Books - "history"
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The Maori History and Legends of the Waitakere Ranges
Scarce; Imperial octavo, illus stapled light card covers, 48pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & creasing to cover edges, light tanning & fading to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: The Lodestar Press 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori regional history Waitakere Ranges legends culture
The German Revolution and the Debate on Soviet Power: Documents: 1918-1919 Preparing the Founding Congress
Super octavo, purple glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 772pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Pathfinder 2012
KEYWORDS: early 20th twentieth century political history politics German Germany Soviet philosophy documents collection communism
Mana Magic: How You Can Use the Powerful Huna Secret of Ancient Hawaii in Today's High-Tech World
UNDERLINING TO TEXT IN INK, octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, xii + 83pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover & ffep, light tanning to page edges, aforementioned moderate ink underlining to text throughout)
PUBLISHER: Barnhart Press 1988
KEYWORDS: magic Hawaii esoteric ancient anthropology history antiquity myths legends huna mana kahuna
Flying the Thermal Skies: A History of Aviation in the Rotorua District
Imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, vi + 295pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, ex-libris label to full title page, signature in ink to intro page- author?) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Thermalart Productions 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation Rotorua history rnzaf Don Stafford
The Digger; Being the Unofficial Record of the Early Days of the 41st Rft. at Sea
Imperial octavo, illus blue stapled light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 32pp, illus, VG- (covers completely detached from pages but present & complete, moderate creasing & chafing/soiling to front cover, 3cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repair, heavy staining to rear cover, moderate rusting to staples, moderate creasing & occasional closed tearing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to pages, central pages completely detached but present)
PUBLISHER: Cape Times (Printer) (Date not Stated)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military war history 41st reinforcements
British Myths & Legends (3 Vol Set)
THREE VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spines, frontis to vol 1, 708pp total, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing& soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society
KEYWORDS: British Britain myths legends folio society magic heroes saints history romance
The Symbolism of the Gods of the Egyptians and the Light They Throw on Freemasonry
LACKS D/W, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, ix + 126pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: The Baskerville Press 1970
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history freemasonry influence symbolism symbols gods deities wisdom
With Pen and Camera: Interviews With Celebrities
Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, xv + 283pp, illus/photos, VG- (light scuffing & bruising to board edges & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, numerous ownership names in ink to front pastedown & prelims, heavy cracking to some gutters, binding shaky)
PUBLISHER: R. A. Everett & Co 1904
KEYWORDS: collection anthology interviews W B Northrop history
Maori Folk-Tales of the Port Hills; Canterbury New Zealand
First edition, Small octavo, illus light card string bound covers, folding map to frontispiece, 73pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing/chipping to edges with light fading to spine, light foxing to page edges, light soiling to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Canterbury history regional folk tales legends christchurch otautahi
The State Within a State: The KGB and Its Hold on Russia - Past, Present, and Future
Super octavo hardcover (VG, foxing to page edges) 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: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 1994
KEYWORDS: russia soviet union kgb espionage history russian
Cultural Atlas of Japan
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: Phaidon 1988
KEYWORDS: japan japanese cullture cultural atlas illustrated history
More Homes of the Pioneers and Other Buildings: Pen and Wash Drawings by A.J. Mair with text by J.A. Hendry F.N.Z.I.A.
Oblong 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: The Caxton Press 1974
KEYWORDS: architecture christchurch new zealand history settlers pioneers houses pen and wash drawings a.j. mair
Track and Road: The American Trotting Horse: A Visual Record 1820 to 1900 from the Harry T. Peters America on Stone Lithography Collection
Oblong 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: Smithsonian Institution Press 1969
KEYWORDS: horse horses horsemanship equestrian america american industry transportation history smithsonian
Tamatea Motuti
Octavo staped wrappers (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: NZ Forest Products Ltd. 1987
KEYWORDS: tamatea motuti marae history carving architecture panguru hokianga northland maori
Memoir of the Sixties
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, square 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: Remuera Gallery 2008
KEYWORDS: auckland art artists memoir 1960s sixties new zealand history lois mcivor
Japan: Its History and Culture
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: Readers Union 1974
KEYWORDS: japan history culture art architecture music japanese asia asian
Samizdat: Voices of the Soviet Opposition
lOctavo 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: Pathfinder 2013
KEYWORDS: samizdat soviet union ussr communism culture resistance history
The History of American Trotskyism 1928-1938: Report of a participant
Octavo softcover (Near 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: Pathfinder 2009
KEYWORDS: leon trotsky trotskyism communism communist america american marxist marxism history james cannon bolshevism bolshevist socialist workers party iww industrial workers world
Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration in New Zealand
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: R.E. Owen, Government Printer, 1963
KEYWORDS: industrial conciliation arbitration new zealand labour labor history equap pay committee workers rights
The History of Otago: The Origins and Growth of a Wakefield Class Settlement
1975 REPRINT, 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: Capper Press 1975
KEYWORDS: otago south island history settlement colonisation colonialism gold rush shortland free church