Books - "history"
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Building the Main Trunk: How they Built the Railway that Links Auckland & Wellington
Octavo Oblong Stapled Wrapping (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: Price, Milburn and Company Ltd 1960
KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand History Trains Locomotives Railways Photography Wellington Auckland
A Century of Railways at Auckland: 1873 - 1973
Octavo stapled wrappers (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 New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1974
KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand Trains Locomotives Railways TA McGavin transport history
Whale of a shark
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: Rigby Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: Ben Cropp specials natural history Austalia whale sharks marine biology
Curassows and Related Birds
Quarto 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: The American Museum of Natural History 1973
KEYWORDS: Specials Onithology Dean Amadon Jean Delacour Birds Biology american natural history
Mollusca of the Southern Islands of New Zealand
Piece cut from plate 3 and page 89, octavo Softcover (G+); 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: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand A W B Powell Mollusca Southern Islands Shells Natural History Conchology Gastropods molluscs malacology
The Soundless Sahara
First Edition 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Ltd 1968
KEYWORDS: specials first edition R V C Bodly Ronald Bodley Autobiography History First Edition
Slumbering Giants: The Volcanoes and Thermal Regions of the Central North Island
Imperial Octavo Stapled Wrappers (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: William Collins Ltd 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey J Cox New Zealand Volcanoes North Island Thermal Regions History geology geography
Pictures of Southern New Zealand
Quarto 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1979
KEYWORDS: Specials New Zealand History Pictures Art Drawings Paintings
Men of The Battle of Britain: A Biographical Directory of the Few
Folio, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 606pp, illus, VG+ (front & rear hinges reinforced with archival tape) in d/w, VG+ (creasing to rear, 2cm closed tear repaired with archival tape to upper rear edge, light creasing to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Frontline Books 2015 (Revised & updated edition)
KEYWORDS: Kenneth G Wynn World War Two Battle of Britain military aviation history biography reference pilots aviators air crew airmen
Golden Bay: One Hundred Years of Local Government
Octavo, green heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (v slight tanning to page edges, v light creasing to board edges)
PUBLISHER: Golden Bay County Council 1975
KEYWORDS: JNW Newport New Zealand Golden Bay local history government
A Healthy Country: Essays on the Social History of Medicine in New Zealand
Octavo, light card covers, ii + 252pp, VG- (v. slight soiling to covers, owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges, sl foxing)
PUBLISHER: Bridget William Books 1991
KEYWORDS: Linda Bryder New Zealand medicine medical history essays
Square Rigged Sailing Ships Visiting Nelson 1841 to 1914
Signed by author, large quarto, illus green covers with yellow & white lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 238pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to covers, reading crease to front cover, v slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: PD Raggett 2004 (Revised & Enlarged)
KEYWORDS: PD Raggett New Zealand Nelson square rigger sailing ship maritime nautical history merchant vessels boats barques
Guillaume Apollinaire and the Cubist Life
First edition, 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: John Murray 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Cecily Mackworth Guillaume Apollinaire biography art cubism impressionism surrealism art history
Grey and Iwikau: A Journey into Custom: Kerei Raua ko Iwikau: Te Haerenga me nga Tikanga
Ex library, 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: Victoria University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Alex Frame New Zealand legal system history law Maori culture customs
Rangitikei: The Day of Striding Out
FIRST EDITION, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press Limited 1979
KEYWORDS: specials SG Laurenson New Zealand Rangitikei County Haupipi local history
Madame Tallien: Notre Dame de Thermidor from the Last Days of the French Revolution until her Death in 1835
Ex library, 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: John Lane 1913
KEYWORDS: L Gastine Madame Tallien biography French revolution history Robespierre specials
The Rising Tide of Colour: Against White World-Supremacy
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Historical Review Press 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Lothrop Stoddard politics racism racial discrimination white supremacy history
Where the Prize is Highest: The Stories of the New Zealanders who won the Victoria Cross
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: Collins 1972
KEYWORDS: specias G Bryant New Zealanders soldiers military history Victoria Cross biography
Early Victorian New Zealand: A Study of Racial Tension and Social Attitudes 1839-1852
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: Oxford University Press 1958
KEYWORDS: specials John Miller New Zealand history
The Abbey & Bishopric of Ely: The Social History of an Ecclesiastical Estate from the Tenth Century to the Eary Fourteenth Century
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 Press 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Edward Miller Ely abbey bishopric religion religious history