Books - "history"
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Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of Queen Caroline
hardcover octavo (VG+) with slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1978
KEYWORDS: specials joseph christopher hibbert royalty history memoir biography
Gallipoli
hardcover super 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 costs
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 2014
KEYWORDS: specials peter fitzsimons history ww1 gallipoli
The Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: An Illustrated History
Quarto, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to green spine, green eps, 144pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Midland Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: Ernie Shepherd trains railways Ireland Irish Midland Gret Western transport history
Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964
Quarto, illus light card covers with large French flaps, black lettering to blue spine, yellow eps, yellow glossy paper title ribbon around covers, frontispiece, ix + 381pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Chris Bourke New Zealand popular music illustrated history
Mt John: The First 50 Years: A Celebration of Half a Century of Optical Astronomy at the University of Canterbury
Oblong quarto, illus heavy card boards, illus half-title page, frontispiece, 216pp, illus, Nr FINE
PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury 2014
KEYWORDS: John Hearnshaw Alan Gilmore New Zealand Mt John optical astronomy observatory history science
Autocourse 1984-85
Small folio, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 256pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG (some bruising & nicks to spine extrems & corners, light creasing to edges, 9cm scratch to front, 1cm closed tear to rear lower edge)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: autocourse motor racing motorcars formula one F1 grand prix race reports results statistics photographic history
A Pictorial Record of Southern Locomotives
Quarto, green heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 384pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing to spine, v light bruising to spine upper extrem)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: JH Russell pictorial photographic history Southern Railway trains railways transport Ashford Brighton Eastliegh steam engines locomotives
Blue Cliffs: The Biography of a South Canterbury Sheep Station 1856-1970
Imperial octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 290pp, illus, VG+ (v. v. slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight fading to spine, slight bruising to spine upper extrem)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1982
KEYWORDS: AE Woodhouse New Zealand South Canterbury Blue Cliffs sheep station agriculture farming biography history
Victoria Square: Cradle of Christchurch
Quarto, glossy heavy card boards with blue & white lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 328pp, illus, Near Fine
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Geoffrey W Rice New Zealand Christchurch Victoria Square Market Place history
The History of Policing in New Zealand Volume Three: The Iron Hand in the Velvet Glove: The Modernisation of Policing in New Zealand 1886-1917
This volume only, imperial octavo, dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 532pp, illus, VG+ (v sl foxing to upper page edges) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Richard S Hill New Zealand police force policing history modernisation forensic detection fingerprinting
Collingwood: A History of the Area from the Earliest Days to 1912
Signed by author, super octavo, creamy heavy card boards with red lettering to spine, 293pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG (v slight staining to upper edges, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1971
KEYWORDS: signed JNW Newport New Zealand Collingwood South Island history gold
The History of Policing in New Zealand, Volume 4: A Policeman's Paradise? Policing a Stable Society 1918-1945
This volume only, imperial octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 528pp, illus, nr fine ('review copy' stamp to fep) in d/w, VG+ (crease to front flap, heavy fading to spine, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Graeme Dunstall New Zealand police force policing history society
Above the Belt: A History of the Suburb of Maori Hill
Imperial octavo, red light card covers with white lettering to spine & covers, illus pastedowns, x + 208pp, illus, VG
PUBLISHER: Maori Hill History Charitable Trust 2006
KEYWORDS: Jane Smallfield Brian Heenan New Zealand Dunedin Maori Hill subdivision suburb history
The Crucible of Flight
Uncorrected unpublished manuscript which has been very heavily annotated by hand by Aviation Historian & Wright Bros biographer Ian Mackersey, a unique item, large quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, iii + 422pp (manually typed), VG+
PUBLISHER: Unpublished 1982
KEYWORDS: Adrian Kinnane Ian Mackersey aviation history aviators Orville Wilbur Wright brothers biography
The Gumdiggers: The Story of Kauri Gum
Signed numbered first edition, octavo, turquoise heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 193pp, illus, VG (light wear and bruising to spine extrems and boards edges, light soiling to boards, sl tanning and soiling to page egdes) in d/w, VG- (light chipping, creasing and small tears to spine extrems and flap hinges, light rubbing, creasing and soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1972
KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand history kauri gum gumfields resin gumdiggers
The Hill: The Story of Denniston
Inscribed & signed by author, creamy-yellow heavy card boards with brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, iii + 168pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board extrems, slight foxing to page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine, light foxing and soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: JW Baty Ltd 1971
KEYWORDS: Cecilia Adams New Zealand West Coast Denniston coal mining history
Cook Strait Rail Ferries (As I Knew Them)
Signed, quarto, light blue light card stapled covers with black lettering to front cover, ix + 208pp, illus, VG- (tape to spine detached & re-attached with sellotape, rear cover loose at upper staple, light staining spots to front cover lower edge)
PUBLISHER: Unpublished / privately circulated 1988
KEYWORDS: Ray D Munro New Zealand Cook Strait rail ferries Air/Sea Services boats ships passenger shipping transport history seafarers railwaymen engineering maritime marine nautical rail ferry
Arahanga (The Bridge)
Quarto, transparent plastic over blue light card covers with black lettering to front cover & ferry picture glued to front cover, black tape spine, v + 45pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Unpublished, privately circulated 2001
KEYWORDS: Ray D Munro New Zealand transport ferries rail road vehicle ferry Arahanga construction engineering shipping history
Worlds Tankers
Quarto, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to upper edges, small nick to front lower corner)
PUBLISHER: Shield Publications 1996
KEYWORDS: Norman L Middlemiss world tanker fleets transport maritime nautical marine history reference oil tanker specifications
The War in the Air: Being the Story of the Part Played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force; Volume 1
This volume only, super octavo, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xix + 489pp, VG+ (v slight brusing to lower spine extrem, slight staining to fep lower edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1969
KEYWORDS: Walter Raleigh First World War One WWI Royal Air Force military aviation history pilots aviators aeroplanes