Books - "history"
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Old Contemptible
First edition, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 224pp + folding map, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light creasing)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1967
KEYWORDS: World War One history military autobiography
Reading Abbey
ex-library, includes folding plan of Abbey, Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif & gilt ruling to front board, a.e.g., frontispiece, xii + 214pp, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, several closed tears to spine, 2cm loss of cloth to upper spine)
PUBLISHER: Elliot Stock
KEYWORDS: Reading Abbey England Buildings structures History architecture
Woman's Weekly: Volume One
From Vol 1 #1 to Vol 1 #27 (incorrectly titled Vol 2 #27), Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 884pp, illus, VG (heavy tanning & heavy foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, moderat bruising to spine extrems & board corners, 4cm closed tear to spine extrem)
PUBLISHER: Woman's Weekly 1911-1912
KEYWORDS: woman's weekly history
Gordon's Tour with Shiny 10: A Wartime Record of a Tour with RAF No. 10 Squadron
Imperial octavo, light card covers, front cover clear plastic, illus title page, 126pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Compaid Graphics 1994
KEYWORDS: aviation military World War Two WW2 history RAF royal air force 10 squadron
El Rodeo Chileno: The Chilean Rodeo
Imperial octavo, illus boards, illus title page, 128pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Federation of Rodeo Chileno 2004
KEYWORDS: Chilean Rodeo sport history Chile
Quest for the Kakapo: The Full Story of New Zealand's Most Remarkable Bird
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, illus title page, 136pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history Kakapo birds ornithology
The Colonial Frontier Tamed: New Zealand Policing in Transition, 1867-1886
Super octavo, brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, r.e.p. illus, xiii + 386pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extrems) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: GP Books 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers history Maori police policing law crime
Indian Nationalism: A History
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: Sterling Publishers Private Ltd 1993
KEYWORDS: history India politics nationalist
The Guilt of Nations: Restitution and Negotiating Historical Injustices
Very ocassional underlining, 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: W. W. Norotn and Company 2000
KEYWORDS: politics political ethics human rights restorative justice law legal reparations postcolonial history philosophy
True History of the Kelly Gang
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: University of Queensland Press 2000
KEYWORDS: history Ned Kelly crime Australia true crime biographies memoirs
Lan Yuan: The Garden of Enlightenment
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: The Dunedin Chinese Gardens Trust 2008
KEYWORDS: Dunedin New Zealand history chinese gardens architecture culture essays
Churchill's Generals
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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1991
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Winston Churchill politics British Britain history military
Everyday Miracles: The Art of Stanley Spencer
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: Dunedin Public Art Gallery 2003
KEYWORDS: art history biography anthology collection Dunedin public art Gallery
Documents Concerning German-Polish Relations and the Outbreak of Hostilities Between Great Britain and Germany on September 3 1939
Super octavo softcover, stapled light card blue 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1939
KEYWORDS: politics Great Britain Viscount Halifax war military ww2 second world war Germany Poland history documents
Hammer: Witness to History
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: Coronet/Hodder and Stoughton 1988
KEYWORDS: history entrepreneur business oil exploration
Migrations: Journeys in Time and Place
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: Bridget Williams Books 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand migration settlement genealogy history family
Studies of a Small Democracy: Essays in Honour of Willis Airey
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: Blackwood and Janet Paul Ltd/University of Auckland 1965
KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics history essays sectionalism
Apologies to the Iroquois: With a Study of the Mohawks in High Steel by Joseph Mitchell
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: W. H. Allen 1960
KEYWORDS: America US history indians exploration politics ceremonies idiosyncrasies first edition
Jane's Fighting Ships
Large quarto 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: Jane's Yearbooks 1977 approx
KEYWORDS: military history fighter crafts naval missiles torpedos identification silhouettes
Making Waves
signed by author, Super octavo, illus light card covers, 208pp, illus, VG
PUBLISHER: Les Hutchins 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography history signed