N H Brewer (48 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine first edition copy with a near fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Minor library markings and wear. Intact well protected dust jacket. A heavy book. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Some minor light foxing. A maritime history of the Union Steam Ship Company, focusing on the notable ships operated by the Union Line between 1875 and 1976. The book covers passenger steamers, cargo vessels, inter-island services, trans-Tasman routes and the company's role in linking New Zealand with Australia and the Pacific. Illustrated with photographs and ship details, it records the vessels, services and changing style of travel associated with one of New Zealand's most important shipping companies. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Thus. - 245 mm. Trade paperback. Illustrated. Engravings. Pp. 184. Contents clean and bright. Overall, VGC.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Light staining to the bottom of some pages, otherwise feels unread.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 238 pages. Illustrated, end paper maps. A small tear to bottom of dust jacket spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Good to Worn - Marks. Dust Jacket Condition: Good to Worn - Esp Spine. First Edition. Spine is faded and has had stickers on it. Various Photographers (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. A very clean copy.The jacket has a hint of dulling. A maritime history of the Union Steam Ship Company, focusing on the notable ships operated by the Union Line between 1875 and 1976. The book covers passenger steamers, cargo vessels, inter-island services, trans-Tasman routes and the company's role in linking New Zealand with Australia and the Pacific. Illustrated with photographs and ship details, it records the vessels, services and changing style of travel associated with one of New Zealand's most important shipping companies.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. x, 238pp, index, appendices, num bw ills, endpaper maps. Or green cloth in jacket. Light foxing to top edge. 36 ships of New Zealand's Union Line (Union Steam Ship Company) from the inauguration of its passenger service in 1875 to its close in 1976 when the Rangatira was taken from the Wellington-Lyttelton run. Size: Small 4to.…

Imperial octavo geen cloth boards, illus eps, x + 238pp illus VG+ (light rubbing to bottom edge) in VG- d/w (v sl rubbing, closed tear with tape repair).

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG+. 1st. Sub-titled "Great Ships of the Union Line 1875-1975" this volume examines the passenger ships that linked New Zealand with Australia, the Pacific Islands and, at times, North America for a century as well as NZ ports coast-wise. Many of the company's ships were household names throughout NZ as they were often the mainstay of travel. Brewer has selected 37 ships for inclusion and the text for each is accompanied by a photograph and in some case several internal pictures or images related to the vessel. Each account describes the ship, its service with the company, details of incidents or interesting events in its career and its eventual fate. A fleet list of the company's passenger ships (Appendix II) gives technical details and statistis. A fine publication. 238 pages including two appendices, index, b/w photos throughout, some document reproductions, maps, including colour e/papers showing trans-Tasman and NZ coastal routes. Green hard covers with gilt spine titles VG+ with hint wear lower spine/corners, text block excellent, no inscriptions. Colour art/pictorial DJ is VG+. Book weight 900grams unpacked. Photos, Documents, Maps (illustrator).…

Paperback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Near Fine. Paperback; Measures Trade Paperback (9¾" x 6¾") (0.7 kg); pp 184; Contains: Wood engravings; Advertisements; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #183261 ||. J. & H.S. Storer (illustrator).…

Imperial octavo softcover with french flaps (Near FINE); 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 cost.…

Hardback. Condition: Good. This volume examines the passenger ships that linked New Zealand with Australia, the Pacific Islands and, at times, North America for a century as well as NZ ports coast-wise. Many of the company's ships were household names throughout NZ as they were often the mainstay of travel. Brewer has selected 37 ships for inclusion and the text for each is accompanied by a photograph and in some case several internal pictures or images related to the vessel. Each account describes the ship, its service with the company, details of incidents or interesting events in its career and its eventual fate. A fleet list of the company's passenger ships (Appendix II) gives technical details and statistis. Heavy; DJ; Owner's Name inside. Nameplate of previous owner on title page.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. great ships of the union line 1875 -1976-clean copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 238 pages. Drawing heavily on contemporary reports, N.H. Brewer has reconstructed the ca reers of these glamourous vessels which reigned supreme in coastal and ocean tra vel--Publisher's description.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG. 1st. Histories of the ships of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (for many years owned by P&O), based on contemory newspaper reports. 238pp, illustrated. VG copy in dw.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No marks to book or cover. Tight, even binding, bright pages. In its original, unclipped dust wrapper which has negligible she;f wear. Almost like new. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. Please note our excellent customer feedback.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. A very good clean copy with only minor shelf wear and two small ownership stamps. The advent of motor vehicle in New Zealand towards the turn of the twentieth century presented transport operators with a new brand of merchandise to carry. It was benzine.The carriage of benzine developed into a substantial branch of the transport industry. However, some of the carriers, especially owners of small coastal steamships, would soon learn through trial and error that the additional business was a mixed blessing. Numerous coastal boats plying for trade had been built during the early days of motoring - or before - and were not designed to carry large quantities of a potent spirit such as benzine.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 238 pages. Owner's stamp on title page.Drawing heavily on contemporary reports, N.H. Brewer has reconstructed the ca reers of these glamourous vessels which reigned supreme in coastal and ocean tra vel--Publisher's description.

