Books - "history"
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Cinema and History
Super octavo, soft cover (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: Wayne State University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: history film cinema
Girls' Own Stories : Australian and New Zealand Women's Films
Super octavo, soft cover (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: Scarlet Press 1997
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand films history womens film
Recent Developments in Wetland Research
Quarto, illus glossy covers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 318pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to half title pg, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Dept of Archaeology, UCD, Dublin 2001
KEYWORDS: archaeology research wetlands methodology ancient history antiquity environment nature landscape
Bog Bodies, Sacred Sites and WQetland Archaeology
Quarto, illus glossy card covers, purple lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & chafing to covers & edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: WARP 1999
KEYWORDS: bogs archaeology research wetlands methodology ancient history antiquity environment nature landscape
One Hundred Winters of Service: The Centennial History of the Canterbury Referees' Association
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, illus glossy boards, red & white lettering to spine, illus title page, 128pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Mainland Footbal Referees Committee 2011 (Caxton Press printer)
KEYWORDS: sport referees history centennial soccer football illustrated signed Canterbury New Zealand
The Aaronsohn Saga
Imperial octavo, illus glossy boards, black lettering to spine, 362pp, Near FINE (sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Gefen 2007
KEYWORDS: Israel history Aaron Aaronsohn botany agriculture
Maori: A Photographic and Social History
FIRST EDITION, square quarto, black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 287pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to board & spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate discolouration to spine & front cover, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori society photographic Michael King first edition
A History of a Crime: The Testimony of an Eye-Witness
Small octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling with black decorative rule to spine & boards, vii + 413pp, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss, moderate discolouration to spine, light to moderate staining to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky but attached, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1879
KEYWORDS: literature Victor Hugo essay France history
Rommel's Intelligence in teh Desert Campaign 1941-1943
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm. numerals in ink to top of fep) in d/w & plastic cover, VG (light creasing to edges, light foxing to flaps & internal side)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1985
KEYWORDS: war military history Rommel ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 North Africa
Europe : History, Ideas, Ideologies
Super octavo, soft cover (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: Hodder Arnold 2002
KEYWORDS: history politics europe eu
Huguenot Silver in England 1688-1727
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to maroon title plate to spine, frontispiece, xx + 89pp + plates to rear- not counted but presumed all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, top corner of fep clipped, sl tanning to eps) in d/w & protective mylar, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1959
KEYWORDS: antiques silver silverware history English England illustrated guide collection collecting hobbies J F Hayward seventeenth 17th century
The Air Battle of Dunkirk
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine edges, light foxing to page edges, sm numerals to top edge of fep, discreet tape repairs to gutter of pgs 62-63, light cracking to central gutter) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges with light chipping)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber & Co 1983
KEYWORDS: military history aviation air force Dunkirk ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 illustrated raf British luftwaffe first edition
Tempest Over Europe
Octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (ink marking to rear board, ink numerals to fep, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: military history aviation ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two Roland Beamont raf British Europe
Phoenix Into Ashes
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to board & spine edges, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various sm. ink markings to front eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading to spine, light chafing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1968`
KEYWORDS: first edition military history aviation ww2 second 2nd world war 2 two Roland Beamont raf British Europe
The Chronicles of Crime; or, the New Newgate Calendar. Being a Series of Memoirs and Anecdotes of Notorious Characters Who Have Outraged the Laws of Great Britain From the Earliest Period to 1841
TWO VOL SET, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & motif of Newgate Prison to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xii + 592pp, vol 2- viii + 636pp, illus/engravings with tissue guards- not counted but presumed all present, VG-/scruffy (very heavy chipping to spine extrems with considerable loss to each volume spine, moderate to heavy chafing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, 9cm closed tear to top of pg vii of vol 2, light foxing to illus & tissue guards but unobtrusive, pencil inscription to verso of fep of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: Reeves and Turner 1886
KEYWORDS: crime history Newgate Prison illustrated Phiz biographies anecdotes
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (in 8 volumes)
8 VOL SET, super octavo, brown leather boards with gilt rule & blind decorative rule, gilt lettering & tooling to spines, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece to vol 1, viii-xvi + 451-549pp, VG-/scruffy (moderate scuffing to extrems & spines with some surface loss, moderate cracking to board hinges to some vols, heavy scuffing to some boards with some surface loss, ex-libris plate to front pastedown of vol 1, light to moderate discolouration to boards of some vols) any wear & tear is age appropriate & adds to their charm!
PUBLISHER: William Pickering 1827
KEYWORDS: Rome antiquity ancient history empire fall decline Gibbon politics
Dore to Manapouri: The Development of Tourism in Early Fiordland
Super octavo, glossy illus card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's name in ink to title page, v sl creasing and rubbing to covers, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Yvonne Dore Fiordland illustrated history tourism
Wilderness and the American Mind
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: history usa america frontier pioneer life nature conservation
Post Colonialism : An Historical Introduction
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Blackwell 2001
KEYWORDS: history post colonialism
The I of the Camera : Essays in Film Criticism, History and Aesthetics
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: Cambridge University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: film criticism cinema history aesthetics