Books - "history"
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Hawaii Pono - A Social History
hardback octavo with 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Harcourt, Brace & World 1961
KEYWORDS: specials lawrence fuchs history sociology hawaii politics
A Long Season - A History of AFFCO New Zealand
paperback square 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Kukupa Press 2004
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand john mccrystal history food industry farming agriculture
Mabo and Native Title: Origins and Institutional Implications
paperback 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research - Australia National University 1994
KEYWORDS: specials aborigines australia policy law sanders economics history rights
Those Were The Days - A nostalgic look at the 1920s from the pages of The Weekly News
hardback folio with 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Moa Publications 1988
KEYWORDS: specials news history new zealand media 1920s newspapers
Those Were The Days - A nostalgic look at the 1930s from the pages of The Weekly News
Folio 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Moa Publications 1988
KEYWORDS: specials news history new zealand media 1930s newspapers
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: To Greece
Imperial octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind-stamped coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xii + 538pp, illus plus folding maps, VG (slight staining to boards, inscription in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy bruising, creasing & nicks to edges & corners, creasing to folds)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch Dept of Internal Affairs 1959
KEYWORDS: WG McGlymont New Zealand Second World War Two WW2 Greece military history
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Italy Volume 1 The Sangro to Cassino
This volume only, imperial octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind-stamped coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 387pp, illus plus folding maps, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems, two tiny stain spots to front board, owner's name & phone No in blue ink to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & tearing to upper spine/rear repaired internally with tape, heavy creasing & damage to flap folds, creasing, bruising & nicks to all edges & corners, slight fading, tanning to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch Dept of Internal Affairs 1957
KEYWORDS: NC Phillips New Zealand Second World War Two WW2 military history Italy
Courtship and Allied Behaviour in Penguins
From The Emu vol 44 April 1945 and The Emu vol 45 July 1945
Super octavo, green light card stapled wrappers, 32pp, illus, VG- (cover completely detached, browning to cover edges, 2cm tears to spine extrems, small holes to front fore-edge, two soiling spots to front cover)
PUBLISHER: LE Richdale (?) Dunedin / Brown Prior Anderson printer (?)
KEYWORDS: LE Richdale penguins animal behaviour natural history
From Venus to Antarctica: The Life of Dumont d'Urville
Super octavo, blue-ish boards with gilt lettering to spine, 252pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: John Dunmore Jules Sebastien Cesar Dumont d'Urville biography history explorer exploration navigator
Transito: A Story of Brazil
First edition?, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt & black illustrations to spine & front board, SW Partridge logo in black to rear board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 408pp + 16pp catalogue, illus, VG- (bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, black mark (pen?) to some gilt title lettering, rubbing to boards & board edges, staining to rear board lower corner, school prize bookplate to front pastedown, rear hinge/gutter completely detached with some damage to rear pastedown paper, moderate browning to page edges, staining to page fore-edges, one section of pages loosened, staining spots to occasional pages)
PUBLISHER: SW Partridge (preface dated 1887 / bookplate dated 1888)
KEYWORDS: Emma E Hornibrook Brazil literature history t
A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen with Numerous Authentic Portraits
Volume 1 ABE-HUM, Volume 2 HUM-YOU plus Supplement
Complete in two volumes including supplement, small quarto, half bound, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to black leather spine, gilt-decorated raised bands to spine & decorative red leather title label between two raised bands, marbled page edges, frontispiece, vi + 689pp in two vols, illus, VG (scuffing to boards & spines, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 2pages of prelims torn out in volume 2, heavy foxing to eps, light foxing elsewhere, some light insect damage to fep upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1875
KEYWORDS: Robert Chambers Thomas Thomson Scotland Scottish history biography Scotsmen reference
Geoecological Research Vol 3: Exploration in the Eastern Himalayas and the River Gorge Country of Southeastern Tibet: Francis (Frank) Kingdon War (1885-1958
An Annotated Bibliography with a Map of the Area of His Expeditions, with a photograph of F Kingdon Ward and a map (1:1 000 000)
Super octavo, green light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, iv +frontispiece + 114pp + two large folding maps in pocket to rear, VG+ (v. v. slight bruising to front cover corners)
PUBLISHER: Franz Steiner Verlag 1975
KEYWORDS: Francis Frank Kingdon Ward Ulrich Schweinfurth Heidrun Schweinfurth Marby Eastern Himalayas Southeastern Tibet geology ecology botany natural history exploration bibliography
An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal, Volumes One, Two & Three
A Joint Project of the British Museum Natural History and the Univesity of Tokyo
Three-volume set, quarto, blue light card covers with black lettering, 154pp, 220pp, 226pp (vols 1, 2, 3 respectively), VG (light tanning to spines, some fading to covers, a few soiling spots to covers)
PUBLISHER: British Museum Natural History 1978
KEYWORDS: H Hara WT Stearn LHJ Williams AO Chater botany horticulture natural history flowering plants Nepal reference
From the Martyrs to the Masses: Pages in the History of Trade Unionism
Small octavo, grey/blue stapled paper wrapper with dark blue lettering, 63pp, VG+ very tidy (light tanning to cover edges & spine)
PUBLISHER: Lloyd Ross University of Sydney 1934
KEYWORDS: Lloyd Ross Alex McLagan politics trade unions unionism history
Aircraft Profiles Nos.61-96
With Illustrations by R Ward, P Endsleigh Castle, GJ Goulding, K Broomfield, KG Rush, W Wright
Imperial octavo, cream cloth boards with gilt lettering to navy blue cloth spine & gilt lettering to front board, each issue paginated separately (aprox 12 pp to each issue), illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to front board upper corner, heavy foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy soiling & dampstaining, 1cm closed tear to lower spine extrem)
PUBLISHER: Profile Publications 1966
KEYWORDS: aircraft aviation history aeronautical engineering aeroplanes
On the Eaves of the World: Two Volumes
Two-volume set, super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 311pp, illus + folding map (vol 1), frontispiece + viii + 328pp, illus (vol 2), nr fine
PUBLISHER: Theophrastus 1977 (Reprint of Edward Arnold 1926)
KEYWORDS: Reginald Farrer expedition exploration botany horticulture forestry flora natural history Tibet
The Yellow Joss and Other Tales
Third Edition
Octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering and black rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 266pp + 8pp adverts, VG (fading to spine, light fraying to spien extrems & board corners, some soiling & staining to rear board, light foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to fep, bookseller's stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson Ltd 1936
KEYWORDS: Ion L Idriess Australian history short biographical stories
Poneke's 75 Years: The History of the Poneke Football Club, Wellington from 1883 to 1958
Octavo, black light card covers with white lettering & red & white logo to front cover, 55pp, illus, VG (some rubbing to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Poneke Football Club 1958
KEYWORDS: Poneke footbal club New Zealand Wellington sport history
Gisborne Exposed: The Photographs of William Crawford 1874-1913
Oblong quarto, light greay faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus,VG+ (prev owner's name in pen to fep), in d/w, VG (slight tanning fading & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Te Rau Press Ltd / Gisborne Museum 1990
KEYWORDS: Sheila Robinson John Berry William Crawford New Zealand Gisborne photography photographer biography pictorial photographic history art
The Annals of the Addington Family
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 191pp, illus + large folding genealogical tree, VG+ (v. v. slight fading to spine & board edges, v light foxing to page edges) in d/w (VG+, light foxing & light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Published privately by Warren & Son 1959
KEYWORDS: EMG Belfield Dorothy Warren Addington Family Viscount of Sidmouth Northamptonshire Oxfordshire biography history