Books - "history"
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Bethlehem: Tauranga's Little Star
Quarto, spiral bound, green illus light card wrappers, green lettering to wrapper & spine, illus inside rear wrapper, 270pp, illus, VG (light soiling & creasing to wrapper, slight scuffing to edges of spine, v slight fading, slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Sheryl Farrow 2011
KEYWORDS: bethlehem tauranga new zealand aotearoa north island history wairoa river sheryl farrow
The Opouriao - Taneatua Settlement of 1896
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper, 242pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate soiling to wrapper, binding slightly detached but secure, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1989
KEYWORDS: opouriao taneatua whakatane district history new zealand north island aotearoa allison b heath
Looking Back over 125 Years: Whenuakura School & District
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, blue & yellow lettering to wrapper & spine, 158pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & fading to wrapper, 1.5cm tear to top of spine 7 4.5 x 3 cm section missing to rear wrapper both with historic tape repair, two 2cm tears to front wrapper, slight soiling to wrapper, light tanning & soiling to page edges, slight soiling & foxing to pages, previous owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Jim & Donna Baker n/d
KEYWORDS: whenuakura school district new zealand aotearoa north island history maori wanganui whanganui patea opaku
Memories of Tirau: A History of Tirau
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine & wrappers, vi + 312pp, illus, VG+ (slight chafing to wrapper, light creasing to edges of wrapper, v slight soiling to wrapper, light soiling & tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tirau Historical Society 2006
KEYWORDS: tirau south waikato north island aotearoa new zealand history peg cummins
Always Ready: Christchurch Fire Brigade 1860-1985
FIRST EDITION, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt fire helmet to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 96pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (light soiling & chafing to jacket, two 3cm closed tears and three >2cm closed tears to edges of jacket with historic tape repairs, 5cm section top top rear of jacket missing with historic tape repair, light fading to jacket)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Fire Service District 5A01 Christchurch 1985
KEYWORDS: first edition christchurch canterbury aotearoa new zealand history fire service firemen firefighting emergency services
A Century of Farm Tractors 1904-2004
Quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow, orange & blue lettering to boards & spine, illus half title page, 304pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, v slight chafing & soiling to boards, slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Country Life NZ 2004
KEYWORDS: farm tractors machinery equipment farming agriculture agricultural history new zealand tractor
Tales of Yesteryear: Including Oral Histories of the North
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, xiii + 204pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & boards, slight scuffing & chafing to boards, moderate foxing to fep, rep adhered to rear pastedown, light soilling to page edges including damp staining to first & last few page edges)
PUBLISHER: Kororareka Press 1994
KEYWORDS: madge malcolm oral histories history north island new zealand kororareka russell paihia kerikeri tutukaka coast paparoa matakohe te wahapu puhipuhi
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