Books - "history"
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New Zealand Birds: An Artist's Field Studies
Folio, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, 232pp, illus, VG+ (very light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine, scuffing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen 1986
KEYWORDS: birds ornithology New Zealand natural history fauna arts painting
Borstal Boy
First edition, octavo, purple cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 343pp, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning & light foxing) in d/w VG (light foxing, light tanning, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1958
KEYWORDS: autobiography history Britain Juvenile detention homes
My Life and Lays
Inscribed & dated by Author, octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 122pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Ward 1899
KEYWORDS: signed autobiography history New Zealand poetry poems literature
Oscar Wilde: His LIfe and Confessions
Paperback (poor) tanning: 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: Panther 1965
KEYWORDS: biography history Oscar Wilde Victorian wit humour
The West Coast Pacifics
Large 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1976
KEYWORDS: railway West coast locomotives history UK British railways Duchess of Abercorn design construction
The LNER 4-6-0 Classes
Large 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1975
KEYWORDS: railway UK West coast locomotives history British railways design construction statistics
A Spring in the Canterbury Settlement
lacks fep, all four folding plates present & sound, ex library, original binding, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lattering to front board, frontispiece, 135pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, moderate soiling & light rubbing to boards, light dampstaining to frontispiece, light tanning to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1853
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury district settlers travel
The Jubilee History of Nelson: From 1942-1982
Original boards, first edition, ex library, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 205pp, illus, VG (spine repaired with blue tape, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light library markings, previous owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Bond, Finney & Co. 1892
KEYWORDS: history settlers pioneers Nelson New Zealand jubilee
The Americans: The Democratic Experience
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: Cardinal 1988
KEYWORDS: National characteristics United States Civilisation History
Magic and Mystery in Ancient Egypt
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: Souvenir Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Egyptian Mythology Egypt ancient Civilization history
The Power of the Machine
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: Penguin Books 1994
KEYWORDS: history techonology machine
The Timeline Book of Science
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: Ballantine Books 1995
KEYWORDS: science history chronology
The Turning Point: Science, Society and Rising Culture
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: Fontana 1987
KEYWORDS: Science sociology history culture
English Science, Bacon to Newton
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: Cambridge University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Science England history
Railway-Owned Commercial Vehicles
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: Ian Allan 1990
KEYWORDS: Road rail vehicles Great Britain freight transport Commercial vehicles history
Nameplates of the Big Four Including British Railways
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: Oxford Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: railways train locomotion history nameplates
Durham Railways
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: Sutton 1999
KEYWORDS: railways train locomotion history Durham
Steam: Around Scarborough
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: Amberley 2009
KEYWORDS: railways steam train locomotion history Scarborough
Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory: A Reader
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: Simon & Schuster 1994
KEYWORDS: Developing countries Colonialism colonisation history
Who Killed Kit Marlowe?: A Contract to Murder in Elizabethan England
Ex library, 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: Sutton 2001
KEYWORDS: Biography Great Britain Politics government history