Books - "history"
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Chaslands: Pioneering Days in Southern New Zealand
Reprint, 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: A.H & A.W Reed1953
KEYWORDS: new zealand south island history pioneering
Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War
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: Methuen 1989
KEYWORDS: vietnam war america history
The Young Mary Queen of Scots
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: Pan Books 1972
KEYWORDS: biography children's literature mary queen of scots history
Singapore the Japanese Version
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus heavy card boards, red & cream lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xxv + 358pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, owner's name stamp in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Ure Smith 1960
KEYWORDS: first edition military war history Japan Singapore ww2 second world war Malaya
Daughters of Allah: Among Moslem Women in Kurdistan
FIRST EDITION, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 191pp, illus, VG+ (light creases to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, previous bookseller's price label to front flap, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1960
KEYWORDS: first edition gender women's studies religion culture Moslem Islam illustrated antiquity ancient history
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign Kept Through the Campaign of 1815 in Two Volumes
FIRST EDITIONS, TWO VOLUME SET, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt militaria motif to front bords, vol 1- xii + 369pp + 2pp, vol 2- viii + 347pp + 16pp, tatty (VOL 1- 17cm loss to spine with ugly tape repairs, rear board & pg 289 onwards almost completely detached, owner's name in ink to fep & full title page, VOL 2- 10cm tear to spine, GENERAL- age appropriate soiling to spines, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to prelims, heavy cracks to gutters)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1870
KEYWORDS: first edition military war Waterloo history journal General Cavalie Mercer diary
Menzies Ferry: A History of the District
Imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 280pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges, light chafing to covers, light sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Menzies Ferry Book 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Menzies Ferry
A Portrait of Two Small Otago Schools: The History of Deep Stream and Shannon Schools and Their Communities
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus glossy card covers, white & red lettering to spine, 145pp, illus, VG+ (prev owners inscription to fep)
PUBLISHER: Anne Elliot 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools history Deep Stream Shannon schools illustrated Otago signed
The Camera in the Crowd: Filming New Zealand in Peace and War, 1895-1920
Lg quarto, dark grey heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, xv + 509pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Oratia Books 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand entertainment history film media illustrated
With My Pack on My Back: The Story of Tramping in the New Zealand Bush During the Years 1917-1927
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to covers, v + 162pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to covers & spine, light creasing & staining to covers, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: C. Norman Nicholls 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history tramping hiking walking outdoors hobbies
History of Limehills: A History of the Limehills School and District
Imperial octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 300pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & sun fading to spine & covers, previous bookseller's price label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Limehills School 125 Year Jubilee Celebrations Committee 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Limehills illustrated jubilee district
English Monks and the Suppression of the Monasteries
The Bedford Historical Series
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1949
KEYWORDS: history england church monks
A History of The Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom In Two Volumes: Vol.1
This Vol. Only, super octavo hardcover (Scruffy); 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: D. Appleton & Co. 1903
KEYWORDS: history christianity theology
Brewer's British Royalty: A Phrase and Fable Dictionary
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1998
KEYWORDS: england history monarchy royalty dictionary
A History of Egyptian Archaeology
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: Robert Hale 1967
KEYWORDS: ancient history egypt archaeology
The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihad and Modernity
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Verso 2003
KEYWORDS: america politics extremism history
The Gothick North: A Study of Mediaeval Life, Art and Thought. These Sad Ruins
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1929
KEYWORDS: history mediaevel gothic
Fifty Years of Primitive Methodism in New Zealand: A Series of Historical and Biographical Sketches, From the Establishment of Primitive Methodism in the Coloby in its Jubilee Year 1893-4
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Primitive Methodist Book Depot 1893
KEYWORDS: new zealand history methodism
The Historic Jesus
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Longman Green & Co. 1931
KEYWORDS: history jesus religion christianity
The English Vocabulary and Sentence Structure of Maori Children
Ex-Library, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: NZ Council for Educational Research 1965
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history te reo education english