Books - "history"
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Rail; The Great New Zealand Adventure
quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, x + 151pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, ink owner's details to fep, ink marking to lower page edges) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and fading)
PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand history trains railways roy sinclair transport
Names and Places in Southern New Zealand
super octavo, illus light card covers, 103pp, illus, VG (light wear and creasing to covers, v light soiling to page edges, previous owners details in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1990
KEYWORDS: george griffiths geography place names new zealand history southland otago
The History of Otago; The Origins and Growth of a Wakefield Class Settlement
first edition, super octavo, cream cloth boards with red leather and gilt lettering to spine, red illus to front board, VG folding map to frontis (moderate rubbing and creasing to spine, light soiling to boards and eps,), xxiii + 829pp, illus, VG (light wear and soiling, light fraying to board edges, v light soiling to eps and page edges), photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949
KEYWORDS: a.h. mclintock otago history new zealand wakefield class settlement otago centennial historical publications
Colonial New Zealand; Engravings of the Victorian Period
1998 reprint, small quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, 95pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1998
KEYWORDS: r.p. hargreaves t.j. hearn new zealand history victorian era colonial engravings arts
Milestones; Turning Points in New Zealand History
picture research Harry Mills
quarto, black heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear) in VG+ d/w (light foxing to interior, light wear and creasing, small closed tear to front lower flap corner)
PUBLISHER: Mills Publications 1988
KEYWORDS: tom brooking paul enright harry mills new zealand history arts photography politics journalism
The #1 New York Times Bestseller; Intriguing Facts about the 484 books that have been #1 New York Times bestsellers since the first list in 1942
quarto, illus light card covers, x + 262pp, illus, VG (light wear, creasing to front cover, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ten Speed Press 1992
KEYWORDS: john bear history new york times bestseller literature literary criticism
This Is My Place; Hauraki Contested 1769-1875
Inscribed, dated and signed by author. first edition, super octavo, illus light card covers, x + 284pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, rubbing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2001
KEYWORDS: paul monin new zealand history hauraki maori pakeha interaction colonial settlement era politics signed first edition
The Provincial System in New Zealand 1852-76
octavo, rust cloth boards with gilt lettering and decorative rule to spine, 317pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in VG d/w (light scuffing and soiling to covers, light chipping and creasing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited 1964
KEYWORDS: w.p. morrell new zealand provincial system politics history settlement colonial era
New Zealand's First Talkies; Early Film-Making in Otago and Southland, 1896-1939
signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers, 92pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1996
KEYWORDS: simon price signed new zealand history cinema arts film film-making otago southland talkies
The Incomparable Game
ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) 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 and Stoughton 1970
KEYWORDS: colin cowdrey cricket sport history specials
The Finest Years; Twenty Years of New Zealand Cricket
hardcover imperial octavo (VG) 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 1977
KEYWORDS: dick brittenden cricket sport new zealand history specials
Freebooters of the Pacific
hardback (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: Blackie & Son
KEYWORDS: adventure travel history pacific exploration stanley rogers specials
Westward Vision: The Story of the Oregon Trail
First edition, super octavo, blown cloth boards with gilt lettering & red motif to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 425pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, another owner's label to fep, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1965
KEYWORDS: first edition David Lavender Marian Ebert American history Oregon Trail Hudson's Bay Company trappers settlers
Port Chalmers; Gateway to Otago
Capper Press reprint 1978, octavo, burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, near fine folding map to frontis, x + 224pp, illus, VG+ (some early pages loose) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978
KEYWORDS: h.o. bowman port chalmers history otago centennial historical publications new zealand
Myanmar Style; Art, Architecture and Design of Burma
photography by Luca Invernizzi Tettoni
square quarto, brown heavy card boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, near fine in near fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1998
KEYWORDS: john falconer luca invernizzi tettoni elizabeth moore daniel kahrs alfred birnbaum virginia mckeen di crocco joe cummings arts architecture design culture anthropology history
Handbook to the Arthur's Pass National Park
saddle-stappled 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Arthur's Pass National Park Board 1978
KEYWORDS: specials arthur's pass new zealand national parks geology nature climate science natural history walks climate animals plants south island
Circumstantial Evidence
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Bantam 1996
KEYWORDS: specials pete earley crime history true reportage journalism
`Windows on a Chinese Past Volume 4
Don's Roll of Chinese
First edition, this volume only, quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 300pp, illus, near fine, in d/w, near fine
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993
KEYWORDS: James Ng New Zealand China Chinese immigration history Rev Alexander Don Otago Southland goldminers lists names reference
Windows on a Chinese Past Volume 1
How the Cantonese Goldseekers and their Heirs settled in New Zealand
First edition, this volume only, quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 400pp, illus, VG in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993
KEYWORDS: James Ng New Zealand China Chinese immigration history goldmining goldminers Otago Southland Sew Hoy
A History of Dentistry in New Zealand
Scarce, super octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 268pp, illus, VG+ (bruising to spine extrems, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (tanning to spine, foxing & soiling, bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Dental Association 1980
KEYWORDS: TWH Brooking New Zealand dentistry dental association history social development Sidey Pickerill Davies University profession child health School dental service