Books - "history"
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A Dictionary of British Folk-Tales in the English Language: Incorporating the F.J. Norton Collection
2 Vol Set. Scarce, Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown staining to upper page edges, 580pp (vol1), 580pp (vol2), VG+ (light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970
KEYWORDS: dictionary history british folk tale folklore mythology
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine
First Australian Edition, Super octavo, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine, black eps, xviii + 266pp, VG+ (light rubbing to board edges) in d/w VG (3cm tear with loss to lower front cover & lower rear cover, ligth rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2010
KEYWORDS: business economics Global financial crisis history
Who's Who in the Classical World [2 vol set, Who's Who in the Roman World/ Who's Who in the Greek World]
2 Volume Set, Super octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xii + 365pp (Vol1), x + 285pp, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w Nr Fine in slipcase VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2002
KEYWORDS: classics Ancient history Reference Roman Greek
Andy Warhol, Cinema
First edition, text in french, Super octavo, illus light card covers, 264pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover)
PUBLISHER: Carre 1990
KEYWORDS: text in french arts films history Andy Warhol
Keep Calm If You Can: Round the World with the Hillary Family
Signed by Author, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 159pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (ligth bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & stoughton 1964
KEYWORDS: signed autobiography travel history New Zealand America
Sebastiano Serlio
Text in Italian, Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 235pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Electa 1989
KEYWORDS: text in italian history architecture
Circa 1976-1996
Oblong, Imperial octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 122pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light fading)
PUBLISHER: Circa Theatre 1996
KEYWORDS: Circa Theatre New Zealand Wellington History
Rei Hamon: Artist of the New Zealand Bush: His Life and Drawings
Quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, orange eps, 164pp, illus, VG (light fading & light moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG (archival repair to upper and lower spine edges which have moderate loss of spine, light rubbing, light fading, light creasing)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography arts drawing painting history
Historic Charts and Maps of New Zealand 1642-1875
Folio blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, silver illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 316pp, illus, Nr FINE in Nr FINE d/w (sl. wear)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maps charts history reference
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
8 Volume Set, Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt ruling to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, top page edges stained red, 320pp all VG+ to Near FINE, in 2x slipcases VG
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1999
KEYWORDS: history Rome Roman Empire
Alvis in the Thirties
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 costs
PUBLISHER: R.M. Clarke (ND)
KEYWORDS: automobile car cars Alvis design 1930s history motor
Cobar Copper Centenary, 1869-1969
Quarto, in stapled wrapper (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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Cobar Copper Centenary Celebrations Committee 1969(?)
KEYWORDS: local history Cobar Copper Australia
Up From Slavery
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1970
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir history United States of America slavery Washington T. Booker
Nicholas and Alexandra
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2002
KEYWORDS: biography Russia Russian history Nicholas A;exandra Romanox
Still Jogging Along, Being the Diary and Some Letters of PTE. J.N. Clarke, 9th Contingent N.Z.M.R.
Super octavo, in stapled wrapper (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Otago Military Museum Publication (ND)
KEYWORDS: military history journal diary letters autobiography J.N. Clarke New Zealand
Unbroken: An Extraordinary True Story of Courage and Survival
Imperial 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2011
KEYWORDS: biographical fiction biography true story military history Louis Zimperini literature
We The People: The Revolution '89, WItnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin & Prague
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Granta Books/Penguin Books 1990
KEYWORDS: history politics revolution eye-witness account communism
Russia 1812: The Duel Between Napoleon and Alexander
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Pimlico 2004
KEYWORDS: history Napoleon grand armee Russia military
The Hitler Book: The Secret Dossier Prepared for Stalin From the Interrogations of Hitler's Personal Aides
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 costs
PUBLISHER: John Murray 2005
KEYWORDS: Hitler military politics ww2 second world war correspondance history biography third reich nazism
Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Food & Cookery
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Reed 1982 approx
KEYWORDS: history kai food cooking cookery culinary recipes New Zealand