Books - "history"
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Picturesque Dunedin or Dunedin and its Neighbourhood in 1890: With a Short Historical Account of the City and its Principal Institutions
Octavo, black leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, prelims, 300pp, VG (previous onwer's label to fep, heavy bruising to spine extrems, moderate bruising to board edges & board corners, 7.5cm closed tear to lower spine, light rubbing to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Mills, Dick & Co. 1890
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin history
From Sketch-Book and Diary
First edition, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 177pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles 1909
KEYWORDS: travel autobiography Ireland history
Plant Life on Banks Peninsula
Imperial octavo, illus boards, illus eps, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to boards, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Manuka Press 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history botany plants flora Banks Peninsula
Nicolas Poussin: Paints the Seven Sacraments Twice
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 416pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Paravail 2000
KEYWORDS: signed Nicolas Poussin biography history Seven Sacraments arts paintings
Courage: Eight Portraits
First Edition with tipped in typed letter informally signed Gordon, black boards with silver lettering to spine, x + 274pp, illus, Nr Fine, in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2007
KEYWORDS: Courage history Biography
Escape Fever
Second printing, ex library, octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp+ 38pp adverts, illus, plates, 2 folding maps, VG- ( moderate staining to boards, light bruising & fraying to board corners, moderate fading to spine, ex library stamps to front board & pastedown, moderate browning to page edges, light soiling to pages, rear gutter cracked)
PUBLISHER: John Hamilton Ltd. / The Airman's Bookshelf 1935
KEYWORDS: military history prisoner of war POW prison escape
How We Escaped From Pretoria
Revised enlarged edition, octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, black illustrations to spine & front board, frontispiece, 231pp + folding map, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to eps, light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1901
KEYWORDS: Great Britain Army Gordon Highlanders South African War history biography military
Adventures in Geyserland: Life in New Zealand's Thermal Regions, Including the Story of the Tarawera Eruption and the Destruction of the Famous Terraces of Rotomahana,
LACKS D/W, Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 157pp, illus, VG (light tanning to boards, light fading to spine, sl bruising to board corners and spine extrems, sl cocked spine, slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1934
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural disaster history Tarawera eruption
From Doomsday Book to Magna Carta 1087-1216
super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 541pp, VG (previous owner's label to fep, previous bookseller's label to fep, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (price clipped, light tanning, light fading, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: Great Britain History Angevin period Norman period
Farewell Spain
first edition, octavo, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 229pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, moderate fading to spine, previous owner's name in pencil to fep)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1937
KEYWORDS: Spain travel Kate O'Brien History Civil War autobiography
Antony and Cleopatra
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: Methuen 1961
KEYWORDS: literature history William Shakespeare Antony Cleopatra
After the Lost Generation: A Critical Study of the Writers of Two Wars
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 Noonday Press 1958
KEYWORDS: literary criticism war history literature
The Letters of Lord Byron
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: J. M. Dent and Sons 1948
KEYWORDS: Lord Byron letters correspondance history literature
Hitler's Secret Bankers: How Switzerland Profited From Nazi Genocide
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: Pocket Books/Simon and Schuster 1997
KEYWORDS: ww2 second world war history economics genocide military politics Germany Switzerland
The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642
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: Cambridge University Press 1987
KEYWORDS: acting theatre drama William Shakespeare entertainment history
Champion Horses
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: Bonanza Books 1984
KEYWORDS: horse racing history harness racehorses breed pedigree
The Diary of a Soldier of Fortune
Small 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: Collins 1900 circa
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Stanley Portal Hyatt military war history
Aneurin Bevan: A Biography Volume One: 1897-1945
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: Macgibbon & Kee 1962
KEYWORDS: politics history biography memoir Aneurin Bevan socialism British
Striking Gold: New Zealand Hockey's Remarkable Victory at the 1976 Olympics
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: Mary Egan Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport hockey olympics history 1976
Lola Montez
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: Alvin Redman 1957
KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir Lola Montez history high society entertainer adventurer