Books - "history"
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Islamic Art
Ex library quarto 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: British Museum Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Art history islamic
The European Community and New Zealand
Review Copy Slip Loosely Enclosed, 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: Frances Pinter 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand history europe
The Extension of Man: The HIstory of Physics before 1900
Light Pen Annotations, 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: Weidenfield & Nicolson 1972
KEYWORDS: science physics history
La Catastrophe du R-101
TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 180pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing/soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Presses de l'Imprimerie Houdeville 1990
KEYWORDS: text in French r-101 disaster aviation illustrated zeppelin blimp history
Centennial History of the New Zealand Pacific Lodge No. 2. 1842-1942
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 330pp, illus, VG (light creasing & fading/scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, inscription in ink & previous owner's name label to fep) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, tatty (heavy chipping to edges with heavy sporadic loss, moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn (Printer) 1942
KEYWORDS: New Zealand freemasons freemasonry masonic illustrated history Pacific Lodge
The Early Britons and the Early British Church: Being the Substance of Two Lectures Given at Glastonbury 14th July 1925
Small octavo, blue heavy card boards, black lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece, 64pp, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate staining to spine & rear board, light foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, light sporadic foxing throughout, owner's name in ink to fep, light rust stains from staples to gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Covenant Publishing Co 1925 approx.
KEYWORDS: history religion theology British Great Britain church
A History of Queen Margaret College
Inscribed, dated and signed by author on rear of fep and signed again on title page, 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: Queen Margaret College Board 1969
KEYWORDS: Collge history Wellington Queen Margaret
Armenian Tragedy
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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1990
KEYWORDS: Armenia 1988 history inter-ethnic war earthquake Gorbachev Russia
The Trial: The Life and Inevitable Crucifixion of Jesus
First edition 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: Bantam 1987
KEYWORDS: Theology religious history crucifixion Jesus Christian
New Ireland: Art of the South Pacific
Ex library quarto 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: Saint Louis Art Museum 2006
KEYWORDS: Art history New Ireland South Pacific carving symbolism ritual
The Life and Times of Buddha
Quarto 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: Hamlyn 1968
KEYWORDS: Buddha Buddhism history artefacts statues temples
Brass Bands in the 20th Century
Ex library lacks fep quarto 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: Egon 1979
KEYWORDS: Brass bands history development championships
Physical Science and Christianity: A Problem of the XXth Century
Octavo,blue buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, black lettering & black rule to front board, x + 230pp + 14pp catalogue, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board corners, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light sporadic foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: T. Werner Laurie n/d
KEYWORDS: religion theology history science Christianity spirituality occult esoteric
Northward Over the Great Ice: A Narrative of Life and Work Along the Shores and Upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897
THIS VOLUME ONLY, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt motif & gilt rule to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 625pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing to spine, light soiling & chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, ex-libris label & previous owner's name in pencil to front pastedown,moderate foxing to prelims, previous moderate water damage to page tops causing sporadic adhesion/tearing, pgs 2-3 stuck together, cracks to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Methuen 1898
KEYWORDS: Illustrated Greenland history culture anthropology
Victoria University of Wellington: 1899-1999: A History
Quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 432pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine & edges, light foxing to top internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Victoria university Wellington illustrated education
Coffee Encounters: Adventures to Origin
Large quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims/terminals 540pp, illus, VG (light soiling to half title page, moderate creasing to random pages throughout, sl mouldy smell, otherwise near fine)
PUBLISHER: Smudge Books 2013
KEYWORDS: coffee illustrated beverages drinks history explorarion travel beans farming Latin America Indonesia
Dragons From the Dunes: The Search For Dinosaurs in the Gobi Desert
Oblong quarto, blue heavy card boards, illus title page, vi + 138pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to lower spine extrem, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling to covers, light tanning to top internal edges)
PUBLISHER: J. R. Lavas 1993
KEYWORDS: Gobi desert dinosaurs ancient history prehistoric archaeology illustrated palaeontology fossils
Property From the Collection of The Duke & Duchess of Windsor: Sale 7000
3 vols in slipcase along with related ephemera, damage to p242 (corner only) of one volume, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, vol 1- 70pp, vol 2- 549pp, vol 3- 541pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing to covers, light creasing to spine & heavy creasing to top corner of pg242 of vol 3) in slipcase, VG (light soiling & wrinkling to top edge, 2cm closed tear to top corner, 5mm gouge to spine edge)
PUBLISHER: Sotheby's 1997
KEYWORDS: Sotheby's auctions Duke Duchess Windsor sale 7000 illustrated catalogue public private collections history royal family monarchy King Edward viii 8th abdication Wallis Simpson
Kauri
Large quarto, olive green heavy card boards, white letterring to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus, Near FINE (light scuffing to board corners & spine extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (light creasing to base of spine)
PUBLISHER: Penguin/Viking 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand trees illustrated kauri Maori history botany
Picts and Porridge: An Ogilvie Family History
SIGNED and inscribed, Imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, viii + 312pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Alan Gibbs 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Scottish heritage genealogy illustrated Ogilvie biographies memoirs history