Books - "history"
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Fiordland: News, Views & Anecdotes Pre-1911: Excerpts from Papers Past
Large quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, green & black lettering to white spine, 416pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Merv Halliday 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Fiordland history Otago Witness Otago Daily Times newspapers articles press
Anatomy of a Medical School: A History of Medicine at the University of Otago 1875-2000
Single-page holograph signed letter from author loosely enclosed, quarto, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 406pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand University of Otago medical school history education
Early Timaru
Octavo, blue light card covers with darker blue lettering to front, 64pp, illus, VG (v slight staining to fep & rear ep from rust to staples) in d/w, VG (v. v. slight staining)
PUBLISHER: Southland Historical Committee 1956
KEYWORDS: John Hall-Jones New Zealand Timaru history
Lake Wakatipu: The Queen of the Southern Lakes
Disbound, promotional flier loosely enclosed, octavo light card stapled wrapper, (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: AH & AW Reed (n/d)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Lake Wakatipu travel history
The Stranding of the C. A. Larsen, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island 1928
Octavo light card stapled wrapper, (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: JPC Watt 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Stewart Island Paterson Inlet CA Larsen history shipwreck
Matchless: Once the Largest British Motorcycle Manufacturer
Square quarto, red boards with silver lettering to spine, 208pp, illus, VG (v slight soiling to upper page edges & eps, bookseller's sticker to lower front pastedown, slight staining to rear board) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1981
KEYWORDS: Matchless motorcycle motorcycles transport manufacturing business company history
The Parihaka Story
First edition, inscribed and signed by author, octavo, mottled grey cloth boards with blue lettering to spine & blue feather motif to front board, upper page edges stained blue, illus title page, 160pp, illus, VG+ (owner's ex libris label to front pastedown, some browning to page edges, inscription in pencil to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (some browning & fading to spine, foxing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Southern Cross Books 1954
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Parihaka history
Records of the Gore and Surrounding Districts' Early Settlers' Association Volume IV
This vol only, octavo, grey light card covers with black lettering, 112pp, illus, VG (some staining to spine, light tanning to page edges, rust stain from staples)
PUBLISHER: Gore Early Settlers' Assn 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland Gore history
Turf Tufts and Tow-Weights
Octavo, orange cloth boards with red lettering to spine, v + 304pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate tearing to edges, some soiling, light creasing to edges, foxing to inside)
PUBLISHER: Carlton Printing Co. 1954
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport horse racing trotting horseracing history
Widnall: A Capital Contriver: The Story of a Victorian Household in the Village of Grantchester
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Folly Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Widnall family biography British Grantchester history
Nothing if Not Critical: Selected Essays on Art and Artists
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: Harvill / HarperCollins 1991
KEYWORDS: art history artists essays criticism
The Quest for Security in New Zealand 1840 to 1996
FIRST EDITION, 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: Oxford University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand security politics economics history first editions
The Penguin Book of New Zealand War Writing
Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, illus eps, 528pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG (1cm closed tear to front, 1cm tear & chip to rear)
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand war military history literature poetry short stories essays journalism anthology
The Romantic Journey: The Story of Thomas Cook and Victorian Travel
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: Harper & Row 1974
KEYWORDS: history travel transport
Sixpenny Wonderfuls
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: Chatto & Windus 1985
KEYWORDS: reference history books
New Zealand & Britain: A Special Relationship in Transition
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: The Dunmore Press 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Britain history politics economics culture
Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment
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: HarperCollins 2007
KEYWORDS: Buddha religion history
Why is Canada in Vietnam?: The Truth About Our Foreign Aid
paperback (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: Fraser Group 1972
KEYWORDS: history Canada Vietnam war politics foreign aid
Postage Stamp Catalogue: Part One: British Commonwealth
Imperial 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: Stanley Gibbons Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: postage stamps antique history
Collect British Stamps
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Stanley Gibbons Ltd 2012
KEYWORDS: postage stamps antique history