Soft Copy. Condition: VG. None. First Edition. Yellow,card, green titles and illustration of sailing barque on front. Light dusting of a little soiling. A little light creases to spine. Edges: just a couple of tiny smudges. Clean contents. B/w illustrations. Binding is As New. 120p.

Quarto 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 cost.

Karton. Condition: Gut. 1. Auflage. Mit Abbildungen, 237 Seiten, Zust.: Gutes Exemplar. Mit original Schutzumschlag. Leichte Lagerspuren. Schneller Versand und persönlicher Service - jedes Buch händisch geprüft und beschrieben - aus unserem Familienbetrieb seit über 25 Jahren. Eine Rechnung mit ausgewiesener Mehrwertsteuer liegt jeder unserer Lieferungen bei. Wir versenden mit der deutschen Post. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 874.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 231p Soft card covers with flaps Near Fine With illustrations, the author's letters home to family while he served in the New Zealand Artillery, along with a selection of his photographs and postcards, a nice creation.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (frontis) x 238p D-J (slight fading spine) Paper over boards Near Fine A choice of 36 of the Union Steam Ship Co's 'queens of the seas' from1875, the inauguration of the Union's passenger service, to 1976, with many B-W illustrations.…

Inscribed & signed by author, imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, x + 238pp, illus, VG (light chaffing to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, (moderately heavy fading to spine, moderate creasing to edges, light rubbing).

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. DJ; Heavy. Dj sunned with small tear at the top edge; inside very clean..

Paperback. Condition: Good. 231 pages. tidy ex reference libraryIn 1940 Gunner Neville (Joe) Brewer left New Zealand with the 5th Field Regiment of the New Zealand Artillery to serve his country in World War II. During the n ext four years he was based in England, Egypt, Greece, North Africa & Italy. Thoughout his service, Joe kept up a regular correspondence with his family &am p; friends in New Zealand, reporting on the places, people & events that mad e up his experiences. This book contains a selection of these letters. Items fro m his collection of postcards & photographs, most of these sent home to his mother for safekeeping, are interspersed amongst his letters to them. His reflec tions on his letters & comments & opinions formed after leaving the Army are also included, along with factual information about troops, hospital ships, how they were used during the war, & their contribution to the safety of fe llow soldiers. …

1st edition stiff wrappers Fine lge. octavo 231pp., b/w pls., index, Author served with the 5th Field Regiment of the NZ Artillery in Egypt, Greece, North Africa & Italy. Account told through his letters.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This era of trade, according to the book sub-title was "spectacular" in NZ history. The topic covered is indeed an almost fogotten period when. before petroleum delivery was by merchant tankers. the "benzine' was carried in fragile four gallon tin cans, usualluy in pairs in wooden cases. Carriage to NZ was by a wide variiety of ships, initially mainly sailing craft, later in steamships.As is to be expected transporting petrol, and kerosene, in boxed tins were damaged in handling, rough weather at sea. The result was that some ships, frequently unsuited to the trade, were destroyed by fire, often at sea. This is an aspect of NZ maritime history that was largely unrecorded until along came Brewer's "The Benzine Era. covering the years 1900 to 1926. This trade developed quickly as motor vehicles became more popular, but by the late 1920s tanker bulk delivery was increasing and within a few years the word "benzine" had given way to "petrol." Brewer's enlightening narritive is complemented by an outstanding collection of b/w photographs, of the trade and the ships involved. Transport historians and maritime buffs will appreciate this excellent book. This item a lightly used public library copy, library markings confined to coding label spine base and three preliminary pages. Reinforced spine strip, heavy clear plastic protective covers. Otherwise, the text section is VG+. Photos (illustrator).…