Books - "history"
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The History of the Melanesian Mission
Ex library, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to boards, black coated eps, frontispiece, xxviii + folding map + 372pp, illus, VG- (some bruising to spine extrems & board corners, library labels to feps, moderately heavy foxing)
PUBLISHER: Isbister & Co Ltd 1900
KEYWORDS: ES Armstrong George Augustus Selwyn John Selwyn Bishop Patteson diocese mission church history Melanesia Norfolk Island Torres Islands
The History of Broadcasting in New Zealand 1920-1954
Quarto, blue light card covers with gilt lettering to spone & front board, iii + 203pp, VG- (heavy fading to covers, two 2cm closed tears to lower spine extrem & front cover lower corner, upper 1cm portion of spine missing, small nick to central spine, inscription in ink to fep, front gutter cracked/detached at staples, heavy foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand 1980
KEYWORDS: John Herbert Bert Hall New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation NZBC history pioneers radio wireless
Fading Fast: Images from New Zealand's Rural South
Signed by all three authors, quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to red spine, vi + 160pp, illus, VG
PUBLISHER: Bunny Busters 2012
KEYWORDS: David Teele Rita Teele Val McMillan New Zealand South Island pictorial photographic history architecture buildings stations post offices farms
The Pictish Nation: Its People & Its Church
First edition, new fep to reinforce damaged original fep, imperial octavo, navy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 561pp, VG-(moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light rubbing to board edges & corners, heavy foxing & tanning, esp to page edges, heavy browning to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: TN Foulis Publisher 1918
KEYWORDS: first edition Archibald B Scott Picts Pictish nation Scots history religion church Celtic Welsh Cymric
TSS Earnslaw: Celebrating 100 Years 1912-2012
Signed by author, oblong quarto, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, 104pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Real Journeys Ltd 2012
KEYWORDS: Jenny McLeod New Zealand Real Journeys TSS Earnslaw steamer shipping nautical history Wakatipu
Invercargill 150 Years: 1856-2006
Super octavo, illus light card covers, 144pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Lloyd Esler 2006
KEYWORDS: Lloyd Esler new Zealand Southland Invercargill history
Catlins Bound: William McPhee's Southern-Built Sailing Ships, New Zealand 1860-70s
Illustrated with Shipping Notices, Photographs, Maps, Adverts & Paintings by Fergus Sutherland; accompanied by Music by Maritime Crew
CD loosely enclosed, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps & white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, 262pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Catlins Wildlife Ecotours 2009
KEYWORDS: Mike McPhee Ian Churcvh Fergus Sutehrland New Zealand Catlins Stewart Island shipbuilding maritime nautical history sailing ships
Violent Truce: A Military Observer looks at the Arab Israeli Conflict 1951-1955
Forewords by Major Gneeral Vagn Bennike, Lt Col WT McAninch, Major John R DeBarr USMC
First edition, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+); 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: John Calder Publishers 1956
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Commander EH Hutchison USNR history Israel Jordan Syria Iraq Arab-Israeli conflict warfare
Hawaii: Isles of Dreams
Uncorrected proof copy first edition, 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: Arthur Barker 1957
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Jacques Chegaray Hawaii history travel tourism culture
Being Indian: The Truth about why the Twenty-first Century will be India's
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: Penguin 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Pavan K Varma India social history religion cultural portrait
Ashburton Borough: The Final Fifty Years 1939 - 1989
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 338pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to lower spine extrem, small stain spots to fep lower edge) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Ashburton District Council 1993
KEYWORDS: HC Richardson New Zealand Ashburton Tinwald history
Knox Church Dunedin Jubilee 1860-1910
Octavo, black light covers with gilt lettering to front cover, die-cut oval to front cover highlighting b&w fep illus, frontispiece, 87pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising to cover edges, 3cm tear/crease to die-cut oval, some sporadic foxing and soiling spots)
PUBLISHER: RJ Stark & Co 1910
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin Knox Church history Presbyterian Church
Nicaragua: The Sandinista People's Revolution: Speeches by Sandinista Leaders
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: Pathfinder Press 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Nicaragua Sandinista revolution Daniel Ortega Sergio Ramirez Tomas Borge politics political history Somoza
Hearts of Gold: Memories of Old Queenstown
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: Otago Daily Times 1962
KEYWORDS: specials JD Salmond New Zealand Otago Queenstown history 1870-1890 goldfields
The Romantic Movement
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: Longmans 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Anthony Thorlby historiography literary criticism history philosophy political art anthology essays
Striving Together
The Story of St. Giles', Kilburnie, Presbytarian Church 1907 - 1982
Softcover staple bound 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 costs
PUBLISHER: St. Giles' Presbytarian Church 1982
KEYWORDS: specials R Neil Lambie New Zealand relgion religious history Presbytarian Chrurch North Island Wellington
The Law and Practice Relating to Pollution Control in the United Kingdom
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: Graham & Trotman Limited for The Commission of the European Communities 1982
KEYWORDS: specials J McLoughlin M J Forster law history environment pollution United Kingdom
The Story of the Wellington to Johnsonville Railway
Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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: Industrial Publishing Ltd. 1998
KEYWORDS: signed by author specials Geoffrey B Churchman New Zealand transport history locomotives Railways North Island
Oamaru: History & Heritage
Softcover imperial 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: University of Otago Press 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Gavin McLeab New Zealand history South Isand Oamaru
A History of the Town of Gore: Part Three; The Town's Streets and the Origin of Their Names
Softcover staple bound octavo (VG) ; THIS VOLUME ONLY ; 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 Wayland Trust 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Hallam L Smith New Zealand regional history South Island Gore