Books - "history"
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Sexuality in Europe: A Twentieth Century History
New Approaches to European History
Octavo softcover (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: Cambridge University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: history europe gender sexuality academic sex
Pacific Sail: Four Centuries of Western Ships in the Pacific
Large clip to rear of d/w, oblong 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: David Bateman Ltd 1987
KEYWORDS: ships boats history Pacific art illustrated
Memories of New Zealand Life
SCARCE, ORIGINAL BINDING, sm octavo, violet buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt motif & publisher's label to front board, viii + 232pp, VG- (heavy creasing/bruising to extrems, heavy discolouration & moderate soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning to page edges, 2cm adhesion/scuff to front gutter, moderate cracking to rear gutter, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, moderate staining to prelims, sm annotation in pencil to pg 1)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts 1862
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history anecdotes settlers pioneers Edwin Hodder
James Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific
Lg quarto, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 276pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2009
KEYWORDS: exploration Captain James Cook history maritime nautical Pacific travel New Zealand illustrated
Natural History Manuscript Resources in the British Isles
Lg quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxxiv + 473pp, VG+ (light scuffing to boards, bookseller's label & label residue/staining to fep, light highlighting & annotation in ink to text sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Mansell Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: natural history literature collections resources
The Annals of Horticulture; and Year-Book of Information
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, half leather bound marbled boards, marbled page edges, frontispiece, illus half title page, xvi + 576pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking to board hinges, boards moderately shaky, age appropriate scuffing to spine & boards/edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris label to front pastedown, owner's names in ink to front eps, heavy cracking to gutters, pgs 1-16 moderately tanned & foxed)
PUBLISHER: Charles Cox 1848
KEYWORDS: first edition horticulture history illustrated flowers plants
European Place-Names in Southern New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo booklet, stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 20pp, VG- (heavy crack to spine, moderate creasing & discolouration to covers with light pencil names, owner's name in ink to pg 1, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes)
PUBLISHER: Mataura Ensign (Printer) 1912
KEYWORDS: New Zealand place names history essay literature prose H Beattie first edition signed
Log of Logs Volume Two: A Catalogue of Logs, Journals, Shipboard Diaries, Letters, and all Forms of Voyage Narratives, 1788 to 1993, For Australian and New Zealand and Surrounding Oceans
THIS VOLUME ONLY, ex-library, imperial octavo, illus heavy card covers in green faux leather heavy card boards (library), gilt lettering to spine, xii + 608pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to board edges with some surface loss, usual library markings, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1993
KEYWORDS: logs travel Australia New Zealand history genealogy journals diaries
Printing Types: New Zealand Type Design Since 1870
Octavo, brown heavy card boards, black lettering to front board, 64pp, illus, VG+ (light sunning to spine and upper board edge, light foxing to upper page edges)
PUBLISHER: Spectrum Print (Printer) 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand printing illustrated art Jonty Valentine history
The Evening Crowd at Kirmser's: A Gay Life in the 1940s
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 Minnesota Press 2001
KEYWORDS: history sexuality society culture lgbt memoir
Agony of Punjab
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: Patriot Publishers 1984
KEYWORDS: Punjab India politics history
Battleship: The Loss of the Prince of Wales and the Repulse
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: Allen Lane 1977
KEYWORDS: military history battleships ww2 world war 2
Fighting Flotilla: HMS Laforey and her Sister Ships
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: William Kimber & Co Ltd 1976
KEYWORDS: military history battleships ww2 world war 2
Steam Railways in Retrospect
Signed and dated by author, 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. & C. BlackLtd 1966
KEYWORDS: railway steam history Britain photography
Comrade Chiang Ch'ing
FIRST EDITION, 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: Little Brown & Company 1977
KEYWORDS: China history biography Ch'ing politics
The New Conservatism: Cultural Criticism and Historian's Debate
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: The MIT Press 1989
KEYWORDS: politics society culture history
The Black Years of Soviet Jewry 1939-1953
Ex library, super 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: Little, Brown and Company 1971
KEYWORDS: judaism Jews ww2 world war 2 Soviet Union persecution history
The Jews in Russia Volume 1: The Struggle for Emancipation & Volume 2: The Struggle for Emancipation1881-1917
2 VOL SET, 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: Yale University Press 1944
KEYWORDS: Judaism Jewish emancipation Russia history
Studies in Ancient Israelite Wisdom
Tidy ex library, 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: KTAV Publishing House 1976
KEYWORDS: Israel history wisdom theology
Quetzalcoatl and the Irony of Empire: Myths and Prophecies in the Aztec Tradition
Tidy 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: The University of Chicago Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Aztec mythology tradition culture history anthropology