Books - "history"
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Hell and High Water: A German Occupation of the Chatham Islands 1843-1910
First edition, octavo, brown faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 174pp, illus, VG+, (slight tanning to page edgdes, slightly cocked) in d/w, nr fine (light rubbing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1977
KEYWORDS: Sheila Natusch Chatham Islands history German missionaries Engst Beyer Schirmeister Muler Baucke Maori Te Kooti
Comparatively Speaking: Studies in Pacific Material Culture 1921-1972
Small quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 197pp, illus, VG (slight fading to board edges, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, v slight foxing to page upper edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy sunning to spine, creasing and chiping to extrems, rubbing to covers, torn)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Henry Devenish Skinner Pacific Oceanic material culture history anthropology New Zealand Maori essays
Brother Wohlers: A Biography of J. F. H. Wohlers of Ruapuke
Octavo 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Sheila Natusch Johann J F H Wohlers New Zealand Ruapuke biography history
Tower Turmoil: Characters and Controversies at the University of Otago
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: Department of History, University of Otago 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Martin Fisher New Zealand Otago University of Otago history memoirs essays
Customs and Habits of the New Zealanders 1838-42
By Father C. Servant, Marist Missionary in the Hokianga
Octavo 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Father C Servant Dr J Glasgow D R Simmons New Zealand Maori culture traditions sociology anthropology history
What's Wrong with Postmodernism: Critical Theory and the Ends of Philosophy
Super 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: Harvester Wheatsheaf 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Norris postmodernism philosophy art music literary criticism essays history
Life in Fresh Water
First edition, super octavo 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955
KEYWORDS: specials E S Brown fresh water biology ecology flora fauna plants animals natural history first edition
St. John in New Zealand 1885 - 1985: A Hitory of the Most Venerable Order
Quarto 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Millwood Press 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Dr. Rex Wright-St Clair New Zealand St. John history
House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
Super 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: Simon & Schuster 2007
KEYWORDS: specials David Bellavia John Bruning Fallujah American military history memoir autobiography war
The Catholic Church in New Caledonia: A Century and a Half of History
Inscribed, dated & signed by the Translator, Octavo, illus blue light card covers with red & white lettering, 469pp,illus, VG+ (owner's stamp to fep - Little Sisters of the Poor, green dot taped to spine)
PUBLISHER: CEPAC 2000
KEYWORDS: Georges Delbos Derek Finlay religion Catholicism church New Caledonia religious history
Congo Life and Folklore
Part 1 Life on the Congo; Part 2 Thirty-three Native Stories
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards, green brown & & yellow Congo scene to front board & spine, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxii + 468pp + 4pp book adverts, VG (some rubbing to boards & board edges, moderate browning & fixing to page edges, prize-giving label to fep, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Religious Tract Society 1911
KEYWORDS: first edition John H Weeks Congo history culture folklore myths legends
The Changing Pacific: Essays in Honour of HE Maude
First edition, octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 351pp, VG+ (v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light soiling, tiny closed tear to front upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: first edition Niel Gunson HE Maude Pacific biography bibliography essays articles history legend myths anthropology colonisation
Captain Bully Hayes: Blackbirder and Bigamist
first edition, hardcover imperial 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1970
KEYWORDS: specials Frank Clune first edition Bully Hayes biography maritime explorer history
The Complete Idiot's Guide To World War II
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Alpha Books 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Mitchell G Bard military history ww2 war illus
The Great Game: Memoirs of the Spy Hitler Couldn't Silence
Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG-, scruffy); 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: McGraw-Hill 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Leopold Trepper second world war two 2 II ww2 wwII secret service spy military history autobiography memoir
Historic Gold Trails of the Coromandel
Being a Guide for Gentle Travellers Seeking Their Pleasure Amid the Scenic Shorelines and Glorious Goldfields of that Historic and Sun-Blessed Peninsula and Examining How Fortunes Were Made in the Wil
Softcover quarto (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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Tony Nolan New Zealand Coromandel Peninsula gold mining trails history
The Penguin Shorter of the Bible
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Luc H Grollenberg theology religion the bible history
Mornington School: Diamond Jubilee Souvenir 1865-1925
Imperial octavo, brown light card covers with black lettering & black school motto to front cover, red, yellow & black stripe to front upper corner, frontispiece, 71pp, illus, VG (some bruising to cover edges, light soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie (?) & Morning School Diamond Jubilee Committee (?) 1925
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Mornington School diamond jubilee education history
West to the Fiords: The History of Western Southland
Comprising Wallace & Fiord Counties, the Bough of Riverton and the Various Town Districts Within Those Areas
First edition, octavo 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: Western Southland Historical Committee 1954
KEYWORDS: specials F W G Miller New Zealand West Coast Western Southland history first edition
Volcano Town: The 1937 - 43 Raboul Eruptions
First edition, imperial octavo 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: Robert Brown and Associates1985
KEYWORDS: specials R W Johnson N A Threlfall Papua New Guinea Raboul volcano volcanic eruptions Vulcan Tavurvur history first edition