Books - "history"
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Transport South
Super octavo stapled light card covers (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: Whinstaberry Books N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport bus buses public history south island
The Lyttelton Harbour Board
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: The Christchurch Press (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Lyttelton harbour port board members history
Life on Muzzle: Three Generations on New Zealand's Most Remote Station
Imperial octavo softcover (Near 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin Random House 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Muzzle Station Marlborough farming history
Southland 100
Oblong quarto stapled light card covers (VG) foxing to covers; 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 Southland Centennial Association N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland centennial centenary Invercargill history
Souvenir Programme of the Visit of the Southern Cross to Auckland (Mangere Aerodrome) January 27th, 28th, 29th & 30th
TORN & STAINED, oblong quarto stapled light card covers (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: Wright & Jaques (Printer) 1934
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation southern cross history souvenir programmes flight transport
Italian Cinema: From Neorealism to the Present (Third Edition)
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: Continuum 2001
KEYWORDS: Italy Italian cinema film industry films movies motion pictures neorealism history
The Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music
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: Faber and Faber 2009
KEYWORDS: miles davis jazz kind of blue music history culture america african-american american
Captain James Cook, R.N.: One Hundred and Fifty Years After
FIRST EDITION 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: John Murray 1930
KEYWORDS: first edition captain james cook history exploration colonialism colonization colonisation sailing nautical britain british
The Assassins: Holy Killers of Islam
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: Crucible 1987
KEYWORDS: assassins isma'ili isma'ilis islam shia shiism hasan i-sabah religion history middle east
The Life of Muhammad, Apostle of Allah
Super octavo softcover (Near Fine) in slipcase (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: Folio Society 2004
KEYWORDS: folio society ibn ishaq michael edwardes islam muslim islamic prophet history biography
The Poetry of Tennyson
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: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1986
KEYWORDS: alfred lord tennyson poetry poem poet verse poems britain britsh literary criticism history britain british english
Thackeray: The Uses of Adversity, 1811-1846
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955
KEYWORDS: william makepeace thackeray history biography literature britain british
The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller
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: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: arthur miller america american dramatist playwright theater theatre cambridge critical companion literary critcism history literature
Dickens: The Critical Heritage
The Critical Heritage Series
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: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1986
KEYWORDS: charles dickens literary criticism britain british england english history culture critical heritage series
The Parade's Gone By...
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, top page edges stained pink, illus eps, frontispiece, 580pp + xiii index to rear, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading to board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (in removable protective clear plastic wrapper, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf 1968
KEYWORDS: film motion pictures movies history Kevin Brownlow media studies
Movies and Methods: An Anthology (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, vol 1- xi + 640pp, vol 2- xii + 753pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & curling to cover edges, heavy fading to spine & cover edges of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling to covers & page edges, sl cracking at gutters)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1976-1985
KEYWORDS: film media studies movies history methodology methods motion pictures
Hereford Cathedral: A History
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxii + 672pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Hambledon Press 2000
KEYWORDS: English England British Britain cathedrals architecture buildings history Hereford cathedral
Caligari's Cabinet and Other Grand Illusions: A History of Film Design
Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 264pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page egdes, light foxing to half title page & terminals, light creasing/curling to top corners of rear block of pages) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company 1976
KEYWORDS: film set design motion pictures movies scenery sets realism effects history
The Vanishing Paperclips: America's Aerospace Secret: A Personal Account
Quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, prev. owner's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Monogram Aviation Publications 1988
KEYWORDS: aviation autobiography memoir Hans H Amtmann operation paperclip history
The Christchurch Town Hall 1965-2019: A Dream Renewed
Square imperial octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to front eps, light soiling to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch town hall buildings history earthquake damage architecture