Books - "history"
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The Romance of the Rail: No 2 South Island Main Trunk, New Zealand
SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION! Oblong octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus title page, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (light rusting to staples- page block almost detached, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, light staining to top edge of front cover, minor closed tearing to edges of rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, signed bookplate (James Cowan) to verso of contents page)
PUBLISHER: Publicity Branch, New Zealand Railways 1928
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail travel south island main line Canterbury Otago Southland
Castaway on the Aucklands: The Wreck of the Grafton, from the Private Journals of Thomas Musgrave, Master Mariner
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus stiffened boards, black lettering to spine & front board, printed/maps to eps, frontispiece, 125pp, illus, VG (light to moderate chafing/creasing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl creasing to eps)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand maritime nautical adventures exploration Thomas Musgrave journals diaries shipwrecks history
The Home Teacher (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spines & boards, 1440 pp total, illus/maps, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate to heavy soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate soiling to pages sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: William Mackenzie N/D (c.1886)
KEYWORDS: old teaching books home teacher series geography nature plants botany geopolitics history
From Rotenberg to Rector: The Life and Career of Mervyn Ansley Bull
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Timaru High School Old Boys' Foundation 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools Mervyn Ansley Bull biography biographies memoir TBHS Timaru Boys High School history
Hakataramea Hundred
SIGNED, octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: New Zealand and Australian Land Company 1968
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Gordon Parry Hakataramea Station
Response to a Vision: The First Hundred Years of the Nelson School of Music
SIGNED, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Nelson School of Music 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic schools history educastion Nelson School of Music signed Shirley Tunnicliff
Cathedral in the Octagon: The First Hundred Years of St Paul's, Dunein 1894-1994
Octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: St Paul's Publications N/D (c.1994)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin cathedrals churches St Paul's Cathedral octagon history
The Sculpture of Henri Matisse
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1984
KEYWORDS: art history sculptures sculptors Henri Matisse appreciation criticism
History of Mankind: Cultural and Scientific Development, Volume I (Prehistory and the Beginnings of Civilization)
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1963
KEYWORDS: UNESCO world history heritage antiquity
The Legacy of England: An Illustrated Survey of the Works of Man in the English Country
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1946-7
KEYWORDS: English history landscape farms villages country houses towns townships churches inns sport
The Power of the Machine: The Impact of Technology from 1700 to the Present
Ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 1992
KEYWORDS: technology history development social impact
Brave Bess and the ANZAC Horses
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2010
KEYWORDS: children's literature war history ANZAC horses equine New Zealand Australia
A Briefer History of Time
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Bantam Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Stephen Hawking physics space time philosophy history of time
The Lost Command
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: David Bruce & Watson 1971
KEYWORDS: military history Alastair Revie aviation raf royal air force bomber command literature
Legends of the South Sea
Ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1970
KEYWORDS: anthropology history south seas exploration Polynesia Polynesian myths legends poetry art
Narrative of a Residence in New Zealand - Journal of a Residence in Tristan da Cunha
Ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tristan da Cunha
Patearoa School & Cricket Jubilee 1870-1995
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Central Otago News Limited (Printer) 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools jubilee centennial centenary Patearoa scholl cricket club history
The Last War of Empires: Japan and the Pacific War
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1999
KEYWORDS: military war history Pacific Japan Japanese
Jazz Changes
Ex-library, octavo stiffened 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: jazz music appreciation history criticism
The Diary of a Desert Rat
Ex-library, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1971
KEYWORDS: military war history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 desert rats R L Crimp