Books - "history"
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French Akaroa: An Attempt to Colonise Southern New Zealand
Super 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: Canterbury University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Tremewan Settlers Southern New Zealand history French British colonies
Farewell Colonialism: The New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch 1906-07
Super 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: Dunmore Press Ltd 1998
KEYWORDS: specials John Mansfield Thomson New Zealand History Christchurch Agriculture Machinery Visual Arts art Music exhibits
Sand Between My Toes: The Story of Surf Lifesaving in New Zealand
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: Penguin Group 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Ivan Jackson New Zealand Lifesaving surf surfing beach History sport
Khaki: All Blacks: A Tribute to the 'Kiwis' -the 2nd NZEF Army Rugby Team
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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2005
KEYWORDS: Specials Mike Whatman New Zealand All Blacks Army NZEF Rugby history signed inscribed sport
The Gold Fields and Mineral Districts of Victoria
Quarto, maroon heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt mining/miner motif to front board, vii + frontispiece + vi + 644pp, illus plus folding maps, VG (moderately heavy browning to page edges, some staining to upper page edges, v. small burn/scorch mark to upper fore-edge of first 10 pages) in d/w, VG- (three or four 3cm closed tears to upper & lower edges, creasing to rear lower edge, moderately heavy chaffing to outside & staining to inside)
PUBLISHER: Queensberry Hill Press 1980 (reprint)
KEYWORDS: R Brough Smyth Australian Victoria gold minerals geology gold mining goldfields history
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Vol.LV, Part II, No.V 1886
Re-bound, super octavo, heavy card boards with black cloth spine & black cloth board corners, original title labels mounted to front board, iv + pages 413 to 450, illus with colour plates, most pages as yet unopened (uncut), VG- (closed tears to fore-edge of most pages, page 455 torn in half but all present, heavy tanning)
PUBLISHER: Asiatic Society 1887
KEYWORDS: Asiatic Society Bengal Siam natural history science insects butterflies lepidoptery entomology
A History of the Second Battalion New Zealand Scottish
Octavo, reddish-brown leather boards with gilt lettering & battalion insignia to front board, illus eps, xv + 62pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Ex-members' Association 1981
KEYWORDS: Second Battalion New Zealand Scottish military history
The Nineteenth Century: A Monthly Review Vol.III January - June 1878
This volume only, quarto, half bound, brownish cloth boards with gilt lettering in green & dark brown decorative panels between five raised bands to polished leather spine, marbled page edges, marbled eps, iv + 1182pp, illus with folding map at page 686, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, spine extrems & board corners, heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, lighter foxing to page edges, some creasing to folding map)
PUBLISHER: C Kegan Paul & Co 1878
KEYWORDS: Nineteenth Century monthly magazine current affairs politics history society
Agricultural Traditions of The Mount Hagen Area
Quarto, cream light card stapled wrapper with black lettering, green cloth spine, v + 68pp, illus + large folding map in pocket at rear, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, lighter tanning elsewhere, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: University of Papua New Guinea Dept of Geography 1975
KEYWORDS: Jocelyn Powell A Kulunga R Moge C Pono F Zimika J Golson Papua New Guinea Mount Hagen geography archeology agricultural history
From Greece to Crete: Before and After: Extracts from My Life Story
Ex library, large quarto, green & cream light card covers with red & black lettering, illus eps, 127pp, illus, VG (library labels to front pastedown, library markings to title page)
PUBLISHER: AH Lambert 2001
KEYWORDS: Arthur H Lambert autobiography New Zealand World War Two Greece Crete military history
Genesis 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War
First edition, imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 750pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & tanning to page edges, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, archival tape repairs to lower spine & to closed tear to front upper edge, small closed tears to edges, some creasing, some tanning)
PUBLISHER: Vallentine, Mitchell & Co 1979
KEYWORDS: Dan Kurzman Israel Arab-Israeli War Middle East military political history
The American Auto Factory
Oblong folio, black boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 192pp, illus, nr fine, in nr fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks / MBI Publishing Co 2002
KEYWORDS: Byron Olsen Joseph Cabadas Ben Hamper USA American automotive engineering industry automobiles cars factory Duryea Henry Ford Ransom Olds William Durant Walter Chrysler transport history
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Vol. XLVII, Part II Physical Science, No.1 1878
Original wrappers but rebound as hardcover, super octavo, heavy card boards with blue cloth spine, original title & contents pasted to front board, blue illus cover page, 52pp, illus with three plates to rear - two hand-coloured, VG- (moderately heavy browning & foxing, repair to last colour plate, nicks & tears with loss to original cover page edges)
PUBLISHER: Asiatic Society of Bengal 1878
KEYWORDS: natural history WT Blandford R Lydekker Col. RH Keatinge Lieut Col HH Godwin-Austen Col JT Walker Captain J Waterhouse Asiatic Society of Bengal
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal Part II: Natural Science Supplement / Volume LVII, Part II, No. III.-1888
9 plates, two of them hand coloured, original wrappers but bound as hardcover, super octavo, patterned heavy card boards with pale red cloth spine, original title & contents pasted to front board, 53pp + 9 plates, VG (light bruising to lower spine extrem, light rubbing to boards, light-moderate tanning, light foxing, slight chipping to original cover edges)
PUBLISHER: The Asiatic Society of Bengal 1888
KEYWORDS: Alfred Carpenter GM Giles Oldfield Thomas WT Blanford Asiatic Society of Bengal natural history science
Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal: Part II, Extra Number, August 1875: Chatalogue of Animals and Birds in Burma
Original wrappers but bound as hardcover, super octavo, patterened heavy card boards with black cloth spine, original title & contents pasted to front board, xxiv + 167pp, pages unopened (uncut), VG (light rubbing to boards, light tanning, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Asiatic Society of Bengal 1875
KEYWORDS: Mr Ed Blyth Arthur Grote Dr J Anderson GE Dobson Arthur Viscount Walden Asiatic Society of Bengal Burma animals birds natural history
Disputed Ground: Robin Hyde, Journalist
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Robin Hyde Gillian Boddy Jacqueline Matthews New Zealand literature journalism essays politics history
The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra: The First Forty Years
Imperial 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: Reed Methuen Publishers 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Joy Tonks New Zealand Symphony Orchestra music history
Finches and Other Seed-Eating Birds: An Avicultural Guide to the Seed-Eating Birds of the World
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: Faber and Faber 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Robin L Restall finches birds ornithology aviculture natural history
Southland Shells
Octavo 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Lloyd Esler 1999
KEYWORDS: Specials Southland Shells New Zealand Lloyd Esler Natural History Conchology Gastropods
N.Z.R. Album No. 3: Steam Locomotives from the Express
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: New Zealand Railway and Locomotives Society Inc. 1975
KEYWORDS: Specials B R Poulsen Steam Locomotives trains Railway New Zealand History Photography