Books - "history"
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Half a World Away; proceedings of a conference held at the New Zealand National Maritime Museum 12-14 September 1997
quarto, illus light card covers, iii + 213pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers, light wear)
PUBLISHER: Royal New Zealand Navy Museum 1998
KEYWORDS: new zealand maritime nautical history david johnson peter dennerly
The Era of the Bush Tram in New Zealand
quarto, green cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light bruisingand scuffing to to board corners and edges, light soiling to boards, prev owners stamp to fep) in d/w VG+ (laminated)
PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1998
KEYWORDS: new zealand history bush tram paul mahoney signed
Marsden's Lieutenants
signed and numbered, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 280pp, VG+ (light wear, light discolouration to page edges and eps)
PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie 1934
KEYWORDS: new zealand history marsden john rawson elder signed
Tapanui Turns One Hundred
A publication to mark the centennial of the Borough of Tapanui 1876-1976
octavo, illus light card covers, 157pp, illus, VG (light wear)
PUBLISHER: Graeme John Smith 1975
KEYWORDS: new zealand history tapanui graeme john smith
Outlaw's Progress
first edition, octavo, light card covers,72pp, VG+ (light wear, discolouration to pages) in VG d/w (wear to extremities, chips to head and tail of spine)
PUBLISHER: Progressive Publishing Society 1943
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature history r.h. burdon first edition
The Sleepwalkers
octavo softcover (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: pelican
KEYWORDS: specials arthur koestler history cosmology science astronomy universe space
Port Preservation
foreword by Brigadier Sir Bernard Fergusson
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with blue label and gilt lettering to spine, 398pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear) in VG d/w (light wear to extremities, fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1973
KEYWORDS: new zealand history nautical maritime port a. charles begg neil c. begg
A Covert Agenda: The British Government's UFO Top Secrets Exposed
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: Pocket Books 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Nicholas Redfern UFOs Ministry of Defence history Royal Air Force journalism reportage British Government
In the Name of Honour: A Memoir
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: Virago 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Mukhtar Mai history autobiography Pakistan rape tribal justice true story judicial drama
A Buyer's Market
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: Flamingo Fontana
KEYWORDS: specials Anthony Powell history fiction novel literature humour
Age and Guile beat Youth, Innocence, and a Bad Haircut
25 Years of P JJ O'Rourke 1970-1995
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: Picador 1995
KEYWORDS: specials P J O'Rourke journalism humour politics history 1970s 1980s 1990s reportage
A Man Named Dave
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: Orion 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Dave Pelzer autobiography memoir history child abuse redemption
A Childhood
A Novella
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 & Stoughton 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Jona Oberski memoir childhood Holocaust Nazi Germany concentration camp autobiography history Bergen Belsen
The Medicine of the Future: A History of the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago 1886-2011
super octavo, illus light card covers, iii + 303pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, light bending to front card)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago 2011
KEYWORDS: new zealand medicine history university of otago sociology warwick brunton
Kerouac West Coast a Bohemian Pilot Detailed Navigational Instructions
first edition, paperback 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: fels & firn press
KEYWORDS: specials matterhorn california literature history beats jack kerouac biography dharma bums fiction beat
The Kerouac We Knew: Unposed Portraits; Actions Shots
ex library, paperback 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: fels & firn press
KEYWORDS: specials history jack kerouac biography fiction beats photography portraits literature
A Tribute to Crumpy: Barry Crump 1935-1996
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Barry Crump biography Good Keen Man memoirs history tribute New Zealand humour
Rediscovering Homer
Inside the Origins of the Epic
super octavo, hardcover 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: WW Norton & Co 2006 (?)
KEYWORDS: specials Andrew Dalby Homer Iliad Odyssey classics Greek epic Troy Paris Helen history literature reference
Mary Stuart
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: Penguin Classics 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Friedrich Schiller German literature classics history play drama theatre tragedy
Firth of Wellington
First edition, octavo, black cloth covers with gilt lettering (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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1937
KEYWORDS: specials Sir James Elliott New Zealand biography Joseph Firth JP Firth education school Wellington history