Books - "history"
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W.W. Stewart 20th Century New Zealand Railway Painter
Large square 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Euan McQueen pictorial painting art Bill Stewart railing trains New Zealand history
The Era of Coastal Shipping in New Zealand: The Small Motor Ships
Imperial octavo illus heavy card boards, white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, 193pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Transpress 2003
KEYWORDS: Murray Jennings New Zealand coastal shipping nautical maritime transport motor ships boats history
Exploring New Zealand's Ghost Railways
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 123pp, illus, VG+ (some fading to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1995
KEYWORDS: David Leitch Brian Scott New Zealand railways rail railway trnasport trains history
Next Stop Honolulu! The Story of the Oahu Railway & Land Company 1889-1971
Folio, turquoise boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 352pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Sugar Cane Press 2004
KEYWORDS: Jim Chiddix Mackinnon Simpson Hawaii Oahu OR&L railways public transport history trains steam engines locomotives buses
Landscape and Power
Second Edition
Super octavo, light card covers, white lettering to black spine, xv + 376pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers, slight bend to front cover)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2002
KEYWORDS: WJT Mitchell landscape art history essays
On a Peaceful Plain: The History of the School and District of Oreti Plains
Octavo, illus white light card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, 120pp + 2pp tipped in, VG (v slight fading to spine, owner's name in pencil to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Oreti Plains School and District Centennial Committee 1991
KEYWORDS: Anne Clarke New Zealand Oreti Plains district school centennial local history
The Story of Birkenhead
Ex library, oblong 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Birken City Council 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Margaret McClure New Zealand history early settlers' maori culture agriculture
The Geology of New Zealand
2 vol set, (maps in rear pocket), 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: E. C. Keating Government Printer 1978
KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand geology science history archaeology reference volume 1 map
A History of Silence: A Memoir
Signed, First edition, Super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Text 2013
KEYWORDS: specials Lloyd Jones memoir Christchurch earthquake natural disaster New Zealand history
Stirling Moss
First edition, Octavo hardcover (good+) in d/w (good) 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing 1953
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Robert Raymond motor racings cars sport autobiography history
Gambling on Goals: A Century of Football Betting
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Mainstream 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Graham Sharpe football soccor gambling sport history betting
History of The River Thames
First edition, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: A. M. Isdale 1967
KEYWORDS: specials A. M. Isdale New Zealand history gold mining
The Golem at Large: What You Should Know About Technology
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Harry Collins Trevor Pinch technology science reference history
The Killer They Called God
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Media Masters 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Ian Ward Japan history war true crime
Port of Pearls: Broome's First 100 Years
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Tangee 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Edwards pearl-farming pearling industry Broome history
Strangers in the Wilderness
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Minerva 1967
KEYWORDS: specials L. S. Rickard New Zealand history agriculture farming pioneering settlers
Oliver Cromwell
First edition, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1988
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Pauline Gregg biography military politics history
London's Noble Fire Brigades 1833-1904
Super 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Sally Holloway fire brigades fire-fighting firemen history
Quarry: A Collection in Lieu of Memoirs
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Twelvetrees Press 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Lincoln Kirstein art history criticism memoirs
English Art 1860 - 1914: Modern Artists and Identity
Imperial octavo softcover (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: Manchester University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: specials David Peters Lara Perry English modern art history artists