Books - "history"
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David Adjaye: Houses
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 256pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2006
KEYWORDS: architecture design buildings history David Adjaye
Airmails of New Zealand: Volume Two
Quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, 346pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Air Mail Society of NZ Inc. 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation airmails history air mail service
Maori and Pakeha in North Otago
Octavo, ex-library, white heavy card boards with black & red lettering & illustrations to front board, black lettering to spine & rear board, 160pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing & tanning to boards & spine, some surface loss to spine mostly at extrems, moderate soiling to boards, rust staining around staples, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed (nd)
KEYWORDS: Maori Pakeha New Zealand North Otago history
Outlines of the Women's Franchise Movement in New Zealand
Inscribed by the author to a family member, first edition, scarce, octavo, green cloth boards (half dark green & half light green), gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 103pp, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, slightly cocked, light tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing & moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited 1905
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Women's Franchise Movement history signed
Zoo Quest to Guiana
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: The Reprint Society 1958
KEYWORDS: Biography natural history Guiana
New Zealand Birds
First edition, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, VG (very light foxing to eps & page edges, bookshop ink stamp on front pastedown, slight crack to gutter around p515, minor bruising to extrems) in d/w VG- (moderate browning, creasing to extrems, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) Ltd 1930
KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history
Newspapers in New Zealand
Octavo, orange cloth boards, dark green lettering to spine, xii + 287pp, illus, VG (very slight foxing to page edges, very minor bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (slight closed tears at folds, very minor tear with loss to upper spine, slight foxing to inside edges)
PUBLISHER: A.H & A.W Reed 1958
KEYWORDS: Newspapers New Zealand Press media history
The Story of the Kauri
First edition numbered & signed by author, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 439pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising and fading to spine extrems, light fading to spine and upper board edges, light bruising to board corners, booksellers stamp to pastedown, light tanning to end pages, light foxing to page edges) in d/w scruffy (large section missing from lower front cover repaired with paper, archiaval repairs to spine extrems and hinges, moderate scuffing and creasing to covers, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1953
KEYWORDS: Forestry kauri felling New Zealand saw mills history
The Letters of Evelyn Waugh
Super octavo softcover (VG-) spine cracked; 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: Penguin 1982
KEYWORDS: letters literary Waugh Evelyn history
The Roman World
Oblong 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: Oxford University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: history Romans illustrated
Up From the Cradle of Jazz: New Orleans Music Since World War II
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: Da Capo 1992
KEYWORDS: music jazz America history illustrated
Primitive Song
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: Mentor 1963
KEYWORDS: literature roots in song history philosophy
A Social History of England
Octavo hardback (near FINE) in d/w (Near 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: Book Club 1984
KEYWORDS: history England society social illustrated
Elizabeth's England
Octavo hardback (near FINE) in d/w (Near 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: Longman 1981
KEYWORDS: history England society social illustrated
The Mutiny of the Bounty
Octavo hardback (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: Blackie 1961
KEYWORDS: history the Bounty mutiny illustrated
Larousse Encyclopedia of Archaeology
Quarto softback (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: Hamlyn 1972
KEYWORDS: archaeology history monuments statues
The Pelican History of Medieval Europe
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: Pelican / Penguin 1979
KEYWORDS: Medieval Europe European history
Poverty and Vagrancy in Tudor England
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: Longman Group Limited 1971
KEYWORDS: England history poverty social vagrancy
The Mountbattens: From Battenberg to Windsor
Imperial octavo (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: Arthur Barker 1978
KEYWORDS: history biography Mountbatten Windsor English British society aristocracy royalty
The Life and Times of Edward VII
Imperial octavo (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: Book Club Associates 1972
KEYWORDS: history England Britain royalty Edward VII