Books - "history"
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Twelve Years in Canterbury, New Zealand, with Visits to the Other Provinces
first edition 226pp GOOD+ (blue cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,school bookplate to front pastedown,bookplate of NZ historian alison Drummond to ffep,tape repair to ep gutter,newspaper clipping pasted to frontis.tissue guard,spine cracked and shaky w.sl.separation at some sections)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history canterbury thomson geography
Extracts From a Diary kept by the Rev. R.Burrows during Heke's War in the North in 1845
first edition 58pp POOR (grey paper wrappers,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses,most of spine missing,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to inside front cover along with a b/w photo of a drawing by General Robley,contents sl.foxed/soiled w.edges sl.chipped and worn) Bagnall 803
PUBLISHER: upton auckland 1886
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography diary burrows military
The Otago of Our Mothers
first edition 100pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (teal cloth,sl.bumps to extrems. content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications Dunedin 1948
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history geography Otago Soper
John Elmslie 1831-1907 He Came From Bennachie
second impression 97pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue paper boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems, eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1963
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history john elmslie
Information Relative to New Zealand
first edition thus 168pp ills.[b/w w.folding map at front] NEAR FINE (burgundy cloth,owner's stamp to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1975
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history travel ward
The Past and Present of New Zealand; with its Prospects for the Future
first edition 331pp ills.[b/w] GOOD+ (purple cloth,rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,split to lower hinge,various notes pasted to prelims.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: william macintosh london 1868
KEYWORDS: new zealand history richard taylor
Manual of New Zealand Geography
first edition 143pp [col.folding maps] VERY GOOD- (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,spine sunned,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: george philip london 1869
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history bowden hector
South Auckland
first edition 261pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,unevenly sunned,bookplate of NZ historian Alison Drummond to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/browned) in VG d/w (light wear and chipping to extremities, light rubbing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: franklin printing pukekohe 1939
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history franklin auckland wily
The New Zealand Journal 1842-1844
first edition 120pp ills.[b/w w.folding map at rear] VERY GOOD (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,owner's sign.[NZ historian Alison Drummond] to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: peabody museum of salem 1956
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history williams kenny
Charles Dickens and New Zealand A Colonial Image
first edition numbered/limited [/750] 184pp+64pp Dickens catalogue ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1965
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography charles dickens ryan
From Plymouth to New Plymouth
first edition 180pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1959
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history plymouth wood
History of The River Thames N.Z.
first edition 76pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps] octavo stapled wrappers, VG (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed w.owner's inscr.to head of front cover,sl.bumps to extrems.,few ink noted to table of contents page)
PUBLISHER: isdale thames 1967
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history thames isdale
Stories of Second-Sight in a Highland Regiment
first edition 123pp VERY GOOD+ (grey cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in GOOD+ dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,4x3cm loss ot head of rear cover,internal repairs,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: eneas mackay stirling 1933
KEYWORDS: scotland highland regiment william kirk history
A Directory of Titled Persons for the Year 1898
470pp+ads. VERY GOOD- (red cloth boards w.black leather spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.few losses to spine,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: whitaker london 1898
KEYWORDS: history biography titled persons whitakers
Rhetoric at the Red Dawn
first edition signed by author 205pp VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,author's inscr.to title page,content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins auckland 1965
KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics john lee signed
Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 1773
first edition thus 520pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,maps to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,sl.chipping to head of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1963
KEYWORDS: history travel biography james boswell samuel johnson hebrides scotland
The Prophecies of the Brahan Seer [Coinneach Odhar Fiosaiche]
third edition (although not stated as such, there were two previous editions) 93pp VERY GOOD (beige cloth w.black dec.stamp to top board,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in GOOD+ dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled/stained,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: eneas mackay stirling 1924
KEYWORDS: history scotland brahan seer prophecies mackenzie
Reminiscences of A Highland Parish
reprint 421pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,2cm split to upper hinge w.sl.losses to head/foot of spine,prelims.and content edges smod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: daldy isbister london 1877
KEYWORDS: history scotland highland parish macleod biography
The Inky Way
first editiobn inscribed by author [association copy - A.H.Reed signature] 98pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,inscr.of NZ author A.H.Reed to ffep,author's inscr.to title page along with sign.of NZ author A.H.Reed,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: clark & matheson auckland 1960
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history signed william thomas reed journalism
Rails Along the Foothills
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: lind barrington [1966]
KEYWORDS: railway transport history lind