Books - "history"
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High Country Journey
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, SL INSECT DAMAGE TO PRELIMS- V. MINOR, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1952
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history Peter Newton high country
Deadly Australian Women
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: ABC Books 2013
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian women murder homicide true crime murderers history
Britain's Last Frontier: A Journey Along the Highland Line
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Birlinn 2012
KEYWORDS: British history highlands Scotland Scottish
Victorian Women
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1993
KEYWORDS: history women Victorian era English gender women's studies
A Very English Deceit: The Secret History of the South Sea Bubble and the First Great Financial Scandal
LACKS FEP, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2002
KEYWORDS: English England history 18th eighteenth century The Bubble scandal
London at War 1939-1945
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Pimlico 2002
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British history London blitz damage
The Spirit of the Hills
LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1946
KEYWORDS: British landscapes history
Makers of Distinction: Suppliers to the Town and Country Gentleman
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Harvill Press 1959
KEYWORDS: social commentary literature Town and Country clothing fashion history Thomas Girtin
A Country of Memorable Honour
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: George G. Harrap & Co 1953
KEYWORDS: Wales Welsh history British Thomas Firbank culture
The Private Lives of English Words
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1984
KEYWORDS: linguistics dictionary words English language meaning origins literary history
The Singing Island: The Story of Tiritiri Matangi
Square 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Godwit/Random House 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds history ornithology tiritiri matangi nature
The Musical Educator: A Library of Musical Instruction by Eminent Specialists (Five Volume Set)
FIVE VOLUME SET, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Caxton Publishing 1910
KEYWORDS: music musical instruction education John Greig history
Bulletin 8: Cook Bicentenary Expedition in the South-West Pacific
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Royal Society of New Zealand 1971
KEYWORDS: south west pacific exploration Captain James Cook history maritime nautical
The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov and the Upheaval of an Empire
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2009
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Pyotr Smirnov vodka alcohol industry business Smirnoff history
Mountain Men of Milford
SIGNED, 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: The Caxton Press 1988
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand literature Jack Ede history
Intervention and Counterinsurgency: An Annotated Bibliography of the Small Wars of the United States, 1898-1984
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine + front board, xxxviii + 321pp, VG (minor soiling to boards, library adhesive label to spine/boards, library stamp + cancellation mark to half title page, stamp to colophon, adhesive label to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: history bibliography united states usa war small wars counterinsurgency deep politics imperialism interventionism
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1901: Vol. XXXIV
BINDING BROKEN, COVER LOOSE, MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, soft card covers, frontispiece, xix + 627pp + xlv plates, illus, poor (binding broken, much of spine disintegrated, cover detached, remnants of tape repar to front cover and spine, edges of cover missing, prev owner's name in ink to cover, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy foxing to eps, moderate foxing to plates
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1902
KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings science natural history
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1902: Vol. XXXV
COVER LOOSE, MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, light card covers, frontispiece, xx + 619pp + liv plates, tatty (heavy cracking and disintegration of spine, cover loose, prev owner's name in ink+ moderate foxing + cracking to cover, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1903
KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1893: Vol. XXVI
MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, soft card covers, xix + 711pp + lii plates + fold-out charts, tatty (heavy creasing & cracking to spine w/ 5cm chip missing from bottom + 1cm missing from top, moderate foxing + staining to covers, remains of prev owner's name in ink to cover, moderate foxing to eps + prelims, light foxing throughout
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1894
KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1888: Vol. XXI
MOST PAGES UNCUT, octavo, soft card covers, xxi + 559pp + xxxvi plates, illus, tatty (heavy warping + rubbing & light cracking to spine w/ some surface loss + chipping at head & foot, light foxing to cover, moderate tanning + light foxing to page edges, sporadic light foxing & soiling to margins throughout, adhesive residue to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute 1889
KEYWORDS: new zealand institute proceedings history science