Books - "history"
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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
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
Waiheke Pioneers
First edition, octavo, illus light card covers with red lettering to covers, 190pp, illus, VG+ (slight tanning & soiling to covers, slight foxing)
PUBLISHER: Waiheke Historical Society
KEYWORDS: Dixie Day New Zealand Waiheke Island history pioneers stories local families settlers
The Worm Forgives the Plough
Imperial octavo, grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1988
KEYWORDS: John Stewart Collis English rural history autobiography 1940s countryside people anecdotes literature
Mary Potter's Little Company of Mary: The New Zealand Experience, 1914-2002
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 228pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Bridget William Books 2003
KEYWORDS: Ann Trotter Mary Potter Sisters of the Little Company of Mary Calvary hospitals nursing medicine women's history New Zealand psychiatry hospice care
Getting Together Again
Inscribed & signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 68pp, illus, VG+ (rubbing to spine, light tanning to rear cover, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Peter J Harris 1979
KEYWORDS: Michael Bassett New Zealand politics history economy economics welfare foreign policy trade Muldoon
An Ulster Plantation
Special Edition for Katikati Centennial 1975
Small octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine and cover, frontispiece, xvi + 153pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG (moderate bruising and tanning to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, gutter cracked at fep) in d/w scruffy (large section missing to rear cover and half of spine, heavy tearing and chipping to hinges and extrems, moderate rubbing and light soiling)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1950
KEYWORDS: Arthur J Gray New Zealand Katikati Kati Kati centenary Northern Ireland history settlers
Maori Place Names of Auckland: Their Meaning and History
Imperial octavo, illus light card brown covers, 39pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: Auckland Institute & Museum 1980
KEYWORDS: George Graham DR Simmons New Zealand Auckland Maori place names meaning history
Pioneer Tales of Old New Plymouth
Ex library, imperial octavo, blue light card covers, 178pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, rubbing to covers, archival tape reinforcement to front & rear hinges, crease to rear cover upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Zenith Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: Murray Moorhead New Zealand New Plymouth pioneers history
A Short History of the English People
illustrated edition edited by Mrs. J.R. Green and Miss Kate Norgate
handsome four volume set, super octavo, three quarter bound brown leather and brown buckram, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, five raised bands to spine, marbled eps and page edges, frontispiece, 1906pp running across all volumes, illus including VG+ folding diagram, VG+ (light wear and rubbing to boards, v light soiling, occasional foxing throughout all volumes), altogether a very lovely set
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co. 1892-4
KEYWORDS: j.r. green history english people england britain kate norgate
Sixty Years a Queen; The Story of Her Majesty's Reign
illustrated chiefly from the royal collections with special permission
undated, quarto, black buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, frontispiece, xii + 240pp, illus, VG (light wear and soiling to boards, light foxing to eps and page edges, slightly cocked)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswode
KEYWORDS: biography queen victoria her majesty british monarchy history britain england english sir herbert maxwell
Thirty Illustrations of Childe Harold
the original drawings produced expressly for The Art-Union of London
rebound with original front cover, small quarto, heavy card boards with tan cloth and gilt lettering to spine, new eps, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light wear and soiling to boards, light foxing throughout esp. to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Art-Union of London 1855
KEYWORDS: childe harold illustrations arts history
P.J. Redoute: Lilies and Related Flowers
with contributions by William T. Stearn and William Patrick Watson
quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear and fading to boards, v light foxing to eps) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing, small closed tears to head and tail of spine)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1982
KEYWORDS: brian mathew pierre-joseph redoute arts natural history botany flowers lilies
The Indian Annual Register: Volume II July to Dec. 1943
An Annual Digest of Public Affairs of India
This volume only, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 420pp, VG (heavy rubbing to boards, bruising & fraying to board edges & corners, number 15 in red crayon to front board & half-title page, tanning to eps & page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Annual Register Office 1943
KEYWORDS: Nripendra Nath Mitra Indian public affairs politics economics industry education social history reference
The Art of African Textiles: Technology, Tradition and Lurex
Small quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Barbican Art Gallery 1995
KEYWORDS: John Picton African art textiles Barbican exhibition design manufacture cloth weaving materials history
A Sort of Conscience: The Wakefields
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 584pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Philip Temple New Zealand history biography Wakefield family
Art of the Forties
With an essay by Guy Davenport
Quarto, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 160pp, illus, nr fine (v slight foxing to prelims), in d/w, VG+ (label residue stain to front upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Museum of Modern Art New York 1991
KEYWORDS: Riva Castleman modern art 1940s paintings sculpture European American Latin American drawing printmaking architecture design art history exhibition
Dress & Undress
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: New English Library 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Paul Tabori fashion clothes clothing style history corsets stockings boots underwear
Provincial Price: Number Two August 1956
Octavo, stapled paper wrappers (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: Otago Early Settlers Association 1956
KEYWORDS: spepcials Otago Early Settlers New Zealand history pioneers