Books - "history"
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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
From New York to New Zealand or, the New Century Trip
First edition, lacks map at front, super 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: Wellington Govt printing office 1904
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history townships
The Pegasus Book of Scotland
First edition, 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: Dobson Books 1964
KEYWORDS: Scotland history politics variance
The Origin of Humankind
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1994
KEYWORDS: mankind evolution science anthropology antiquity history
A Regional History of North Makarewa, Makarewa, Lorneville
Octavo, light green hard card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, illus, Near FINE (sl indentation to top of rear board) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light sun fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Makarewa Jubilee Committee 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated Makarewa Lorneville
Moonlight Ranges: The Story of Dipton 1877-1977
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, grey heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, moderate chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Dipton Centennial Committee 1977
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Dipton illustrated
Memories of the Life of J. F. H. Wohlers: Missionary at Ruapuke, New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to front board, page edges stained red, frontispiece with tissue guard, vi + 216pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine extrems & board corners with some surface loss, sl water damage to buckram of front board, moderate fading to staining on page edges, moderate chafing to eps, owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing & soiling to pages sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers Company 1895
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand autobiography memoir J. F. H. Wohlers Ruapuke history religion Christianity
The Letters of Sir Joseph Banks: A Selection, 1768 - 1820
imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine, illus prelims, xliii+419pp, illus, VG+ (very sl. bruising to spine extrems, superficial scratch along both covers, ink inscription and prev owners signature to pastedown and fep) in d/w, VG+ (sl. rubbing, with sl. bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Imperial College Press 2000
KEYWORDS: autobiography Banks history New Zealand letters correspondence culture
Jazz Masters of the 30's
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: MacMillan Co. 1972
KEYWORDS: music history jazz