Books - "history"
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Mastodon, Mammoth and Man
with Illustrations
Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to front board, blind rule to boards, patterened eps, frontispiece, 84pp+4pp adverts at rear, plates, VG+ ( age appropriate wear & tear, light bruising to spine extrems with surface loss, light soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Robert Clarke & Co. 1880
KEYWORDS: science mammoth mastodon history fauna
Te Tarata: The Tattooed Rock. Contemporary Accounts of the Thermal Terraces at Rotomahana
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION #120, HUMPHREY BEALE'S COPY (his blindstamp on title page & prelim), letter from A.H & A.W Reed and hand typed notes by Joyce Beale loosely enclosed, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus & maps, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading, moderate foxing/soiling to wrappers & spine, light fading to inside to wrappers)
PUBLISHER: Catenza Press 1971
KEYWORDS: new zealand history rotomahana aotearoa
The Arts & Crafts Movement in New Zealand 1870-1940: Women Make Their Mark
Square imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, slight foxing) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers, prev booksellers sticker to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art craft illustrated women history gender
Rangi Ruru: Rangi Ruru Girls' School Christchurch, New Zealand 1889-1989
Imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Te Waihora Press 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rangi Ruru school history illustrated
Waitara Campaign HIstoric Trail: Taranaki Reserves
Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Visual Production Unit, Dept of Lands and Survey
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Waitara trail
Manakau School Diamond Jubilee 1888-1948
Octavo stapled light card covers (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: n/d
KEYWORDS: history diamond jubilee Manakau school New Zealand
Some Interesting Occurences in Early Auckland City and Province
Octavo light card covers (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: Whitcombe and Tombs Limited n/d
KEYWORDS: history Auckland New Zealand
Myths and Legends of Polynesia
Super 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1974
KEYWORDS: Polynesia history mythology folklore
A Journal of Researches
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: Ward, Lock & Co Ltd. 1910
KEYWORDS: Darwin research biology natural history
The Totem and the Tricolour: A Short History of New Caledonia Since 1774
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: New South Wales University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: New Caledonia history colonialism society politics
Voyage to Gallipoli
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: Rosenberg 2013
KEYWORDS: world war 1 ww1 Gallipoli voyage Australia military history photography
The Decorative Arts of the Forties and Fifties: Austerity Binge
Ex library, quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) in 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: Studio Vista 1975
KEYWORDS: art history design culture 40s 50s
Scots Heraldry
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) in 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: Johnson & Bacon 1978
KEYWORDS: Scotland history heraldry art illustrated
Civic Heraldry of England and Wales
Ex library, imperial 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: J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd 1953
KEYWORDS: heraldry England Wales emblems culture art history
Fortress Singapore : The Battlefield Guide
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: Marshall Cavendish 2005
KEYWORDS: Singapore history guide photography maps battlefields POW camps
Nazi Germany: A New History
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: Constable 1997
KEYWORDS: Nazi Germany WW2 history Third Reich Hitler
Early Dunedin History Occasional Paper no.1: Notes on the Arthur Street Reserve and its Adjacent Surroundings
Super octavo stapled light card covers (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 Dunedin Public Library 1933
KEYWORDS: Dunedin history New Zealand
Marie Antoinette: The Journey
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 & Nicolson
KEYWORDS: biography Antoinette history monarchy
How to Look at a Painting
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: Awa Press 2006
KEYWORDS: art history painting
The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millenium: An Englishman's World
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: Little, Brown and Co. 1999
KEYWORDS: history culture society anthropology arcaheology religion faith