Books - "history"
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Professor Salmond's Blunder (Prohibition: An Effective Social Reform - A Reply)
Octavo staple wrapped (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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alliance, 1911
KEYWORDS: dunedin alcohol law reform new zealand settler history
The Perfect Horse
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PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs, (n/d c. late 19thc)
KEYWORDS: horse training maintaining new zealand settler history
New Zealand as a Field for Economic Fruit Culture
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, Octavo staple wrapped (G+): 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Unwin & Penn, 1900
KEYWORDS: signed and inscribed by author new zealand settler history fruit farming industry
The Treatment of Sheep for Worms, etc.
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PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Government Printer, 1892
KEYWORDS: dairy farming settler new zealand history agricultural medical remedy sheep live stock
The Story of the Nations: Ancient Egypt
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PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin, 1887
KEYWORDS: ancient history victorian eqyptian oxford story of the nations collection
The Story of the Nations: Assyria - From the rise of the Empire to the fall of the nineveh
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PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin, 1888
KEYWORDS: syria ancient history story of the nations collection asshur
History of the Corps of Royal Engineers : Volume V The Home Front, France, Flanders and Italy in the First World War l
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 728 pp, illust, pocket attached to rear board containing 5 x pull out maps, Near Fine ( v slight foxy to top edges + map # 3 ) in d/w VG- ( light fading to spine, moderate chipping to edges, v light creasing, cellotape used to repair tears on inside cover )
PUBLISHER: The Institution of Royal Engineers 1952
KEYWORDS: military history UK Royal Engineers ww1 world war 1 one France Italy Flanders maps colour color photos black & white
History of the Corps of Royal Engineers : Volume VI Gallipoli, Macedonia, Egypt, and Palestine 1914 - 18
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 444 pp, illust, pocket attached to rear board containing 6 x pull out maps, Near Fine ( v slight foxing to top edges, v slight tanning to front + rear eps + top of pages ) in d/w VG- ( light fading to spine, moderate chipping to edges, cellotape used to repair 1 x tear on inside cover )
PUBLISHER: The Institution of Royal Engineers 1952
KEYWORDS: military history UK Royal Engineers ww1 world war 1 one Gallipoli Macedonia Egypt Palestine maps colour color photos black & white
The Memoirs of the 18th ( Queen Mary's Own ) Royal Hussars 1906 - 1922 including the Operations in the Great War
Super octavo, gilt stamped lettering to spine + front board, gilt stamped regimental insignia to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 215 pp, illust with 6 x folding maps throughout, VG ( heavy foxing to pages + edges, light fading to spine, light brusing to board edges + spine, some pages uncut )
PUBLISHER: Warren and Son Ltd 1926
KEYWORDS: military history memoirs 18th Royal Hussars Queen Mary ww1 world war 1 one maps colour color photos black & white
The Ascent of Nanda Devi
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF NZ MOUNTAINEER MAVIS DAVIDSON, super octavo, printed heavy card boards, blue printer letting to front + spine, illust fep, frontispiece, xiv + 235 pp, illust, VG ( heavy tanning to spine, moderate chafing + foxing to boards, heavy chipping to board edges, light foxing to page edges + front and rear eps, ex libris sticker on front pastedown )
PUBLISHER: Readers' Union 1937
KEYWORDS: history mountain climbing mountaineering Nanda Devi second highest India photos black & white
Matthew Hopkins : Witch Finder General
EX LIBRARY, super octavo, black heavy card boards, silver stamped lettering to spine, illust title page, 222 pp, illust, VG+ ( usual library markings, light bruising + scuffing to board edges, 1 cm crack with no loss to top rear board ) in d/w tatty ( heavy chipping + creasing to edges, moderate chafing to covers, usual library sticker, 2 x 2 cm closed tears, 1 x 3.5 cm tear with loss, 1 x 3 cm with tear loss )
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller Ltd 1976
KEYWORDS: history Matthew Hopkins witch hunter finder civil war General witchcraft Essex Suffolk UK drawings photos black & white
Bearing Witness : Essays in Honour of Brij V . Lal
Super octavo, light card covers, brown/white/black printed lettering to cover + spine, xvi + 333 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight chafing to covers, v slight bruising to edges )
PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: political politics theory history Fiji Indian diaspora India Fijian photos colour color
International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture
Super octavo, maroon heavy card boards, gilt stamped lettering to front board + spine, xxiv + 391 pp, Near Fine ( v slight bruising to lower spine edge, slight scuffing to front board title, slight paperclip creasing to fep, former owners name written in pen top right corner fep )
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1995
KEYWORDS: study history alcohol culture international perspective attitudes controls
Traditional Micronesian Societies : Adaptation, Intergration, and Political Organization
Super octavo, heavy card board covers, white, black and yellow printed lettering, x + 278 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight scuffing to board edges, v slight foxing to page edges ) in d/w VG+ ( v slight chipping to top edge of cover, v slight foxing inside of cover )
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2009
KEYWORDS: history Micronesia Micronesian society societies culture politics intergration philosophy art religion map photos black & white
Scenes From Soviet Life: Soviet Life Through Official Literature
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PUBLISHER: BBC 1986
KEYWORDS: Soviet Russia literature culture sociology society intellectuals history nostalgia religion writers
The Choice of Books and Other Literary Pieces
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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1903
KEYWORDS: Essays art books history Fortnightly Review C 1880s inc The Romance of the Peerage, The Life of George Eliot, At Burlington House
Roman Stoicism: Being Lectures on the History of the Stoic Philosophy With Special Reference to its Development Within the Roman Empire
TIDY ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 468pp, VG+ (usual but minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, sl soiling to boards, information plates neatly cellotaped to both pastedowns)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1958
KEYWORDS: roman history stoicism lectures philosophy empire
Falling Leaves of Memory
Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine and boards, 91pp + 2pp index, illus, VG (usual library markings, heavy tanning to covers, 1cm chip with loss to lower back cover)
PUBLISHER: Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ literature E D Du Pontet A J McCallion short stories history
A Sketch of The New Zealand War
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF PROMINENT NZ RAILWAYMAN- RIDLER, FIRST EDITION, lacks fep, tidy ex library, octavo, dark green cloth heavy card boards, white stamp lettering & rule to spine and boards, frontispiece, viii + 171pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG (unsteady binding, sporadic cracking to gutter, moderate chafing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Horace Marshall & Son 1899
KEYWORDS: Morgan S Grace NZ New Zealand history first edition maori wars
An Alabama Newspaper Tradition: Grover C. Hall and the Hall Family
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Daniel Webster Hollis alabama us united states usa newspaper news journalism history