Books - "history"
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FDR and the News Media
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 1990
KEYWORDS: fdr news media studies history politics franklin delano roosevelt american united states of america attorney
Ironbridge: History and Guide
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Tempus 2007
KEYWORDS: ironbridge gorge history guide industrial revolution british english
Elizabethan England: Life in an Age of Adventure
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Reader's Digest 1982
KEYWORDS: elizabethan england english history british culture queen elizabeth shakespearean london society
Education and Educationists in Otago
EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 255pp, VG (minimal library stamps/markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to some gutters, occasional light pencil markings & underlining to text)
PUBLISHER: Wise, Caffin & Co 1890
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education history C Stuart Ross Otago
Early Otago and Some of its Notable Men
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 199pp + 2pp index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minimal library markings, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sm inscriptions/notations in ink & pencil to full title page, moderate creasing at gutters, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, occasional light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: J. Wilkie & Co 1907
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history biographies C Stuart Ross
The Inch: The Reproduction and Update of the Story of Stirling and Inch Clutha
Updated edition, octavo, illus light card covers, dark green lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, includes FOLDING MAP LOOSELEY ENCLOSED, VG (light folding/creasing to spine, light creasing/curling to cover edges, small tear to fep.)
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe (Printer) 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Clutha Inch Stirling
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