Books - "history"
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This Wondrous Land: Colonial Art on Paper
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Council of Trustees at the National Gallery of Victoria 2011
KEYWORDS: art history australia colonialism explorer
Forever Ealing: A Celebration of the Great British Film Studio
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: Pavilion Books 1981
KEYWORDS: england british history media film
The Columbia Guide to South African Literature in English Since 1945
Imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: Columbia University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: South African literature literary criticism history
The Columbia Guide to the Latin American Novel Since 1945
Imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: Columbia University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Latin American literature literary criticism history
Icons: A Sacred Art: 30th Anniversary Exhibition Catalogue
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Temple Gallery London 1989
KEYWORDS: art history icons iconography exhibition temple gallery
The Tale of Troy
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: Puffin Books 1983
KEYWORDS: ancient history Troy legend
The Observer Observed: 200 Years of Distinguished Writing from One of the World's Great Newspapers (1971-1991)
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Barrie & Jenkins 1991
KEYWORDS: The Observer newspaper news journalism media history
The Oxford Illustrated LIterary Guide to Great Britain & Ireland
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Peerage Books 1985
KEYWORDS: Great Britain Ireland travel literary history guide
The History of New South Wales, from its First Discovery to the Present Time
Comprising An Accurate and Interesting Description of the Vast and Remarkable Country; and of the Persons, Manners, and Customs, of the Natives; with a Succint Detail of the Establishment and Progress of the English Colony; Including Every Important
First edition first issue (lacks author's name), professionally rebacked in leather, octavo, full leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, folding map, chart at p41, plate at p109 (lacks one plate), 624pp, VG (library stickers to spine & front pastedown, small library stamps throughout, moderately heavy scuffing & scratching to boards & spine, pale green line across spine (paint?), tastefully reinforced gutters, slight surface loss to board corners & edges, light-moderate foxing & tanning to pages, light foxing & creasing & faint library stamp to flding map, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy creasing to rear ep. Binding firm)
PUBLISHER: Mackenzie and Dent 1811
KEYWORDS: New South Wales Australia history Van Dieman's Land Norfolk Island
The Maoris in the Great War: A History of The New Zealand Native Contingent and Pioneer Battalion: Gallipoli, 1915; France and Flanders, 1916-1918
Tidy ex library, clean original binding, first edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 184pp, illus, folding maps, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems, slight remains of label to spine, minimal library markings, slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Maori Regimental Committee 1926
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori first world war 1 ww1 military history Gallipoli France Flanders
The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own)
Covering the Period of Service with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War from 1915 to 1919
Ex library, all maps present, lacks f.e.p., octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering & decoration to front board & spine, xx + 587pp, illus, folding maps at rear, VG (light scuffing to boards, light bruising to board corners & spine extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, usual library markings)
PUBLISHER: L. T. Watkins Ltd 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rifle Brigade first world war 1 ww1 military official history
West of Sex: Making Mexican America, 1900-1930
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2012
KEYWORDS: american history sexual identity latinx
Poiret: Paul Poiret 1879-1944
Quarto, black cloth boards, pink eps, 330pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1987
KEYWORDS: Paul Poiret France Costume design fashion biography history
Where to Watch Birds in New Zealand: More Than 30 of the Country's Best Birding Locations
Octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, 272pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover)
PUBLISHER: New Holland 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology natural history
The Gael Fares Forth: The Romantic Story of Waipu and Her Sister Settlements
Second edition, ex library, reading copy, (d/w is made out of wallpaper), Octavo, red cloth boards with blue cloth spine, top page edges stained green, xiv + 320pp, illus, VG (light usual library markings, light tanning to page edges, light soiling & light bruising to boards) in d/w VG (light library markings)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1942
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waipu settlers
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945: 25 Battalion
tidy ex library, Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 655pp, illus, VG (light usual library markings, light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG (light library markings, light soiling, light rubbing, 3.5cm closed tear to upper spine)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch 1960
KEYWORDS: military history World War Two WW2 New Zealand
A Pilgrim's Way in New Zealand
First edition, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 142pp, illus, VG (light dampstaining to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1935
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers
Magic and its Professors
First UK Edition, octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illustration to front board, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1902
KEYWORDS: magic tricks magicians history reference
Land Problems of the New Zealand Settlers of the 'Forties: Thesis Presented For Honours in History in Degree of Master of arts, 1933
First edition, Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & light tanning to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages) in d/w VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems repaired with archival time, light dampstaining, light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Reed (n/d)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers land use
Mille Miglia 2014
Quarto, white boards with black & red lettering to spine and front board, illus eps, 287pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Giorgio Nada Editore 2014
KEYWORDS: racing cars sports automobile history