Books - "history"
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Becoming a Woman: A biography of Christine Jorgensen
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxxix + 301pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2008
KEYWORDS: sexuality transsexual sex change trans gender biography Christine Jorgensen lgbt studies history medical
Nameless Offences: Homosexual Desire in the Nineteenth Century
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 258pp, nr fine (vv light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: I. B. Tauris 2003
KEYWORDS: history culture gay homosexuality lgbt sexuality gender
Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi
Quarto, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, author's signature in gilt to front board, xvi + 400pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing and bruising to spine extrems board corners, v slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing and chipping to edges of covers, archival repair to front lower right corner, light scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Friends of the Mahurangi Inc. 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Jade River Mahurangi port maritime nautical
Going to the Palais: A Social and Cultural History of Dancing and Dance Halls in Britain 1918-1960
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 327pp, illus, nr fine (v light creasing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light scuffing to back cover)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: dancing dance halls history music culture Britain class gender sociology
A Journey to the Center of the Mind
3 Volumes, octavo, illus loght card covers, xxi + 411pp (vol1), xxv +789pp (vol2), xxi + 532pp (vol3), Nr Fine (very light soiling to top page edges)
PUBLISHER: Infinity 2014-2017
KEYWORDS: autobiography crime history FBI unabomber police
The Commerce of Peoples: Sadomasochism and African American Literature
Octavo, illus boards, viii + 195pp, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Lexington Books 2012
KEYWORDS: history american literature literary criticism
Tattoos in American Visual Culture
octavo, illus boards, xii + 201pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2007
KEYWORDS: tattoos tattooing sociology history America
Perceiving Animals: Humans and Beasts in Early Modern English Culture
Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 232pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Philosophical anthropology History Philosophy Human beings Animal nature
27 Patrick Tambay: The Ferrari Years
Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, 300pp, illus, Fine in d/w Fine
PUBLISHER: Evro Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: sports car racing history autobiography Grand Prix racing Ferrari
Fearless: The Extraordinary Untold Story of New Zealand's Great War Airmen
Imperial octavo, illus boards, illus eps, 495pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation World War One WW1 military history biography
First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth OBE
super octavo softcover (Nr 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Veloce 2017
KEYWORDS: engineering autobiography history Britain
The Marines Were Here
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: Putnam 1950
KEYWORDS: nautical royal marines history war
Nelson: The Essential Hero
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: Wordsworth 1999,
KEYWORDS: biography history war Horatio Nelson nautical
Fangio: The Life Behind the Legend
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: Virgin 2009
KEYWORDS: biography history sports racing
Nigel Mansell: World Champion
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: Corgi Books 1992
KEYWORDS: biography history sports racing
The Story of the U.S. Marine Corps
Superoctavo 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: Paddington Press 1979
KEYWORDS: United States Marine Corps United States History Military
Kiwis with Gloves on: A History and Record Book of New Zealand Boxing
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1960
KEYWORDS: New Zealand boxing sport records history
China Witness: Voices from a Silent Generation
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2008
KEYWORDS: history oral China Chinese long march Mao sociology
Cars in Profile: Collection 2
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Profile Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: motor racing history technical specifications veteran vintage
Porsche Chronicles
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Publications International Ltd (nd)
KEYWORDS: Porsche motorcars history automotive