Books - "history"
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North of the Waingawa: The Masterton Borough and Country Councils 1877-1989
Ex library, Quarto 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: Masterton District Council 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Ian F Grant new zealand social history masterton district politics war
First Families of Cambridge: 1864-1899
Ex library, Quarto 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: Cambridge Independent 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Ruth Wilkinson history cambridge pioneering new zealand sociology
A Company of Characters: The Illustrated History of Craigs, a Printing Company since 1876
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: Craigs Design & Print 2010
KEYWORDS: specials Ellen Van Empel craigs printing company history new zealand
Shaping New Zealand Sculpture
Imperial 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: University of Otago Press 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Francis shurrock new zealand sculpture art history
After Bathing at Baxter's: Essays and Notebooks
First edition, Inscribed from Dennis McEldowney (AUP editor & author) to his brother Jock, octavo softcover (nr fine) 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: Victoria University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Gregory O'Brien exploration history new zealand poetry painting art anthology
The Jubilee Years: 1887-1897
Folio hardcover (nr fine) in slip (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: Folio Society 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Roger Husdon Folio Society european history jubilee decade
Cartulary of St Bartholomew's Hospital founded 1123: A Calendar
Large quarto, maroon faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, frontispiece, ix + 252pp, VG+ (some light staining to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate chaffing, heavy creasing to edges & spine extrems, 5cm closed tear to rear/spine upper edge heavy browning to inside)
PUBLISHER: St Bartholomew's Hospital 1973
KEYWORDS: Nellie J Kerling St Bartholomew's Hospital cartulary history
The Crown Jewels of England
Folio, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule & gilt coat of arms to front board, frontispiece & captioned tissue guard, x + 83pp, illus + 18 full-page colour plates with captioned tissue guards, VG- (some staining & chaffing to boards & board edges & corners, 5cm split to cloth at spine side, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems,owner's name & address in ink to front pastedown, owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges& eps, lighter foxing elsewhere)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1919
KEYWORDS: Major General Sir George Younghusband Keeper of the Jewel House Tower of London Cyril Davenport the Crown Jewels coronation history jewellery crowns
More Irish Families
Quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 320pp, illus with maps, VG- (light fraying to spine extrems, chaffing to board edges & corners, front hinge sloppy, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light discolouration tanning to fep, light staining to title page from frontispiece illus, page edges sightly tanned)
PUBLISHER: O'Gorman Ltd 1960
KEYWORDS: Edward Maclysaght ireland irish family geneaology history heraldry
River Punts and Ferries of Southern New Zealand
softcover octavo (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: Otago Heritage Books 1996
KEYWORDS: specials A R Tyrrell new zealand regional local history otago punts boats river ferries illus
Shooting For The Skipper
Memories of a Veteran Deershooter
hardcover super octavo, (VG) in (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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1971
KEYWORDS: specials Jack McNair new zealand deer hunting memoir history
The Intervening Years
softcover imperial octavo, (nr fine); 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: John McIndoe 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Neil Begg new zealand history sociology
More Than You Know: Albert Moore An Autobiography
softcover imperial octavo, inscribed by Rachel Ovens (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: Rachel and Jonathan Ovens circa 2010
KEYWORDS: specials Albert Moore autobiography new zealand local regional history dunedin
Namibia: Africa's Harsh Paradise
Folio 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: Country Life Books 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Anthony Bannister Peter Johnson Africa Namibia natural history flora fauna wildlife scenery landscape deserts photographic portrait
Adventures of Thomas Pellow of Penryn, Mariner: Three and Twenty Years in Captivity Among the Moors
Written by Himself, and Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Dr. Robert Brown
octavo, red cloth boards with black decorative illus to front and rear boards and spine, black and gilt lettering to front board and spine, top of pages deckle edged, frontispiece, ii + 379pp + folding plates, VG- (moderate fading to spine, large damp stain to lower right edge of front board and rear left - some red dye from cloth has left residual staining on prelims and rear eps, moderate tanning to front and rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1890
KEYWORDS: Thomas Pellow Robert Brown memoir autobiography travel exploration history maritime mariner
Ardgowan: District Jottings and 75th School Jubilee 1903 - 1978
super octavo, illus canvas textured light card covers, 135pp, illus, VG (some staining to covers and owner's signature in black ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Helen Stead / Oamaru Mail 1980
KEYWORDS: Helen Stead Ardgowan oamaru school otago district history jubilee
Freyberg's Men: The Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Mediterranean Theatre of War
Large quarto, black boards with silver lettering to spine, blue eps, ii + 211pp, illus, NF in d/w (VG+)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989
KEYWORDS: Eric Halstead Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force military history World War Two WW2 2NZEF
Authority to Protect: A Story of Policing in Otago
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: PG Wiersma & Authors 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Miles singe David A Thomson New Zealand Otago Police Force policing history
Point of Departure: The Autobiography of Jean Devanny
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Carole Ferrier Jean Devanny autobiography New Zealand Australia politics communist party social history
The Natural World of New Zealand
hardcover small quarto (nr fine) in d/w (nr fine); 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Viking 1998
KEYWORDS: specias Gerard Hutching new zealand natural history animals photography illus