Books - "history"
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The Life and Times of Wyatt Earp
Octavo, brown cloth boards with brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 271pp, illus, VG (ligth foxing to page edges, ligth soiling to spine) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: houghton Mifflin Co.1956
KEYWORDS: Wyatt Earp Criminals New Southwest Crime History
The Destruction Business
First edition, Super octavo, illus light card cover, 96pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to cover, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Open Gate Books 1971
KEYWORDS: Photojournalism War victims history military
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
The Libertine: The Art of Love in Eighteenth-Century France
Quarto, Brown clotbh boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 495pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press 2013
KEYWORDS: arts history paintings France love
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
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