Books - "history"
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Shandrydan: The Willow Flat County
Super octavo, black faux leather heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 400pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, slight chafing & fading to jacket
PUBLISHER: Print Commercial Printers 2004
KEYWORDS: hawkes bay north island aotearoa history shandrydan willow flat county jim fraser
The Devil's Haircut: My Life Before and After the Raurimu Massacre; A crime that shocked a nation
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrapper, unpaginated prelims + 367pp, VG+ (slight creasing & fading to wrapper, previous bookseller's label to rear of wrapper, slight tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Urban Druid Press 2023
KEYWORDS: true crime mass murder homicide new zealand raurimu massacre steve anderson history
History of the Hawke's Bay
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 468pp, illus + folding genealogical chart to rear, VG (slight bruising to boards & spine, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, previous owner's name to title page) in d/w VG- (moderate soiling and fading to jacket, heavy creasing to edges of spine of jacket, light creasing to other jacket edges)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939
KEYWORDS: hawke's bay north island aotearoa new zealand history j g wilson
Waverley 1860-1920
Octavo, light blue stapled light card wrappers, 300pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate soiling to spine, light soiling to wrapper, light tanning & soiling to page edges, previous owners name in ink to inside wrapper and first page)
PUBLISHER: Laraine Sole 1983
KEYWORDS: laraine sole waverley otago history new zealand aotearoa dunedin
A History of the Mangatoro Station and the Waitahora Valley
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white text to spine & wrapper, 200pp, illus, VG (light fading & scuffing to wrapper, slight soiling & tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Waitahora Centennial Committee 2006
KEYWORDS: mangatoro station waitahora valley new zealand aotearoa history dannevirke north island
New Zealand: Yesterday and Today
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & board, frontispiece, 160pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising & fading to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, fep corner clipped, previous bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w VG- (moderate tanning to jacket, light creasing to edges, slight foxing to inside of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Franklin Watts n/d
KEYWORDS: first edition margaret mahy new zealand history aotearoa
A Journal of the Plague Year; Being observations, or memorials, of the most remarkable occurences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665, written by a citizen who continued all the while in Londo
Octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt & black border decoration & banding to spine & boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 300pp, illus VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board edges, slight chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sporadic light foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge 1871
KEYWORDS: london england plague great fire 1665 1666 black bubonic memoir diary journal history
Wing of the Manakau; Capt. Thomas Wing: His Life and Harbour 1810-1888
SIGNED & NUMBERED AT REAR OF BOOK 111/500, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt ship to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (slight fading to jacket, light to moderate foxing to jacket, slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: T B Byrne 1991
KEYWORDS: captain thomas wing manakau harbour maritime new zealand history t b byrne
Taranaki to Taupo
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, quarto, spiral bound illus light card wrappers, illus inside wrapper, 190pp + 4, illus, VG+ (slight fading to wrapper, v slight soiling to wrapper, light tanning & foxing to page edges, slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Arch G Sears n/d
KEYWORDS: arch g sears family history new zealand travel memoir taranaki taupo papua new guinea
Craddocks of the Buller: Colonists of the Right Stamp'
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, gold lettering to front of wrapper, 180pp, illus VG (slight fading & scuffing to wrapper, light soiling to wrapper, v slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Norman Cranshaw 2005
KEYWORDS: cradock craddocks buller district west coast westland new zealand family history norman crawshaw
...And Then There Was One: A History of the Taranaki Dairy Industry
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board & spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 230pp, illus, VG- (slight brusing to spine & board corners, slight soiling to boards, light to moderate dampstaining to prelims, slight soiling & foxing to pages, light to moderate foxing to index) in d/w VG- (light soiling & fading to jacket, slight creasing to edges, light foxing to inside of jacket)
PUBLISHER: George & Jean Richards 1995
KEYWORDS: taranaki region dairy industry history north island aotearoa new zealand milk milking jean george richards
Urewera Trucks and Truckers
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black & white text to wrapper, & spine, illus title page, 135pp, illus VG+ (slight rubbing to edges, v slightfading & chafing to wrapper, slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Gavin M Abbot 2014
KEYWORDS: urewera new zealand north island aotearoa history forestry forest trucking transport industry gavin m abbot
Yesterday's Motoring
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, v slight soiling to boards, v slight foxing to page edges, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's inscription iin ink to fep) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to edges, light foxing to wrapper)
PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1991
KEYWORDS: graham cowie motoring new zealand driving automotive history
Heart of the Lion: The 50 Year History of Australia's Holden
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, navy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 359pp, illus, VG+ (v slight scuffing to edges, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight chafing to jacket, v slight creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to inside of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1998
KEYWORDS: first edition john wright holden australian motoring automotive history
Selwyn: From the Hills to the Sea
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR OF INTRO, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to wrapper, black lettering to spine, illus inside wrappers, unpaginated prelims + 280pp, VG+ (slight fading & soiling to wrapper, slight soiling & tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ellesmere Camera Club 1997
KEYWORDS: selwyn district lincoln canterbury malvern paparua port hills rolleston west melton new zealand history ellesmere camera club arthur grayburn prebbleton tai tapu
Waitakaruru: The District, The School, And The People
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, brown lettering to wrappers, 111pp, illus, VG (light soiling to wrapper, light creasing & tanning to edges of wrapper, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ken Clover, The School and District Jubilee 1902-1977
KEYWORDS: waitakaruru district history school hauraki plains north island new zealand aotearoa ken clover thames valley waikato te aroha maukoro canal
Bethlehem: Tauranga's Little Star
Quarto, spiral bound, green illus light card wrappers, green lettering to wrapper & spine, illus inside rear wrapper, 270pp, illus, VG (light soiling & creasing to wrapper, slight scuffing to edges of spine, v slight fading, slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Sheryl Farrow 2011
KEYWORDS: bethlehem tauranga new zealand aotearoa north island history wairoa river sheryl farrow
The Opouriao - Taneatua Settlement of 1896
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper, 242pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate soiling to wrapper, binding slightly detached but secure, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1989
KEYWORDS: opouriao taneatua whakatane district history new zealand north island aotearoa allison b heath
Always Ready: Christchurch Fire Brigade 1860-1985
FIRST EDITION, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt fire helmet to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 96pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (light soiling & chafing to jacket, two 3cm closed tears and three >2cm closed tears to edges of jacket with historic tape repairs, 5cm section top top rear of jacket missing with historic tape repair, light fading to jacket)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Fire Service District 5A01 Christchurch 1985
KEYWORDS: first edition christchurch canterbury aotearoa new zealand history fire service firemen firefighting emergency services
A Century of Farm Tractors 1904-2004
Quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow, orange & blue lettering to boards & spine, illus half title page, 304pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, v slight chafing & soiling to boards, slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Country Life NZ 2004
KEYWORDS: farm tractors machinery equipment farming agriculture agricultural history new zealand tractor