Books - "history"
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The Railways of the South Maitland Coalfields
Super 8vo, pp. 162; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Australian Railway Historical Society 1969
KEYWORDS: Gifford H Eardley railways South Maitland coalfields trains train history
Dam Builders' Railways: From Durham's Dales to the Border and linked branch lines of the N.E.R. and N.B.R.
Super 8vo, pp., 143; maroon heavy card boards, spine letteredin gilt; illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Plateway Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Harold D Bowtell dam builders building railway steam train trains England English railways history
C. Y. O'Connor: His Life and Legacy
Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 287; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: University of Western Australia Press 2001
KEYWORDS: A G Evans C Y O'Connor civil engineer engineering Australia Australian history life lives biography
The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding
8vo, pp. 276; brown heavy card board, red label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: David & Charles Reprints 1971
KEYWORDS: Alfred Rosling Bennett train trains locomotive history railways railway I W Boulton
A Policeman's Paradise? Policing a Stable Society, 1918-1945
Ex-library. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 528; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps, plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderatre tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; tape & adhesive residue from tape to eps; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bsg sloppy; library markings to eps & tp verso); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Graeme Dunstall police policeman policing New Zealand social conditions 20th century history
Churchill's War (Volume I): The Struggle for Power
Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xx + 666; illus. light card covers; plates; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; library markings to first & final pg).
PUBLISHER: Arrow Books 1989
KEYWORDS: David Irving Winston Churchill Second World War II 2 Two WW WWII WW2 20th century military history politics government
From Tokyo to Tiflis: Uncensored Letters from the War
Ex-library. Rebacked. Demy 8vo, pp. x + 340; red cl boards, paper label to spine & front board lettered in black; frontis., plates, foldout map to rear; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; light tanning & foxing throughout; library stamps to ht).
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1905
KEYWORDS: Frederick Athur McKenzie Russia Russian Japan Japanese war Russo-Japanese conflict military history letters correspondence
Handling London's Underground Traffic
Cr. 8vo, pp. x + 237; yellow cl boards, spine & front board lettered in brown; photos, foldout plates, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: London's Underground 1928
KEYWORDS: J P Thomas London's Underground London trains train railway history management
Handbook of New Zealand
Medium 8vo, pp. 120; stapled light card covers, cl spine; foldout plates, maps to rear; G (heavy scuffing & soiling to covers; heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; moderate tanning & foxing throughout; staples tusted rusted throughout; heavy cracking to rear gutters; maps loose; prev bookseller's sticker to tp).
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Government Printer 1886
KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand social industrial conditions history handbook guide
1935-36 Year Book together with the Work of the Year for 1934-35
Post 8vo, pp. 271 + [1 (advt)]; illus. light card covers; plates, advts, foldout map to rear illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; light tanning & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Automobile Association (Otago) 1935
KEYWORDS: Automobile Association Otago 20th century car cars vehicle vehicles 1930s 1935 year book local history
1934-35 Year Book together with the Work of the Year for 1933-34
Post 8vo, pp. 263 + [1 (advt)]; illus. light card covers; plates, advts, foldout map to rear, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Otago Motor Club 1934
KEYWORDS: Otago Motor Club 20th century car cars vehicle vehicles 1930s 1935 year book local history
British Malaya 1824-1867
Medium 8vo, pp. [8] + 338 + [2]; green light card covers, spine & covers lettered in black; G+ (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; tearing to rear cover extrem at head with loss; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ht; light to moderate cracking to front gutter; light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout; heavy tearing & chipping to final pg; moderate creasing to pgs throughout).
PUBLISHER: Methodist Publishing House 1925
KEYWORDS: L A Mills Journal of the Malayan Branch, Royal Asiatic Society England British Malaysia 19th century history
The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 1, May 1928 to Vol. 3, No. 12, April 1929
12 issues bound as one. Medium 8vo; tan cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; speckled pg edges, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Government Railways Department 1928-9
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways Magazine railway train trains 20th century history journal periodical
The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 1, April 1927 to Vol. 2, No. 12, April 1928
12 issues bound as one. Medium 8vo; tan cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; speckled pg edges, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light tanning & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Government Railways Department 1927-8
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways Magazine railway train trains 20th century history journal periodical
New Zealand Scenery and Public Buildings: Leading Business Establishments of Dunedin: Being a Series of Illustrations and Descriptive Letterpress
Obl medium 8vo, pp. 68; stapled bdg; illus.; G (covers missing; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; light tanning & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: The Otago Daily Times 1895
KEYWORDS: 19th century New Zealand scenery public buildings Otago Dunedin local history
Triumph of Narrow Gauge: A History of Queensland Railways
4to, pp. viii + 248; grey heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in white; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Boolarong Press 1998
KEYWORDS: John Kerr Australia Australian Queensland railways railway train trains history
Dunedin Early Photographs: First Series from the Hardwicke Knight Collection
This volume only. Obl 4to, unpaginated; spiral bound, illus light card covers; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history photographs photography 19th century Otago Dunedin local
Beginnings: A History of the North Shore of Auckland (7 vols)
Complete seven volume set. Vols 4 & 5 signed, vols 6 & 7 signed, inscribed & dated. Imp. 8vo, pp. 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48, 48; illus. stapled light card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (moderate tanning, foxing, scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals;
PUBLISHER: Paul Titchener Publications 1977-84
KEYWORDS: Paul Titchener New Zealand Auckland North Shore history articles essays
The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity from Antiquity to the Present
Super 8vo 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: HarperCollins 1997
KEYWORDS: Roy Porter medical history medicine
The Trials of Kahu Muller: A Dunedin Tale of Spies, Murder and Mystery
8vo 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: Paul Knowles 2023
KEYWORDS: Paul Knowles New Zealand Dunedin history
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