Books - "history"
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The Code of the Warrior: In History, Myth and Everyday Life
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: HarperPerennial 1991
KEYWORDS: new age myths ancient history warriors war soldiers
The Control of Nature
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: Hutchinson Radius 1990
KEYWORDS: ancient history nature environment climate ecology
Enchanting Bellamy
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (Tatty); 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: William Heinemann 1956
KEYWORDS: biography memoir actresses George Anne Bellamy theatre theater stage drama history
Great Escape Stories
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy); 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 and Nicolson 1958
KEYWORDS: collection anthology literature short stories great escapes military history
Absolut: Biography of a Bottle
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: Texere LLC 2000
KEYWORDS: drink alcohol alcoholic vodka business history Sweden Swedish
The Strange Death of Edmund Godfrey: Plots and Politics in Restoration London
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: Sutton Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: Edmund Godfrey history politics restoration
Phoenix Triumphant: The Rise and Rise of the Luftwaffe
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: Arms and Armour Press 1994
KEYWORDS: aviation military history Germany German air force Luftwaffe nazi
Jipping Street
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: Virago 1983
KEYWORDS: Kathleen Woodward autobiography memoir social history
More Homes of the Pioneers and Other Buildings
EX-LIBRARY, oblong 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: The Caxton Press 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa homes architecture buildings pioneers history
The Cruise of the Ruamano
LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Farmers Trading Co 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa sailing boating history
Louis Vuitton City Bags: A Natural History
REASONABLY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, folio, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 397pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, adhesive mylar covering to boards, binding sl shaky/loose, moderate coffee stain to top page edges, som emoderate creasing/folding to fold-out pages)
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 2013
KEYWORDS: fashion Louis Vuitton handbags baggage history accessories business bags
Pacific Jewellery and Adornment
EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, grey lettering to spine, 189pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, adhesive mylar covering to covers- flaps stuck to covers, light fading to spine, sl scuffing to extrems & covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2004
KEYWORDS: Pacific island islands jewellery crafts pacifika culture history
Going By Train: The Complete New Zealand Railways Story
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 304pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing & scuffing to lower edges)
PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa transport history rail trains locomotives steam
Maori Art and Design: A Guide to Classic Weaving, Painting, Carving and Architecture
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, adhesive mylar covering to covers with light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning to spine & covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges- internally v tidy)
PUBLISHER: New Holland Publishers 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Maori art design crafts weaving painting carving architecture history culture
Down to Earth: Adobe Architecture: An Old Idea, A New Future
Imperial octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, binding sl loose, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, light to moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & creasing to covers with moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Facts on File 1983
KEYWORDS: ancient history unbaked earth architecture Adobe buildings
Danes Go West: A Book About the Emigration to America
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers with flaps, black lettering to spine, 303pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading & scuffing to spine, light chafing & surface loss to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Rebild National Park Society 1976
KEYWORDS: signed US America American migration history emigration migrants pioneers settlers European Denmark Danish
Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand; a History
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR ON TITLE PAGE, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, colour shaded lettering to spine, illus title page, 431pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history signed first editions Paul Moon
New Zealand Nurses: Caring For Our People 1880-1950
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 376pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa nursing nurses medical history health industry
Flight to America: The Social Background of 300,000 Danish Emigrants
FIRST EDITION, 1975 INSCRIBED DATED & SIGNED, THEN INSCRIBED & DATED AGAIN BY AUTHOR IN 1992, LOOSELY ENCLOSED THREE PUBLISHED BOUND ARTICLES BY AUTHOR- ONE INSCRIBED & SIGNED, super octavo, brown faux leather boards, orange lettering & silver gilt trim to spine & front board, viii + 214pp, illus/diagrams, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate tanning, foxing & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Academic Press 1975
KEYWORDS: first edition signed US America American migration Denmark Danish social history
The Official Handbook of New Zealand: A Collection of Papers by Experienced Colonists on the Colony as a Whole, and on the Several Provinces
FIRST EDITION, ALL 7 PHOTOGRAPHS (AS NOTED IN CONTENTS), octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, marbled page edges, 272pp, photos, folding maps & illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems with some surface loss, light fading to marbling on page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout, minor creasing & foxing & closed tearing to folding map at pg184)
PUBLISHER: Wyman & Sons 1875
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa handbook history first edition papers collection literature colonists colonial