Books - "history"
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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
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
Scottish Lighthouse
Quarto 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: The Appletree Press Ltd 2001
KEYWORDS: Scotland lighthouse travel history
The British Art Show
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: Orbis Publishing 1984
KEYWORDS: arts painting photography design history
A Mayor of Two Cities
Signed & Inscribed by author. 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: Hachette Livre 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics history signed autobiography
The Princely Courts of Europe 1500 - 1750
Quarto 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: Seven Dials 2000
KEYWORDS: politics sociology history Europe
Golds Aren't Easy
Signed by Dick Taylor and John Walker, 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 1975
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Autobiography Commonwealth Games Sport
Beyond the Crisis of Art
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: Writers and Readers Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: arts history essays articles
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