Books - "history"
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In a Class of Its Own: The Story of a Century and a Quarter of Teacher Education at the Dunedin Training College, Dunedin Teachers' College and the Dunedin College of Education
A Dunedin College of Education Anniversity History
Super octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, 220pp, illus, Nr fine, in d/w, Nr fine
PUBLISHER: Dunedin College of Education / Longacre Press 2001
KEYWORDS: David Keen New Zealand Dunedin teachers education training college of education centenary anniversary history
Photographic View Album of Whakarewarewa
Not in Bagnall, oblong super octavo, maroon leather boards with gilt lettering & rule to front board, textured cloth pastedowns, decorated title page, unpaginated but 16 pp of b&w photographs, illus, G+ (heavy rubbing to board edges resulting in loss of leather covering to front board fore-edge & lower edge and rear board corners, fading to boards, stitching to body of book loose, tanning to eps,)
PUBLISHER: Wildman & Lyell c. 1900
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whakarewarewa geysers Maori portraits photographic pictorial history
Guide to the Hot Lake District Rotorua
Oblong super octavo, black leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, printed pastedowns, decorated title page, unpaginated but 16 pp b&w photographs, illus, G+ (rubbing, brusing & fraying to spine & spine extrems, damage to boards with loss of leather in two patches, heavy tanning to eps, stitching to body of book loose)
PUBLISHER: Iles c.1910
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rotorua photographic pictorial history record travel geysers Whakarewarewa
The Graphic Series: Panoramic Photographic Pictures of Rotorua and NZ Wonderland
Second Edition
Long narrow oblong super octavo, illus light card sewn wrappers, unpaginated but 20pp b&w photographs, illus, G+ (bruising & creasing to front & rear card fore-edges, light soiling spots to cards, stitching to body of book loose, some foxing to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Graphic CB & Co Ltd (n/d) circa 1890-1900
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rotorua Rotomahana Tarawera photographic pictorial history travel scenery
Auckland
Binding variant of Bagnall T59, oblong super octavo, string-tied brown light card stapled wrappers with brown lettering & brown motifs to front cover, unpaginated but 11pp of tipped-in b&w photogravures - one of which is fold-out, VG- (some fading & staining to covers, bruising to cover edges, creasing to cover corners)
PUBLISHER: Tanner Bros Ltd (c.1910)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland photographic pictorial history architecture harbour
Kaiwaka: A Photographic History / Ngo Taonga Whakatapu o Kaiwaka
Quarto, illus green light card covers, printed eps, 100pp + folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine
PUBLISHER: Quadrant Press / Kaiwaka & Districts Historical Society 1990
KEYWORDS: LJ Hargreaves RS Dowson JM Reynolds MR Wilson New Zealand Kaiwaka Pukekaroro Oneriri Hakaru Topuni photographic pictorial history photographs
The Fateful Voyage of the St Jean Baptiste
A True Account of M. de Surville's Expedition to New Zealand & the Unknown South Seas in the Years 1769-70
Octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 127pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (bruising to edges, rubbing & slight soiling to front & rear)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1969
KEYWORDS: John Dunmore St Jean Baptiste Jean de Surville expedition exploration New Zealand French naval history nautical
Waiting for the Sun
The harrowing story of a peasant boy in occupied Tibet
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: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Mary Craig biography memoir history Tibet occupation China refugee exile
The Victims of the Mamertine
Scenes from the Early Church
Ex-library 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: M.H. Gill & Son 1897
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials A J O'Reilly religion religious history
The Drugs Epidemic
First edition hardcover octavo (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: Tom Stacey Ltd 1970
KEYWORDS: first edition specials William Deedes drugs narcotics sociology society social commentary history
The Church in the Pages of Punch
Ex-library 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: Smith, Elder & Co., 1912
KEYWORDS: ex-library first edition specials D Wallace Duthie religion Church history Punch magazine
Life in Shakespeare's England
A Bookf of Elizabethan Prose
Ex-library 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 Books Ltd 1951
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials John Dover Wilson history anthropology sixteenth century England sociology Shakespeare's England
Revolution, Reaction, and the Triumph of Conservatism
English History 1558-1700
Softcover imperial octavo (VG) ; partial f.ep ; 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: Longman Paul Limited 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Michael A R Graves Robin H Silcock English history historiography
The Greatest of the Borgias
Ex-library hardcover super 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: The Bruce Publishing Company 1952
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Margaret Yeo biography religious history St. Francis Borgia
Atlas of Classical History
Ex-library hardcover imperial 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: Book Club Associates 1985
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Richard J A Talbert classical studies ancient history maps cartographs
The Feminists
Women's Emancipation Movements in Europe, America and Australiasia 1840-1920
Softcover octavo (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least imperial 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: Croom Helm Australia Pty Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Richard J Evans history feminism social movement politics suffrage
A White Boy among the Maoris in the 'Forties: Pages from an Unpublished Autobiography of James West Stack
Foreword by his Daughter Mrs Frank Coxon
Octavo, illus brown heavy card boards, printed eps, frontispiece, 23pp + 1pp advert, illus, VG (light rubbing to spine, v slight bruising to boards corners & edges, owner's name in pencil to fep)
PUBLISHER: AH Reed 1934
KEYWORDS: James West Stack autobiography Mrs Frank Coxon New Zealand Maori history
Books and Bibliography: Essays in Commemoration of Don McKenzie
Octavo, orange light card covers, 216pp, illus, VG (slighty warped, slight fading to spine, light scuffing, small patch of surface loss to cover)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University press 2002
KEYWORDS: John Thomson Don McKenzie New Zealand bibliographer book production history of print culture essays anthology
Early Rangitikei
A Few Notes, Collected from various Sources of the Settlement on the Rangitikei River of a number of Maoris of different tribes. A Short History of the Purchase and Colonization of the land between t
First edition, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind stamped motif to front board, frontispiece, iv + 260pp, illus + two folding maps in pocket to rear, VG (moderate bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, moderate soiling to boards, prev owners name in ink to fep and bookplate to pastedown, moderate tanning to fep, gutter at title page cracked, foxing throughout textblock)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1914
KEYWORDS: First edition James G Wilson New Zealand Rangitikei Turakina history settlement Maori Te Rauparaha
At War with the Smugglers
Career of Dr. Arnold's Father
Ex-library First edition Hardcover super 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: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited 1936
KEYWORDS: ex-library first edition specials D Arnold-Forster biography English history Customs officers