Books - "history"
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More Than Just a Little Island: a History of Matakohe-Limestone Island
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Imperial octavo, illus light card wrapper, spine blank, illus/printed inside covers, frontispiece, III + 120pp, illus/photos VG (light scuffing and creasing to spine and wrapper edges, light fading to spine, light tanning and soiling to page edges, light soiling and chaffing to wrappers, light to moderate cracking to gutter on title page, prev owners name in ink to copywright page, slight ink rubbing from illus throughout).
PUBLISHER: Friends of Matakohe-Limestone Island Society 2001
KEYWORDS: Matakohe Limestone island history New Zealand nz maori settler life industry cement
Sir Bob Charles: The Biography, Limited Commemorative Edition - 2020
SIGNED, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#113/1963) (SIGNED BY BOB CHARLES). Quarto illus heavy board, white lettering on spine, frontispiece, xvii + 311pp + [4], illus/photos, VG+ (slight bruising to spine + extrems, slight bruising and chaffing to boards, slight tanning to page edges).
PUBLISHER: Hope Publishing LTD 2020
KEYWORDS: golf New Zealand NZ biography Sir Bob Charles sport history limited numbered signed
An Illustrated History of Taranaki
SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Super octavo, red card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; 167 pp.; VG (light to moderate soiling & scuffing to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, prev ownership inscriptions in pen to ffep, some soiling to prelims); in d/w, VG (light to moderate soiling and foxing, tear to sm tear to bottom edge, light to moderate bruising with sl chipping & curling).
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history social Taranaki settlement colonialisation colonial
A History of Mount Maunganui
Octavo, illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; 160 + [8] pp.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Mount Maunganui Council 1989
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand Mount Maunganui settlement social history colonial 20th century
The Golden Jubilee of the Flaxbourne Settlement 1905-1955
Octavo, light card covers, french flaps; photos, plates; eighty pp. VG- (moderate soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising edges & extrems with some chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & sl throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Flaxbourne Settlers' Association 1955
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history 20th century Flaxbourne settlers settlement colonial
Norsewood: The Centennial Story
Octavo, red card boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos; 182 + [2]; VG (light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges & prelims, sl soiling throughout; final leaf loose); in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning, soiling & foxing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some chipping).
PUBLISHER: A. L. Andersen 1972
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history 20th century Norsewood Hawkes Bay settlers settlement colonial centennial
Nelson: A Regional History
FIRST EDITION. Imp. octavo, illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; xvi + 261 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Cape Catley 1997
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history 20th century Nelson settlers settlement colonial first edition
The Colonial New Zealand Wars
FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY AUTHORS. Imp. octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus., photos; [6] + 226 pp.; VG (light to moderate fading, scuffing & bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning throughout); in d/w, VG (light fading, some bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1986
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history 20th century settlers settlement colonial first edition war wars military
Kaitieke: The District, The People, The Schools
LIMITED FIRST EDITION. Imp. octavo, illus. light card covers; illus., photos; 128 pp.; VG- (moderate scuffing & rubbing & light to moderate soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, prev ownership inscription in pen to tp, light cracking to front gutters, tearing to tp extrem, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light tanning throughout).
PUBLISHER: S & S Publications 1985
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history 20th century settlers settlement colonial first edition Kaitieke
Memories of 100 Years in Ngaroma
Quarto, illus. light card covers, illus., photos; 150 pp.; VG (light soiling to covers & pg edges, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems;
PUBLISHER: Chrissie Mankelow 2011
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history 20th century settlers settlement colonial Ngaroma
Gunners' Story: A Short History of the Artillery Volunteers of Christchurch 1867-1967
LIMITERED NUMBERED FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, illus. stapled light card covers, plates; VG (light to moderate soiling & fading to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges & prelims/terminals, sl tanning throughout).
PUBLISHER: Canterbury Artillery Officers' Mess 1970
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand military history 19th 20th century colonial artillery volunteers first edition
The Story of Conscription in Australia
Octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; x + 365; VG+ (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate burising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling, tanning & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping).
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1935
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history military war conscription First World War One 1 ww1 social
Undercover Agents in the Russian Revolutionary Movement: The SR Party, 1902-14
Octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt; xviii + 222; VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate burising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges); in d/w VG (light soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press 1988
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history revolution revolutionary movement spy spies undercover agents
Westminster Abbey and its Estates in the Middle Ages
Octavo, blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; xii + 499; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light burising to edges & extrems; light soiling & foxing to pg edges, prev ownership inscr in blue ink to ffep); in d/w VG (light soiling, tanning & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems, price clipped).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: England Westminster Abbey Church lands London history
A Greener Vision of Home: Cultural Politics and Environmental Reform in the German Heimatschutz Movement, 1904-1918
Super octavo, grey buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; x + 332; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light burising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxingto pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The University of Michigan Press 1997
KEYWORDS: environmental protection German history 19th 20th century conditions Green movement
Stray Military Papers
FIRST EDITION. Ex-library. Octavo, red cl boards, fillets in blind to fr board, spine lettered in gilt; folding map; [6] + 214; VG- (light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate rubbing to spine, light to moderate burising to edges & extrems; moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, lacking ffep, moderate cracking to central gutters, light soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1897
KEYWORDS: H W L Hime military history essays papers infantry artillery
Modern Strategy: An Outline of the Principles Which Guide the Conduct of Campaigns: To Which is Added a Chapter on Modern Tactics
Third edition. Ex-library. Super octavo, red cl boards, blind filleted panel to front board, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus., folding maps; [2 (advts)] + xxii + 263; VG (light soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate burising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, light to moderate cracking to central gutters; light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood 1908
KEYWORDS: military history strategy tactics war wartime army armies
The Elite of the Fleet (Vol 1): A guide to the embriodered emblems worn by naval aviators - 1927 to present
Quarto, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt, device to front board in gilt; photos;128 pp.; VG- (light soiling to boards, moderate burising to edges & extrems; light to moderate soiling to pg edges, moderate cracking to central gutters, light soiling throughout); in d/w VG- (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w moderate chipping, some archival repairs).
PUBLISHER: International Trade Association
KEYWORDS: navy aviators naval emblems guide 20th century military history embriodery
The Imperial Japanese Navy
Super octavo, black cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus.; xiv + 529; VG (light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate burising & rubbing to edges & extrems; light soiling & tanning to pg edges & eps); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems w some chipping & curling).
PUBLISHER: Doubleday & Company 1971
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese military history navy naval war 19th 20th century
The Liberal Mind 1914-1929
Ex-library. Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt; viii + 279 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG (light to moderate soiling & rubbing, moderate bruising to edges & extrems w chipping, priced sticker to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: politics political 20th century liberalism liberal social history Labour Party