Books - "history"
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The German Revolution and the Debate on Soviet Power: Documents: 1918 - 1919 Preparing the Founding Congress
Super octavo, glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 772pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Pathfinder 2012
KEYWORDS: Lenin speeches writings German Germany communism revolution early 20th twentieth century Soviets Russian soviet party history politics social science sociology philosophy
Labour in Irish History
Duodecimo, grey light card covers, black lettering to covers, unpaginated prelims, 216pp, scruffy (covers completely detached but re-attached by heavy tape repairs, heavy chipping to spine with considerable loss to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep, some rusting to staples)
PUBLISHER: Irish Transport & General Workers' Union 1934
KEYWORDS: Irish Ireland politics Labour history unions workers transport lower working rebellion classes sociology
Singapore and the Asian Revolutions
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, vi + 308pp, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey C, Gunn 2008
KEYWORDS: Singapore revolution politics political movements history
Pragmatism Versus Marxism: An Appraisal of John Dewey's Philosophy
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue & white lettering to spine, 443pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Pathfinder 2017
KEYWORDS: criticism John Dewey analysis politics philosophy Marxism ideology history
Ten Years' Military Terror in Indonesia
SCARCE, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 299pp, VG- (light to moderate creasing & scuffing to cover edges & spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning/foxing & staining to page edges, moderate cracking to rear gutter with separation at spine to lower edge, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional pencil underlining & markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1975
KEYWORDS: Indonesia politics oppression violence military terror history
Discovered Isles: A Trilogy
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, brown cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 281pp, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (chipping to edges & spine with some loss, moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & edges, ligth foxing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1950
KEYWORDS: M H Holcroft trilogy New Zealand first edition thus literature discovered isles history
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
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
Notes From a Backblock Hospital
LACKS D/W, super octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 208pp, VG (light bruising & fraying to extrems, light discolouration to board edges, light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1938
KEYWORDS: New Zealand health healthcare history medical medicine science
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