Books - "history"
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The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1898 (Seventh Year of Issue)
Octavo, blue half leather bound buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with gilt rule to spine, red speckled page edges, vi + 684pp, folding charts to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate bruising to board edges, light tanning & staining to page edges, light tanning to edges of eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to rear pastedown, pencil ownership markings to prelims, occasional page to terminals potentially removed, 1cm closed tear to folding chart to rear)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1898
KEYWORDS: New Zealand year books yearbooks past issues history statistics articles
The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1909 (Eighteenth Year of Issue)
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, iv + 890pp, colour map of north & south islands, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate crease to ffep & pg 889/890, occasional sm library ink stamp- no other library markings detected,
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1909
KEYWORDS: New Zealand year books yearbooks past issues history statistics articles
The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1901 (Tenth Year of Issue)
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, vi + 640pp, folding charts to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate warping to front board, light to moderate soiling & chafing to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. ownership sm ink stamps to title page & rear pastedown, sl cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1901
KEYWORDS: New Zealand year books yearbooks past issues history statistics articles
The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1903 (Twelfth Year of Issue)
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, vi + 755pp, folding chart to rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. ownership ink stamp to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1903
KEYWORDS: New Zealand year books yearbooks past issues history statistics articles
Log-Letters From The Challenger (Fourth Edition, Revised)
EX-LIBRARY- REBACKED, FOURTH EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, white handwritten lettering to spine, folding map frotnispiece, 512pp + 36pp catalogue to rear, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional foxing to prelims & terminalslight cracking to rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1877
KEYWORDS: exploration The Challenger maritime nautical history logs letters correspondence travel
Watch the Down Wind: The Story of Flight Lieutenant Rod Hoffman, of Bomber Command, from Invercargill, New Zealand and Nettie Adams, ex-British Land Army of Seagrave, Leicestershire, England
SIGNED, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink & relative ephemera stapled to inside front cover, sl cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Jeanette Hoffman-Jukes (nee Adams) 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history autobiograpical memoirs Rod Hoffman Nettie Adams biographies signed
Marsigli's Europe 1680-1730- The Life and Times of Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, Soldier and Virtuoso
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 356pp, illus, VG+ (sl brusiing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli Europe European science scientists military history warfare politics
Fields of Gold: A History of the Dominican Sisters in Western Australia
Oblong super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, yellow & white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxi + 376pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & curling to spine & covers, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Dominican Sisters of Western Australia 1999
KEYWORDS: West Australia Australian catholic schools education religious religion history Dominican sisters
The Day's Run
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 381pp, illus/photos, VG, in d/w VG
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press (Printer) 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers pioneers military history war naval navy
The Descendants of Robert William Elliston
Octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, xxvi + 468pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Adelaide Proformat 1995
KEYWORDS: family history geneaology Robert William Elliston Australia Australian
There and Back: The Story of a Branch of the Malcolm Family Through the Centuries
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 182pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, spine faded, light chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Lindsay Malcolm 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Scottish heritage settlers Malcolm family history genealogy
The Hunters 1860-2000 of Tua Marina and Masterton and Associated Families Horgans and Haxtons
SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 109pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Patricia Golder 2000
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history family ancestry genealogy Hunter pioneers settlers
Ford: The Racing History
Quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 319pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl bruising & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chevron Publishing Group 1989
KEYWORDS: motorsports Ford racing history automotive Australia Australian
Selwyn: From the Hills to the Sea
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 279pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling & chafing to spine & covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ellesmere Camera Club 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Selwyn
From Fife to Otago: The History of Isabella Fairbairn and Peter Ireland and Their Children and Grandchildren
SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 140pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & covers/edges)
PUBLISHER: Crown Kerr Printing (Printer) N/D (c.2004)
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history genealogy family Isabella Fairbairn Peter Ireland ancestry Scottish
From Bush & Swamp: The Centenary of Shannon 1887-1987
EX-LIBRARY, SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, illus prelims & terminals, 255pp, illus/prelims, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to cover edges, light fading & creasing to spine, usual library markings, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1987
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history early settlers Shannon Marjorie Law
The Surprising Adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, King of the Beggars: Containing His Life, a Dictionary of the Cant Language, and Many Entertaining Particulars of That Extraordinary Man
Duodecimo, blue buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, illus title page, 311pp + mixed paginated catalogues to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to prelims, ffep missing, heavy cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Smith N/D
KEYWORDS: literature Bampfylde-Moore Carew history biographies memoir
With the Fourth New Zealand Rough Riders
DELICATE! Octavo, black leather covers, gilt rule to spine, gilt lettering to front cover, 200pp, illus/photos, tatty (heavy cracking to spine- partially detached & flapping, front board partially detached, heavy scuffing to extrems, heavy soiling to covers, moderate insect damage to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy creasing & tape repairs to folding illus, numerous pages detached and/or heavily creased)
PUBLISHER: The Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand 4th fourth rough riders military history
Australian Coins, Notes & Medals
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Horwitz Grahame / Castle Books 1980
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian antiques coins notes medals collectables collectibles militaria military history
A Link With the Past
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALSO LOOSLEY ENCLOSED HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 283pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & extrems, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Oswald-Sealy (New Zealand) Ltd 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed Eliot R Davis