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$16.50
xxyla179178

A History of the Peoples of the British Isles: From 1870 to the Present


HEYCK, THOMAS WILLIAM

Small stain on binding. 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: Routledge 2002

KEYWORDS: british britain history england english scottish scotland irish ireland welsh wales 1870 twentieth century politics

$32.50
xxyla179198

An Uncommon Hangman


FRANKS, RACHEL

Octavo softcover (N. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: NewSouth 2022

KEYWORDS: robert nosey bob howard true crime australian history australia hangman punishment justice death penalty

$17.50
xxyla179206

The Old Land Claims in New Zealand


LEE, JACK

Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Northland Historical Publications 1993

KEYWORDS: new zealand land claims court aotearoa maori sovereignty history treaty of waitangi

$30.00
xxyla179209

Elizabeth: The Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum


DORAN, SUSAN (edit.) & STARKEY, DAVID (curator)

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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2003

KEYWORDS: queen elizabeth court of ruling british history english monarch monarchy clothing portraits elizabethan dress fashion visual

$24.50
xxyla179212

Elizabeth & Georgiana: The Duke of Devonshire & His Two Duchesses


CHAPMAN, CAROLINE & DORMER, JANE

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: John Murray 2002

KEYWORDS: bess lady elizabeth forster duchess of devonshire british history mistress english court

$30.00
xxyla179213

Henrietta Howard: King's Mistress, Queen's Servant


BORMAN, TRACY

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: Jonathan Cape 2007

KEYWORDS: henrietta howard mistress countess of suffolk king george ii british english history court

$27.50
xxylb179218

Redcoats and Rebels: The War for America 1770-1781


HIBBERT, CHRISTOPHER

First edition. 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: Grafton 1990

KEYWORDS: american war of independence history united states of british military

$22.50
xxylb179219

With Napoleon's Guns: The Official Memoirs of an Officer of the First Empire


NOEL, COLONEL JEAN-NICHOLAS-AUGUSTE; BRINDLE, ROSEMARY (ed. & trans.)

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: Greenhill Books 2005

KEYWORDS: memoirs of an officer in the napoleonic army french empire napoleon military history

$30.00
xxylb179222

War-Path and Bivouac: The Conquest of the Sioux


FINERTY, JOHN F. & KNIGHT, OLIVER (intro.)

Small 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 Oklahoma 1967

KEYWORDS: colonisation of the united states of america 1876 sioux campaign military history dakota indian wars of 1876 nez perce 1877

$22.50
xxylb179223

FDR and the News Media


WINFIELD, BETTY HOUCHIN

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

$18.50
xxylb179224

Ironbridge: History and Guide


HAYMAN, RICHARD & HORTON, WENDY

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

$22.50
xxylb179226

Elizabethan England: Life in an Age of Adventure


PLOWDEN, ALISON

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

$100.00
1y84a/1

Education and Educationists in Otago


ROSS, Rev. C. STUART

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

$40.00
1y84a/2

Early Otago and Some of its Notable Men


ROSS, Rev. C. STUART

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

$45.00
1y84a/3

The Inch: The Reproduction and Update of the Story of Stirling and Inch Clutha


RUTHERFORD, ALMA M.

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

$50.00
1y84a/4

School Beginnings: A Nineteenth Century Colonial Story


MAY, HELEN

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

$45.00
1y84a/5

Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World: An Examination of Stories, Ceremonies and Practices Regarding Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World


MURPHY, NGAHUIA

Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 179pp, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: He Puna Manawa 2020

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori women wahine menstruation customs culture history pre-colonial times biology

$50.00
1y84a/10

The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor


CULME, JOHN & RAYNER, NICHOLAS

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

$40.00
1y84a/14

The Archaeologist's Field Handbook


BURKE, HEATHER & SMITH, CLAIRE

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

$40.00
1y84a/23

Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History


SCHNEIDER, PAUL

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

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