Books - "history"
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The Garden Triumphant : A Victorian Legacy
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: Harper & Row 1988
KEYWORDS: history gardens victorian english landscapes
Agricultural Organization in New Zealand : A Survey of Land Utilization, Farm Organization Finance and Marketing
Super octavo, hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: For New Zealand Institute of Pacific Relations by Melbourne University Press 1936
KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history agriculture agricultural land farm farming
Exploration Fawcett
Super octavo, hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Hutchinson & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: history explorer exploration percy harrison fawcett eccentric mystery biography memoir
The Double Tongue
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, hardcover (nr 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: Faber & Faber 1995
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature historical fiction mythology roman ancient history
The Big Red Train Ride
FIRST EDITION. 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1978
KEYWORDS: modern first edition history memoir travel trains
No Outspan
Super octavo, hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Faber & Faber Ltd 1943
KEYWORDS: memoir history south africa deneys reitz
A Letter To a Young Painter
Small 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: Thames and Hudson 1962
KEYWORDS: essays art history technique painting
Janet Frame's : Kingdom By The Sea - Oamaru
Oblong imperial octavo, softcover (nr FINE); 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: Lincoln University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand oamaru history janet frame
The Tour - Photographs
Centre pages loose, Oblong imperial octavo, softcover (VG, inscription in ink to title page); 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: Thames Publications 1981
KEYWORDS: history springbok tour 1981 politics aotearoa nz new zealand
The Lysander Passenger
Super octavo, softcover (nr FINE); 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: Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Co 2018
KEYWORDS: politics history world war two ww2 wwii raf british lysander
Swan Song : Reflections on Perth and Western Australia 1956 - 1995
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: Centre for Studies of Australia Literature 1995
KEYWORDS: aus australia wa western australia perth history
The Picturesque Garden in Europe
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: Thames and Hudson 2004
KEYWORDS: history gardens picturesque landscapes pictorial
Ticket and Show Card Designing
Super octavo, beige buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, brown lettering & artist illus to front board, viii + 75pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, printer's adhesive label to front pastedown, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout, light to moderate cracking to some central gutters) in d/w, VG-/scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, moderate to heavy tanning)
PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons Ltd 1924
KEYWORDS: art design showcards show cards illustrated guide commerical art advertising history composition historical techniques
The Awa Book of New Zealand Science
Octavo, red heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine, xvi + 368pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, spine cocked, light pencil markings to text & margins sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand science natural history nature illustrated
Misi Utu: Dr D W Hoodless: An Educator's Vision and the Central Medical School, Fiji
Super octavo, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, 139pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, sl tanning/foxing to page edges, sl cracking to front gutters)
PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: Fiji education D W Hoodless medicine medical school biography memoir Pacific healthcare history
The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions (Volume IV)
THIS VOLUME ONLY, DUAL TEXT- ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, PGS I-IV LOOSE BUT PRESENT, PGS 1 & 2 MISSING, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, Maori illus & rule in black to front board, frontispiece, x + 245pp (in English) & 236pp (in Te Reo), VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of frontispiece, light cracking to gutters, some pgs either loose or missing- see aforementioned, moderate sporadic foxing & tanning to pgs throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1888
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori traditions myths mythology history anthropology
Reports of Geological Explorations During 1887-88 With Maps and Sections
Super octavo, cream light stapled covers, black lettering to front cover, folding map to front/frontis, xl + 92pp, illus, folding maps, VG- (moderate creasing & foxing/tanning to spine & covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate rusting/staining to staples, 3cm loss to top edges of title pg to pg 11, light to moderate foxing to pages & folding maps throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1888
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology history landscape exploration
A History of Irish Flags From Earliest Times
Lg quarto, beige faux leather heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to edges & spine with some chipping, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Academy Press 1979
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish heritage flags genealogy history tricolour tricolor
Masa Jepun: Sarawak Under the Japanese1941-1945
Quarto, illus glossy card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 254pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling/tanning to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Sarawak Literary Society n/d c.1998
KEYWORDS: Sarawak history military Japan Asia Malaysia autobiography memoir Bob Reece 2nd second world war two 2 ww2
The Story of the Twelfth: A Record of the 12th Battalion, A.I.F. During the Great War of 1914-1918
Lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 231pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to edges with some sl chippping to top edge)
PUBLISHER: John Burridge Military Antiques 2000
KEYWORDS: military history 12th twelfth battalion aif Australia Australian imperial force ww1 great war first 1st world war 1 one ww1