Books - "history"
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Stories from the Plateau
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to wrapper, 89pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate soiling & foxing to wrapper, light creasing & rubbing to edges of pages & wrapper, previous owner's name crossed out in ink to title page, sporadic slight soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: Norman Crawshaw n/d
KEYWORDS: millerton buller westport westland west coast norman cranshaw plateau new zealand south island history
Kaitaia: A Nostalgic Glimpse at the 1940s
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to wrapper & spine, illus title page, 240pp, illus, VG ( light fading to spine & wrapper, light creasing to wrapper, light soiling & tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Keith William Parker 1994
KEYWORDS: kaitaia 1940s forties new zealand north island aotearoa history keith william parker mangonui county
Kaitaia's 1950s: The Memories Linger On...
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card wrappers, green & white lettering to wrapper & spine, illus title page, 288pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, slight scuffing to edges, light tanning to wrapper & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Keith Parker 1995
KEYWORDS: kaitaia 1950s fifties new zealand north island aotearoa history keith william parker mangonui county
History of the Russian Revolution
Octavo, light blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 1295pp, VG- (light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, light rubbing to edges, moderate soiling, tanning & foxing to page edges, binding slightly shaky, previous owner's inscription to fep, sporadic v slight soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1936
KEYWORDS: leon trotsky russian revolution history russia politcal
Angkor: Cities and Temples
Square imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, illus title page, illus prelims, 319pp, illus VG+ (v slight bruising to spine & board corners, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (v slight ceasing to edges, light chafing to jacket, v slight fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: River Books 1997
KEYWORDS: angkor wat cambodia architectural wonder history asia asian claude jacques michael freeman
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Octavo, red heavy boards, black border decoration to spine & boards, black text to front board, gilt text to spine, vi + 447pp VG (slight scuffing to spine, light bruising to boards, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, previous owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: T Nelson & Sons 1901
KEYWORDS: adam smith j shield nicholson history economy economics political politics nations nationhood
A View of the Art of Colonization, with present reference to the British Empire; in letters between a Statesman and a Colonist
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to label on spine, xxiv + 513pp + 6, VG- (light to moderate rubbing to board edges & spine, light chafing to boards, boards slightly warped, moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, previous owner's name & bookplate to front pastedown, sporadic v slight soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: John W Parker, 1849
KEYWORDS: edward gibbon wakefield prominent new zealand colonist colonization new zealand colonial history aotearoa
Medical Lives in the Age of Surgical Revolution
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 428pp, VG+ (v slight scuffing to board & spine edges) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine, slight chafing to jacket, slight bruising to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: medical history surgical revolution nineteenth century medicine historic britain british empire
Tuwharetoa: A History of the Maori People of the Taupo District
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 567pp, illus VG+ (v slight scuffing to board corners, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight fading to spine, slight creasing to edges, v slight chafing to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Reed 2005
KEYWORDS: john te herekiekie grace tuwharetoa taupo maori history wanganui whanganui aotearoa new zealand