Books - "history"
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Nabanga: An Illustrated Anthology of the Oral Traditions of Vanuatu
Quarto, illus stiff card covers with d/w, black & orange lettering to spine & covers, 303pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers, light soiling to rear ep) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light sun fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to internal side edges)
PUBLISHER: The Oral Arts Project/Vanuatu National Cultural Council 2005
KEYWORDS: Vanuatu illustrated traditions culture legends history
South African Memories: Social, Warlike & Sporting From Diaries Written at the Time
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt hunting motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 331pp + 16pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy scuffing with some loss to material on spine, moderate bruising & fraying to board corners, moderate soiling to boards & spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to pages throughout, name plate to front pastedown, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1909
KEYWORDS: South Africa colonial history diaries anecdotes culture
On Hobos and Homelessness
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 301pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to covers, whole book moderately warped- but otherwise in great condition)
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1998
KEYWORDS: sociology homeless hobos vagrants illustrated social science American history
Mesmerized: Powers of the Mind in Victorian Britain
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 cost
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1998
KEYWORDS: history science psychology Britain
Arms for Spain: The Untold Story of the Spanish Civil War
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: John Murray Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: history politics war military Spain
Notes From The Cevennes: Half a Lifetime in Provincial France
Super octavo hardcover (near FINE) in d/w (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2018
KEYWORDS: France culture history memoir humour
Riemenschneider of Warea
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1967
KEYWORDS: New Zealand missionary Religion Maori history culture Taranaki
The Ordinary Life of a Ten Pound Pom
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Clifford Forrest Owler 2018
KEYWORDS: history migration England New Zealand voyage autobiography
Forty Years in a Moorland Parish: Reminiscences and Researches in Danby in Cleveland
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: MacMillan and Co 1891
KEYWORDS: memoir history culture society Britain
On Helwig Street, A Memoir
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: Chatto and Windus 2012
KEYWORDS: memoir history America
The Story of the Otago Free Church Settlement 1848-1948: A Century's Growth by a Southern Sea
Large octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Bookroom n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history church christianity culture Otago society
Ship Ahoy and Hallelujah! or From Fo'c'sle tp Pulpit
Inscribed and signed by the author; 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: D.N. MacDiarmid 1968
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history travel autobiography
The Royal Marines 1919-1980
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: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd 1980
KEYWORDS: history military Britain
A New Zealand Bibby Story
Imperial 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: The Waipawa Mail Ltd (printers) 1977
KEYWORDS: history biography New Zealand Lunesdale
The Official Tour De France Centennial 1903-2003
Square imperial 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2004
KEYWORDS: cycling sport photography history
D-Day June 6, 1944: The Normandy Landings
Square imperial 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: Seven Dials 1999
KEYWORDS: world war 2 history photography
Fifty Animals the Changed the Course of History
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Allen and Unwin 2011
KEYWORDS: Animals illustrated history fauna
Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Allen and Unwin 2011
KEYWORDS: plants botany flora illustrated history
One Man's Bible
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 cost
PUBLISHER: FLAMINGO 2002
KEYWORDS: literature china history
Paintings of Canterbury 1840-1890
Quarto, hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) in clear plastic cover; 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: A. H & A.W Reed 1969
KEYWORDS: painting art history canterbury colonial New zealand nz