Books - "history"
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The Encyclopedia of Sanitary Engineering Heating & Plumbing
3 vols.
second edition 3 vols.ills.[b/w w.col.fold-outs] VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,sl.shaky spines)
PUBLISHER: waverley book company london [nd]
KEYWORDS: engineering history plumbing science stubbs
The Far-Away Hills
a meditation on new zealand landscape
FIRST EDITION, 48pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and foxed)
PUBLISHER: auckland gallery associates auckland 1962
KEYWORDS: new zealand history arts toss woollaston
Portrait of a Judge
[incl.related letters]
first edition 112pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.paste action to eps,owner's sign.to ffep)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs wellington 1945
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography joshua strange williams downie stewart law
Reminiscences of The War in New Zealand
372pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out col.map] VG- (red cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,browned spine,black eps w.paper separation starting at fep gutter,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,closed tears to map,cocked)
PUBLISHER: sampson low,marston,searle london 1879
KEYWORDS: new zealand history military thomas gudgeon
Glimpses of the Australian Colonies and New Zealand
first edition inscribed by author 211pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.blind/dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dec.eps,author's inscr.to frontis.portrait,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: brett auckland 1903
KEYWORDS: new zealand travel geography history captain barry
A Ride Through the Disturbed Districts of New Zealand
together with some account of the south sea islands
second edition [lacks title page] 375pp+32pp publisher's ads.dated 1871 ills.[b/w but lacks frontis.] G+ (green cloth w.blind borders,gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled w.spine attached only at rear hinge,wear and chipping to extrems.,boards shaky,brown eps,owner's inscr.to prelim.,lacks half-title and title,sl.foxing and soiling to contents,cocked)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1871
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel geography herbert meade
The Prehistory of New Zealand
reprint 270pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.soiled,sl.creasing to front cover)
PUBLISHER: longman paul auckland 1988
KEYWORDS: new zealand history janet davidson
The Farthest Corner
new zealand a twice discovered land
first edition 315pp ills.[b/w] VG+ in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: century hutchinson auckland 1988
KEYWORDS: new zealand history harry morton carol morton johnston
Journal of a Ten Months' Residence in New Zealand
Octavo hardcover VG in VG d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1974
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography richard cruise
Travels in New Zealand
first edition thus 174pp+appendix [map at frontis.] NF (owners sig on fep) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1973
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel geography biography alexander marjoribanks
Broader Britain
photographs depicting the scenery,the cities and the industries of the colonies & dependencies of the crown
192pp ills.[b/w] G+ (olive cloth w.gilt lettering,rubbed and soiled w.wear to extrems.,separation starting at ep gutter,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: werner london 1895
KEYWORDS: arts geography britain history
New Zealand Novels and Novelists 1861-1979
first edition 71pp VG (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography literature james burns
Diversions in Sicily
first edition 331pp+ads. VG+ (brown cloth w.black dec.stamp,v.sl.rubbed and soiled,lacks upper 3cm of ffep,owner's sign.to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: alston rivers london 1909
KEYWORDS: history geography travel sicily italy henry festing jones
Crisis at Kerikeri
first edition 109pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.taped repair to head of rear cover,internal reinforcing)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1958
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography kerikeri andrew sharp
New Zealand's Naval Story
first edition 337pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,owner's blind stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in tatty d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned, small open tear to top of spine, chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1948
KEYWORDS: new zealand history nautical military taylor
At Omatua's Fireside
first edition 133pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,prelims.sl.foxed,sl.creasing to fore-edge of one ill.) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: wingfield press wellington [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography omatua francis hutchinson
Through Ninety Years 1826-1916
first edition 360pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears and external tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd c 1939]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history theology biography williams wanklyn
Some Modern Maoris
first edition 350pp octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, chipped and minor tears)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs christchurch 1946
KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori beaglehole
The Colony of New Zealand
its history,vicissitudes and progress
reissue 366pp [fold-out map at front] VG- (black cloth,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,map in pieces w.some repairs but is complete,one other map detached but present,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: petherick london 1891
KEYWORDS: new zealand history william gisborne
Medical Advice From a Backblock Hospital
first edition102pp+ index, octavo light card covers VG- (moderate foxing and tanning to eps and page edges, cracking to gutter at title page) in d/w (scuffing and 6cm closed tear to lower spine, light tanning and soiling to covers
PUBLISHER: Caxton Press Christchurch 1942
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history smith