Books - "history"
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Lighting the Coast A History of New Zealand's coastal lighthouse system
first edition 353pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (light scuffing and soiling to covers, moderate soiling and foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: canterbury university press christchurch 2006
KEYWORDS: new zealand lighthouse history helen beaglehole
Whanganui River Memories
first edition 184pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in laminated boards,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: heritage press auckland 1999
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history whanganui arthur bates phil thomsen
Rails in the Hinterland New Zealand's Vanishing Railway Landscape
first edition 111pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ quarto in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: grantham house wellington 2005
KEYWORDS: new zealand railway history transport euan mcqueen
Haag: 88 Boat Plans
fourth edition 134pp ills.[b/w] VG- (light soiling and scuffing, creasing, small loss to top of spine)
PUBLISHER: haag whangarei [nd]
KEYWORDS: nautical boat plans haag history transport
New Zealand's Engineering Heritage 1870-2000
first edition 167pp ills.[b/w and col.] nVG+ (previous owner's catalogue number in pen to front, light bruising to spine extrems) in VG+ d/w (creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1999
KEYWORDS: new zealand engineering heritage matthew wright history
The Johnsons of Maiden Lane
first edition inscribed by author 180pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,folding family trees to eps,author's inscr.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: martins london 1964
KEYWORDS: history london johnsons donald mcdonald signed biography
Campbell Island: A History
first edition 182pp ills octavo hardcover.[b/w] VG (tan cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1976
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history campbell island kerr
Ireland in the Last Fifty Years [1866-1916]
first edition 108pp VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to head of front cover,sl.wear and splits to hinges,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1917
KEYWORDS: ireland history ernest barker
Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift (Irish Tracts 1720 to 1734)
first edition 278pp VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges l.foxed)
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1887
KEYWORDS: bowles daly ireland history politics
Bygone Lincolnshire
first edition 247pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.green leather spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to ffep and title,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: brown hull 1891
KEYWORDS: history geography lincolnshire william andrews
Folk Lore and Genealogies of Uppermost Nithsdale
first edition 267pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth rebacked,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to bevelled edges,new eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: mann dumfries 1904
KEYWORDS: folk lore mythology history nithsdale william wilson genealogy
Memoirs of Mrs Letitia Pilkington 1712-1750
reprint 487pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1928
KEYWORDS: biography history letitia pilkington
The Life of Philip Skelton
first edition thus 255pp VG+ (marbled paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine,paper title label to spine w.spare tipped-in at rear of contents,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1914
KEYWORDS: biography history philip skelton samuel burdy
Manitoba Milestones
first edition signed by author 249pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.external tape repairs to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: dent london 1928
KEYWORDS: manitoba history geography canada margaret mcwilliams signed
Royal Valley The Story of the Aberdeenshire Dee
first edition signed by author 392pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.and folding maps] VG+ (blue cloth w.silver armorial crest stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's sign.to title) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: reid aberdeen 1968
KEYWORDS: history aberdeenshire fenton wyness geography
The Population of Ireland 1750-1845
first edition 293pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiling to edges,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.w.external tape reinforcing to corners and head/foot of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1950
KEYWORDS: ireland history geography population connell
Early West Indian Government
first edition numbered/limited [429/1000] 275pp NF (red cloth,v.sl.sunned,dealer's label to front pastedown) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.external tape reinforcing to edges)
PUBLISHER: spurdle palmerston north [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography west indian government politics spurdle
Old Southwark and its People
first edition [inscribed by author?] 333pp [b/w folding map and plan] G+ (burgundy cloth,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to bevelled extrems.,publisher's plate to front pastedown has handwritten inscr. - to my *** Richards with my warm love and respect September 1883,author/owner's label to front pastedown,prelims.to vi detached but all present,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: drewett southwark 1878
KEYWORDS: southwark london history geography william rendle
Index to the 1850 Census of The State of California
first edition 605pp NF (black cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: genealogical publishing baltimore 1972
KEYWORDS: history geography census california alan bowman
The Irish Race in California, and on the Pacific Coast
first edition 548pp VG- (burgundy cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,bumps and mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: roman san francisco 1878
KEYWORDS: ireland history california quigley geography