Books - "history"
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Confessions of A Leigh Hunt
first edition octavo red cloth boards, illus, 159pp Near FINE 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: a h & a w reed 1951
KEYWORDS: new zealand exploration history autobiography a leigh hunt
Otamatea County Council Centenary 1887-1987
octavo illus light card covers, illus, 230pp 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 costs
PUBLISHER: otamatea county council 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand local history otamatea county council
A Brief History of the Stevens Family 1833-1972
octavo stiff card covers, illus, folding plan at rear,48pp 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 costs
PUBLISHER: t g r stevens 1972
KEYWORDS: new zealand family history stevens genealogy
Irish Nationalism; A History of Its Roots and Ideology
octavo illus light card covers, 391pp Near 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 costs
PUBLISHER: pluto press 1980
KEYWORDS: history ireland politics nationalism ideology
Muslims & Mongols; Essays on Medieval Asia
first edition octavo speckled olive cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 142pp NF (prev owners inscriotion in ink to fep) in VG- d/w (some fading to spine, 5cm partially open tear to front cover, similar sized repaired tear to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: university of canterbury 1977
KEYWORDS: muslim islam religion mongolia mongols history sociology j j saunders asia
Comrades Brave; A History of the Hauraki Regiment
quarto dark blue faux leather with gilt lettering, illus, 216pp FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: cosmos publications 1988
KEYWORDS: new zealand history military hauraki regiment
Strangers in Mohua; Abel Tasman's Exploration of New Zealand; An Investigation of the First Recorded Contact Between Maori and Pakeha december 18th & 19th 1642
quarto illus light card stapled wraps, illus, 60pp FINE
PUBLISHER: golden bay museum 2000
KEYWORDS: abel tasman history maori new zealand exploration pacific
Powelltown: A History of Its Timber Mills and Tramways
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 151pp + folding map, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in pencil to fep, light fading to cover)
PUBLISHER: Light Railway Research Society of Australia 1984
KEYWORDS: timber mills tramways history locomotion trains transport
A Spanish Prisoner in a German Camp: Twenty-One Months of Captivity
First edition, octavo, light brown cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, xvii + 165pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1917
KEYWORDS: autobiography history military World War One WW1 POW prisoner of war German Concentration camp
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, 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