Books - "history"
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Government in New Zealand
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) tidy archival repair to jacket; 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: Department of Internal Affairs 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand government history politics parliament centennial surveys
The Social Structure of Revolutionary America
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: Princeton University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: US America American history social philosophy
Southern Celts: Stories From People of Irish and Scottish Descent in Aotearoa
Super 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: Mary Egan Publishing 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand anthropology culture cultural history Irish Scottish heritage celts celtic gaelic
The Natural History of Antelopes
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: Facts on File Publications 1986
KEYWORDS: natural history deer antelope animals nature environment
Schools of Hellas: An Essay on the Practice and Theory of Ancient Greek Education From 600 to 300 BC (Third Edition)
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: Macmillan & Co 1922
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek education history antiquity
Tokugawa Religion: The Cultural Roots of Modern Japan
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 Free Press 1985
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture cultural history religion social
Society and the Dance: The Social Anthropology of Process and Performance
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: Cambridge University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: dance dancing social history culture stage entertainment anthropology
Volume Two: Capoeira: The Jogo de Angola from Luanda to Cyberspace
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Blue Snake Books c.2005
KEYWORDS: fighting art Afro-Brazilian culture history movement Capoeira dance
Bombs Over Burma
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: F W Cheshire 1944
KEYWORDS: Burma conflict war history W G Burchett British campaign
The H. D. Book
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: University of California Press 2011
KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems verse history criticism appreciation literary
A Port's Story: A Nation's Success
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board edges/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Times Editions Private Ltd 1990
KEYWORDS: Singapore ports trade history port
The Battle of the Bulge in Luxembourg: The Southern Flank December 1944 - January 1945 (2 Vol Set)
Imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spines & front boards, marbles eps, vol 1- 267pp, vol 2- 357pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing c.1995
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Luxembourg battle bulge battles
Fighting Flames
SIGNED, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 338pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, publishing ink stamp to full title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with loss & tape repairs to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Hastings Fire Brigade N/D (c.1986)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand fire service centennial centenary history Hastings emergency services signed Russell W Kirkby
The Commander
FIRST EDITION, ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO JACKET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xii + 160pp, VG- (moderate bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout with some minor markings to margins in ink) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss & archival tape repairs to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, sm ink inscription to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1957
KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography memoir General Sir Ian Hamilton military history
The Paradox of Rembrandt's 'Anatomy of Dr. Tulp'
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 110pp + plates to rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris embossed to ffep, occasional light markings/annotations to margins- unobtrusive)
PUBLISHER: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine 1982
KEYWORDS: first editions art history criticism anatomy Rembrandt medical medicine
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution
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: BBC Books 2005
KEYWORDS: slavery history slave trade Great Britain British US America American Simon Schama
Running With the Buffaloes
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: Lyons Press 2011
KEYWORDS: sport history athletics athletes long distance cross country runners Mark Wetmore Adam Goucher University of Colorado team
In the Long Run
LACKS D/W, 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: Cassell & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: long distance runners athletes history autobiography memoir J H Peters Johnny Johnston
Jim Thorpe: The Legend Remembered
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: Firebird Press / Pelican Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: athletes athletics runners sport history Jim Thorpe biographies memoir
British Cars of the Late Forties 1947-1949
Oblong 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: Frederick Warne & Co c.1974
KEYWORDS: automotive British cars history late 40s forties Olyslager auto library books design engineering