Books - "history"
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Reminiscences of Twelve Months' Residence in New Zealand
first edition thus 275pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,some minor pencil marks to contents) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.remains of price sticker to front cover,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1973
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography mckillop
The World of John Boultbee
first edition 329pp imperial octavo hardcover ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.shelf wear,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed/chipped and soiled,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography john boultbee begg
Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
first edition limited/numbered and signed by author [784/1000] 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to numbered colophon) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,large tear to rear cover repaired internally w.tape)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1936
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography natural history guthrie-smith signed
Birds of the Water,Wood & Waste
first edition 197pp ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs wellington 1910
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history guthrie-smith
Charles Darwin 1809-1882
a centennial commemorative
first edition limited [this copy out of series] 376pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (in plain black paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,contents clean)
PUBLISHER: nova pacifica wellington 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography charles darwin travel natural history chapman duval
Sketches of Field Sports as followed by The Natives of India
first edition 261pp VG- (marbled paper boards w.burgundy half leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses to corners and head of spine,several insect holes through binding and margins of contents,new eps,contents browned and mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: longman,hurst,rees,orme,and browne great torrington 1822
KEYWORDS: sport natural history india daniel johnson
The Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield with the Characters
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols.1453pp VG (green cloth boards w.red cloth spines,rubbed and stained,sunned spines,eps sl.soiled,contents browned,teg,spines cracked)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1893
KEYWORDS: history literature chesterfield john bradshaw
Root and Branch
wellington street presbyterian church,ballymena 1828-1978
first edition inscribed by author 306pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.elaborate gilt stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,owner's inscr.to half-title w.author's inscr.to title,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: congregational committee ballymena [1978]
KEYWORDS: history theology ireland ballymena jack leith
Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists
first edition 272pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled, lightfading to spine)
PUBLISHER: avon fine prints christchurch 1980
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts una platts biography history
Portrait of an Air Force
the royal new zealand air force 1937-1987
first edition 200pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto VG+ (blue cloth, light bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, light soiling to page edges) in VG- d/w (light scuffing and soiling, light creasing to edges, front cover torn (8cm) at flap hinge)
PUBLISHER: grantham house wellington 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand air force history military aviation maurice conly geoffrey bentley
Hart's Annual Army List 1915
vol.1
facsimile reprint vol.1 only 876pp NF (burgundy cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in NF d/w (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: naval & military press dallington 1996
KEYWORDS: military history hart army
My Schools and Schoolmasters
[first edition] 562pp+32pp catalogue VG- (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to half-title,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black edinburgh 1865
KEYWORDS: biography history hugh miller
The Japanese at Home
first edition 153pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth w.black/orange dec.stamp to top board,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hokuseido press tokyo 1936
KEYWORDS: history japan geography sociology ippei fukuda
In Limbo
the story of stanley's rear column
first edition inscribed by author 269pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,minor foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1979
KEYWORDS: history stanley military tony gould signed
A Trip Round the World in 1887-8
second edition 398pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear to bevelled extrems.,black eps,owner's inscr.to half-title,minor foxing to margins,aeg,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1888
KEYWORDS: history travel geography caine
Scallop Farming
ex-lib.first edition 237pp ills.[b/w] VG (laminated boards,sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.labels to top board and spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels)
PUBLISHER: fishing news books 1991
KEYWORDS: fishing scallops david hardy natural history
Hell and High Water
a german occupation of the chatham islands 1843-1910
ex-library first edition octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-)
PUBLISHER: pegasus press christchurch [1977]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history chatham islands sheila natusch geography military
There We Found Brethren
a history of assemblies of brethren in new zealand
first edition 218pp ills.[b/w] imperial octavo hardcover VG (blue vinyl,sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to front ep) in VG- d/w (torn)
PUBLISHER: gph society palmerston north 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand theology history lineham brethren
Mis-Mated
[first edition] 213pp ills.[b/w] VG- (purple cloth,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.splits to both hinges,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,pencil underlining throughout,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: staples press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: sociology history john peters
The University & The Community
first edition 302pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: victoria university college wellington 1946
KEYWORDS: new zealand history victoria university wellington thomas alexander hunter