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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
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
History of Northern Southland
First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 183pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG (light fading to spine, small stain to front board, v. slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Southland Times Co 1952
KEYWORDS: GA Hamilton New Zealand Southland local history
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
Lands for the People? The Highland Clearances and the Colonisation of New Zealand. A Biography of John McKenzie
Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, illus title page, 363pp, illus, VG (slight fading to spine, slight bruising to cover corners, v v slight soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Tom Brooking John McKenzie New Zealand biography highland colonisation 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
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
The War in New Zealand
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
The Riversdalians
First edition, octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, 240pp, illus, VG+ in VG+ d/w SIGNED and dated by author
PUBLISHER: The Riversdale and Districts Centennial Committee 1972
KEYWORDS: Stanley Slocombe New Zealand Riversdale district centennial local history
History of Waikaia; the golden century 1862-1962
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
Alexandra, a Place in the Sun: A History of the Alexandra Borough Council Central Otago 1867 - 1989
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
New Zealand 1826-1827 from the French of Dumont D'Urville: An English Translation of the Voyage de l'Astrolabe in New Zealand Waters
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 251pp, illus, VG (fading to spine & boards, slight creasing to spine extrems, ding to rear board upper edge, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light tanning to eps, slight foxing)
PUBLISHER: Wingfield Press for Olive Wright 1950
KEYWORDS: Dumont D'Urville Olive Wright New Zealand Astrolabe voyage exploration sailing history
Taka: A Vignette Life of William Tucker 1784-1817
Convict, Sealer, Trader in Human Heads, Otago Settler. New Zealand's First Art Dealer
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to blue spine, 157pp, illus,VG (light rubbing to covers) SIGNED by author
PUBLISHER: Port Daniel Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Peter EntwisleWilliam Tucker New Zealand biography history
A History of Homosexuality in Europe: Berlin, London, Paris 1919-1939
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
Raglan: From the Peninsula to the Crimea
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
Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914-1991
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
I Live Here Now: Sarah Campion in 1950s 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 2000
KEYWORDS: specials rachel scott sarah campion new zealand history