Books - "history"
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Young Logan Campbell
green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 297pp illus VG+ (owners stamp on fep) in VG+ d/w (light fading, light rubbing, sl wear to extremities)
PUBLISHER: auckland university press 1982 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand john logan campbell biography history maori r c j stone auckland
Fututre Natural; Nature, Science , Culture
large format illus light card covers xi + 310pp illus FINE
PUBLISHER: routledge 1996 london
KEYWORDS: science natural history sociology anthropology
Te Manihera; The Life and Times of the Pioneer Missionary Robert Maunsell
Suoper octavo, illus light card covers 321pp illus VG (light soiling to covers and page edges, light creasing to spine, prev owners name in ink to verso of front cover)
PUBLISHER: reed 1991 birkenhead
KEYWORDS: maori history missionaries religion new zealand biography te manihera robert maunsell helen garrett
Biodiversity and Democracy; Rethinking Society and Nature
large format light card covers xvi + 236pp VG+ (bruising to foredge)
PUBLISHER: UBC press 2000 vancouver
KEYWORDS: sociology politics natural history biodiversity science paul m wood environment
A History of Printing in New Zealand 1830-1940
large faux leather boards with three quarter leather, illus eps, 249pp + index VG+ ( light wear to extremities, discolouration to eps, inscription to noted NZer on inner ep) limited edition #481
PUBLISHER: wellington club of printing house craftsmen 1940 wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand history printing r a mckay
Remaking the Tasman World
large format gloss light card covers 296pp illus Near Fine (light crease at bottom right corner)
PUBLISHER: canterbury university press 2008 christchurch
KEYWORDS: abel tasman history new zealand australia anzac philippa mein smith peter hempenstall shaun goldfinch politics sociology
New Zealand Treasure Wrecks
large format gloss illus light card covers 97pp illus (Near Fine (v light rubbing, v sl soiling to eps))
PUBLISHER: the halcyon press 1995 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand history transport maitime nautical shipwrecks treasure steve lock-lampson
In God's Name
hardcover in dustwrapper (tidy copy); 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: jonathan cape
KEYWORDS: history religion pope john paul 1 catholicism christianity politics david yallop crime specials
Rights of Passage; Beyond the New Zealand Identity Crisis
large format paperback (VG+); 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: global origins 2003
KEYWORDS: chris laidlaw new zealand history sociology culture specials
Stroppy Sheilas and Gutsy Girls; New Zealand Women of Dash and Daring
Square octavo softcover (VG+); 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: tandem press
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand feminism history sandra coney
A History of Chemistry From the Earliest Times (Second Edition)
red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine xxix + 544pp, illus VG- (ex libris with usual treatments, light fading to spine, light rubbing, light wear and bruising to extremities, light foxing to prelims) A Sound copy
PUBLISHER: j & a churchill 1920 london
KEYWORDS: science chemistry history james campbell brown henry hilton brown
Cracking the Da Vinci Code
The Unauthorized Guide to the Facts behind the Fiction
large format paperback (near new); 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: harper collins
KEYWORDS: literature specials occult history simon cox
Parliament's Library 150 Years
Imperial octavo, illus gloss card covers with french flaps 270pp illus VG+ (distributor's label on fep) Doesn't seem to mention the disgraceful deacquisitioning by tender that occured in the 1990s
PUBLISHER: steele roberts publishers 2008 wellingotn
KEYWORDS: new zealand history parliament library politics
Miners and Militants; Politics in Westland; Six Essays
orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine xi + 174pp illus VG+ (owners inscription on fep) in VG+ d/w (sl bruising to extremities, light rubbing at rear)
PUBLISHER: university of canterbury 1975 christchurch
KEYWORDS: westland mining gold essays history new zealand philip ross may
The Guardians at the Gate; The History of the New Zealand Customs Department
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers 207pp illus VG (moderate soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: silver owl press 1991 wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand history customs department david mcgill
From Wheelbarrow to Carryall; A Story of Some Public Works Communities in New Zealand 1904-1956
large format light card covers 114pp VG+ (light rubbing, scoring indent to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: trade union history project 1993 wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand history public works communities charles m herbert
Sergeant, Sinner, Saint & Spy; The Taranaki War Diary of Sergeant William Marjouram
large format black boards 102pp illus, VG+ (spots of minor foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (fading to spine and top edge of cover)
PUBLISHER: random century 1990 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand history military wars maori taranaki diary autobiography sergeant william marjouram laurie barber garry clayton john tonkin-covell
The Romantic Past of Rotorua
Quarto illus light card covers 72pp illus VG (light wear and tanning)
PUBLISHER: reed gold star 1977 wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand rotorua maori history don stafford
100 Years of Waiapu
large format light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, viii + 196pp illus Near Fine (sl discolouration to prelims) in Near Fine d/w (sl rubbing, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: gisborne district council 1993 gisborne
KEYWORDS: new zealand waiapu gisborne history charles rau
Blue Cliffs; The Biography of a South Canterbury Sheep Station 1856-1970
large format dark blue boards, illus eps xiv + 290pp illus Near Fine (v sl soiling, tape residue to fep.) in VG+ d/w ( sl rubbing, sl soiling, small closed tear at top rear)
PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1982 wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand history sheep station south canterbury a e woodhouse