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$30.00
1t19b/24

Times Gone By: A Compilation of the Best of the John O'Groat Journal Christmas Numbers


RICHARDS, CLIVE (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to black spine, unpaginated, illus, VG (light rubbing to covers, light reading creases to spine, slight bruising to cover edges, v slight soiling to eps & page edges)

PUBLISHER: North of Scotland Newspapers 1991

KEYWORDS: Clive Richards John O'Groat Christmas Journals Scotland Scottish newspapers media history

$30.00
1t19b/25

Times Gone By: A Compilation of the Best of the John O'Groat Journal Christmas Numbers: Volume II


RICHARDS, CLIVE (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card covers, unpaginated, illus, VG (light fading to front cover & spine, reading crease to spine, v slight soiling to eps & covers)

PUBLISHER: North of Scotland Newspapers 1993

KEYWORDS: Scotland John O'Groat journal Scottish history Christman journalism articles newspapers media

$35.00
1t19b/27

Doon Wir Way: A Photographic Archive of Caithness Characters and Events


MCDONALD, JANET & MCDONALD, IAN & GLANDER, BILL (Photographers)

Large quarto, illus light card covers, 161pp + 8pp adverts, illus, VG+ (slight fading to covers, light wrinkling to fep lower corner)

PUBLISHER: North of Scotland Newspapers 2002

KEYWORDS: Ian McDonald Janet McDonald Bill Glander Scotland Scottish history Wick Caithness photographic pictorial record

$65.00
1t19b/36

Goldminer and Stockman: Memoirs of Cyril Beer


SMITH, SHIRLEY

Signed by subject of the book, quarto, yellow light card covers with black lettering, 83pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading & creasing to covers)

PUBLISHER: Shirley Smith (n/d)

KEYWORDS: Shirley Smith Cyril Beer biography memoirs goldminer local history Otago goldmining agriculture farming

$24.50
1t19b/38

Camp 165 Watten: Scotland's Most Secretive Prisoner of War Camp


CAMPBELL, VALERIE

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

$20.00
xxscg88233

VCs of the First World War: Gallipoli


SNELLING, STEPHEN

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

$35.00
xxscg88234

A Cornish Goldminer at Hamiltons


PATERSON, AUDREY

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

$40.00
xxscg88235

Mine Fire: The 1906 Coal-mine Fire at Alexandra


MCCRAW, JOHN

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

$20.00
xxscg88238

Gallipoli: A Battlefield Guide


TAYLOR, PHIL & CUPPER, PAM

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

$18.50
xxscg88241

Parish Life on the Pentland Firth


POTTINGER, MORRIS

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

$12.00
xxscg88252

Kidnapping: The Illustrated History


MESSICK, HANK & GOLDBLETT, BURT

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

$30.00
xxscg88254

The Wonder Book of Then & Now


GOLDING, HARRY (Ed)

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

$70.00
1t19c/2

Early Otago: History of Anderson's Bay from 1844 to December, 1921 and Tomahawk from 1857 to March, 1923


DUCKWORTH, H.

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

$46.50
1t19c/5

The Silver Tussock: A History of Holme Station, Craigmore, Maungati, Cannington, Craigmore Downs, Motukaika, Upper Pareora and Alpine


EVANS, ALLISTER

First edition, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + 235pp, VG (light bruising and soiling to spine extrems and board corners, spine sl cocked, light tanning) in d/w, VG (moderate soiling to covers, light scuffing and chipping to extrems, sellotape repair to head of spine)

PUBLISHER: Allister Evans 1975

KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Allister Evans Holme station Craigmore Maungati Cannington Motukaika Pareora local history

$100.00
1t19c/8

Wick of the North: The Story of a Scottish Royal Burgh


FODEN, FRANK

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

$25.00
1t19c/9

Pioneering in South Otago


WAITE, F.

Capper Press reprint, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, folding frontispiece, ix + 199pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (some rubbing, slight soiling, v. small closed tears to d/w extremities)

PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1977

KEYWORDS: F Waite New Zealand Otago pioneers pioneering history

$27.50
1t19c/10

Beyond the Blue Mountains: A History of the West Otago District


MILLER, F. W. G.

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

$65.00
1t19c/12

The Magic of Caithness


THOMSON, RONALD (Ed)

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

$16.50
xxscg88259

Fruitful Fields: The New Zealand Fruitgrowing Industry 1966-1991


MONIGATTI, REX

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

$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

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