Mclean Gavin (239 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre-1970 in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in good condition or better: some may be in very good, near fine, or fine condition. If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. If the book is very heavy, we will may need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs.…

8vo, 48pp. Black & white illustrations. A very good paperback copy.

paperback. Condition: Like New. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 168 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards have very light wear. edges of pages have light wear. dust jacket has light wear.

Paperback. Condition: Good. In this unusual book a number of New Zealand's leading historians write about their own favourite 'historic' places where the past comes alive. Special events or times in our history are linked with their own personal memories and the physical presence of these 'places' today. Anne Salmond muses on her home town of Gisborne, with its rich intersection of Maori and European history. Erik Olssen ponders a lifetime of change in Dunedin; the stories that ooze from its streets and alleyways, brick and bluestone making life here a bit like living in the text of a favourite poem or novel. Jock Phillips visits Wanganui, the 'war memorial capital of the world', musing on how its war memorials sum up the uneasy history of the racial frontier in New Zealand, and what we can learn from them about a society. The fate of the Kiwis at Gallipoli are relived by Ian McGibbon, who walks, we are told, where New Zealand's national identity was forged ninety years ago. 266 pages. …

Softcover. Condition: As New. First Edition. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the illustrated card-stock wraps. Replete with many score black-and-white and full-color photographs, printed on high-gloss paper. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [8], 9-61 [3] pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Pictorial card covers, b&w illstns. A fine copy.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 218 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A couple of small ownership stamps and light shelf wear. Published in conjunction with a four-part television programme, this book takes us from the arrival of the first waka to the wakes of the super-yachts, via assisted migration, the Union Steam Ship Company, the wars and the container ships.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A good clean copy with light shelf wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is very close to new. "100 Historic Places" is a guide to buildings and sites of New Zealand. Each entry tells the story of the significance of the building or site and its place in New Zealand's history. A map locates each historic place for easy reference. Included are architectural icons such as the Stone Store at Kerikeri and Larnach's Castle, but also lesser known places that are important for their historical value, as well as modern buildings and structures such as the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the Beehive. The book also features archaeological sites and a few New Zealand Wars battlefields.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is in very nice condition. Published in conjunction with a four-part television programme, this book takes us from the arrival of the first waka to the wakes of the super-yachts, via assisted migration, the Union Steam Ship Company, the wars and the container ships.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. First edition in good used condition. The Friends of the Bridgeport Public Library use these funds to promote literacy in the community and in the Bridgeport Public Schools.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Pictorial card covers, b&w illstns. Minimal library markings, no wear.

Softcover. Reprint. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 218 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is very close to new. "100 Historic Places" is a guide to buildings and sites of New Zealand. Each entry tells the story of the significance of the building or site and its place in New Zealand's history. A map locates each historic place for easy reference. Included are architectural icons such as the Stone Store at Kerikeri and Larnach's Castle, but also lesser known places that are important for their historical value, as well as modern buildings and structures such as the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the Beehive. The book also features archaeological sites and a few New Zealand Wars battlefields.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is very close to new.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A good clean copy with light shelf wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy. Leslie Stead (illustrator).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy. Leslie Stead (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. The book is in very close to new condition and the jacket has a small repaired closed tear and some light shelf wear. Formed in 1910 this is the profusely illustrated centennial history of the club by noted historian Gavin McLean.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. paperback, illustrated, 224 pages, a fine clean copy. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf 23.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy. The sea may be our highway, but it can charge appallingly high tolls. Our ancestors rightly feared death and destruction at sea. In the last 200 years over 2000 ships have been fatally wrecked on New Zealand shores, sometimes with horrific loss of life. Many more have been salvaged only after epic struggle. In this lively book, leading historian Gavin McLean examines some of New Zealand's most interesting wrecks. In Full Astern he explores some of the iconic wrecks that wrote themselves into New Zealand history: the Orpheus, General Grant, Tararua, Wairarapa, Penguin, Wahine and Mikhail Lermontov. But others will be new to readers, the ordinary, everyday vessels on which New Zealanders depended. Full Astern is a story of terrifying storms, of inhospitable coastlines, of human error, of the malicious hand of fate, and of courtroom dramas as stunned communities picked through the evidence of disaster. It is also testimony to courage, endurance and self-sacrifice such as that displayed by the stewardesses on the Wairarapa who saw to the needs of their passengers with little thought of their own safety. But there is more to wrecks than ships hitting rocks, and in a unique feature, Gavin McLean places maritime risk in its broader context. No dry catalogue of accidents, Full Astern tells how people responded to the challenge of making our coasts safe, a quest that continues in the era of GPS and satellite. More than 300 superb photographs bring alive dramatic days in New Zealand history.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy. The sea may be our highway, but it can charge appallingly high tolls. Our ancestors rightly feared death and destruction at sea. In the last 200 years over 2000 ships have been fatally wrecked on New Zealand shores, sometimes with horrific loss of life. Many more have been salvaged only after epic struggle. In this lively book, leading historian Gavin McLean examines some of New Zealand's most interesting wrecks. In Full Astern he explores some of the iconic wrecks that wrote themselves into New Zealand history: the Orpheus, General Grant, Tararua, Wairarapa, Penguin, Wahine and Mikhail Lermontov. But others will be new to readers, the ordinary, everyday vessels on which New Zealanders depended. Full Astern is a story of terrifying storms, of inhospitable coastlines, of human error, of the malicious hand of fate, and of courtroom dramas as stunned communities picked through the evidence of disaster. It is also testimony to courage, endurance and self-sacrifice such as that displayed by the stewardesses on the Wairarapa who saw to the needs of their passengers with little thought of their own safety. But there is more to wrecks than ships hitting rocks, and in a unique feature, Gavin McLean places maritime risk in its broader context. No dry catalogue of accidents, Full Astern tells how people responded to the challenge of making our coasts safe, a quest that continues in the era of GPS and satellite. More than 300 superb photographs bring alive dramatic days in New Zealand history.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Pictorial card covers, b&w illstns. A fine copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 357p (1p) D-J Paper over boards With illustrations and maps, the development of Otago Harbour into a commercial force and the problems associated with shipping in the future.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 512p Short inscription HTP With illustrations, first-hand accounts of New Zealanders involved in war, from the New Zealand Wars to the Gulf War.