Books - "history"
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A Collector's History of English Pottery
Quarto hardcover (Nr Fine) 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: Antique Collector's Club 1999
KEYWORDS: pottery cramics english history collector collecting
The Image Maker: The Art of James Berry
Imperial octavo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1984
KEYWORDS: james berry art stamps stamp coins coin design history new zealand
You Are My Darling Zita
Super octavo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Godwit Press 1991
KEYWORDS: new zealand testimonies memoir history
Taken In: Being, a Sketch of New Zealand Life
Capper Press reprint, octavo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1974
KEYWORDS: new zealand life culture human geography colonial settlement history
Tracing Family History in New Zealand
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.
PUBLISHER: Government Printing Office 1988
KEYWORDS: family history heritage new zealand
Fontana History of Science: The Fontana History of Technology
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: Fontana Press 1994
KEYWORDS: technology science history invention
The Bungalow in New Zealand
First edition, small quarto, illus light card covers, 96pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand bungalows architecture houses homes building history
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
Early edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, dark brown coated eps, xxiv + 352pp, illus, VG (heavy browning to page edges and prelims, heavy dampstaining to upper half of rear board, slight bruising to spine extrems, sporadic foxing)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1884
KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin natural history botany science flowers
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, brown coated eps, viii + 482pp, VG (moderate fraying to cloth of board edges & corners, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 2cm tear to cloth of spine side, some staining to boards, moderately heavy browning to page edges, some foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1876
KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin science botany natural history vegetables fertilisation
The Old Identities: being Sketches and Reminiscences during The First Decade of the Province of Otago, New Zealand
Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorative rule to spine & front board, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, page edges stained red, brown coated eps, frontispiece, 395pp, VG- (front hinge cracked, light staining & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing to board edges & spine sides, some scratches to boards, owner's name & address in ink to fep, another owner's name & address in ink to frontispiece verso, sporadic light staining)
PUBLISHER: Mills, Dick & Co 1879
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history
Forest Lore of the Maori
Super octavo, red-brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped portrait to front board, xiii + 421pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to board edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (sl creasing to edges, light sunning to spine)
PUBLISHER: EC Keating Government Printer 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori hunting fishing myths leends food foraging history
British Lighthouses: Their History and Romance
Ex library, super octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, gilt ship motif to front board, gilt lighthouse motif to spine, frontispiece, 383pp, illus, VG- (usu library markings, moderate fraying to board edges & corners, some bruising to spine extrems, some rubbing to boards, esp rear board, moderate tanning to page edges and eps, sporadic foxing)
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1913
KEYWORDS: UK Britain British lighthouses naval maritime history
Types of Naval Officers drawn from the History of the British Navy with some account of the COnditions of Naval Warfare at the beginning of the 18th Century
Ex library, super octavo, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, black coated eps, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, xiv + 500pp, illus, slightly tatty VG (usu library markings, moderate fraying to board edges, some scuffing to boards, moderate browning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co 1904
KEYWORDS: Britain British Navy naval maritime history officeres warfare
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women
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 cost,
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1992
KEYWORDS: Feminism United States history
Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle
Damp wrinkling to first 50 pages, 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 cost,
PUBLISHER: Uninversity of Oklahoma Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Archaeology History battle war
Tang of the Bush
First edition, octavo 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 cost,
PUBLISHER: 1966
KEYWORDS: Otago New Zealand history
Wind in the Tussocks: The Story of the Rangitata Plains
Octavo 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 cost,
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1972
KEYWORDS: New Zealand History
The Vikings and Their Origins
Octavo 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 cost,
PUBLISHER: Book Club Associates 1971
KEYWORDS: vikings Scandinavia history
The Vikings
Super Octavo 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 cost,
PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: vikings history
Southern Capital: Christchurch
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 cost,
PUBLISHER: Canterbury university Press 2000
KEYWORDS: history Christchurch New Zealand