Books - "history"
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List of Commanders & Officers in the Service if the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company in Order of their Seniority
Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board, 159pp, VG- (names have been crossed out sporadically, moderate scuffing to board edges, moderate soiling to boards, some tanning, gutter cracked between pg 12-13)
PUBLISHER: Culross & Sproston 1956
KEYWORDS: naval history transport commanders officers 1950s 1956
A History of the Pharaohs - The First Eleven Dynasties and The Twelfth to the Eighteenth Dynasties
2 VOLS, tan brown heavy card boards, super octavo, lettering in black to front board and spine, blind stamp decoration and rule to front and back boards, lower page end deckled, frontispiece in both vols, volume one: xii + 328pp & volume two: xv + 424pp, both illus, VG (slight scuffing to spine + extrems, moderate foxing to page edges with slight tanning.)
PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1931
KEYWORDS: arthur weigall history pharaohs dynasties egyptology egypt
The Coming Of The Pakeha To Auckland Province
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Hicks Smith & Sons 1971
KEYWORDS: modern first edition nz new zealand aotearoa maori history
An Illustrated History Of Taranaki
tidy ex-library. imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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 Dunmore Press 1983
KEYWORDS: history Taranaki New Zealand illustrated photos black & white
From The Banks Of The Avon - The Story Of A River
tidy ex-library. imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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: Reed 1981
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa avon christchurch river waterway history
The Birth Of A City - Wellington 1840-1843
ex-library. Super octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: CARMAN, A. H. 1970
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa wellington history
Robert Morrison Of China
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: Pickering & Inglis ND
KEYWORDS: history biography robert morrison
Austerity Britain 1945-51
Super Octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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: Bloomsbury 2007
KEYWORDS: britain history postwar austerity politics
The First Sunshine - Australian Aboriginal Myths
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: Rigby 1978
KEYWORDS: australian indigenous aboriginal myth mythology legend oral history
Wise Daughters From Foreign Lands - European Women Writers In China
ex-library. Super Octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Pandora Press 1989
KEYWORDS: history writers china authors women
Wilh. WIlhelmsen - History And Fleet List 1861-1994
Super Octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: World Ship Society 1994
KEYWORDS: boats maritime manifest history fleet ocean sailing shipping
Sexology In Culture - Labelling Bodies And Desires
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; Polity Press 1998
KEYWORDS: sexuality sociology sexology culture history academia essays
L'Amour Bleu
Folio quarter bound blue cloth boards, black cloth spine with silver lettering, 304pp, illus., VG- (moderate fading and light scuffing to boards, light to moderate foxing to edges and within (heaviest at eps), prev. owner's details in pen to fep., remenants of d/w loosely enclosed)
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 1978 (Bookthrift reprint)
KEYWORDS: art history classics classical ancient greece greek rome homosexuality lgbt gay queer
Female Mimics Vol.1 Number 7
Magazine: quarto illus. light card stapled wrappers, illius., 69pp, VG- (moderate creasing, scuffing, light chipping, light water damge to rear portion of magazine)
PUBLISHER: Health Knowledge / Acme 1965
KEYWORDS: female mimics magazine quarterly lgbt queer crossdressing crossdressers trans transgender impersonation erotic erotica photography sexuality gender drag history queen queens
Female Mimics Vol.1 Number 2
Magazine: quarto illus. light card stapled wrappers, illius., 70pp, VG- (moderate creasing, scuffing, light chipping, loose pages at centre)
PUBLISHER: Selbee Associates / Acme 1963
KEYWORDS: female mimics magazine quarterly lgbt queer crossdressing crossdressers trans transgender impersonation erotic erotica photography sexuality gender drag history queen queens
Female Mimics Vol.1 Number 9
Magazine: quarto illus. light card stapled wrappers, illius., 69pp, VG- (moderate creasing, scuffing, light chipping, clear tape to spine)
PUBLISHER: Health Knowledge / Acme, Spring 1967
KEYWORDS: female mimics magazine quarterly lgbt queer crossdressing crossdressers trans transgender impersonation erotic erotica photography sexuality gender drag history queen queens
New Female Mimics Number 1
Magazine: quarto illus. light card stapled wrappers, illius., 79pp+adverts at rear, VG- (moderate creasing, scuffing, chipping)
PUBLISHER: Eros Publishing Co. 1970 (Winter 1970-71)
KEYWORDS: female mimics magazine quarterly lgbt queer crossdressing crossdressers trans transgender impersonation erotic erotica photography sexuality gender drag history queen queens
The Old West (26 volume set)
26x VOLUME SET, thus very HEAVY; quarto faux leather boards with illus. medallions to front, gilt lettering to spines, illus., generally VG+ to nr. FINE (a touch tanning to pages, occasional light foxing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Time-Life Books Time Life 1978
KEYWORDS: old west wild western history frontier us usa united states america american native california gold rush cowboys gunfighters time life time-life
Butterflies of the Australian Region
Folio green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 415pp, VG- (unfortunate damp stain to upper inner corner - unsightly, but majority of plates minimally affected; front hinge/gutters sloppy; light scuffing and soiling to boards; light tanning and occasional foxing within) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing rubbing and chipping, moderate fading)
PUBLISHER: Lansdowne 1971
KEYWORDS: australian lepidoptery lepidopterology buttflies insects biology ecology australia natural history
Voices from the Surf: 80 Years of the Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club 1935-2015
Oblong quarto illus. light card covers, signed to title page by (possibly?) Bob Harvey (inconclusive), illus., 207pp, VG+ (v. slight scuffing to covers, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club 2015
KEYWORDS: surf life saving lifesaving karekare new zealand maritime history local regional auckland