Books - "history"
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Light Cars and Cyclecars of 1916
Specifications & Illustrations of most of the Principal Makes on the Market, with a Guide for Buyers
Scarce, octavo, light card covers with black lettering & car illustration to front cover, viii + 64pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & soiling to covers, moderate tanning, browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Temple Press Ltd (n/d)
KEYWORDS: Halford Cycles light cars cyclecars transport history catalogue Lagonda JBS Horstman Aviette Bayard Chater Lea
The Problematical Journey: The Story of a New Zealand Family: The Templetons of Southland 1862-1997
Signed by author on title page, octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, 350pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Templar Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Hugh Templeton New Zealand Southland Templeton family biography agriculture farming history
Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand
Lithographed from original Drawings taken on the spot by Mrs Wickstead, Miss King, Mrs Fox, Mr John Saxton, Mr Charles Heaphy, Mr S Brees & Captain W Mein Smith
Limited numbered facsimile reprint, numbered edition of 500, oblong atlas folio, half bound with green cloth boards and gilt lettering between five raised bands to dark green leather spine, green card eps, illus title page, 1pp text, illus with 15 full-page plates including several folding plates, VG+ (occasional very sl. foxing within, light scuffing and soiling to boards, very tidy)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1968 facsimile reprint (of Smith Elder & Co 1845)
KEYWORDS: Edward Jerningham Wakefield New Zealand history art drawings scenery plants
Where the Prize is Highest: The Stories of the New Zealanders Who Won the Victoria Cross
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: Collins 1972
KEYWORDS: specials G Bryant New Zealand Victoria Cross recipients biographies biography history
Gold-Dust and Ashes: The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields
Octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1953
KEYWORDS: specials Ion L Idriess New Guinea goldfields gold mining anthropology history culture
Mt Bruce Community Hall, Wairarapa New Zealand 1914-2014: A Ceebration of 100 Years of Community Spirit
Quarto 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: Mt Bruce Hall Community Committee 2014
KEYWORDS: specials Marlene Ditchfield New Zealand Mt Bruce Community Hall history
Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story
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: Sceptre NZ 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Pugsley New Zealand Gallipoli first world war one ww1 wwI military history
Battleground Europe: Gommecourt
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: Leo Cooper 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Nigel Cave Gommecourt first world war one ww1 wwI military history
Americans and the California Dream 1850-1915
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: Oxford University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Kevin Starr California America American dream culture social history
The Celts
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Book Club Associates 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Frank Delaney Celts Celtic culture anthropology history
The Overflowing of Friendship: Love Between Men and the American Republic
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr fine); 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: Johns Hopkins University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Godbeer America American sexuality gender homosexuality sociology social history
The History of the Green Howards: Three Hundred Years of Service
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: Arms and Armour Press 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Powell Green Howards British Army military history
The Taieri Gorge Railway: Guide to the Taieri Gorge & Seasider Rail trips
Imperial 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: David Bateman 2011
KEYWORDS: specials Gerald Cunningham New Zealand Taieri Gorge Railway trnasport travel guide history
Skiffle: The Story of Folk-Song with a Jazz Beat
Ex library, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Ltd 1958
KEYWORDS: specials Brian Bird Folk skiffle music history
For Richer, for Poorer: Early Colonial Marriages
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: Melbourne University PRESS 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Penny Russell Australia Australian colonial marriage social history
Kauri: Witness to a Nation's History
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: New Holland Pubishers 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Joanna Orwin New Zealand Maori Pakeha Kauri forests natural history
A City Possessed: The Christchurch Civic Creche Case
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: Longacre Press 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Lynley Hood New Zealand Christchurch Civic Creche case true crime signed history
Hirohito: Emperor of Japan
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: Prentice Hall 1966
KEYWORDS: specials Leonard Mosley Japan Japanese emperor Hirohito second world war two ww2 wwII military history biography first edition
The Shape of the Skin: A Historical, Psychological and Anecdotal Survey of Pakeha Anglican Clergy Partners in Aotearoa / New Zealand
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: ColCom Press 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Miriel Bissett Kyle New Zealand Pakeha Anglican church religion clergy partners social history
Annals of Early Dunedin: Chronicles of the Eighteen-Sixties
Limited numbered edition signed by author, 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: A, H. & A. W. Reed 1973
KEYWORDS: specials A H Reed New Zealand Dunedin history signed limited numbered edition