Books - "history"
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Camp 165 Watten: Scotland's Most Secretive Prisoner of War Camp
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers xv + 133pp + 2pp book ads, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Whittles Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: Valerie Campbell Scotland Camp 165 Watten Caithness prisoners of war World War Two WW2 history
VCs of the First World War: Gallipoli
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Sutton 1999
KEYWORDS: specials stephen snelling gallipoli military war history
A Cornish Goldminer at Hamiltons
imperial octavo stapled wrappers (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage 1980
KEYWORDS: specials audrey paterson otago heritage hamiltons gold mining history
Mine Fire: The 1906 Coal-mine Fire at Alexandra
Uncommon, 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage 1992
KEYWORDS: specials john mccraw central otago alexandra history new zealand coal mine fire
Aspiring Settlers: European Settlement in the Hawea and Wanaka Region to 1914
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1981
KEYWORDS: specials john h angus settlement european history hawea wanaka central otago new zealand
Gallipoli: A Battlefield Guide
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Kangaroo Press 1989
KEYWORDS: specials gallipoli military war history ww1 first world war
Parish Life on the Pentland Firth
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Whitemaa 1997
KEYWORDS: specials caithless scotland edinburgh england pentland firth history
Kidnapping: The Illustrated History
Ex library, small 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The Dial Press 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Hank Messick Burt Goldblett kidnapping true crime history
The Wonder Book of Then & Now
Quarto hardcover (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co (n/d but circa 1933)
KEYWORDS: specials children's annual history transport railways trains buses bicycles stage theatre London
Early Otago: History of Anderson's Bay from 1844 to December, 1921 and Tomahawk from 1857 to March, 1923
Octavo, stapled paper paper wrappers. frontispiece, 59pp, illus, folding illustration to rear, VG (moderate sunning to spine & front cover, rust stains to cover around staples, light rubbing to covers, light bruising to page & cover corners, v light foxing to title page, owner's name in blue ink to f.e.p.)
PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie Ltd 1923
KEYWORDS: H Duckworth New Zealand Otago Anderson's Bay Tomahawk local history
Wick of the North: The Story of a Scottish Royal Burgh
Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxiii + 814pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising & creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: North of Scotland Newspapers 1996
KEYWORDS: Frank Foden Scotland Wick Harbour Scottish history
Beyond the Blue Mountains: A History of the West Otago District
Capper Press reprint, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 186pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978
KEYWORDS: FWG Miller New Zealand West Otago local history
The Magic of Caithness
Scarce, octavo, illus heavy card boards, frontispiece, xiii + 180pp + 26pp ads, illus, nr fine (light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: North of Scotland Newspapers 1998
KEYWORDS: Ronald Thomson Caithness Scotland Scottish local history
Fruitful Fields: The New Zealand Fruitgrowing Industry 1966-1991
Ex lilbrary, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: New Zealand Fruitgrowing Federation ND
KEYWORDS: specials rex monigatti new zealand history
Inventers and Engineers of Caithness
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
A Northern Outook
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
The Land of Munros, Merinos & Matagouri. Its Kirk, Pioneers & Descendants
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
Horse Range to Horse Burn: A History of the Waihemo COunty COUncil 1882-1982
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
Regimental History of New Zealand Cyclist Corps in The Great War 1914-1918
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
Ways and By-Ways of a Singing Kiwi: With the N.Z. Divisional Entertainers in France
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