Books - "history"
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The Story of Marco Polo
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: Samson Low 1960
KEYWORDS: children's stories history marco polo illustarted
ABC of Heraldry
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Stanley, Paul & Co 1915
KEYWORDS: heraldry family history crests
Handbook of Heraldry: With INstructions for Tracing Pedigrees and Deciphering Ancient MSS
Rules for appointment of liveries
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: Chatto & Windus 1882
KEYWORDS: heraldry crests coat of arms family history ancestry
Great Tales from English History: Chaucer to the Glorious Revolution 1387-1688
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: Little, Brown 2004
KEYWORDS: history england united kingdom britain
Elizabeth I: The Word of a Prince. A Life from Contemporary Documents
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: Folio Society 1990
KEYWORDS: history royalty england royal family elizabeth the first folio society
Oamaru NZ: Town with a Future
Imperial octavo 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 cost
PUBLISHER: North Otago Progress League (N/D)
KEYWORDS: new zealand history oamaru otago
Politics in the Congo: Decolonization and Independence
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: Princeton University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: Congo history politics Africa Belgian
The Pioneer Explorers of New Zealand
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: Blackie & Son 1929
KEYWORDS: new zealand history pioneer explorers colonisers earky settlers
The Encyclopedia of Rock. Vols. 1-3: The Age of Rock 'n' Roll, From Liverpool to San Francisco, The Sounds of the Seventies.
3 Volume Set, paperback (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: Panther 1976
KEYWORDS: music history rock n roll
Coat of Arms Quarterly January 1950 - Autumn 2010
COMPLETE RUN JANUARY 1950 - AUTUMN 2010 IN 35 VOLUMES (1953 IN SAME VOL. AS 1952), & 2 INDEX VOLUMES (1970-1977 & 1978-1998), octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, mostly VG-VG+ on older publications (light scuffing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plates to prelims & previous owner's name in pencil to some vols) Near FINE for modern publications
PUBLISHER: The Heraldry Society 1950-2010
KEYWORDS: heraldry coat of arms quarterly family genealogy family history
Howick Ranges: A History of Point View Drive
Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, illus title page & prelims, 208pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: John H Peat 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Howick Ranges north island
History of North Otago From 1853: With Interesting Records of the Developments of Oamaru and its Institutions
Octavo, grey light card covers, brown lettering to front cover, folding map to front, folding frontispiece, 191pp, illus, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: (Publisher & Printer not stated) 1934
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history north Otago south island Oamaru
Porsche 356 & 550: A Pictorial History
Oblong imperial octavo, black heavy card boards, white & red lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Top Ten Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: cars muscle Porsche 356 550 history motor illustrated pictorial engineering engines
Early Fruitgrowing in Canterbury New Zealand
Imperial octavo, illus glossy card covers, black lettering to spine, 168pp, illus, VG (light creasing & moderate sun fading to cover edges & spine, light scuffing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Spotted Shag Press 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Canterbury fruit growing fruitgrowers culture settlements history horticulture
The Noble Horse
Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, whit lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 304pp, illus, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to board edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with some archival tape repair to top spine extrem, light sun fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1994
KEYWORDS: horses illustrated animals equine history evolution culture
The Letters of Queen Victoria: A Selection from Her Majesty's Correspondence Between the Years 1837 and 1861: In Three Volumes
3 Vol Set, 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: John Murray 1908
KEYWORDS: Letters Queen Victoria correspondence Britain history royalty
Some Early History of the Waimarino
Stapled light card 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Waimarinio Museum Society (1982?)
KEYWORDS: Waimarino New Zealand history
Archangel 1918-1919
Octavo, green buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, top page egdes stained green, frontispiece, 220pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Coompany 1953
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Field Marshal Lord Ironside illustrated
To Greece: Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
Super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp motif to front board, frontispiece, xii + 539pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, light discolouration to spine, moderate scuffing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch DIA 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Greece ww2 second world war 2 two illustrated
Roman Eagles Over Ethiopia
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt military motif to front board, frontispiece, xii + 201pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Battery Press 2003
KEYWORDS: history military politics illustrated Italy Africa Italo-Ethiopian war