Books - "history"
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Paradise Reforged: A History of the New Zealanders From the 1880s to the Year 2000
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover ( VG+) in d/w (VG, small tear to top edge, otherwise 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 costs0
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books Ltd. 2001
KEYWORDS: James Belich new zealand nz history war conflict colonialism colonisation
Gay By The Bay: A History of Queer Culture in the San Francisco Bay Area
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 costs0
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 1996
KEYWORDS: Susan Stryker Jim Van Buskirk gay history LGBTQI+ LGBT san francisco california rights equality
Road to Revolution: A Centure of Russian Radicalism
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 costs0
PUBLISHER: Collier Macmillan 1968
KEYWORDS: politics Russia revolution history
Revolutionary Europe 1783-1815
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 costs0
PUBLISHER: Fontana Press 1989
KEYWORDS: George Rude revolutions revolutionary politics history conflict european europe
Blooming English: Observations on the roots, cultivation and hybrids of the English language
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 costs0
PUBLISHER: ABC Books 2002
KEYWORDS: Kate Burridge english literature theory history study
The Spirit of Angus - The War History of the Country's Battalion of the Black Watch
Imperial octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt tooling lettering to spine, map eps, frontispiece, xvi + 239pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light chafing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co Ltd 1988
KEYWORDS: John McGregor war history royal highland regiment 5th county angus battaliom the black watch scotland united kingdom
Pirate Harbours and Their Secrets
Octavo, dark green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 272pp, illus - plates, VG- (binding cracked in multiple places - unsteady binding, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, gilt lettering sporadically worn off down spine, light foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1935
KEYWORDS: history adventure pirate captains south east asia seas
History of the War in The Peninsula From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 in Six Volumes with Fifty Five Maps and Plans
6 VOLUME SET. Octavo, red/maroon, heavy card boards, scallop blind stamp pattern on front board and spine, gilt tooling to spine and boards, gilt decoration to board, deckled page edges - some pages occasionally uncut, black eps, 1 xxviii + 521pp + 2pp adverts, 2 xv + 500pp, 3 xiii + 427pp + 4pp adverts, 4 xvi + 477pp, 5 xii + 444pp + 4pp adverts, 6 vii + 463pp, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, heavy foxing to page edges),
PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne & Co
KEYWORDS: history war military army peninsula
The Featherston Chronicles - A Legacy of War
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black and red lettering to spine and cover, illus prelims - map, 240pp, illus, VG+ (moderate sun fading to spine, very slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins NZ 1999
KEYWORDS: Mike Nicolaidi nz new zealand history world war two featherston prisoners
My Fifty Fretting Years - A Personal History of The Twentieth Century Guitar Explosion
Super octavo, illus light card covers, yelloe lettering to spine and cover, 392pp, illus, VG+ (light cracking to hinges, slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ashley Mark Publishing Co 1980
KEYWORDS: Ivor Mairants memoir music history guitar
Travels in New Zealand: With Contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botany, and Natural History of that Country
2 vol set, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, vol 1 vii + 431pp, vol 2 iv + 396pp + 4pp ads, illus, VG+ in d/w's (VG+)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography geology botany natural history districts natives flora fauna
New Zealand Birds
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, viii + 541pp, illus, 6 colour plates (frontispiece + 5), VG (moderate rubbing to board extrems, light bruising to spine extrems, minor to moderate foxing to pages and page edges) in d/w VG- (archival repair tape to spine, substantial rubbing, moderate staining, moderate fraying, 5mm closed tears to folds)
PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (NZ) 1930
KEYWORDS: Birds ornithology New Zealand natural history description habits distribution
Rogier Van Der Weyden 1399/1400 - 1464 Masters of Netherlandish Art
Quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine and boards, Mary Magdalene illus to front, frontispiece, 140pp, illus, FINE, in d/w Near FINE (v slight crinkling to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: H F Ullmann 2013
KEYWORDS: Art masters dutch netherlands Rogier Van Der Weyden biography history Brussels Flemish commissions heirs
Italian Women Artists from Renaissance to Baroque
Quarto, blue heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, 271pp, illus, Near FINE (v slight creasing to spine) in d/w Near FINE (v slight creasing to front)
PUBLISHER: Skira 2007
KEYWORDS: Art Italian renaissance baroque women art history Vigri Rossi Burlamacchi Nelli Anguissola et al biographies key works
Singapore A 700 Year History: From Early Emporium to World City
Quarto, illus light card cover, red and gold lettering to spine, image of Singapore to front, viii + 220pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to corners, light staining to page edges, v slight crinkling to front cover lower edge)
PUBLISHER: National Archives of Singapore 2009
KEYWORDS: Singapore history lion city asian economy Melaka Johor Raffles East India Company Port British Malaysia nation state
The Structure of Spanish History
Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt & white letttering to spine, upper page edges stained red, xiii + 689pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems and board corners, v slight staining to page edges) in d/w VG- (archival repairs to upper spine, 4mm closed tear to lower edge, minor crinkling to edges, minor foxing, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: Spanish history hispanic visigothic arabic Catalonia Santiago Moors religion society arts culture language jews
Old Marlborough or The Story of a Province
FIRST EDITION (REBOUND), super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled, frontispiece, 12 + 478pp + 6pp ads, illus, VG (minor bruising to board corners and spine extrems, minor foxing to prelims and terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout, moderate staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hart and Keeling 1900
KEYWORDS: Marlborough New Zealand history historical account places locations persons events buildings maori pioneers Wairau
The Red Devils - The Story Of The British Airborne Forces
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1973
KEYWORDS: history ww2 wwii british airborne
The Fall Of Hong Kong - The Lasting Honour Of A Desperate Resistance
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1963
KEYWORDS: narrative history ww2 wwii
Great War Speeches
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Corgi Books 1965
KEYWORDS: history speeches ww2 wwii churchill