Books - "history"
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Raising the Ruins: The Fight to Revive the Legacy of Herbert W Armstrong
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: Philadelphia Church of God 2006
KEYWORDS: wcg worldwide church of god religions history Herbert W Armstrong
St Augustine
LACKS D/W, 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: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1938
KEYWORDS: saints St Augustine religion religious figures history historical
English Church Life, from the Restoration to the Tractarian Movement
Ex-library, super 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: Longmans, Green & Co 1914
KEYWORDS: England English church history Christianity
Local History: A Short Guide to Researching, Writing and Publishing a Local History
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: Bridget Williams Books 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history writing publishing historiography historical guides
How the Bible Came to New Zealand, and Goes Forth
Super 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: The British and Foreign Bible Society 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history Christian Christianity bible teachings biblical
Les Naufrages ou Vingt Mois Sur un Recif des Iles Auckland
TEXT IN FRENCH, FIRST EDITION, quarto, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/tooling to spine with raised bands also, blind rule to boards, aeg, textured iridescent eps, frontispiece, viii + map + 374pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate rubbing & surface loss to spine, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate staining to edges of eps, moderate foxing throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to front gutter, tissue guard to frontispiece missing)
PUBLISHER: Libraire de L Hachette et Cie 1870
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH New Zealand first editions Auckland Island Islands history historical accounts
Station Amusements in New Zealand
BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT McNAB, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black rule to boards, frontispiece, folding map to prelims, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges- minor surface loss, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plates to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name & other ink scribbles to prelims, light tanning & foxing sporadically throughout, occasional crease & pencil annotation to margins and/or page corners)
PUBLISHER: William Hunt and Company 1873
KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical accounts history rural farming communities stations Lady Barker
A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson
LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece. 120pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to frontispiece & photographic pages, light scuffing to top edges of rear eps)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1944
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history historical accounts autobiography autobiographical Murray Gladstone Thomson pioneers
Yesterdays in Golden Buller
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing/bruising & minor staining to spine & board edges, 1cm chip to top spine extrem, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, sl soiling to photographic pages)
PUBLISHER: Ella Matthews 1957
KEYWORDS: first editions Ella Matthews New Zealand history Buller Nelson Tasman
Station Life in New Zealand
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, black rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 238pp + catalogue to rear, G+ (light bruising to board extrems, v heavy cracking to front spine/hinge - heavily flapping but still tentatively attached, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page, light to moderate foxing & cracking of gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1871
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural life history historical accounts station stations farming agriculture Lady Barker anecdotes
European Place-Names in Southern New Zealand
Octavo, blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 20pp, VG (minor tanning & creasing to cover edges, moderate rust staining to staples, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: H Beattie 1912
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history place names European south southern Herries Beattie
Moriori: The Morioris of the South Island (Second Impression)
SECOND IMPRESSION, octavo, cream light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, 74pp, VG+ (sl tanning & creasing to cover edges, sl cracking to middle of spine, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1941
KEYWORDS: Herries Beattie New Zealand history Moriori south island early settlers Polynesians
A Rich Harvest: A History of Waikoikoi, West Coast
Octavo, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Waikoikoi District Centennial Committee
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island history West Coast Waikoikoi
Folklore and Fairy tales of the Canterbury Maoris
Octavo, blue/teal stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 38pp, VG+ (light tanning/foxing & creasing to cover edges, sl foxing & soiling to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori heritage culture history folklore lore fairy tales Canterbury Taare te Maiharoa Maud Goodenough Hayter Mrs T Moses
The Southern Runs
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy loss to top edge of rear cover, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: TPS / Times Printing Service 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Herries Beattie Otago Southland pioneers
Camp-Life in Fiordland, New Zealand: A Tale of the Sutherland Falls
LACKS MAP, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind stamp rule to spine & board edges, patterned eps, frontispiece, ix + 134pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to title page, light tanning & foxing/soiling throughout, map torn out & missing)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1892
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Suthlerland Falls Fiordland landscape
A Place Called Moonlight
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, 276pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl curling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Kiwi Wild 2011
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Trevor Johnston Moonlight Atarau pioneers settlers George Fairweather Moonlight
Early Days in Murchison: Unfinished Journal George McNee 1880-1946
Quarto, green stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 25pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Murchison District Historical and Museum Society 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history diaries journals George McNee Murchison
Away FromIt All: The Life-Style of Donald Sutherland of Milford Sound, NZ
Quarto, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 24pp + illus/photos to rear, folding map to rear, VG (light creasing & moderate tanning & foxing to covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, photo pages tanned)
PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lakes District Milford Sound Donald Sutherland biography biographies memoir pioneers
Wakatipu's Golden Days
Quarto, illus spiral bound covers, black lettering to front cover, illus/maps to prelims, unpaginated prelims + 121pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light cracking to top edge of front plastic cover, sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: A J de la Mare 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Lakes District Wakatipu history early settlers pioneers