Books - "history"
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Posted Love: New Zealand Love Letters
Oblong 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: Penguin 1999
KEYWORDS: new zealand history love letters correspondance katherine mansfield
The Racket: How Abortion Became Legal in Australia
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: Melbourne University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: legalization of abortion decriminalisation history australia women's rights
The Bauhaus Reassessed: Sources and Design Theory
Ex-library. 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: Herbert 1985
KEYWORDS: bauhaus design art history theory product sculpture
The Elegant Carriage
Ex-library. 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: Allan 1961
KEYWORDS: history of the horse-drawn carriage horse drawn vehicles transport identifying reference guide
The Fords: An American Epic
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: Summit Books 1987
KEYWORDS: henry ford history dynasty motor car company united states of america business
History of the Highlands; and of Highland Clans
4 VOL SET IN 8 BOOKS, FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, green patterned buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plates to spines, frontis with tissue guard to first book, lxxii + 447-504pp total per vol + prelims of prev. vols to rear- some uncut, plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems- heavy to vol 8 with sl loss, title plate of vol 8 flapping but still attached, moderate chafing to boards & spines, binding completely separated to vol 3, moderate tanning & foxing to pages & edges to all vols, prev. owner's names in ink & pencil to title pages/prelims of all vols, moderate cracking to some gutters throughout, sm holes to prelims of vol 6)
PUBLISHER: A. Fullerton & Co 1836-1838
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history families clans genealogy highlands
Chinese Jades in the Stanley Charles Nott Collection; Being an Illustrated Descriptive Record: Exhaustively Reviewing the Symbolic Ritualistic Appurtenances of Chinese Jades and Their Various Sacrificial Usages. Describing Fully the Involved Formulas
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#508/1000), lg quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, page edges stained green, illus eps, frontispiece, xvi + 536pp + cxviii plates, illus, VG (moderate chipping to board & spine extrems/edges, light chafing & scuffing to spine & boards, fading to coloured page edges, sm ex-libris plate + prev. bookseller's labe to front pastedown, light cracking to some gutters throughout, sl tanning & foxing to pgs throughout, sl tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: The Norton Gallery and School of Art 1942
KEYWORDS: Chinese jade collection Stanley Charles Nott illustrated antiquity history religion religious uses rituals superstitions
The Drama of Conservation: The History of Pureora Forest, New Zealand
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xvii + 357pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Springer/DOC 2015
KEYWORDS: doc department of conservation New Zealand history Pureora Forest woodland native wildlife Maori European
The Merchant Schooners (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus title pgs to both vols, vol 1- 264pp, vol 2- 259pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tape staining to front & rear eps) in d/w & mylar protective wrappers, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy bruise/scuff to top corner of front of vol 1 wrapper, moderate fading to spine of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1968
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical schooners boats ships history merchant building England Wales English Welsh
Original Mustang 1967-1970; The Restorer's Guide
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w & removable plastic mylar cover, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks/MBI Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: classic cars Mustang history restoration restoring transport engineering engines 1967 1968 1969 1970
Charles Buchan's Football Monthly
Quarto, illus heavy boards with maroon cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 175pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Max Media Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: football soccer sport road to wembley history
New Zealand Army Involvement: Special Operations Australia South-West Pacific World War II
INSCRIBED AS FIRST COPY, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps/prelims) in d/w, VG (light scuffing & chipping/creasing to edges, light chafing, sl foxing to flaps & internal sides)
PUBLISHER: The Pentland Press 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand war military history special operations ops Australia southw west pacific ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Z special unit signed
The Grandeur That Was Rome
ONE OF 300 COPIES, THIS ONE INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, sm octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to leather spine, teg, deckled page edges, 76pp, VG (heavy chipping to spine & extrems with some loss & cracking)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Club 1927
KEYWORDS: signed ancient history Rome John Maxcy Zane
The Benzine Era: Spectacular Days in New Zealand History 1900-1926
DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED RECEIPT FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine, viii + 120pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to covers & spine)
PUBLISHER: N. H. Brewer & J. S. McDermott 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Benzine signed N H Brewer pioneers settlers
The Life of the Bee
Quarto, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, printed eps, vii + 235pp, illus/plates- all present, VG- (heavy bruising & cracking to spine with 7cm loss to top spine extrem, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Gearge Allen & Co 1912
KEYWORDS: Maurice Maeterlinck bees nature history literature insects bee-keeping illustrated apiaries
The Australian Pub
Imperial octavo hardcover (soft boards) (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: University of New South Wales Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history colonial times pubs social
Dance Little Ladies: The Days of the Debutante
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Orbis Publishing 1977
KEYWORDS: history debutante marriage relationships women
Formula One: The Australian and New Zealand Story
Imperial 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: Allen & Unwin 2021
KEYWORDS: grand prix formula one history Australia New Zealand motorsport cars racing
High Country Journey
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, SL INSECT DAMAGE TO PRELIMS- V. MINOR, imperial 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1952
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history Peter Newton high country
Girt: The Unauthorised History of Australia: Volume 1: From Megafauna to Macquarie
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: Black Inc. 2013
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history humour humor comedy David Hunt biography culture