yale University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: George Ault art American illustrated history
Pioneer Work in the Alps of New Zealand: A Record of the First Exploration of the Chief Glaciers and Ranges of the Southern Alps
FOLDING MAP TORN, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 336pp, folding map, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing with surface loss to board extrems, heavy chafing & discolouration to spine, spine cocked, moderate chafing/soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, aforementioned heavy tearing to folding map)
PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1896
KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration pioneers illustrated southern alps south island history
The Melancholy Art
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 194pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: art history sadness melancholy criticism renaissance philosophy
Mount Cook and its Surrounding Glaciers
Oblong quarto, stapled light card covers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate foxing & creasing to covers, light rusting & separation at staples, 2cm open tearing to lower spine extrem, closed tear to front)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand photography photos Mount Cook glaciers travel history
Harvest of Grace: Essays in Celebration of 150 Years of Mission in the Anglican Diocese of Nelson
Square octavo, illus card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 388pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Standing Committee of the Diocese of Nelson 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Nelson anglican church religion essays prose literature collection illustrated
Old South: Life and Times in the Nineteenth-century Mainland
Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, green lettering to spine, 344pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & creasing to spine & extrems, sl chafing, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island history illustrated trade industry business pioneers settlers
Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro
Octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 194pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, sl scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tokomairiro Otago south island settlers pioneers trade business industry commerce infrastructure
New Zealand Prepares For War: Defence Policy 1919-39
Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, illus/photos, VG (v sl wear to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light scuffing to covers, moderate sunning to spine, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury Press 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military politics war defence policy history early 20th twentieth century government
Traditional Lifeways of the Southern Maori: The Otago University Museum Ethnological Project, 1920
SOUGHT AFTER, super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, 636pp, illus/photos, Nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori south southern illustrated traditions lifestyle culture history
Footprints Too: Further Glimpses into the History of Nelson Province
SIGNED, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning/discolouration to board edges, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges, moderate closed tearing to spine & covers with some attempts at subtle tape repairs made, rear flap completely removed & neatly re-attached, reinforcement to internal side of spine- discreet)
PUBLISHER: Express Printing Works (Printer) 1978
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Nelson provincial regional south island
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