Books - "history"
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Tararua: The Story of a Mountain Range
Quarto, purple heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus eps, 272 pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, light scuffing to spine extrems) in d/w VG (moderate sunning to front cover, light rubbing and soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Mountains New Zealand Wellington Tararua Range travel Hiking History
All in a Day's Work: Seventy-Five Years of Caterpillar
First edition, oblong quarto, black cloth boards with grey lettering to spine, printed eps, frontis piece, v + 280, Nr Fine (booksellers label to fep) in d/w VG+ (v slight scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Forbes custom Publishin 2000
KEYWORDS: tranport machinery Power shovels Mining machinery technology history caterpillar
On Special Missions: The Luftwaffe's Research and Experimental Squadrons 1923 - 1945
Quarto, black heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, 128 pp, VG+ (v slight soiling to boards, light staining to title page) in d/w Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Classics 2003
KEYWORDS: Luftwaffe Versuchsverband Airplanes Military Technological innovations Germany History technology
The Centurions
First edition, Lovely Copy, octavo, red heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 487 pp, VG+ (moderate foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (some creasing to spine extrems, some staining to inside of french flaps)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1961
KEYWORDS: Algeria History Revolution Fiction Prisoners of war France literature modern first edition
The New Zealand Herald: Book of the Century: 100 Years in Review by New Zealand Herald Staff, Past and Present
Numbered limited edition signed by Sir Edmund Hillary, Small Folio, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 304 pp, illus, Nr Fine in slip case VG+ (some rubbing to case)
PUBLISHER: W & H Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Edmund Hillary
Borstal Boy
First edition, Octavo, dark purple card boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 343 pp, VG- (occasional foxing to pages, some foxing to eps, heavy foxing to page edges, light rubbing to boards) in d/w VG- (heavy browning & staining to spine, moderate browning to covers, some bruising to spine extrems, 1.5cm closed tear to upper rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1958
KEYWORDS: Juvenile detention homes England Authors Irish Biography history
The North-West Passage By Land. Being the Narrative of an Expedition From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Undertaken with the View of Exploring a Route Across the Continent to British Columbia Through British Territory, By One of the Northern Passes in
octavo, green card boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, folding map, xxiv + 394 pp + 14 pp adverts, illus, VG- (water mark on fep, owners name in ink to fep, v slight rubbing to boards, some bruising to spine extrems, moderated scuffing to board corners, light foxing to page edges, moderate browning to page edges, occasional foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Cassell, Petter & Galpin 1865(?)
KEYWORDS: Northwest Canadian Canada travel British Columbia history
Under the Nor'West Arch: A High Country Story
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 costs
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1970
KEYWORDS: Country life New Zealand Canterbury history
Southern See; The Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand
Tidy Ex library, 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 costs
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1968
KEYWORDS: religion New Zealand Diocese Dunedin Church history
Legacy of Power: Advent and History of the Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust - The First 10 Years
octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) 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: Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust 2004
KEYWORDS: signed Rotorua Energy Charitable Trust New Zealand history
Below Tutamoe: Along the Awakino River: Stories of Kairara and Waihue
Quarto, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, printed eps, 218 pp, illus, VG (some soiling to title page, light fading to front cover, some scuffing to spine extrems & spine hinges)
PUBLISHER: Waihue Settlers Hall Society 2002
KEYWORDS: Kaipara District New Zealand History Genealogy
Evansdale - Warrington: A Centennial History
Edition of 300, Super ocatvo, illus green card covers, frontispiece, 64 pp, illus, VG (v slight tanning to page edges, some fading to spine & front cover)
PUBLISHER: Otago Foundation Books Ltd 1978
KEYWORDS: Pioneers New Zealand Dunedin History Evansdale Warrington,
Gold, Quartz and Cyanide: The Story of the Barewood Reef
Signed by Author, illus yellow staple wrapped with lettering to covers, 48 pp, VG+ (Some fading to spine & lower front cover)
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1980
KEYWORDS: Signed Gold mines mining New Zealand Barewood Gold miners Otago History
The Family of Annabell in New Zealand
octavo, blue stapled wrapper with black lettering to covers, 48 pp, VG+ (some rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Annabell Publications (n/d)
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand family Annabell Genealogy
The Great White Road: Reminiscences of a West Coast Surveyor
Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 231 pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (slight fading to edges, light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Ann Holmes 1997
KEYWORDS: autobiography New Zealand history surveying Leonard John Holmes
Sexuality in Western Art: 274 illustrations, 29 in colour
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: Thames and Hudson 1991
KEYWORDS: art sexuality western history socology culture anthropology european
Opus Dei: Exploding a Myth
Super octavo softcover (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: Little Hills Press 1987
KEYWORDS: catholic religion history opus dei
Rendezvous with Fate
First edition, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192 pp, illus, VG (light foxing to page edges, light soiling to boards, v slight browning to eps) in d/w VG (some browning to flaps & rear )
PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co. 1964
KEYWORDS: aviation Great Britain Royal Auxiliary Air Force Squadron World War Two WW2 Belgian military history autobiography memoir
The 2e Rep: French Foreign Legion Paratroopers
Text in English, Quarto, illus heavy card boards, 176 pp, VG+ (some rubbing to boards, bookseller's label to fep, bruising to upper board corners)
PUBLISHER: Histoire & Collections 2002
KEYWORDS: France army military history french foreign legion paratroopers
Linton 1889-1989: A School and District Centennial History
Quarto hardcover (VG) (foxing on cover) 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: W. J Laurisden / Linton Centennial Committee 1989
KEYWORDS: linton palmerston north school district new zealand centennial history