Books - "history"
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Official Southland Guide
Small octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 327pp, illus + 3 folding maps, VG (some staining & browning to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, slight creasing to maps, occasional foxing, annotation throughout in pencil)
PUBLISHER: Andrew Baty & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland travel tourism history
Records of the Gore and Surrounding Districts' Early Settlers' Association Volume III
This volume only, octavo, pink light card covers with black lettering to front, 106pp, illus, VG (light rubbing and soiling to covers, light sunning to spine, curling to coer and page corners, staining to lower back cover)
PUBLISHER: Gore Early Settlers' Assn. 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland Gore early settlers local history
Glenham-South Wyndham Centennial SOuvenir 1853-1954: History of the Area which extends from Letterbox Corner to the Wyndham River
Tipped-in holograph presentation letter to F. G. Hall-Jones, octavo, blue light card covers with gilt & blue lettering, 88pp, illus, VG- (some staining to covers, light tanning to page edges, annotation in ink to front pastedown, rust to staples, occasional annotation)
PUBLISHER: Glenham Historical Committee 1954
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Glenham Letter-Box Corner Wyndham local history
Tuturau School, Southland, New Zealand: Celebration of 60th Anniversary
Octavo, light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 20pp, VG (rusting to staples, light tanning to page edges, annotation in pencil throughout)
PUBLISHER: Executive Committee of Tuturau School Ex-Pupils' Assn 1931
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Tuturau school education local history
A Racing History of the Bentley (1921-31)
Small quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt Bentley logo to front board, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG (light scatching to boards, owner's name & number in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1956
KEYWORDS: Bentley motor car racing car motor sport history
Twistgrip: A Motor Cycling Anthology
Super octavo, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 150pp, illus, VG (slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling, bruising & creasing to spine extrems & upper edges, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles motor racing sport history anthology articles Manx Norton Zenith Gradua Dunstall Dominator Gileva BMW Igering Douglas Rickman Matisse
The Age of Elegance 1812-1822
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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: Book Club Assoc.1975
KEYWORDS: Napoleonic wars military history Napoleon Russia
The Ploughing and the Sowing: Written on the Occasion of the 75th Jubilee of the Merrivale-Waiau Parish
Two page (four sides) holograph signed letter from author enclosed, octavo, blue light card covers, 96pp, illus, VG (fading to spine, v slight foxing to upper page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Merrivale-Waiau Presbyterian Church Jubilee Committee 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Merrivale-Waiau parish Presbyterian church local history
Ashburton New Zealand: Its Pioneers and its History 1853 - 1939
Octavo, red cloth boards wtih black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 766 + 2pp book catalogue, illus, VG (slight fading to spine, moderate bruising and fraying to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners, prev owners sign to fep, light foxing and soiling to page edges) LACKS D/W
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Ashburton local history
Gone to Gallipoli: Anzacs of Small Town New Zealand go to War
Oblong imperial octavo, light card covers, 156pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Bosco Press 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand first world war ww1 wwI anzac military history
Gumboots and Pigtails: Goldmining with the Hart Family, Roundhill, Southland
Quarto, illus light card covers, 154pp, illus, Nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Wallace Family Early Settlers Association 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand goldmining gold mining Roundhill Southland Hart family biography history
Waitanguru: The Great Transformation: A Collection of Memories Depicting Optimism, Disaster and Progress of the Waitanguru, Mangaotaki, Ngapaenga and Mairoa Districts
First edition, quarto, blue cloth boards, illus eps, 208pp, illus, VG+ (v v slight staining to front board, v slight soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Waitanguru Jubilee Committee / C&S Publications 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitanguru Mangaotaki Ngapaenga Mairoalocal history biographies memoirs
Southward Ho!: The Deborah in Quest of a New Edinburgh 1844
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: Craig Printing Co. 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Deborah ship boat nautical history
Creature Comforts: New Zealanders and their Pets: An Illustrated History
Quarto softcover (nr fine); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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: Otago University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pets social history
Subantarctic New Zealand: A Rare Heritage
Imperial octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 Conservation 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand ssubantarctic islands natural history conservation flora fauna
Cogs Tyrannic
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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: Mandarin Paperbacks
KEYWORDS: technology evolution human history
Wolf Hall
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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: Fourth Estate 2010
KEYWORDS: history tudors Thomas Cromwell
Victorian City of New Zealand
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 Ltd 1968
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dunedin photgraphy architecture
Going to Extremes: Adventures in Unknown New Zealand
Super octavo softcover (Nr Fine); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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: David Bateman 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration travel natural history
Akaroa: Banks Peninsula: New Zealand
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal dewcription 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 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Akaroa Banks Peninsula history