Books - "history"
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John Jones of Otago: Whaler, Coloniser, Shipowner, Merchant
First Edition, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 111pp, plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & upper board edges, bookseller stamp to paste down, note inscibed on paper and glued to fep - has caused glue wrinkles to reverse of page, slight foxing throughout, writing in pencil to pg15) in d/w, VG+ ( moderate foxing & soiling, moderate creasing and cracking to spine extrems and wrapper edges)
PUBLISHER: A.H & A.W Reed 1949
KEYWORDS: john jones whaling dunedin coastal otago new zealand history biography
Marlborough: A Provincial History
Super octavo, burgundy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed map on eps, frontispiece, xv + 434pp, plates, VG+ (very neat hand writing in pen to ppii, slight foxing to page edges, dog ears to pp200-224) in d/w, VG- (heavy rubbing to wrapper- especially at rear hinge & edges, bruising and tears to spine extrems, bookseller sticker at rear)
PUBLISHER: Marlborough Provincial Historical Commitee 1940
KEYWORDS: new zealand history marlborough maori colonisation
The Houses of the Merchant Princes: being a text of a lecture in the 1988 seminar series of the centre for the study of Auckland history and society
Super octavo, stapled light card cover (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: University of Auckland 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand social history Auckland houses
The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature in English
Imperial octavo hardcover (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 1998
KEYWORDS: History literature New Zealand
Kapiti Bird Sanctuary: A Natural History of the Island
octavo, light-blue heavy card board covers, dark blue lettering to spine and front cover, bird/landscape illus to front cover, illus title page, frontispiece, illus, 190pp, VG ( v.slight tanning & foxing to spine, covers, page edges & eps, v. few pencil notes/underlinings, rep is water-marked) in d/w shabby (moderately bruised; faded, particularly spine; moderate rubbing & slight soiling - has been put in protective plastic cover- 1.5x3cm hole in spine) a very pretty book
PUBLISHER: R. H. D. Stidolph 1952
KEYWORDS: Kapiti bird ornithology nature natural history New Zealand birds
Bodies, Sex and Desire from the Renaissance to the Present.
super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white & beige lettering to spine, illus, xii+275pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan 2011
KEYWORDS: history sociology society desire body image children sadism fin de siecle sex sexuality
Sex and Sexibility: Stories of a Lesbian Generation
super octavo; heavy card boards, quarter bound in light brown cloth, silver lettering to spine, x+256pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems; slight rubbing with small superficial scratches, slight soiling on rear cover, page edges v. slightly foxed at the top)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1997
KEYWORDS: history sociology society sex sexuality gender LBGT gay lesbian lesbianism family identity personal stories autobiography
Hampshire: Painted by Wilfrid Ball, RE, Described by Rev. Telford Varley, MA, BSc.
super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt & pale green lettering to spine, pale green lettering & deep pink & green Tudor rose illus to front cover, frontispiece & illus plates with tissue guards,fold-out map at rear, xi+316pp, VG- (moderate bruising to spine extrems and corners, tear along rear gutter edge, eps & page edges moderately foxed, slightly cocked)
PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1909
KEYWORDS: Hampshire England history
A Warsaw Diary: 1939-1945
dated, inscribed & signed by author, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus,120pp, VG (light tanning, light foxing to page edges, slight bruising to board edges with v. slight colour loss, previous owner's name in biro on pastedown) in d/w, VG- (slight foxing,edges bruised with some surface loss, a little soiled)
PUBLISHER: Vallentine, Mitchell 1969
KEYWORDS: autobiography history Europe Jews Poland Warsaw ghettos Auschwitz world war WW II two 2 Nazis
Dance Hall Days: Intimacy and Leisure among Working-Class Immigrants in the United States
Octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, ix + 293pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards) in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: New York University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: United States America USA American culture immigration sociology social history
Bad Girls at Samarcand: Sexuality and Sterilization in a Southern Juvenile Reformatory
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 242pp, illus, FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Louisiana State University Press 2016
KEYWORDS: Samarcand sexuality sterilisation North Carolina American social history discrimination eugenics women's studies
Art of the Ancient Sinhalese
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy, torn); 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: Lake House Investments 1971
KEYWORDS: art anthropology sinhalese india history sri lanka ceylon
Historical Records of The Buffs East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot), Formerly Designated The Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment 1914-1919
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, illus map to eps, frontispiece, xx + 554pp, plates, VG- ( slight fading to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems, moderate foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to top page edges, light foxing throughout, 4 pages of contents detached from book but loosely enclosed)
PUBLISHER: The Medici Society 1922
KEYWORDS: military war wwi wwi world war one holland dutch denmark europe history
History of the Consulate and the Empire of France Under Napoleon in Twelve Volumes
Twelve Volume Set, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, frontispiece, all volumes approx 500pp, plates, VG ( light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, several volumes cracked at internal front hinge)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1893
KEYWORDS: napoleon history france
The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology
Ownership signature of NZ author & archaeologist Ian Smith, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 839pp, NR FINE in NR FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: zooarchaeology archaeology zoology animals natural history
The Luftwaffe: A History
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: Sphere 1969
KEYWORDS: History military German Luftwaffe airforce
Dunkirk: The Necessary Myth
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: Coronet 1990
KEYWORDS: Military history war Dunkirk
Early Days in Dunedin
First edition, octavo hardcover (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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1938
KEYWORDS: History Dunedin New Zealand
So I Headed West (Ballarat to Broken Hill, to Kanowna, to Kalgoorlie)
Octavo hardcover (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: W. G. Manners & Co/Hesperian Press 1992
KEYWORDS: Australia history illustrated culture emigration settlement W G Manners autobiography memoir
The Lonely Leader: Monty 1944 - 1945
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: Pan 1995
KEYWORDS: Biography military history General Montgomery WW2