Books - "history"
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School Beginnings: A Nineteenth Century Colonial Story
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, illus eps, 252pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & coevr edges, light soiling & fading to front cover)
PUBLISHER: NZCER Press 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history education Maori Pakeha 19th nineteenth century
The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor
Lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, light foxing to page edges, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, sl occasional foxing to pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1987
KEYWORDS: Duchess Duke of Windsor King Edward viii 8th jewellry antiques history royal family abdication British monarchy design designers
The Archaeologist's Field Handbook
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown/illus lettering to spine, xxii + 406pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling & light tanning to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2004
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology guide handbook fieldwork excavations navigation mapping maps sites surveying ancient history data collection
Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History
Super octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 394pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: John Macrae/Henry Holt & Company 2013
KEYWORDS: US American North America history mississippi river
Napoleon's Prisoner of War: Experiences of a British Officer During the Napoleonic Wars in Spain and France
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 436pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Leonaur 2009
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte napoleonic wars military history Spain France grande armee prisoner of war experience French British soldiers Andrew Thomas Blayney
All For the King's Shilling: The British Soldier Under Wellington, 1808-1814
Super octavo, terracotta heavy boards, gilt lettering to buckram spine, textured eps, xxiv + 374pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to rear board, sl foxing to page edges, light creasing to top corners of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & bruising to edges/corners- particularly at rear)
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 2010
KEYWORDS: British army Wellington peninsular campaign napoleonic wars military history
Nedwill: That 'Peppery' Irish Surgeon: New Zealand's Outstanding Public Health Pioneer
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, x + 356pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Hawthorne Press w/ The Cotter Medical History Trust 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir Courtney Nedwill medical surgeon health healthcare history
A History of Croydon Siding (1856-1985)
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, viii + 152pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light tape staining to full title page & verso, prev. owner's names in ink to half title page & rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: The Gore Publishing Co. (Printer) 1985
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand regional history Croydon Siding southland Alex Dickie
The New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840-1925
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems & spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout, moderate creasing to full title page, occasional ink markings to pages/text throughout, some page edges roughly cut)
PUBLISHER: W. A. G. Skinner, Gov't Printer 1925
KEYWORDS: New Zealand government parliament history records constitution governors ministers general assembly
Observations of a Rural Nurse
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, green lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims/terminals, 297pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Sara McIntyre regional history King Country autobiography art photography
The Rolling Stones: 50
Lg quarto, black heavy boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp publisher's motif to front board, illus prelims, 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2012
KEYWORDS: rock music Rolling Stones autobiography entertainment history Jagger Richards Watts Woods Wyman
Matthews of Kaitaia: The Story of Joseph Matthews and the Kaitaia Mission
Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xiv + 232pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some sl loss, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Joseph Matthews Kaitaia pioneers settlers
Egmont: The Story of a Mountain
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand egmont mountains Taranaki history mountaineering hiking climbing exploration Scanlan
Otago Pioneer Women's Memorial
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: Otago Daily Times (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago pioneers settlers history women
The Citadel at the Gate: The Story of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Arrowtown
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: Otago Daily Times (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa south island Arrowtown churches history religion
A Decade of Revival: Auckland War Memorial Museum
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Balasoglou Books 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Auckland war memorial museum history renovations buildings architecture
The Road Since Structure: Philosophical Essays, 1970-1993, With an Autobiographical Interview
Super octavo hardcover (VG) light water staining to top of page corners; 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 Chicago Press 2000
KEYWORDS: essays philosophy collection anthology literature prose history
Revolution and Improvement: The Western World 1775-1847
EX-LIBRARY - VERY MINIMAL MARKINGS, NONE EXTERNAL, 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 1976
KEYWORDS: revolution history restorations politics economics ideology power balance
The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
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: Harvill Secker 2012
KEYWORDS: Alexandre Dumas biography history French Revolution literary inspiration slavery war politics
May the Seven Rivers of Hiroshima Reach the Galaxy
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: Merriam Press 2012
KEYWORDS: Japan Hiroshima history atomic bombs peace