Books - "history"
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The Endless Knot: K2, Mountain of Dreams and Destiny
Imperial octavo, light grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus front and rear eps, viii + 308 pp, illus VG in d/w VG
PUBLISHER: Grafton Books 1991
KEYWORDS: Kurt Diemberger mountains mountaineering sport K2 literature Julie Tullis history Jerzy Kukuczka Alan Rouse Renato Casarotto Himalayas disaster climbing tragedy
The Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 23: Late Cenozoic Volcanism in New Zealand
scarce, octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece maps of Nth and Sth Islands, 371 pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to cover extremities, v slight crease to top right corner)
PUBLISHER: Royal Society of New Zealand 1986
KEYWORDS: Royal Society New Zealand Ian E M Smith geology volcanoes cenozoic history geothermal activity tectonic lampophyre
The Jews of Germany: A Historical Portrait
Quarto beige cloth boards with d/w, illus (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Jews Judaism religion Germany history reference German Jewry
New Hebrides Condominium Geological Survey: Geology of The Torres Islands
super octavo, light blue light card covers with taped spine, black lettering to front board, iv + 46pp + fold-out map, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine tape, v. v slight spotting to boards consistent with age), word Auckland in pencil to top right front board)
PUBLISHER: British Service, New Hebrides 1975
KEYWORDS: D Greenbaum D I J Mallick N W Radford Torres Islands geology geomorphology igneous petrology economic geology geological history science
New Hebrides Condominium Geological Survey: Geology of Pentecost
super octavo, light blue light card covers with taped spine, black lettering to front board, viii + 103pp + 2 fold-out maps, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine tape, v. v slight spotting to boards consistent with age), word Auckland in pencil to top right front board, staple hole to upper part front board)
PUBLISHER: British Service, New Hebrides 1974
KEYWORDS: D I J Mallick G Neef Pentecost Island geology geomorphology igneous petrology economic geology geological history science stratigraphy
Austronesian Taiwan: Linguistics, History, Ethnology, and Prehistory
octavo, yellow cloth boards with red lettering to spine, xxv + 499pp + fold-out map, illus, fine, in fine d/w (as new)
PUBLISHER: University of California 2000
KEYWORDS: David Blundell Taiwan hisotry linguistics ethnology prehistory history Formosa aborigines anthropology Shung Ye Museum Austronesian languages David Faure Kobayashi Gakuji Japan Leonard Blusse Erick Wolf Tsuchida Shigeru Paul Jen-Kuei Li Wen Chen-hua Chian
Geological Bulletin No. 56: The Geology of Reefton Subdivision,
DSIR Geological Survey
LACKS SEPARATE MAP SET, super octavo, yellow heavy card boards with black lettering bound with orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 146pp + 1 pp list of corrections to maps, illus, VG+ (fading to board edges, ink handwritten title to spine, small pen mark to front board right edge, v small nick to lower front right edge of board, light fading and foxing to page edges consistent with age)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1957
KEYWORDS: R P Suggate DSIR Department of Scientific and Industrial Research geology New Zealand Reefton subdivision subdivision history reference coalfields mining
Geological Bulletin No. 61: The Geology of Mangakahia Subdivision,
DSIR Geological Survey
super octavo, yellow light card covers with black lettering, 109pp, illus, folding colour maps in pocket attached at rear ep, VG+ (fading & foxing to covers, small stain to front cover right,1cm tear without loss to top and bottom spine, fading to page edges consistent with age)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1960
KEYWORDS: R F Hay DSIR Department of Scientific and Industrial Research geology New Zealand Mangakahia subdivision subdivision history reference sedimentary rocks igneous economic geology physiography
Henderson's Mill: A History of Henderson 1849 - 1939
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Henderson Borough Council 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Anthony G Flude Henderson history New Zealand Auckland society
New Zealand Birds
Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 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 costs
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1955
KEYWORDS: specials W R B Oliver New Zealand birds ornithology reference natural history fauna
Farm Tractors
Features Models from the World's Leading Manufacturers including John Deere, IH, Ford, Case, Mercedes Benz, Massey-Ferguson
ex library, quarto, illus heavy card boards, illus,, gutter damage repaired by library (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Silverdale Books 2002
KEYWORDS: specials transport tractors farming vehicles agriculture Fordson John Deere Case Mercedes Benz Massey-Ferguson history machinery
Gold and Silver Deposits of the Basin and Range Province Western USA
quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering & map to front board and black lettering to spine, vi + 233pp, illus, near fine (v v slight foxing to eps),
PUBLISHER: Arizona Geological Society 1984
KEYWORDS: Joe Wilkins Jr gjold silver mining geology province Mohave Great Basin Porphyry Copper block Rio Grande rift copper metal deposits history San Bernadino breccias by-product gold-silver reference America U.S.A
The Changing Face of Malaysian Crafts
Identity, Industry, and Ingenuity
super octavo hardcover, illus (fine) in fine d/w; 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Barbara Leigh crafts art Malaysia industry history metalware beadwork gold-thread embroidery pottery ceramics woodcarving
The Instability of a Dependent Economy
Economic Fluctuations in New Zealand 1840 - 1914
First edition, octavo, red cloth boards (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1951
KEYWORDS: specials C G F Simkin New Zealand history economics banking trade public finance First World War WWI
The Man on the Twenty Dollar Note: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Ex library, brown boards, illus (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 costs
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Ward McNally Charles Kingsford-Smith biography history aviation Australia
Palmerston North: A Centennial History
octavo, blue boards, illus (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 costs
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1973
KEYWORDS: specials George Conrad Peterson New Zealand history Palmerston North Manawatu
The Origins of the First New Zealanders
octavo, illus light card covers, xv + 269pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, owner's stamp to fep, pencil annotations throughout)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: new zealand history archaeology anthropology douglas g. sutton
Na Mea Kahiko Kaua'i: Archaeological Studies in Kaua'i
octavo, illus light card covers, vi + 275pp, illus, VG+ (light wear)
PUBLISHER: Society for Hawaiian Archaeology 2005
KEYWORDS: history hawaii archaeology mike t. carson michael w. graves
Objets de Pouvoir en Nouvelle-Guinee: Approche ethnoarcheologique d'un systeme de signes sociaux
text in French, quarto, illus heavy card boards, 552pp, illus, near fine (light bruising to corner)
PUBLISHER: Musees Nationaux 2006
KEYWORDS: french languages history archaeology new guinea pierre petrequin anne-marie petrequin olivier weller
Historic Buildings of New Zealand: South Island
quarto, blue faux leather boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, 264pp, illus, VG+ lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Methuen
KEYWORDS: new zealand south island history architecture buildings frances porter