Books - "history"
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Goldfields Harvest
SIGNED, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Gaylene Flamank 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pioneers settlers Otago regional history Henry Flamank biography biographies memoir signed
Sailing With Cook: Inside the Private Journal of James Burney RN
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: National Library of Australia 2015
KEYWORDS: exploration maritime nautical adventures James Burney history journals diaries historical
The Architect of Kokoda: Bert Kienzle - The Man Who Made the Kokoda Trail
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hachette 2011
KEYWORDS: military history Bert Kienzle ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography biographies memoir Kokoda
House of Cards: The Legalization and Control of Casino Gambling
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1978
KEYWORDS: gambling history legalisation legalization casino industry gaming regulation
Lawn Tennis: The World Game Today
FEP MISSING, super octavo hardcover (G+) heavy crack to rear gutter; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton N/D
KEYWORDS: sport history lawn tennis F R Burrows
The Private Lives of the Impressionists
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Harper Perennial 2007
KEYWORDS: art history impressionism impressionists biographies
The Dictionary People
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2023
KEYWORDS: language linguistics dictionary history etymology oxford english dictionaries
Rhodes - a Life (Rhodesiana Reprint Library Volume Sixteen)
FACSIMILE REPRINT OF 1927 EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Books of Rhodesia 1971
KEYWORDS: Cecil Rhodes biography biographies memoir history
Fiordland: News, Views & Anecdotes - pre-1911
SIGNED, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, green & black lettering to spine, 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Merv Halliday 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Fiordland south island lakes district settlers pioneers papers past excerpts signed Merv Halliday
Jim Becker's War
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, viii + 127pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling/rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Peter Becker 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history biography biographies memoir soldiers Jim Becker ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 diaries journals
The Voyages of Captain James Cook: The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Voyages
ILLUSTRATED EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 317pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to spine/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor vertical crease to spine, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Voyageur Press 2016
KEYWORDS: exploration illustrated James Cook voyages history maritime nautical Endeavour Resolution Discovery Adventure
The Exiles of Asbestos Cottage
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED WITH LENGTHY HUMOUROUS INSCRIPTION & DATED, octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to board edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chiping to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1981
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Jim Henderson New Zealand history Asbestos Cottage
From Sweden to Northern Wairoa
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 88pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: J E Sundberg 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand genealogy family history settlers Swedish descent Joel Sundberg signed
A Night of Terror: The Story of the Athenia Affair
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & tanning/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1958
KEYWORDS: civil maritime disasters nautical Athenia passenger ships history first editions
Tramps in the Far North
Sm octavo, cream patterned light card covers, ribbon bound, navy blue lettering to covers, 30pp, illus/photos, VG (ribbon v delicate- heavily frayed, light to moderate tanning & foxing to covers, sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history H Hector Bolitho north island tramps walks hiking northland travel guides literature
Air War for Burma: The Allied Air Forces Fight Back in South-East Asia 1942-1945
Super octavo, brown heavy boatrds, gilt lettering to spine, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & sl fading to extremsprev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderaet fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2005
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial combat campaigns South-East Asia raf usaf
The Wild Pig in New Zealand
SIGNED, imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 257pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1983
KEYWORDS: signed Philip Holden New Zealand hunting wild pig pigs history
War Surgery and Medicine (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp NZ motif to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 779pp, illus/photos, folding maps, VG (light rubbing to extrems, minor soiling to front board, light tanning & foxingsoiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some loss, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Cumberlege / Oxford University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 medical surgery medicine
With the Bible in North Africa
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 118pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, v heavy tearing to front cover, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: John Ritchie 1944
KEYWORDS: Africa travel writing literature religion Christianity history Dugald Campbell
The Chamberlain: An Australian Story
Oblong quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor rubbing to spine & board extrems, light fading to spine, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Peleus Press 2003
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Australia Australian racing cars history Chamberlain