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More Than Just a Little Island: a History of Matakohe-Limestone Island


CLARK, G M (TIM)

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

$150.00
3L4/34

Sir Bob Charles: The Biography, Limited Commemorative Edition - 2020


SAUNDERS, GEOFF & PLAYER, GARY (foreword)

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

$47.50
3L4/44

An Illustrated History of Taranaki


LAMBERT, GAIL & RON

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

$40.00
3L4/45

A History of Mount Maunganui


n/a

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

$48.00
3L3/2

The Golden Jubilee of the Flaxbourne Settlement 1905-1955


HALE, A M

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

$60.00
3L3/3

Norsewood: The Centennial Story


ANDERSEN, A L; ETHERIDGE, D C (ed.)

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

$65.00
3L3/4

Nelson: A Regional History


MCALOON, JIM

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

$85.00
3L3/5

The Colonial New Zealand Wars


RYAN, TIM & PARHAM, BILL

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

$60.00
3L3/6

Kaitieke: The District, The People, The Schools


n/a

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

$60.00
3L3/7

Memories of 100 Years in Ngaroma


MANKELOW, CHRISSIE (ed.)

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

$70.00
3L3/8

Gunners' Story: A Short History of the Artillery Volunteers of Christchurch 1867-1967


BLISS, GUY C

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

$200.00
3L3/13

The Story of Conscription in Australia


JAUNCEY, LESLIE C

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

$42.50
3L3/16

Undercover Agents in the Russian Revolutionary Movement: The SR Party, 1902-14


SCHLEIFMAN, NURIT

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

$65.00
3L3/19

Westminster Abbey and its Estates in the Middle Ages


HARVEY, BARBARA

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

$60.00
3L3/24

A Greener Vision of Home: Cultural Politics and Environmental Reform in the German Heimatschutz Movement, 1904-1918


ROLLINS, WILLIAM H

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

$95.00
3L3/36

Stray Military Papers


HIME, H W L

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

$50.00
3L3/37

Modern Strategy: An Outline of the Principles Which Guide the Conduct of Campaigns: To Which is Added a Chapter on Modern Tactics


JAMES, WALTER, H

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

$40.00
3L3/39

The Elite of the Fleet (Vol 1): A guide to the embriodered emblems worn by naval aviators - 1927 to present


MORGAN, J L PETE

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

$40.00
3L3/43

The Imperial Japanese Navy


WATTS, ANTHONY J & GORDON, BRIAN G

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

$70.00
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The Liberal Mind 1914-1929


BENTLEY, MICHAEL

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

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