Books - "history"
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Okaihau: The District and Its Families: An Album of Stories and Photographs
Quarto, illus light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, illus eps, frontispiece, 89pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light cracking to front gutter, prev. owner's name in ink to contents page, pgs 41-44 out of sequence- correct sequence stated on label to contents page)
PUBLISHER: Pukepuriri Publications 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional family history genealogy Okaihau district photos anecdotes biographies
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
Men and Ships Around Cape Horn 1616 - 1939
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 360pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing/chipping & tape repairs to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & covers, moderate scuffing to spine)
PUBLISHER: David McKay Company 1969
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships Cape Horn exploration history sailing travel
Frontier Forsaken: An Outline History of the Cook Islands
SCARCE! Supre octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover, 109pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderaet creasing & tanning to spine & covers, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, 1cm closed tear to rear cover & terminals, moderate tanning to pages throughout, prev. ownership ink stamps to front cover & fep
PUBLISHER: Johnston Press (Printer) A Challenge Publication 1947
KEYWORDS: Cook Islands history Challenge publications Pacific islands
Soe: Recollections and Reflections 1940-45
First edition. Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1981
KEYWORDS: history special operations executive british intelligence secret wwii second world war two
Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in Theology of Mission
Light annotations. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Orbis
KEYWORDS: theology of mission christianity christian religious studies religion history teaching
Operations Most Secret - SOE: The Malayan Theatre
First edition (revised and updated). 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Crecy Books 1994
KEYWORDS: SOE history special operations executive english secret service malayan theatre
The New Zealand Nature Book: Vol. II - The Flora
Signed by author. Octavo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs [n. d.]
KEYWORDS: new zealand nature aotearoa flora ecology environment historical history vintage
Brown and the Elms
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Elms Family Home Preservation Trust 1984
KEYWORDS: the elms family home tauranga new zealand nz aotearoa te papa mission station history
Clansman to Crofter's War: The Social Transformation of the Scottish Highlands
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Manchester 1998
KEYWORDS: scottish highlands history clanship crofters war crofters' scotland highland
A Politics of Virtue: Hinduism, Sexuality and Countercolonial Discourse in Fiji
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago 1991
KEYWORDS: fiji fijian history colonial postcolonial countercolonial discourse hinduism hindu indian fijians virtue sexuality british anthropology
The Dory Book
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Mystic Seaport Museum 1987
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history exploration ships boats
Te Papa: Reinventing New Zealand's National Museum 1998-2018
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history museums te papa
'Neath Swaying Spars: The Story of the Trading Scows of New Zealand
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) fep missing; 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1943 (?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand scow boats ships history maritime nautical
Pacific Prelude: A Journey to Samoa and Australasia, 1929
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) light occasional highlighting to text- unobtrusive; 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen Publishers 1988
KEYWORDS: exploration travel history Samoa Australasia Pacific
Wooden Ships and Iron Men
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: White Lion Publishers 1973
KEYWORDS: exploration travel maritime nautical history merchant ships
The Salon: Its Rise and Fall: Pictures of Society Through Five Centuries
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1929
KEYWORDS: history first edition renaissance baroque rococo sensibility romance
Turuturu - Mokai: Historic Reserve Near Hawera: An Historic Survey
Super octavo staplebound 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Houston 1958 ?,
KEYWORDS: turuturu mokai historic reserve hawera history new zealand maori aotearoa guide taranaki