Books - "history"
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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
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
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
The Old Whaling Days: A History of Southern New Zealand from 1830 to 1840
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
Sydenham: The Model Borough of Old Christchurch: An Informal History
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
Unto the Hills: The Story of a Parish in the Mountains
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
Hokonui: The School and the People
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