Books - "history"
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In The Land of The Tui My Journal in New Zealand
first edition 322pp ills.[b/w - missing map] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.black dec.stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's notes to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked and some sl.separation at gutters,missing map,few pages at rear torn but complete,not as bad as it sounds) Bagnall W1503
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london 1894
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography journal wilson
The Stirring Times of Te Rauparaha / The Sacking of Kaiapohia
first edition thus [2 titles bound as 1] 246pp ills.[b/w] octavo red cloth boards with profile portrait to front, VG- (TIRED COPY, binding shakey, prev. owner's details in pen to fep., cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall T678
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs christchurch [1906]
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history te rauparaha kaiapohia biography travers stack
Maoriland Stories
first edition 206pp GOOD+ (purple cloth wrappers,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,splits to head/foot of spine,paper separation at title gutter revealing binder's string,content edges sl.foxed,some pp misnumbered as called for in bibliography) Bagnall G562
PUBLISHER: betts nelson 1895
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history grace
The Story of Lyttelton 1849-1949
first edition, super octavo, grey cloth boards, 243pp ills.[b/w] VG (spine sunned, light tanning to board edges, prev owners name in ink to paste down, eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- dustwrapper (moderate foxing, light scuffing and soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: lyttelton borough council christchurch 1952
KEYWORDS: history geography lyttelton johnson
Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars
[Bohn's Classical Library] 572pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,paper separation at fep gutter,dealer's label and owner's sign.to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1902
KEYWORDS: history military caesar bohn
Science and Scientists in the Nineteenth Century
first edition 450pp VERY GOOD (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sheldon press london 1925
KEYWORDS: science biography history murray
Letters from Early New Zealand by Charlotte Godley 1850-1853
first edition thus [Canterbury Centennial Edition] 387pp ills.[b/w] super octavo hardcover, VG (cream cloth,moderate bruising to spine extrems and board corners, moderate foxing and soiling, spine sl.sunned, eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs christchurch 1951
KEYWORDS: new zealand history literature biography godley
Place-Names of Banks Peninsula: A Topographical History
first edition [NZ Board of Science and Art Manual no.6] 238pp [folding map at rear] super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine VG (moderate scuffing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling, moderate tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: skinner [printer] wellington 1927
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography topography history banks peninsula andersen
A Weird Region: New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers and Volcanoes
new edition 69pp ills.[b/w w.maps at rear, folding colour chromolithograph at front], super octavo brown cloth wrappers w. gilt dec. stamps, POOR (top cover detached but present,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,missing spine taped,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,prelims.detached but all present) tired copy
PUBLISHER: brett auckland 1905
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history geology volcanoes geysers leys
Autobiography of an Early Settler in New Zealand
first edition 180pp ills.[b/w] small octavo, green cloth boards (boards moderately stained and rubbed with small spots of surface loss to lower spine, light bruising and fraying to spine extrems, light tanning and foxing to end pages)
PUBLISHER: coulls somerville wilkie wellington 1933
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography edgar jones
The Early Canterbury Runs
first edition [Second Series] 70pp VERY GOOD+ (brown cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall A23 - scarce second series
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs christchurch 1940
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history acland canterbury
A Narrative of the Conversion and Death of Count Struensee, Formerly Prime Minister of Denmark
ex-lib.first edition thus 238pp VERY GOOD- (full polished calf w.gilt ruled borders,raised bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,upper hinge starting at head/foot,lib.label to front pastedown,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.sl.stain to fore-edge of title page)
PUBLISHER: rivington london 1824
KEYWORDS: munter biography history count struensee denmark
High Country
first edition 175pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs auckland [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history burdon
The Port Hills of Christchurch
first edition 246pp ills.[b/w] imperial octavo, green cloth boards, VERY GOOD+ (sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.and tape stains to half-title) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1978
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history christchurch gordon ogilvie
Take-Off: The Helicopters (NZ) Story
first edition 222pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto oblong hardcover (VG+) in VG+dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: hazard press christchurch 2006
KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation history helicopters mclean
Antarctic Research
first edition 360pp ills.[b/w and col.w.folding maps + two maps in separate folder] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD slipcase (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,unevenly sunned,sl.wear to extrems.) heavy item
PUBLISHER: butterworths london 1964
KEYWORDS: antarctic history research priestley polar travel geography
Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances
new edition 600pp+ads. VERY GOOD- (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: bohn london 1848
KEYWORDS: literature romances ellis history
History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France [2 volumes]
ex-lib.2 vols.487/492pp ills.[b/w] GOOD+ (brown cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,lib.marks to prelims.,content edges and prelims.mod.foxed/soiled,spines cracked w.some sections loosening)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1878
KEYWORDS: military history napier peninsula
The Races of Man and Their Geographical Distribution
second edition 528pp VERY GOOD- (blue cloth w.black ruled borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,paper separation at fep gutter,owner's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: king london 1876
KEYWORDS: oscar peschel geography history anthropology
Psychology and World Order
paperback; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: pelican
KEYWORDS: specials psychology sociology politics history raynard west