Books - "history"
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Popular Culture in Early Modern 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Wildwood House 1988
KEYWORDS: history popular culture entertainment
One Earth, Four or Five Worlds: Reflections on Contemporary 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Paladin/HarperCollins 1992
KEYWORDS: contemporary history politics literature ideology
The New Naturalist : Hedges
Ex library, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus plates, VG- ( tape residue to board edges, library markings to spine, small line in marker pen & library stamp to upper page edges, light soiling to page edges, tape residue & library stamps to eps, v.light tanning to pages,) in d/w VG+ ( light soiling, light brusing to spine extrems, glue stain to rear, small tape staining to flaps)
PUBLISHER: William Collins Sons & CO. 1974
KEYWORDS: natural history hedges botany flora britain plants biology
The New Naturalist: Man and Birds
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx +364pp, illus plates, Nr Fine, in d/w VG+ (light brusing to spine, light soiling, price clipped,)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1971
KEYWORDS: natural history birds humans ornithology conservation bird human interaction
The New Naturalist: Weeds & Aliens
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 384pp illus plates, VG+ (v. slight soiling to boards, light brusing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges,) in d/w VG- ( two 5cm closed trears to rear lower edge, 6cm & 4cm closed tear to front upper edge, tape residue to inner, light fading to spine, chipping to spine extrems & flap folds
PUBLISHER: Collins 1961
KEYWORDS: natural history hedges botany flora britain plants biology weeds invasive species
The Arctic Journals of William Scoresby the Younger (3 volume set): Volume I: The Voyages of 1811, 1812 and 1813, Volume II: The Voyages of 1814, 1815 and 1816, Volume III: The Voyages of 1817, 1818 and 1820
3 volume set, super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, lxi +242pp (vol 1), xxxvii + 308pp (vol 2), xli + 245pp (vol 3), FINE in NR FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Ashgate 2003 (vol 1), 2008 (vol 2), 2009 (vol 3)
KEYWORDS: William Scoresby journals exploration arctic whaling maritime nautical history
Women of Westland and Their Families: Volume III
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: Westland Branch of the National Council of Women circa 1978
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history women westland biographies memoirs
Don Juan of Persia: A Shi'ah Catholic 1560-1604
Super octavo hardcover (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: George Routledge & Sons 1926
KEYWORDS: history biography memoir Don Juan Persia exploration politics
New Zealand: The Making of an Asia-Pacific Society
Inscribed dated and signed by author, 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: Confucius Institute of NZ 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cutlure anthropology history Asia Pacific social science signed
Ketters en Papen Onder Filips II
TEXT IN DUTCH, 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: Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent 1986
KEYWORDS: text in Dutch art history
The Western Front 1916-1918
Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: ABC Books 2007
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first world war Australia
BR Standard Steam in Action
Square 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 costs
PUBLISHER: D. Bradford Barton Limited 1974
KEYWORDS: rail steam transport pictorial history railway trains British
Mussolini's Roman Empire
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Longman 1976
KEYWORDS: politics Italy biography memoir Mussolini fascism history
A Brief History of Early Tiritea: A Souvenir 1895-1945
Super octavo softcover, stapled light card cover (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 Simon Printing Co (Print) 1945
KEYWORDS: New Zealand school Tiritea history golden jubilee souvenir
The Great Number Tens
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Partridge Press 1993
KEYWORDS: sport rugby number ten biographies union history
Birds of Cyprus
firest edition, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, top page edges stained green, lxix + 384pp+ folding map, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, ligth tape residue to fep)
PUBLISHER: Oliver & Boyd 1958
KEYWORDS: ornithology birds natural history animals biology science
Reflections on Violence in Melanesia
Scarce, octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, xviii + 332pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to cover, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hawkins Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Melanesia Sociology Rape violence politics history
Life and Recollections of a New Zealand Colonist
Set of three volumes with different publication dates, Bagnall 1002 claims perhaps only 150 sets produced, all three volumes original bindings in varying shades of red, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, page edges stained red (vol1 & 2) xvii + 361pp (vol1), vii + 500pp (vol2), viii + 418pp (vol3), illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges (vol3), light rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: R. Madley 1866
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Settlers colonist autobiography
Diplomatic Diaries 1922-1940
2 volume set in russian, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to front boards, illus eps, 527pp (vol 1), 543pp (vol 2), illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Academia 2001
KEYWORDS: text in russian Diplomats history Soviet Union Foreign relations politics
White Mischief
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: Penguin Books 1984
KEYWORDS: true crime history