Books - "history"
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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
Narrow Pass, Black Mountain: The Discovery of the Hittite Empire
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; 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: Victor Gollancz 1956
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Hittite empire
New Zealand's First Capital
Ex-library- re-backed, octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy copy; 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: Department of Internal Affairs 1946
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers
New Zealand 1826-1827 (From the French of Dumont D'Urville)
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ex-library, imperial 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: Wingfield Press N/D (c.1950s)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dumont D'Urville signed Olive Wright
Wings of Judgment: American Bombing in World War II
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: Oxford University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: military history aviation ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 American bombing
Man of Iron: The Extraordinary Story of New Zealand WWI Hero Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone
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: Allen & Unwin 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers biography biogarphies memoir Lieutenant-Colonel William Malone
Historic Trentham 1914-1914
Imperial octavo softcover (G) very scruffy copy; 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: Wellington Publishing Company 1917
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history training camps grounds
Classic Jeeps: The Jeep From World War II to the Present Day
Lg quarto 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: Salamander Books 2000
KEYWORDS: automotive cars jeeps history design engineering
Gilbert, Sullivan and D'Oyly Carte: Reminiscences of the Savoy and the Savoyards
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: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1914
KEYWORDS: classical music opera Gilbert Sullivan Richard D'Oyly Carte history biography biographies memori
Lawrence of Arabia
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 G Harrap & Co 1938
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir T E Lawrence of Arabia history
The Pope and the Heretic
FIRST EDITION, 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: Little, Brown and Company 2002
KEYWORDS: history inquisition ancient Rome Roman Giordano Bruno first editions
Maori and Pakeha: A History of New Zealand (Second Edition)
SCARCE IN D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, maroon lettering to spine & front board, maroon ship illus to front board, frontispiece, 452pp, illus, VG (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps & sporadically throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, moderate foxing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori pakeha A W Shrimpton Alan E Mulgan
Such Things Were: The Story of Cambridge NZ
Octavo, illus stiffened boards, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, xv + 175pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate fading & creasing to spine, light bruising & scuffing to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to boards & page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, minor soiling to photos, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Cambridge north island early settlers pioneers
The Maungatapu Mountain Murders
SCARCE in such tidy condition, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front covers, 159pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate rusting to internal staples- some sl separation)
PUBLISHER: R W Stiles & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime history homicide Nelson Maunagtapu mountain murders trial conviction execution capital punishment cases
Memoirs of an Early Settler: William Duncan
SCARCE! INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, memoirs of an early settler of Raglan, octavo, patterned stiff card covers, beige lettering to front cover, page edges stained red, patterned eps, photo of subject to prelims, 38pp, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, minor wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Newspapers Ltd N/D (c.1920s)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Raglan early settlers pioneers biography biographies memoir William Duncan signed K P Morton
Primitive Economics of the New Zealand Maori
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvi + 505pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate chafing/scuffing to spine & boards/extrems, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to front & rear eps, lg gift plate to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1929
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history economics Maori business industry
Old Sea Wings Ways and Words (Reproduced in Facsimile from the Original Edition)
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxvi + 328pp + 39pp notes to rear, illus, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine, light rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate (A W Reed) to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate tanning & scuffing to spine, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, tidy & sturdy reinforcement to internal side, light tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall's N/D
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history literature boats
The King Country; or, Explorations in New Zealand: A Narrative of 600 Miles of Travel Through Maoriland
FIRST EDITION, FOLDING MAP PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, black lettering & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, xx + 379pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, some occasional heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout, plate opp. pg62 partially detached, 6cm closed tear & light foxing to folding map)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1884
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history exploration Maoriland travel writing literature King Country
Frontier Life: Taranaki, New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to front board, map/frontispiece, vii + 203pp, G+ (light scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, sl rubbing to board edges/extrems, v heavy staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to dedication page, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate foxing throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: H Brett, Shortland & Fort Streets 1892
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Taranaki early settlers pioneers Edwin Stanley Brookes
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 soiling & creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm inscription in ink [signed A H Reed] to title page)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1943
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand maritime nautical adventures exploration Thomas Musgrave journals diaries shipwrecks history