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
Wellington City Transport: Buses through the Years
Quarto light card staped 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Welington City Council Transport 1987
KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand Wellington, public transport history buses
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
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
Ireland and the Making of Britain (with map of Medieval Ireland and Britain)
Folding map is present, first edition, small 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: Funk & Wagnalls Co 1922
KEYWORDS: specials Benedict Fitzpatrick Britain British Ireland Irish history
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