Books - "history"
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Ashburton: A History with Records of Town and County
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 480pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in VG+ d/w (slight bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Ashburton Borough & County Councils 1972
KEYWORDS: WH Scotter New Zealand Canterbury Ashburton history agriculture farming social history farmers businessmen
FitzRoy: Governor in Crisis 1843-1845
octavo, illus light card covers, 311pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: David Ling 2000
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography politics colonial history paul moon robert fitzroy second governor
Rides on Railways
Introduction by Barrie Trinder
Octavo, blue faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 254pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight spotting to feps) in VG+ d/w (foxing to interior, esp upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co 1973
KEYWORDS: Samual Sidney railways trains steam engines locomotives transport history North Western Railway social history
Modern Rail Album
Square super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 96pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight tanning to feps) in VG+ d/w (Foxing to interior)
PUBLISHER: D. Bradford Barton Ltd 1974
KEYWORDS: A W Hobson Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle photography pictorial history trains railways locomotives history diesel electric rail traction
The World the Railways Made
Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 360pp, illus, fine, in fine d/w
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1990
KEYWORDS: Nicholas Faith railways history capitalism Britain America Siberia Africa South America technology industrial development navvies financiers social history railway revolution
The Rannoch Line
edited selections from Mountain, Moor and Loch, first published in 1894
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Famedram Publishers
KEYWORDS: history railways trains transport the rannoch line scotland scottish history specials
The History of Railways in Britain
Super octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 288pp, illus, fine, in VG+ d/w (creasing to rear lower edge, slight soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1975
KEYWORDS: Frank Ferneyhough Britain British trains railways transport history social history Newcomen Watt Trevithick Stephenson navvies gangers drivers guards personalities locomotives WW1 WW2 Beeching government
Guide-Book of Ravenna
miniature 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Longo Editore 1972
KEYWORDS: specials ravenna italy history guide history travel geography
Spartan Reflections
First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 276pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2001
KEYWORDS: first edition Paul Cartledge Sparta Greece essays history culture military artistic literary history
Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and its Kindred Sciences
Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering & stamping to spine and gilt rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, iii + 1046pp, illus, VG (fading & soiling to boards, bruising & v slight fraying to spine extrems, 2cm missing portion to title page fore-edge, tearing to front gutter paper but still intact, tanning to page edges, foxing, damp-staining to some pages lower edges)
PUBLISHER: McClure Publishing 1917
KEYWORDS: Albert G Mackey Freemasonry history encyclopaedia reference religion occult history
England versus Australia: A Pictorial History of the Test Matches since 1877 in 1000 Pictures
Forewords by Sir Donald Bradman and Sir Leonard Hutton
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: Lutterworth Press 1977
KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket David Frith Donald Bradman Leonard Hutton England Australia test match history pictorial history photographs
The Illustrated History of Test Cricket
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: Marshall Cavendish 1979
KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Richie Benaud test match history pictorial history photographs
The Time of the Buffalo
First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with brown cloth spine, gilt lettering & black buffalo motif to spine, gilt lettering & blind-stamped buffalo motif to front board, illus eps, xxiv, 339pp + xi pp index, VG+ (owner's name & address in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (some creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1972
KEYWORDS: Tom McHugh Victoria Hudson buffalo North America natural history Bison latifrons natural history evolution behaviour Indians Europeans extermination
Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885
Octavo, green light card covers, viii + 294pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: David Hastings New Zealand history maritime history ships boats migrant immigrant sea journeys voyages food health religion crime mutiny
Icons Nga Taonga from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Quarto, illus card covers with large French flaps, frontispiece, xiii + 306pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Museum of New Zealand te papa tongarewa artworks arts artefacts Maori Pacific natural history fossils history paintings collections exhibitions
The Australian Colonists: An Exploration of Social History 1788-1870
First edition, imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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: Melbourne University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: specials first edition DS Inglis Australia history colonisation colonists social history
A Dictionary of Life in Bible Times
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in plastic-covered 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1960
KEYWORDS: specials W Corswant Edouard Urech Bible Biblical times history religion social history early Christians Israelites Palestine flora fauna plants animals minerals religion life holy places
Burra and District: A Pictorial Memoir
Imperial octavo (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: Lynton Publications 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Ian Auhl South Australia Burra Burra mine social history photographic pictorial history record
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
First edition fourth impression (first year of general publication), quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, 672pp, illus, VG(v slight bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, soiling spots to fep, foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1935
KEYWORDS: first edition TE Lawrence autobiography history Arab revolt Arabia Feisal Medina Akaba Sinai Allenby Damascus military war history
Tales from a Sunburnt Country (volume I)
this volume only, hardcover super octavo (VG+) 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: Readers Digest 2010
KEYWORDS: australian history lynn cole readers digest natural history specials