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$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

$24.50
xxscg88287

Egypt: A Short Story


TIGNOR, ROBERT L.

Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: Princeton Universtiry 2010

KEYWORDS: specials robert l tignor egypt history culture architecture

$195.00
1w9a/15

The Southland Rugby Football Union Annual 1933


N/A

Duodecimo, light green paper wrappers, 168pp, VG- (some soiling foxing & tanning to covers, light creasing to covers & page corners, scribble in blue ink to rear cover, some rust staining from staples, slight soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Southland Times Company Limited 1933

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland rugby football union clubs sport annual statistics players rules history

$185.00
1w9a/16

Smeaton and Lighthouses: A Popular Biography, with an Historical Introduction and Sequel


N/A

Duodecimo, dark blue cloth boardswith blind rule & decoration to boards, gilt lettering & decoration to brown spine, pages unopened (uncut). 120pp + 8pp ads, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, 0.5cm of upper spine extrem missing, light rubbing to boards & board edges, 1cm fraying to upper rear board edge, 5cm closed to cloth of rear outer hinge, bookseller's sticker to front pastedown, slight soiling to eps, light tanning to upper page edges)

PUBLISHER: John W. Parker 1844

KEYWORDS: John Smeaton Smeaton's Tower Eddystone lighthouse engineering biography history

$45.00
1w9a/21

Bikala Faet: Olketa Solomon Aelanda Rimembarem Wol Wo Tu / The Big Death: Solomon Islanders Remember World War II


BENNETT, WILLIAM et al

Dual language, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to green spine, x +242pp, illus, VG (v light soiling rubbing & foxing to covers, 1cm tear to lower spine extrem, slight foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Solomon Islands College of Higher Education, and the University of the South Pacific 1988

KEYWORDS: Solomon Islands Islanders second world war two II ww2 wwII military history memoirs biography

$77.50
1w9a/24

A Good Place to Be: Auckland Museum People 1929-89


THWAITES, IAN

Quarto, patterned white & blue light card covers with french flaps, blue & red lettering to front & spine, black illus to front cover, frontispiece, xiii + 502pp, illus, nr fine (v v slight soiling to front cover & lower page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ian Thwaites 2015

KEYWORDS: Ian Thwaites New Zealand Auckland Museum biography biographies history

$38.50
1w9a/27

The Wild Pig in New Zealand


HOLDEN, PHILIP

First edition, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with white lettering to spine, illus brown eps, 257pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light fading to board edges, light rubbing to board edges & corners, small dents to front board edges)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1982

KEYWORDS: Philip Holden New Zealand wild pigs pig hunting natural history first edition

$20.00
xxsch88300

The Making of New Zealanders


PALENSKI, RON

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: Auckland University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: Ron Palenski New Zealand identity sociology social history

$12.00
xxsch88314

Showtime 100: A History of the Manawatu and West Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association


ADSETT, DELL

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 cost

PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1987

KEYWORDS: specials Dell Adsett New Zealand West Coast Manawatu agricultural and pastoral A&P show association agriculture local history

$29.50
xxsch88317

National Resources Survey Part V: Otago Region


COX, J. W. ET AL (Compiled)

Folding maps in rear pocket, 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 cost

PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen, Government Printer 1967

KEYWORDS: specials Otago New Zealand national natural resources survey geography geology soil climate weather water irrigation agriculture forestry population employment industry transport tourism politics history

$22.50
xxsch88320

Sovereignty and Security: New Zealand's International Relations since 1945


LAFFEY, MARK

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Heinemann Education 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Mark Laffey New Zealand international relations politics history

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