Books - "history"
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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, Nr Fine 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
The Doukhobors
Super octavo hardcover (VG) no 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1968
KEYWORDS: Russia USSR Soviet Union religion Christianity history anthropology
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
Inscribed & signed by author, Super octavo, illus light card covers, 208pp, illus, VG
PUBLISHER: Les Hutchins 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography history signed
Stick Out, Keep Left
Inscribed & signed by editor Elsie Locke, illus light card cover, xiv + 130pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Signed autobiography New Zealand Socialism politics History
Social Justice for Indigenous Australians 1994-1995
Super octavo, yellow light card cover, 305pp, VG+ (light rubbing & light soiling to cover)
PUBLISHER: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission 1995
KEYWORDS: Aboriginal Australians Torres Strait Islanders Government policy history politics Australia
Prisoners of War News: Three Volume Set 1940-1942
octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page vol 2&3, 250pp (vol 1), 250pp (vol 2), 259pp (vol 3) illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing to boards, 3 small stains to Vol 3, light fading to spine of vol 3)
PUBLISHER: The University Press 1940-1942
KEYWORDS: military history World War Two WW2 POW prisoner of war
Present Without Leave
First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 278pp, illus, VG (light foxing to page edges, small hole throughout book due to insect, light insect damage to rear board) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light tanning to spine, light insect damage to rear cover, light soilng)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1939
KEYWORDS: Poets New Zealand autobiography history