Books - "history"
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Times Gone By: A Compilation of the Best of the John O'Groat Journal Christmas Numbers
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
Times Gone By: A Compilation of the Best of the John O'Groat Journal Christmas Numbers: Volume II
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
Doon Wir Way: A Photographic Archive of Caithness Characters and Events
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
Goldminer and Stockman: Memoirs of Cyril Beer
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
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
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
The Silver Tussock: A History of Holme Station, Craigmore, Maungati, Cannington, Craigmore Downs, Motukaika, Upper Pareora and Alpine
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
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
Pioneering in South Otago
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
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