Books - "history"
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Whites Aviation; Classic New Zealand Aerial Photography
super oblong octavo illus flexiboards, 296pp illus VG
PUBLISHER: godwit press 2009 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation photography history whites
Scribble, Scribble, Scribble; Writings on Ice Cream, Obama, Churchill and My Mother
octavo black boards with silver lettering to spine, xxiv + 427pp, illus FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: bodley head 2010 london
KEYWORDS: essays journalism history simon schama literature
Sketches of Army Life in Russia
first edition octavo red cloth boards with black and gilt lettering and motif, v + 326pp + 2pp adverts + 40pp adverts (dated august 1880, some pages uncut) VG (light bruising, light marking and discolouration, bookplate to ffront pastedown, moderate tanning to contents, discolouration to eps). A tight tidy copy of the scarce UK first edition in original binding
PUBLISHER: w h allen 1881 london
KEYWORDS: f v greene military russia history autobiography
The Genealogists Magazine - a near complete run from Volume 1 issue #1 (april 1925) through to first issue for Volume 29 issue #1 March 2007.TOGETHER WITH a single matching bound volume comprising The Genealogist's Handbook; Catalogue of Parish Regis
Volumes 1 - 14 are bound in 15 volumes of octavo red cloth boards with gilt labels to spines. (plus the additional matching volume indicated in the title of this lot) From Vol 14, issue #11 onwards they are in the original I suspect these should be relatively easy to find as they are quite recent. A Very Tidy Scarce Near Complete Run HEAVY ITEM priced accordingly
PUBLISHER: genealogists magazine 1925-2007 london
KEYWORDS: genealogy biography reference history
Frames on the Land; Early Landscape Painting in New Zealand
oblong super octavo burgundy cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 112pp illus, VG (light rubbing to edges) in VG d/w (heavy sunning to covers, price sticker residue, light soiling and scuffing)
PUBLISHER: collins 1983 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand art history francis pound
The Good Guys Wear Black; The True-Life Heroes of Britain's Armed Police
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: arrow
KEYWORDS: history crime police steve collins specials
Captain's Log; New Zealand's Maritime History
Imperial octavo illus light card covers (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: hodder moa beckett
KEYWORDS: new zealand maritime history transport nautical shipping gavin mclean specials
Century of Sail; Official History of the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron
super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: whitcombe and tombs 1971
KEYWORDS: specials transport sport yachting history noel holmes
Coverup; The Art of the Book Cover in New Zealand
oblong super octavo illus light card covers with french flaps, 176pp illus. nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: godwit random house new zealand 2007 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand history literature publishing art hamish thompson
Baba; A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders
super octavo oblong hardcover in dustwrapper (ex libris); 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: harcourt brace
KEYWORDS: china autobiography travel history belle yang specials
The Odyssey of a Manchurian
super octavo oblong hardcover in dustwrapper (ex libris); 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: harcourt brace
KEYWORDS: history autobiography china belle yang specials
Raisa
octavo hardcover in dustwrapper (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: weidenfeld and nicolson
KEYWORDS: biography history politics russia raisa gorbachev urda jurgens specilas
Arnot; A Knight of Africa
first edition octavo illus cloth boards (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: seeley service 1923
KEYWORDS: specials history biography travel africa ernest baker frederick stanley arnot
Jack the Ripper; Summing Up and Verdict
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: corgi
KEYWORDS: specials history crime colin wilson robin odell
Dance; The Illustrated History of Dance in New Zealand
imperial octavo blindstamped white boards, illus eps, 312pp illus FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: random house new zealand 2008 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts dance tara jahn-werner history
The Painted Garden In New Zealand Art
small folio brown boards with white lettering, 272pp illus, FINE in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: godwit press 2008 auckland
KEYWORDS: art arts gardening flora botany new zealand christopher johnstone history
Women Writers of New Zealand 1932-1982
imperia octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering, x + 76pp, illus VG+ ( owners inscr to rear of half title, ) in VG+ d/w (sl creasing to extremities) SIGNED by both editors
PUBLISHER: colonial associates 1982 wellington
KEYWORDS: literature history new zealand feminism joy cowley margaret hayward signed
The Logans; New Zealand's Greatest Boatbuilding Family
Large quarto oblong, illus light card covers with French flaps, 132pp illus VG+
PUBLISHER: david ling publishing 2001 auckland
KEYWORDS: history sport yachting boatbuilding biography logan family transport new zealand maritime robin elliott harold kidd
Competition and Co-Operation; The Insurance Council and the General Insurance Industry in New Zealand 1895-1995
Quarto illus light card covers, 80-pp illus VG+
PUBLISHER: insurance council of new zealand 1995 wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand insurance history alan henderson
God's Farthest Outpost; A History of Catholics in New Zealand
Imperial octavo illus light card covers, 208pp illus VG+
PUBLISHER: penguin 1997 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand history michael king catholicism religion