Books - "history"
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Two Worlds: First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772
Quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to dark blue spine, 477pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to page edges, prev owners inscription in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Viking 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history New Naturalist series
Station Country: The Collection
Oblong quarto, maroon illus light card covers with white lettering, 520pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand photography photographs back-country stations farming history
Highliners: A Railroad Album
Oblong quarto, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi, unpaginated but aprox 206pp, 103 b&w plates each with one accompanying page of text, illus, VG (light browning to page edges, some foxing to eps, bookseller's label to fep) in d/w, VG (slight soiling, v light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Bonanza Books 1940
KEYWORDS: American transport trains railways railroads steam engines history
Armed with Stings: The Saga of a Gunboat Flotilla
First edition, octavo, dark blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 203pp + 5pp books ads, illus, VG (moderate staining to boards, some tanning & foxing to page edges and eps) in d/w, VG (some foxing & tanning(
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1958
KEYWORDS: insect class gunboats naval military maritime history boats warships ships
The Zeppelin Story: The Life of Hugo Eckener
First edition, octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239pp, illus, VG (some browning to page edges, sellotape-residue staining to board edges, light tanning to eps, inscription in ink to fep, VG (some staining)
PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1955
KEYWORDS: Hugo Eckener biography Zeppelin aircraft Germany history
Nambassa: A New Direction
Large quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to front & spine, illus eps, 136pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to covers, prev. owner's details to fep., slight creasing to cover edges, some tanning to edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand music art arts alternative festivals history
Oared Fighting Ships: From Classical times to the coming of steam
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-), ex library; 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: Argus Books 1976
KEYWORDS: boats oared fighting ships naval maritime history archaeology
The Life of Ailred of Rievaulx
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: ailred abbot of rievaulx medieval middle ages european history biography
The Life of Christina Markyate: A Twelfth Century Recluse
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1987
KEYWORDS: christina of markyate medieval middle ages european history biography 1100s 12th twelfth century
Plants of New Zealand: Fith Edition - Revised
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs (n. d.) (5th ed.)
KEYWORDS: plants new zealand natural history botany science
No Job Too Big: A History of Fletcher Construction: Volume 1: 1909-40
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2009
KEYWORDS: fletcher construction new zealand history
Medical Meanings: A Glossary of Word Origins
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG), tidy ex library, d/w flaps taped to inside of front cover; 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: American College of Physicians 2003 (?)
KEYWORDS: medicine science medical glossary dictionary health etymology words history
Capturing Port: D. A. De Maus: photography, music and community spirit in Port Chalmers
Quarto softcover (VG), CD included in rear pocket; 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: Port Chalmers Museum (n. d.)
KEYWORDS: port chalmers david alexander de maus biography photography music culture history otago peninsula dunedin south island new zealand
Peninsula: Exploring the Otago Peninsula
Quarto softcover with french flaps (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 2013
KEYWORDS: otago peninsula dunedin south island new zealand culture wildlife tourism travel history art photography
Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon: Gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World's Seven Natural Wonders
Imperial 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: Puma Press 2001
KEYWORDS: death mishaps grand canyon morbid american history accidents
James Hector: explorer * scientist * leader
Imperial 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: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2015
KEYWORDS: james hector new zealand biography geoscience geology exploring science history
The Border Reivers
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: Sandhill Press 1994
KEYWORDS: uk british history border life 16th sixteenth century 1500s
Porcelain Through the Ages
Paperback (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 1954
KEYWORDS: porcelain industry history
Thirty Pieces of Silver
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: Howling at the Moon 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand law history
A Simpler Time: A Memoir
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: Harper Collins 2010
KEYWORDS: autobiography history