Books - "history"
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Summer Days in Cattiland
Sm octavo, heavy floral patterned boards, gilt lettering to burgundy buckram spine, deckled page edges, 127pp, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate bruising to board corners, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Menzies & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: Caithness Scotland Scottish Cattiland John Horne travel writing literature history historical
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