Books - "history"
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The Grandeur That Was Rome
ONE OF 300 COPIES, THIS ONE INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to leather spine, teg, deckled page edges, 76pp, VG (heavy chipping to spine & extrems with some loss & cracking)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Club 1927
KEYWORDS: signed ancient history Rome John Maxcy Zane
The Benzine Era: Spectacular Days in New Zealand History 1900-1926
DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED RECEIPT FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine, viii + 120pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to covers & spine)
PUBLISHER: N. H. Brewer & J. S. McDermott 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Benzine signed N H Brewer pioneers settlers
The Life of the Bee
Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, printed eps, vii + 235pp, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking to spine with 7cm loss to top spine extrem, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Gearge Allen & Co 1912
KEYWORDS: Maurice Maeterlinck bees nature history literature insects bee-keeping illustrated apiaries
The Australian Pub
Imperial octavo hardcover (soft boards) (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 New South Wales Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history colonial times pubs social
Dance Little Ladies: The Days of the Debutante
Imperial 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: Orbis Publishing 1977
KEYWORDS: history debutante marriage relationships women
Formula One: The Australian and New Zealand Story
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: Allen & Unwin 2021
KEYWORDS: grand prix formula one history Australia New Zealand motorsport cars racing
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
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