Books - "history"
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Rakugo: The Popular Narrative Art of Japan
Super octavo, sky blue cloth boards, red lettering & fan motif to spine, frontispiece, xi + 476pp, illus, Near FINE (moderate bruise to top spine extrem with concaved spine) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy creasing/chipping to wraper edges - especially at spine, lightly soilied inside)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: art japan history culture rakugo
Place Names of Banks Peninsula and the Port Hills
Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, illus eps, 320pp, illus, Near FINE (light rubbing to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: new zealand history canterbury banks peninsula port hills christchurch otatahi
The Chronicles of a Gay Gordon
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: Cassell 1921
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir J M Gordon military history illustrated
City of the Century: The epic of Chicago and the making of America
Imperial 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: Simon and Schuster 1996
KEYWORDS: Chicago America Empire sociology history
Castrol: Vol 1- The First Hundred Years, Vol 2- Achievements: Land Sea and Air: A Century of Conquest
2 VOLUME SET, quarto, green heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, printed eps to vol 2, illus title pgs, vol 1- 96pp + vol 2- 208pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers) in slipcase, VG (light chafing to boards, light indentations & scuffing to edges with sl surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1998
KEYWORDS: Castrol business lubricant oil history illustrated engineering aviation motor maritime nautical cars motorsport
British Masonic Miscellany Vols 1-20
20 VOLUME SET, SCARCE COMPLETE, small octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 141-155pp, VG (moderate discolouration to spines of first 6 vols, light to moderate scuffing to boards, light surface loss to vol 20 board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 1, owner's name in ink to feps of vols 1+2+19, various sm ink stamps to prelims of earlier vols)
PUBLISHER: David Winter and Son n/d
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture British antiquity symbolism rites rituals mysteries
The Regiment: The Real Story of the SAS
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: Penguin 2008
KEYWORDS: history sas special forces military
The Wonderful Era of the Great Dance Band
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: DoubleDay 1972
KEYWORDS: history dance bands culture jazz
The Emigrant's Friend, or Authentic Guide to South Australia, Including Sydney; Port Phillip, or Australia Felix; Western Australia, or Swan River Colony; New South Wales; Van Dieman's Land; and New Zealand
Duodecimo stapled wrapper (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: Readers Digest 2010
KEYWORDS: new zealand australia colony history
Simple on a Soapbox: A Political Testament
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: Collins 1963
KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics john a lee first edition
For Mine is the Kingdom
FIRST EDITION, lacks fep, 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: Alister Taylor 1975
KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics john a lee first edition
These Few Lines: A Convict Story. The Lost Lives of Myra & William Sykes
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: ABC Books 2006
KEYWORDS: history australia first edition convicts colonisation
Prisoners of the East
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: MacMillan 2002
KEYWORDS: history family biography hong kong japanese invasion
Treasures of the University of Canterbury Library
Imperial octavo softcover with french flaps (Near FINE); 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: Canterbury University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: new zealand archives library canterbury university catalgue history art
Love in the South Seas
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: George Allen & Unwin 1956
KEYWORDS: polynesia history travel culture anthropology
No Star at the Pole: A History of Navigation from the Stone Age to the 20th Century for all who Enjoy the Sea
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Charles Knight & Co 1972
KEYWORDS: history navigation adventure
The Art of Ancient Egypt
Square quarto hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Trustees of British Museum 1997
KEYWORDS: ancient egypt art history archaeology
The Illustrated Denniston Rose & Heart of Coal
FIRST EDITION THUS, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Black Swan 2006
KEYWORDS: new zealand denniston west coast colonial history gold rush historical fiction literature
A Pictorial Record of LMS Road Vehicles
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford 1983
KEYWORDS: motor vehicles transport history cars
An Oxford Hall in Medieval Times Being The Early History of St. Edmund Hall
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: Oxford 1927
KEYWORDS: history england church