Books - "history"
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The Kopara: Swamp ploughs, saw-blades and slate boards
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white text to spine & wrapper, 387pp, illus VG+ (v slight chafing to wrapper, v slight scuffing & soiling to page edges, previous owner's inscription to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Brian Pearson 2007
KEYWORDS: kopara bill pearson new zealand history north westland west coast sawmilling milling forestry
Vespa: Italian Street Style
Quarto, illus mint light card wrappers with french flaps, white & grey lettering to spine & wrapper, illus prelims, illus title page, unpaginated, illus VG (moderate fading & tanning to wrapper, v slight soiling to wrapper & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Scriptum Edition 2003
KEYWORDS: vespa italian motoring design scooters scootering automotive history
Ohuka: A History of the District and the School 1929-1999
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white text to wrapper, illus inside front cover/frontispiece, 260pp, illus, VG (slight creasing & soiling to wrapper slight fading to wrapper, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Antonia Metz 1999
KEYWORDS: ohuka hawke's bay new zealand education rural community history aotearoa
A History of Socialist Thought Volume I: Socialist Thought, The Forerunners 1789-1850
THIS VOL ONLY, red octavo buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 346pp, VG (slight fading to spine, slight rubbing to board edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, prelims & postlims, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG- (light to moderate fading to jacket, moderate chipping to edges, 0.5cm open tear to upper edge of spine, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1953
KEYWORDS: g d h cole socialist thought political history socialism
Gospel-Worship or the Right Manner of Sanctifying the Name of God in General. And Particularly in these Three great Ordinances: 1, Hearing of the WORD, 2, Receiving the Lord's SUPPER, 3, PRAYER, Being the second of seven volumes
Octavo, brown buckram boards, quarter bound in brown leather, gilt lettering and bands to spine, all edges speckled red, 307pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light card label affixed to front board, light bruising to board corners, front gutter lightly cracked, moderate soiling & tanning to page edges, sporadic light foxing & soiling to pages, previous owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Printed by Peter Cole, Printer and Book-Seller at the Sign of the Printing Press in Corn-hill, neer the Royall Exchange 1658
KEYWORDS: jeremiah burroughs minister christian sermons theology church history in england
Castlecliff: The Community on the Coast
Super octavo, brown illus light card wrappers, white & brown lettering to wrapper & spine, 276pp, illus VG+ (v slight rubbing to edges of wrapper, slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Laraine Sole 2008
KEYWORDS: whanganui wanganui castlecliff community history laraine sole north island new zealand
Melton: Plains of Promise
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gold lettering to front board, 278pp, illus VG+ (v slight brusing & scuffing to spine, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light to moderate tanning & fading to spine, slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Melton Shire Council
KEYWORDS: melton australia australian victorian community history
This is My Place: Hauraki Contested 1769-1875
Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue & purple lettering to wrapper & spine, frontispiece x + 284pp, illus VG- (light to moderate soiling to wrapper, slight chafing to wrapper, slight bruising to corners, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, light foxing to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2001
KEYWORDS: hauraki new zealand aotearoa colonisation colonial history land wars paul monin
Thames and the Coromandel Peninsula: 2000 Years
SIGNED BY AUTHORS ON TIPPED IN BOOKPLATE, imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 262pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges, v slight soiling to boards, v slight soiling & prev owner's name in ink to fep, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (v slight creasing to edges, v slight chafing to jacket, moderate foxing to inside of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Williams Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: thames coromandel peninsula zelma john williams maori european british aotearoa new zealand history
First to Fight: Australian Diggers, N.Z. Kiwis and U.S.Paratroopers in Vietnam, 1965-66
Super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 316pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading & rubbing to edges of spine & boards, v slight chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, v slight sporadic soling to pages) in d/w VG (light tanning, light to moderate soiling to jacket, 3cm tear to jacket hinge, light chipping & creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1988
KEYWORDS: vietnam war australian diggers new zealand kiwi soldiers united states paratroopers nz usa american australia new zealander military history
Wallace: Rebel Country
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, red & blue text to wrapper & spine, illus inside wrappers, 320pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light soiling to fep, slight soiling & tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Southland District Council 2000
KEYWORDS: wallace county rural southland rebel new zealand aotearoa history rebellion
Smoke, Sand and Rubber: A former racer's tale of colorful drivers, unique cars, and forgotten speedways
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, multi-coloured lettering to spine & wrapper, illus title pages, 287pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to spine, v slight creasing to wrapper, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Sylvester Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: midget racing northwest early auto racing automotive history american west coast ken bye
Stories Without End: Essays 1975-2010
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO ARTIST GREER TWISS, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red, grey & gold text to wrapper & spine, frontispiece, 424pp, illus VG+ (light soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to wrapper, light soiling to page edges, v slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2010
KEYWORDS: judith binney new zealand aotearoa essays history historian
Flaxbourne, Its People and Their Stories: A collection of stories contributed by the people with connections to the Flaxbourne District
SCARE IN HARDCOVER, imperial octavo, red & black heavy boards, black & white lettering to boards & spine, illus eps, illus title page, 308pp, VG+ (slight fading to spine & board edges, slight bruising to spine & edges, v slight soiling & chafing to boards, v slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Flaxbourne Settler's Association 2000
KEYWORDS: flaxbourne district marlborough ward renwick blenheim south island aotearoa new zealand history
Policing the River District 1886-1986: The first 100 years of the Wanganui Police
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 320pp, illus, VG (soiling & fading to spine, light v slight rubbing to board edges, fep removed, 4cm tear to front pastedown, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light soiling to spine, light rubbing to edges, light fading to jacket, light foxing & tanning to inside of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers 1988
KEYWORDS: new zealand policing police whanganui wanganui history north island aotearoa
In the Shadow of the Alps: A History of Malvern County 1853-1989
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light tanning to front of jacket, slight creasing & chafing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Selwyn District Council 1998
KEYWORDS: malvern county canterbury selwyn district history new zealand south island ray dobbie brian perrin
Shandrydan: The Willow Flat County
Super octavo, black faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 400pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, slight chafing & fading to jacket
PUBLISHER: Print Commercial Printers 2004
KEYWORDS: hawkes bay north island aotearoa history shandrydan willow flat county jim fraser
The Devil's Haircut: My Life Before and After the Raurimu Massacre; A crime that shocked a nation
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrapper, unpaginated prelims + 367pp, VG+ (slight creasing & fading to wrapper, previous bookseller's label to rear of wrapper, slight tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Urban Druid Press 2023
KEYWORDS: true crime mass murder homicide new zealand raurimu massacre steve anderson history
In Other Days: A History of the Chambers Family of Te Mata Havelock North
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 207pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards & eps, previous owner's bookplate & name to half title page) in d/w VG (light soiling to jacket, light chipping & creasing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: S W Grant 1980
KEYWORDS: s w grant havelock north te mata north island aotearoa new zealand history chambers family
Whakatohea of Opotiki
FIRST EDITION, TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, brown heavy boards, frontispiece, xii + 220pp, VG (light scuffing to boards, moderate soiling to eps, light tanning & soiling to pages) in d/w VG (in plastic protective cover adhered to jacket & boards, light to moderate fading to wrapper)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1979
KEYWORDS: first edition whakatohea opotiki north island new zealand aotearoa fleet era hauhau rebellion history