Books - "history"
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The Gothic Revival: A Study in the History of Taste
Octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 321pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Constable 1950
KEYWORDS: Gothic Architecture England History
An Account of New Zealand; and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the Northern Island
Map present coloured plate at p22 not p 2, second edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 310pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside 1835
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion christianity church missionary history
The Golden Reefs: An Account of the Great Days of Quartz-Mining at Reefton, Waiuta, and the Lyell
Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 463pp, illus, VG (light foxing & light tanning to page edges, newspaper clipping pasted in to title, prev owner's name to fep. in ink) in d/w VG (light fading, moderate bruising to spine extrems and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus 1984
KEYWORDS: Gold mines mining New Zealand Buller District history West Coast South Island
Education in Egypt
Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 161pp, Nr fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Crook Helm 1986
KEYWORDS: Education Egypt history
The Birds of Borneo
First edition, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 561pp + folding map at rear, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light cellotape residue to eps, light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (price clipped, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1960
KEYWORDS: birds ornithology Borneo natural history
Architects' Design for Furniture
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 144pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate fading, light rubbing, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Trefoil Books 1982
KEYWORDS: architecture design arts history furniture
German Atrocities in France, A Translation of the Official Report of The French Comission
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The Daily Chronicle 1914
KEYWORDS: military history France Germany transcript
Murderous Tommies
Inscribed and signed by the author. Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2012
KEYWORDS: military history WW1 world war one WWI
State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration
Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Free Press 2006
KEYWORDS: politics America US United States George W. Bush war history government
Bye Bye Baby: The Story of the Children the GIs Left Behind
Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1992
KEYWORDS: military history children World War Two WW2 WWII
From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, Volume 3: Jutland and After, May 1916 - December 1916, Second Edition
Maps in rear pocketl; some tidy annotation to text. 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: military history
New Zealand's Worst Disasters, True Stories That Rocked a Nation
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history disasters disaster
Dragon Tales: China's History from Tang to Qing
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Asiapac Publication 2001
KEYWORDS: China history illustrated
Heart of the Mackenzie: The Glenmore Station Story
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Random House 2014
KEYWORDS: Mackenzie Country New Zealand sheep farming agriculture history biography Murray
A Fabled Land: The Story of Canterbury's Famous Mesopotamia Station
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Random House 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Mesopotamia southern alps history farming
Winged Sabers: The Air Cavalry in Vietnam 1965-1973
Square 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books 2001
KEYWORDS: aviation military jet planes Vietnam US America air force history
A 150 Year Pilgrimage: St Luke's Union Church, Masterton and the People of Knox and Wesley
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history church Masterton building architecture culture religion
Reformation and Society in Sixteenth Century Europe
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1970
KEYWORDS: religion culture Europe history theology
Primitive Art
Paperback (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane/Penguin 1940
KEYWORDS: art ancient primitive history archaeology
The Florentine Renaissance
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Pimlico 1996
KEYWORDS: art renaissance Italy history