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$30.00
xxscg88264

Inventers and Engineers of Caithness


GUNN, ROBERT P.

Small quarto softcover (VG) illus; 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: Whittles 1998

KEYWORDS: specials robert p gunn pioneering science scottish history engineering inventing

$30.00
xxscg88265

A Northern Outook


OMAD. DONALD

Octavo softcover (VG+) illus; 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: North of Scotland Newspapers 1990

KEYWORDS: specials donald omad caithness north scotland history

$33.50
xxscg88268

The Land of Munros, Merinos & Matagouri. Its Kirk, Pioneers & Descendants


NEAVE, ERSKINE & NEAVE, MABEL

First reprint, signed by both authors, super octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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: Kurow 1981

KEYWORDS: specials mabel neave erskine neave pioneering history religion upper waitaki valley new zealand

$28.00
1t19c/13

Horse Range to Horse Burn: A History of the Waihemo COunty COUncil 1882-1982


ANGUS, JANET C.

Octavo, red boards iwth gilt letterin to spine, 125pp, illus, nr fine (owner's initials in ink to fep), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Waihemo COunty COuncil 1982

KEYWORDS: Janet C Angus New Zealand Waihemo local history county council

$60.00
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The History of Taranaki: A Standard Work on the History of the Province


WELLS, B.

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, vii + 327pp,VG+, in d/w, VG (in transparent plastic, slight soiling spots)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press Reprint 1976 (of Edmondson & Avery 1878)

KEYWORDS: B Wells New Zealand Taranaki history

$450.00
1t19c/24

Regimental History of New Zealand Cyclist Corps in The Great War 1914-1918


GODLEY, ALEX J. & OFFICERS

Octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board & black coat of arms to front board, upper edges stained blue, frontispiece portrait of Lt Gen Sir AJ Godley, 139pp, illus, VG (staining to front & rear board lower corners, slight bruising to upper spine extrem, red stamp & bookseller's stamp to fep, light foxing to page edges, some soiling to eps). Without staining to lower board corners, this would be VG+

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Cyclist Corps regiment First World War One WW1 Great War military history

$25.00
1t19c/28

Ways and By-Ways of a Singing Kiwi: W‏ith the N.Z. Divisional Entertainers in France


MCKINLAY, ERNEST & RUSSELL, SIR ANDREW (Intro)

First edition, octavo, light blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 164pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, slight fraying to board corners, v v slight foxing to eps & upper page edges) in d/w, G+ (creasing chipping & untidy tears with loss to edges, slight foxing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: David M. Lister (Printer) 1939

KEYWORDS: Ernest McKinlay Sir Andrew Russell New Zealand divisional entertainers military entertainment history first edition

$47.50
1t19c/30

New Zealand and The Distinguished Service Order


Being a record o New Zealanders, and those associated with New Zealand, appointed as Companions of the Distinguished Service Order

HAIGH, J. BRYANT & POLASCHEK, ALAN J.

Signed by A.J. Polaschek, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 468pp, illus, nr fine (v slight soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading to to spine, light soiling, slight bruising to upper edge)

PUBLISHER: J Bryant Haigh & Alan J Polaschek 1993

KEYWORDS: Alan J Polaschek J Bryant Haigh New Zealand Distinguished Service Order military history biography signed

$120.00
1t19c/36

The Old Whaling Days: A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840


MCNAB, ROBERT

First edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 508pp, VG- (moderate bruising and scuffing to boards and spine, light soiling, prev owners name in ink to fep, light cracking to front gutter, occasional ink annotations through textblock)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1913

KEYWORDS: Robert McNab New Zealand history Otago Southland Foveaux Strait Cook Strait whaling trade

$20.00
1t19c/39

Sydenham: The Model Borough of Old Christchurch: An Informal History


MANN, SHONA (Ed)

Octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 96pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Federation of University Women Canterbury 1977

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch Sydenham local history

$45.00
1t19c/40

Unto the Hills: The Story of a Parish in the Mountains


SALMOND, J. D.

Signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, frontispiece, 78pp, illus, VG (slight soiling to rear cover, surface loss to spine)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times 1967

KEYWORDS: signed JD Salmond New Zealand Queenstown Presbyterian Church history

$40.00
1t19c/43

Hokonui: The School and the People


MILLER, F. W. G.

First edition, signed & dated by author, octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 147pp, illus, VG, in d/w, VG (slight fading to spine, minor closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Hokonui Centennial Committee 1982

KEYWORDS: FWG Miller New Zealand Southland Hokonui local history

$60.00
1t19c/47

The War in New Zealand


FOX, WILLIAM

Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 268pp, illus with folding maps, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, slight rubbing)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press Reprint 1973 (of Smith, Elder & Co 1866)

KEYWORDS: New Zealand William Fox history Hauhauism Land League King Movement wars

$60.00
1t19d/3

History of Waikaia; the golden century 1862-1962


MILLER, F. W. G.

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, folding map, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, v slight soiling to covers, slight browning to eps & page edges) in d/w, G+ (slight fading to spine, untidy tearing & chipping with loss to edges & spine)

PUBLISHER: Waikaia Historical Committee 1966

KEYWORDS: FWG Miller Waikaia New Zealand local history

$45.00
1t19d/4

Alexandra, a Place in the Sun: A History of the Alexandra Borough Council Central Otago 1867 - 1989


RAMAGE, GORDON

Octavo, green cloth boards, v + 278pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (slight fading to spine, light bruising & creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: The Central Otago District Council Alexandra New Zealand 1990

KEYWORDS: Gordon Ramage Alexandra Borough Council New Zealand history

$47.50
1w9a/5

Taka: A Vignette Life of William Tucker 1784-1817


Convict, Sealer, Trader in Human Heads, Otago Settler. New Zealand's First Art Dealer

ENTWISLE, PETER

SIGNED by author, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to blue spine, 157pp, illus,VG (light rubbing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Port Daniel Press 2005

KEYWORDS: Peter EntwisleWilliam Tucker New Zealand biography history

$70.00
1w9a/6

A History of Homosexuality in Europe: Berlin, London, Paris 1919-1939


TAMAGNE, FLORENCE

2 volume set, super octavo, white light card covers with red & black lettering to spine & covers, illus to front cover, xi + 292pp, xi + 343pp (vols I & II respectively), nr fine (v v slight soiling to covers, white sticker to lower spine and barcode sticker to front cover of volume II)

PUBLISHER: Algora Publishing 2004

KEYWORDS: Florence Tamagne Europe European sexuality homosexuality Berlin London Paris sociology history

$19.50
xxscg88277

Raglan: From the Peninsula to the Crimea


SWEETMAN, JOHN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour 1993

KEYWORDS: specials john sweetman lord raglan war military army history

$20.00
xxscg88278

Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991


HOBSBAWM, ERIC

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1994

KEYWORDS: specials eric hobsbawn history war politics

$19.50
xxscg88280

I Live Here Now: Sarah Campion in 1950s New Zealand


SCOTT, RACHEL (ed)

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 2000

KEYWORDS: specials rachel scott sarah campion new zealand history

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