Books - "history"
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Liberated Women
Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Alpine Fine Arts Collection (UK) [n. d.]
KEYWORDS: liberated women gender illustration french society history ninteenth century honore daumier
Mythistory and Other Essays
Octavo hardcover (N. FINE) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1995
KEYWORDS: myth history theory analyzing research writing analysis praxis object vs subject
The Adventure of Ibn Battuta: A Muslim Traveler of the 14th Century
Tidy ex-library. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2005
KEYWORDS: ibn battuta muslim traveler travels travelling medieval islamic history middle ages
The Tentacles of Progress: Technology Transfer in the Age of Imperialism, 1850 - 1940
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: imperialism colonialism great british technology industry history colonial politics
The Idea of the Muslim World: A Global Intellectual History
Lacks front page. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: islam muslim world globalisation history politics anthropology religion modernity
Changing Stories in the Chinese World
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Stanford 1997
KEYWORDS: chinese anthropology stories storytelling china history li ruzhen zhang yingchang hao ran sima zhongyuan yuan ze'nan
Lotus File: Seven, Elite, Elan, Europa
Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Temple Press 1987
KEYWORDS: production history lotus file seven elite elan europa auto cars reference guide sports racing
Down the Bay: The History of the Ferries on Otago Harbour
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 151pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing and soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Ship & Marine Society Inc. 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago harbour marine nautical illustrated history ferry ferries regional
Early Wooden Railways
Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 436pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & scuffing/chafing to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1970
KEYWORDS: rail transport trains tracks engineering wood wooden history
Secret History: The Story of Cryptology
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxv + 594pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: CRC Press 2013
KEYWORDS: data encryption computer science security cryptography history ciphers
Music in Ancient Greece and Rome
Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, xii + 296pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's price label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 1999
KEYWORDS: music history Greece Greek Rome Roman entertainment illustrated
The Thoroughbred Among Banks in New Zealand 1872-2000 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOLUME SET, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt pattern to front boards, xii + 225-266pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to some extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spines, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The National Bank of New Zealand 1997-2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand banking banks history finance economics
The NZR Steam Locomotive
Lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 336pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light foxing & adhesion to some pages throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, ligth fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society, Inc. 2011
KEYWORDS: steam rail New Zealand NZR history illustrated transport trains locomotives
One More Mile on the NZR
lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ in d/w VG
PUBLISHER: The Junction Press 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history signed transport trains rail steam locomotive Bob Reid illustrated NZR
The Taieri Plain: Tales of the Years That Are Gone
SIGNED BY AUTHORS, FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, greencloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 238pp, illus/plates, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light scuffing & chafing to spine & boards, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago regional history illustrated Taieri signed
The Lumbee Indians: An American Struggle
Super octavo, cream cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, xix + 304pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Lumbee Indians US America native American tribes Indian history North Carolina
Franz Schubert: A Biography
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 362pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Schubert classical composers music biography memoir history
Jane's World Railways 1969-70 (Twelfth Edition)
Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, 57pp ads + vii + 733pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl staining/discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light read staining to lower page edges of eps) in d/w, VG (moderate staining & discolouration to edges, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low Marston & Co 1969
KEYWORDS: Jane's railways history rail transport trains operation equipment twelfth 12th edition engineering mechanical mechanics engines illustrated
The Distinguished History of 3rd Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery 1940-1990
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#99/200) quarto, bllack heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 90pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: 3rd Field Regiment 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history 3rd third field regiment royal artillery
Labour of Love: Childbirth at Dunedin Hospital 1862-1972
SIGNED & DATED, lg quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 294pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & corners, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Adelhaid Wassner 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dunedin hospital maternity children child birth childbirth obstetrics