Books - "history"
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A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson
limited numbered edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with dark blue lettering to front board and spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing and bruising to spine and board extrems, light water damage to pages, moderate tanning, spine sl cocked)
PUBLISHER: A.H. and A.W. Reed 1944
KEYWORDS: new zealand history autobiography murray gladstone thomson alfred eccles
Growing up in West Taieri
SIGNED, octavo, light card stapled wrappers, 71pp, illus, VG+ (light sunning and soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Alex Chisholm 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand history autobiography otago west taieri alex chisholm
Once Upon a Time: The Story of Princess Grace, Prince Rainier and their Family
softcover octavo (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: Pan Books 2004
KEYWORDS: history biography princess grace prince rainier randy j. taraborrelli specials
Return from Hell
first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks 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: William Kimber 1954
KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography military history world war two WWII jules roy specials
Jump for It! Stories of the Caterpillar Club
first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks 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: Evans Brothers Limited 1955
KEYWORDS: first edition history caterpillar club gerald bowman specials
Enduring Legacy: Charles Brasch, Patron, Poet & Collector
ex-library, softcover super octavo (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: University of Otago Press 2003
KEYWORDS: biography arts history charles brasch new zealand literature donald kerr specials
Taieri Mouth and its surrounding districts
softcover super octavo (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: Otago Heritage Books 1980
KEYWORDS: otago taieri district new zealand history win parks kath hislop specials
1788: The People of the First Fleet
softcover imperial octavo ( 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: Doubleday 1986
KEYWORDS: australian history settlement don chapman specials
Miracle at St Anna
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: Hodder 2003
KEYWORDS: literature history WW2 Germany contemporary fiction miklitary adventure specials James McBride
Polynesia; a popular description of the physical features , inhabitations, natural history and productions of The Islands of the Pacific
with an account of their discovery, and of the progress of civilzation and christianity amongst them
rebounding half leather, lovely copy, duodecimo, half leather, half marbled boards with red label and gilt lettering to spine, five raised bands to spine, xii + 436pp, illus including coloured folding map with closed tears repaired), VG+ (light discolouration to pages edges)
PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1866
KEYWORDS: history pacific islands polynesia george french anas
Late Cretaceous Marine Reptiles of New Zealand
imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 111pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, soiling to covers, ink owner's name to cover, twink markings to cover)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury Museum Trust Board 1971
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history cretaceous marine reptiles s.p. welles d.r. gregg
The New Zealand Year-Book, 1914.
Twenty-Third Year of New Zealand
quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, black design and rule to front board and spine, patterned eps, xii + 1017pp, VG+ (light wear and rubbing to boards, light weakness to front hinge)
PUBLISHER: The Government of New Zealand 1914
KEYWORDS: new zealand history statistics year book malcolm fraser new zealand government
Straits Affairs: The Malay World and Singapore
paperback, rectangle quarto (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: falcon press
KEYWORDS: specials malaysia singapore history asia
Wild Fiordland: Discovering the Natural History of a World Heritage Area
Imperial 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: otago university press
KEYWORDS: specials neville peat brian patrick new zealand nature fiordlands history otago heritage conservation
The Cambridge Natural History volume VII: Hemichordata, Ascidians and Amphioxus, Fishes
this volume only, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, gilt rule to front board, xvii + 760pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG+ (light wear, discolouration to prelims and page edges, owner's stamp to fep, pencil annotations throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1910
KEYWORDS: cambridge natural history s.f. harmer a.e. shipley hemichordata ascidians amphioxus fishes
The Cambridge Natural History volume I: Protozoa, Porifera (sponges), Coelenterata & Ctenophora, Echinodermata
this volume only, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, gilt rule to front board, xvii + 671pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, discolouration to prelims and page edges, owner's stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1909
KEYWORDS: cambridge natural history s.f. harmer a.e. shipley protozoa porifera coelenterata ctenophora echinodermata
The Mighty Hood
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: Coronet Books 1974
KEYWORDS: royal navy maritime boats ships sailing history ernle bradford mighty hood specials
The Great Carved House Mataatua of Whakatane
imperial octavo, illus stapled wrappers, illus front pastedown, 34pp, illus, VG (wrappers loose, chips to extremities, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Polynesian Society
KEYWORDS: new zealand history culture maori anthropology mataatua whakatane w.j. phillips dr j.c. wadmore
Designing the Earth: The Human Impulse To Shape Nature
hardback quarto, ex 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: harry n. abrams inc. publishers
KEYWORDS: specials nature architecture art society history landscaping agriculture
Sketches From Early New Zealand: Some Nineteenth Century Engravings
hardback quarto, inscribed & signed (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: david bateman publishing
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history engraving art