Books - "history"
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Charles Fleming's Cape Expedition Diary Auckland Islands, 1942-43
Pencil annotations of Historian John Hall-Jones, super octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to brown spine, 256pp, illus, VG- (pages 5-12 loose, annotation & underlining in pencil)
PUBLISHER: McEwen Associates 2006
KEYWORDS: Charles Fleming Auckland Islands travel diary journal natural history expedition exploration
The Parish of Golspie in the Shire of Sutherland 850-1850AD: One Thousand Years of Local History
Quarto, blue light card covers with blue taped spine, i + frontispiece + 156pp + 24pp index + hand-drawn map to rear, pages typed on one side only, VG (moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, inscription in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Grant Freuchie Golspie 1977
KEYWORDS: Scotland Sutherland Golspie local history
A Tale of Adventure by Stage Coach: Through the Wilderness of the Otago Hinterland Runs an Old Track which lay virtually unused for 110 years.
Quarto, illus light card covers with black lettering, 55pp, illus, VG (some annotation/underlining in pencil, small stain to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Pitcairn Venturer Scouts (1972?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Old Dunstan Road Taieri history travel
Records of the Gore and Surrounding Districts' Early Settlers' Association
This vol (vol 1) only, Octavo, green light card covers with black lettering to front, frontispiece folding photo, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate staining & some fading to covers, occasional underlining in pencil and pen notes to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Gore Early Settlers' Assn / Ensign Print 1927
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Gore Southland local history early settlers
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
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 Big Burn: Teddy Roosevelt and the Fire that Saved America
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: Mariner Books / Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2010
KEYWORDS: American history
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
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
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