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$22.50
xxeha45210

The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas


SALMOND, ANNE

Super octavo 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: Penguin 2004

KEYWORDS: specials Anne Salmond New Zealand Captain Cook history explorers Pacific Islands British maritime history

$20.00
xxeha45219

The New History in an Old Museum: Creating the Past at Colonial Williamsburg


HANDLER, RICHARD & GABLE, ERIC

Super octavo paperback (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: Duke University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Richard Handler Eric Gable Williamsburg American history consumerism culture education museums entertainment patriotism revisionism social history

$25.00
xxegf45106

Tides of History: The Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century


HOWE, K. R & KISTE, ROBERT & LAL, BRIJ

Imperial octavo in light card covers (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: Allen & Unwin 1994

KEYWORDS: specials Kerry Howe Robert Kiste Brij Lal Pacific Islands history geography economics politics colonial history

$72.50
1j39b/11

Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War: Bardia to Enfidaville


STEVENS, Major-General W.G.

octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, blind-stamped device to front board, frontispiece, xii + 417pp, illus including folding maps (VG+), VG+ (light wear, light discolouration to pages, v slight foxing to eps and page edges) in VG- d/w (wear to extremities, rear upper edge folded down, chips to corners, small closed tear to front upper edge, upper 5mm of spine missing, medium sized chip to rear lower edge, small chip and closed tears to lower spine, faded)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1962

KEYWORDS: new zealand military history second world war world war two wwii major-general w.g. stevens official history bardia enfidaville

$17.50
xxehc45331

The Anglo-Saxon Age c400-1042


FISHER, D. J. V

Ex library, octavo 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.

PUBLISHER: Longman Group 1983

KEYWORDS: specials DJV Fisher history England Anglo-Saxons conquest Normans Christianity religion church ecclesiastical history

$295.00
1m44/36

Two Centuries of Soft-Hackled Flies: A Survey of the Literature Complete with Original Patterns 1747-Present


NEMES, SYLVESTER

First edition, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 173pp, illus in full colour, fine, in fine d/w

PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books 2004

KEYWORDS: Sylvester Nemes sport fishing outdoors history angling anglers wet fly dry fly soft hackle trout 220 years' fly fishing history

$19.50
xxeib45616

Plotting the Golden West: American Literature and the Rhetoric of the California Trail


FENDER, STEPHEN

Super octavo hardcover 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Fender America USA literature California Gold rush history 19th century american literary cultural history

$12.00
xxeic45758

Cochrane


THOMAS, DONALD

Paperback (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: Star Books 1978

KEYWORDS: specials Donald Thomas maritime adventure Admiral Lord Cochrane Sea-Wolf Napoleon biography history maritime history

$95.00
2c12a/20

Through the British Commonwealth


New Zealand, New Guineam, Papua, Hong Kong; The Lord Mayor's Show; Australia and Tasmania; The Opening of Parliament; India, Ceylonm, Burma & Singapore; Through Irak, Palestine to East Africa; Canada,

MEAD, STELLA & EULALIE (Illus)

12 parts (complete set), super octavo, illustrated stapled wrappers, approx 20pp per volume, illus, all vols VG (some rubbing & fading to boards, rust marks from staples, tanning & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Amex Company Letchworth (year?)

KEYWORDS: Stella Mead Eulalie children's literature Brtish Commonwealth history geography history travel

$25.00
xxcva46366

Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River


DIETRICH, WILLIAM

Softcover super octavo (nr 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

PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1996

KEYWORDS: specials William Dietrich Columbia River hydroelectricity exploration settlers irrigation fishermen farmer engineering industry history natural history politics

$14.00
xxcsa46975

The Glory of Montclair: Past and Present - The Ultimate Guide


CACIOPPO, RICHARD K.

paperback quarto (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: Dream City Publishing Company

KEYWORDS: specials montclair new jersey new york history america travel history

$26.50
2f9b/16

The Bonanza West: The Story of the Western Mining Rushes 1848-1900


GREEVER, WILLIAM S

Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering in black square to spine, brown top edges, xiv + 430pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to fep) in VG+ d/w (slight bruising to lower spine & lower front edge, slight rubbing to rear)

PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 1968

KEYWORDS: William S Greever American history gold fields California Nevada Colorado Montana Idaho Klondike Yukon western history culture politics religion social culture

$18.50
xxcra47085

Seven Deadly Sins of Gardening and the Vices and Virtues of Gardeners


MUSGRAVE, TOBY & CALNAN, MIKE

Small octavo hardcover (VG+) in VG+ d/w; 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: The National Trust 2006

KEYWORDS: specials Toby Musgrave Mike Calnan National Trust gardening gardeners history stories natural history

$32.50
xxcra47125

Vietnam and the Chinese Model: A Study of Nguyen and Ch'ing Civil Government in the First Half of the Nineteenth Century


WOODSIDE, ALEXANDER BARTON

Super octavo hardcover (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: Harvard University Press 1971

KEYWORDS: specials Alexander Woodside Vietname China history culture influence politics literature education history Chinese influence Nguyen government Sino-Vietnamese characteristics

$22.50
xxcqa47307

Doniphan's Epic March: The First Missouri Volunteers in the Mexican War


DAWSON III, JOSEPH C.

first edition, hardcover octavo (VG+) 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: University Press of Kansas 1999

KEYWORDS: joseph c. dawnson III alexander doniphan history mexican war missouri volunteers american history specials

$15.00
xxaba47328

Race, Nation, and Religion in the Americas


GOLDSCHMIDT, HENRY & MCALISTER, ELIZABETH (eds)

softcover octavo (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: Oxford University Press 2004

KEYWORDS: henry goldschmidt elizabeth mcalister american history sociology race religion history united states of america specials

$16.50
xxaba47334

Caste and Class in A Southern Town


DOLLARD, JOHN

ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Yale University Press 1937

KEYWORDS: history caste class sociology john dollard united states of america history southern america specials

$17.50
xxacg47548

The Struggle for the Breeches: Gender and the Making of the British Working Class


CLARK, ANNA

Super octavo 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: University of California Press 1997

KEYWORDS: specials Anna Clark history Britain British working class gender capitalism industrialisation politics social history class

$18.00
xxcoa47561

Good Morning New Zealand: News Stories of the Day from the 1930s


DYMOCK, GIL (Ed)

Small folio, 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: Moa Publications 1990

KEYWORDS: specials Gil Dymock New Zealand history current affairs 1930s newspapers press advertising photographs pictorial history politics sport

$16.50
xxcoa47564

Russia, Poland and The West: Essays in Literary and Cultural History


LEDNICKI, WACLAW

First edition, super octavo hardcover (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: Hutchinson 1954

KEYWORDS: specials Waclaw Lednicki history Russia Poland literary criticism cultural history Dostoevsky Pushkin Tyutchev Chaadaev Lermontov Mickiewicz Slowacki

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