Books - "history"
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Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections
Inscribed & signed by author, quarto, illus heavy card boards, ribbon bookmark, black eps, 400pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2010
KEYWORDS: Mary Kisler New Zealand European art history public gallery collections history signed
Easter Island Studies: Contributions to the History of Rapanui in Memory of William T Mulloy
Oxbow Monograph 32
Folio, illus light card covers with white lettering to black spine, frontispiece, xiii + 247pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Oxbow Books 1993
KEYWORDS: Easter Island Rapanui history archaeology anthropology natural history Rapanui language arts crafts academic papers articles
Poyntzfield: The McKenzies of Lower Rangitikei
Imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece map, iii + 256pp, illus, VG (light foxing & tanning to page edges, owner's name & address in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & sides, light chaffing & creasing to edges & flap folds, some tanning to inside)
PUBLISHER: RJ Knight 1975
KEYWORDS: Rob Knight New Zealand history Poyntzfield McKenzie family history Rangitikei
The Imperial Services Library Volume 2: The Uniforms & History of the Scottish Regiments: Britain-Canada-Australia- New Zealand-South Africa 1625 to the Present Day
This volume only (complete in itself), imperial octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering in black panel to spine, upper page edges stained red, frontispiece, 351pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining to spine & front board, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Seeley Service & Co 1960
KEYWORDS: Major R Money Barnes C Kennedy Allen Scottish regiments Britain New Zealand Australia South Africa Canada military history uniforms regimental history weaponry decoration ornaments
Riccarton Bush: Putaringamotu: Natural History and Management
Limited numbered edition, small quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, frontispiece, xiv + 330pp, illus, VG+ (nick to spine base, owner's name & address stamped blacked out to fep)
PUBLISHER: Riccarton Bush Trust 1995
KEYWORDS: Brian Molloy New Zealand Christchurch Riccarton Bush Putaringamotu history environment natural history plants animals
The History of Policing in New Zealand Volume Four: A Policeman's Paradise? Policing a Stable Society 1918-1945
This volume only, association copy dated, inscribed & signed by Graeme Dunstall and given to the Hon. Judith Tizard who launched the book, imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 528pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press / Dept of Internal Affairs 1999
KEYWORDS: Graeme Dunstall New Zealand Police FOrce history policing social history
The War in Iraq: A Photo History
Quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Regan Books/ Harper Collins 2003
KEYWORDS: war military history American British Iraqi invasion photography photographs photographic history Saddam Hussein
Memoirs of the Indian Museum
Slim, quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Manager of publications 1956
KEYWORDS: history indian museum natural history
The Gib: Mount Gibraltar Southern Highlands
large quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Mount Gibraltar Landcare / Wingecarribee SHire COuncil n/d
KEYWORDS: Australia New South Wales The Gib history Bowral Trachyte quarries natural history
English Colonization of North America
Ocatvo 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold Ltd 1968
KEYWORDS: history United States America History Colonial period
In Her Hand: letters of romantic-era British women writers in New Zealand collections
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 Otago English department 2013
KEYWORDS: language New Zealand history literature history
The Amazing World of James Hector
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008
KEYWORDS: explorer exploring geology natural history medicine biography James Hector new zealand history
Desiring Arabs
Imperial octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2007
KEYWORDS: arab muslim history western imperialism cultural academic history
New Zealand Colonial Museum Bulletin No.1 1905
First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, 71pp, illus, VG- (front & rear covers missing completely, owner's name & date in ink to title page, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, staples rusting)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Printer 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand museum bulletin geology natural history marine mollusca botany Maori culture history
Juan de la Cierva and his Autogiros
Quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Stenlake Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: aviation history invention development autogiros spanish history planes
The Quest for Becket's Bones: The mystery of the relics of St Thomas Becket of Canterbury
Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: medieval history relics monastery monastic christian cantuerbury english british uk history middle ages
Railways of the World in Colour: Railways at the Turn of the Century 1895-1905
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1969
KEYWORDS: railway railways rail trains history britain british uk history transport
Australia and Homeward
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt ship illus to front board, blind-stamped decorative edging to boards & spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 336pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining to baoards & spine, some browning to page edges, Sunday school prize label to front pastedown, moderate tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing to frontispiece & tissue guard, 4cm closed tear to upper gutter edge of title page, some loosening to gutter)
PUBLISHER: William Briggs 1888
KEYWORDS: Australia natural history animals birds Burke Wills history
Christopher Columbus
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973
KEYWORDS: christopher columbus central latin american history exploration colonial history biography
Straight Through from London: The Antipodes and Bounty Islands, New Zealand
Small quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 415pp, illus, VG+ (slight creasing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Heritage Expeditions 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Antipodes Bounty Islands Isles history natural history