Resultados de búsqueda: History -- New Zealand from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Abelard-Schuman, London, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Treld Pelkey -- Dustwrapper. 450 grammes; 224pages, list of illustrations, author's note, list of maps, introduction to the Anzacs by friends and enemies, 3 appendices, and index. Within the text there are black and white photographs, line drawings, maps and illustrations. Green coloured boards with white writing on the spine. Light green coloured tint to top paper edge. Bumping and discolouration to the top and bottom spine edges and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Foxing and browning to the paper edges. Offset tanning, browning and very light foxing to the end papers and internal pages have become slightly aged toned. Illustrated dustwrapper by Treld Pelkey, with white and writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Rubbing and very slight chipping to the dust wrapper corners and to the top and bottom spine edges. There is a very small closed tear to the lower rear dustwrapper… Leer más

John Long Ltd, London, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. IX, 10-288 pages, last page blank a further eight pages -- further books from publishing house, publisher's foreword and list of illustrations and index. Black and white photographic frontispiece, of author. Within text there are seven black and white photographs and one map. Yellow coloured cloth covered boards with black embossed titles to the front panel and backstrip. This is the memoirs of Leslie Robert Menzies, who went to New Zealand from his home land of America and then from there followed the gold rush to Australia. With his courage and fearlessness was put into positions of power and responsibility exploring and opening up new areas for farmlands and mineral deposits. Heavy bumping, rubbing and fraying to the book corners and to the head and to the heel of the backstrip. Water marks to three quarters of the front panel and backstrip with a few spots to the back panel.… Leer más

University of Otago Press, New Zealand, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 500 g; 224 pages, includes bibliography, chapter notes and index. In colour illustrated softcover binding which has a crease at the top left of the rear panel. This book explores contemporary ways of reading some important New Zealand text, all produced between 1910 and 1940, except for a recent film and film script which are considered as re-readings of one of the earlier texts. Interpretation of these texts have had a significant impact on New Zealanders' ideas of themselves, an aspect which I draw attention as I classify and cluster together types of readings." -- From the introduction, page 9 Size: Large Format Paperback. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; History -- New Zealand; ISBN: 187713371X. ISBN/EAN: 9781877133718. Inventory No: 0232707. . 9781877133718

Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. XXIV, 700 pages, last three pages blank, foreword by J.A.La Nuze, Professor of History, Australian National University and A.P. Fleming, National Librarian, National Library of Australia. Introduction by author, bibliographical note, and index. Blue coloured endpapers. Dark blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrappers, with a tan coloured background, with black and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. "This book gathers together for the first time in one place annotated descriptions of manuscripts held in Great Britain and Ireland relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. The geographic range of the manuscripts extends from Western Australia to the Galapagos and Juan Fernandez, and a curve embracing the Marianas and the whole Hawaiian islands to the Antarctic. In time the work spans from the earlier Spanish voyages to… Leer más

Golden Press (New Zealand Classics), Auckland, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 680 g; XX, 239 pp., + 3 blank, endpaper maps, introduction, bibliography, and an introduction by Joan Stevens. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. The book is unillustrated. The top edge of the dust jacket is slightly rubbed around the spine. Otherwise a very clean and straight book. The adventures of the carefree young Campbell in search of his Fortune are both thrilling and amusing. The romantic interlude camping in a Maori village; the drama and savagery of a chief's tangi; the mysterious tragedies of the law of Tapu; the extravagant feasts; the wisdom of the highly intelligent old chief Kanini; all these make Poenamo one of the most stirring tales of the birth of a city (Auckland) ever to be told. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Leer más

Millwood Press, Wellington, New Zealand, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Mark Dunstan. 600 g; VIII, 216 pages, photographic end pages, text illustrated with both photographs and line drawings and some reproductions in colour of publications. Illustrated dustjacket. The top edge of the text block is very lightly spotted otherwise, there is no damage to report. A collection of anecdotes, stories and reportage from New Zealand from the Second World War. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Mark Dunstan. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; History -- New Zealand; New South Wales; ISBN: 090858203X. ISBN/EAN: 9780908582037. Inventory No: 0234015. . 9780908582037

HarperCollins, Auckland, Eastern Australia, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various Contemporary. 800 g; 374, (10) pages, with endnotes, bibliography, and index, and illustrated with the text with black-and-white plates. Photographic illustrated dustjacket. The dustjacket has a 0.5 inch split at the bottom right-hand corner on the fold over crease, otherwise, apart from very slight rubbing to the bottom of the front board, the book is without damage. Just as Australians claim anyone from New Zealand who does well for their own, the New Zealanders have done the same for this Lisbon born British gentleman, whose father died at Badajoz in the Peninsular War. Admittedly, he served time in Australia, was a governor of South Australia, and again a governor from 1845 through 53, and then from 1861 -- 68 in New Zealand where he stoked the fires of the New Zealand Wars. This comprehensive biography, by one of New Zealand's leading historians, is the 1st full… Leer más

Melbourne University Press in Association with Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. foreword by Dr. K. S. Cunningham, introduction by author and index. Green coloured boards with paper insert to spine with green titles. Bumping and rubbing to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. The book corners are slightly frayed. The spine along with a major portion of the front panel has become quite sun faded. Foxing has also occurred to the spine region and to the front book panel. Shelfwear to the lower book edges and fading to the top book edge along with some foxing. Browning to the paper edges. Offset tanning, faint foxing and browning to the endpapers and internal pages are aged toned. Previous owner's name has been erased, but impression still present, and previous owner's name to the top left-hand corner of the front paste down. Handling marks and quite noticeable, and… Leer más