Books - "history"
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Pompeii & Hercvlanevm ; The Glory and the Grief
imperal octavo, oatmeal cloth boards, grey lettering to spine and front cover, illus eps, 238pp, fldg map, illus, (VG+) light discolouration to some pages, d/w (VG-) moderate wear to extermities
PUBLISHER: Elek
KEYWORDS: art history architecture marcel brion
New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force Volume 2 European Theatre January 1943-May 1945
THIS VOL ONLY super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi +483pp, fldg map, illus, (VG) discolouration to pages with light wear to covers, prev. ownership marks/labels, in d/w (scruffy) heavy wear to extermities with some loss
PUBLISHER: War History Branch 1956
KEYWORDS: new zealand history air force world war two h l thompson aviation military
Auckland 100 Years of Rugby League 1909 - 2009
first edition, quarto, blue cloth boards, silver lettering to spine and front cover, illus eps, xvi +424pp, illus, (NR FINE), d/w (VG) brusing and marks to d/w
PUBLISHER: Huia 2009
KEYWORDS: new zealand sport rugby history john coffey bernie wood
The Complete Chronicle ; Cliff Richard
imperal octavo, illus grey and yellow cloth boards, white and yellow lettering to spine, 304pp, illus, (NF) light discolouration to tops of some pages throughout book with inscription and signed by cliff richard, d/w (VG+) minor wear to extermities, SIGNED BY CLIFF RICHARD
PUBLISHER: Hamlyn
KEYWORDS: music history biography mike read nigel goodall peter lewry
The Royal Arms ; Its Graphic and Decorative Development
imperal octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 387pp, illus, (VG+) slight marks to front cover, d/w (VG+) slight busing to d/w
PUBLISHER: Jupiter Books
KEYWORDS: heraldry history royalty charles hasler
Sailing Ships of The Tasman Sea
oblong, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii +164pp, illus, (VG) light discolouration to some pages, in d/w (VG) fading to d/w
PUBLISHER: Millwood Press
KEYWORDS: sailing history ships nautical jack churchouse
Steam, Steel & Splendour
Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, (VG+) light discolouration to some pages, scuffing to board edges , d/w (VG+)
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins
KEYWORDS: trains history railway transport dave leitch new zealand
The New Zealand Division 1916 - 1919 ; A Popular History based on Official Records
octavo, brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine and front cover, xv+634pp, fldg maps, illus, (VG) discolouration to pages with light wear to cloth boards
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd
KEYWORDS: new zealand history military col h stewart
Australian Aboriginal Paintings in Western and Central Arnhem Land ; Temperal Sequences and Elements of Style in Cadell River and Deaf Adder Creek Art
first edition, quarto octavo, red cloth boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 214pp, illus, (VG+) discolouration to some pages , d/w (VG-) moderate wear to extermities
PUBLISHER: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies
KEYWORDS: australia aboriginal art history e j brandl
Richardsons of Napier
super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 143pp, illus, (NF)slight mark on front cover with very light discolouration to edges of some pages, d/w (NF)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history gavin mclean
The Colonial New Zealand Wars
Revised Edition, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 226pp, illus, (VG) sl rubbing to covers, sl scuffing to corners of covers, v sl soiling to page edges. prev owner's details in pen to fep., heavy fading to spine
PUBLISHER: Grantham House 2002
KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori bill parham tim ryan
Land Police Sharing the Challenge 100 ; A Social and Pictorial History of the Christchurch Police District
exlibrary, imperal octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 360pp, illus, (VG) marks to bep discolouration to edges of pages staining marks from tape holding d/w with marks to cover, d/w (VG) minor wear to extermities
PUBLISHER: J. C. Rowe
KEYWORDS: law police history new zealand christchurch barry thomson robert neilson
Birds & Their Nests
octavo, brown cloth illus boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi+124pp+8pp adverts, illus, (G+) spine is cracked discolouration to pages moderate wear to extermities
PUBLISHER: S.W.Partridge & Co
KEYWORDS: birds natural history mary howitt
Mac's Memoirs ; The Flying Life of Squardron Leader Mcgregor
octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 160pp, illus, (VG) bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light tanning to spine, previous owners signature in ink to front board, title page and prelude, light foxing to page edges and end pages.
PUBLISHER: A.H.& A.W.Reed
KEYWORDS: aviation transport biography literature history new zealand g h cunningham
The Arts of the South Pacific
imperal octavo, first edition red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 461pp, fldg map, illus, (VG+) discolouration to pages , d/w (VG) moderate wear to extermities
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1963
KEYWORDS: art history south pacific jean guiart
The Lively Capital ; Auckland 1840 - 1865
Imperal octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, illus, (VG+) discolouration to pages small owners name to title pages, d/w (VG+) discolouration and fading to d/w
PUBLISHER: Avon Fine Prints
KEYWORDS: new zealand auckland history una platts
Then and Now 1921 - 1935 ; A Selection of Articles, Stories and Poems taken from the first fifty numbers of now and then
first edition,octavo, heavy card covers, 224pp, illus, (VG) discolouration to pages small owners name to fep with moderate wear to extermities
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape
KEYWORDS: history literature poetry
The Real Story of the Whaler
exlibrary, octavo, black cloth boards, brown lettering to spine and front cover, xv+295pp, illus, (VG-) spine is cracked discolouration to pages lacks fep moderate wear to extermities damage to page xv and page 1
PUBLISHER: Appleton
KEYWORDS: biography history literature a hyatt verrill
The Minister and the Massacres
first edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxii+442pp, illus, (NF) light discolouration to fep, d/w (VG+) light marks and bruising to d/w
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson
KEYWORDS: autobiography history military nikolai tolstoy
What Camellia is That ?
quarto octavo, green cloth boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 304pp, illus, (NF) light marks to front cover, d/w (NF) light bruising to d/w
PUBLISHER: Lansdowne
KEYWORDS: enviroment natural history stirling macoboy