Books - "history"
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The Tao and Chinese Culture
octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering, v + 168pp, VG+ in VG d/w (clour fading on binding and around edges)
PUBLISHER: Shocken Books 1979 U.S.A
KEYWORDS: history culture taoism religion chinese da liu
Furniture Forum (Volume 15 Annual)
super octavo, white cloth boards, black lettering,128pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to board corners, some tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Furniture Forum inc U.S.A (nd)
KEYWORDS: furniture history contemporary design phillip l pitchard
Assassination At St. Helena; The Poisoning of Napoleon Bonaparte
super octavo, black cloth boards, silver lettering, 543pp, illus, VG+ in VG d/w (minor fading), (SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR)
PUBLISHER: Mitchell Press 1978 Canada
KEYWORDS: napoleon bonaparte history biography sten forshufvud ben weider david g chandler
The Four-Front War
super octavo, red & black cloth boars, gilt lettering, 376pp, illus fep & eps, illus, VG+ in VG d/w (minor foxing)
PUBLISHER: Crown Publisher 1979 New York
KEYWORDS: history war adolf hitler william r perl
Looking Closer 2
super octavo, illus card covers, white lettering, xii + 273pp + 1pp adverts, VG+
PUBLISHER: Allworth Press 1997 New York
KEYWORDS: graphic design history architecture art michael bierut william drenttel steven heller dk holland
Ararimu Centennial 1867 - 1967
octavo, illus card covers, greeen & black lettering, 204pp, illus, VG (minor creases to binding)
PUBLISHER: Ararimu Centennial Committee
KEYWORDS: ararimu new zealand history
Missions, Moons & Masterpieces; The Giffords of Oamaru
imperial octavo, illus card covers, black lettering, 219pp, VG (minor creasing to left hand side of cover)
PUBLISHER: Heritage Press 2005 New Zealand
KEYWORDS: new zealand history oamaru michael gifford
Mate in Sail
Imperial octavo, green and white cloth boards, gilt lettering, illus to fep & eps, 287pp, VG ( light soiling) in VG d/w ( moderate tear to extremities, repaired 4cm tears to upper and lower edges of front cover, light chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Antipodean Publishers 1974 Australia
KEYWORDS: history sailing captain james gaby
When Steam was King
Square quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering, illus to fep & eps, 2 articles + 1 illus + 143pp + 1 map, VG+ in VG (light tearing to extremities)
PUBLISHER: A. H & A. W Reed 1970 Wellington
KEYWORDS: history new zealand steam trains w w stewart
Masport 100 Years in the Making 1910 - 2010
imperial octavo, illus boards, grey lettering, 309pp, nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Masport 2010 New Zealand
KEYWORDS: history transport new zealand jim allnatt motor
Where New Zealand Touches the World
Square quarto hardcover, illus boards, white lettering, 346pp, VG+ in VG+ d/w (minor markings)
PUBLISHER: Pearson 2003 Auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand history auckland international airport martyn thompson alice clements
Sheep Dogs Their Breeding, Maintenance and Training
octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering, 1pp advert + 1pp illus + xii + 242pp, illus, VG (tanning and light foxing) in G (tanning, torn on binding and tears to extremities)
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1949 Sydney
KEYWORDS: natural history australia agriculture sheep dogs r b kelley
The Tuatara Lizards and Frogs of New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, 95pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing and soiling to page edges) in VG+ d/w (light tanning, clear mylar cover)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1966 Auckland
KEYWORDS: natural history tuatara new zealand lizards frogs reptiles richard sharell
Fletchers A Centennial History of Fletcher Building
super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering, illus to fep & eps, 342pp, illus, Nr FINE in d/w Nr FINE
PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2009 Auckland
KEYWORDS: history new zealand building fletcher paul goldsmith
Maori A Photographic and Social History
FIRST EDITION, Tidy ex library, square quarto, brown cloth boards, silver lettering, 287pp, illus, VG (cracked gutter at title page, library markings, spine sl shaky in d/w VG (library markings to spine, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann Publishers 1983 New Zealand
KEYWORDS: maori history new zealand michael king
No Sort of Iron; Culture of Cook's Polynesians
Super octavo, illus card covers, illus to fep & eps, 91pp, illus VG (moderate soiling, minor damage to bottom of binding)
PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1969 Christchurch
KEYWORDS: history polynesians roger duff culture
Manual of the New Zealand Flora
Second edition, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering, xliv + 1163pp, VG (prev. owner's name in ink to fep, tanning and foxing to pages and minor damage to extremities)
PUBLISHER: 1925 Wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand history t f cheeseman
Toys of Early New Zealand
super octavo, illus card covers, 1 illus + 74pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Grantham House Publishing 1990 New Zealand
KEYWORDS: history toys new zealand peggy armstrong denise jackson
The Musket Wars; A History of Inter-Iwi Conflict 1806 - 45
FIRST EDITION super octavo olive boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 392pp, illus, Nr FINE in VG+ dustwrapper (slight scuffing and fading)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1999 Auckland
KEYWORDS: history war maori new zealand r d crosby michael king
In Step with Time; A History of the Sisters of St Joseph of Nazareth Wanganui, New Zealand
(first edition) octavo, illus card covers, white lettering, 331pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2001 Auckland
KEYWORDS: history new zealand religion st joseph diane strevens first edition