Books - "history"
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The Permanent New Zealand Court of Appeal: Essays on the First 50 Years
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 377pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand law legal system justice court of appeal history essays prose literature collection anthology
Disaster at Cane Creek: An Unforgettable Story Especially For Those Who Lived It
Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, 635pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Dulcinea Publishing 2017
KEYWORDS: Cane Creek disaster potash mine explosion Moab Utah modern history
The First Black Boxing Champions: Essays on Fighters of the 1800s to the 1920s
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, viii + 294pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company 2011
KEYWORDS: sport boxing race champions 19th nineteenth century history biographies African American
The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr Richard Hooker, Mr George Herbert and Dr Robt. Sanderson
Duodecimo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt tooling & blind decoration to front board, aeg, frontispiece, 426pp, illus/portraits, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light cracking to gutters, light sporadic foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Society For Promoting Christian Knowledge 1857
KEYWORDS: biographies biography memoir John Donne Henry Wotton Richard Hooker George Herbert Robert Sanderson history religion theology
A Moral Truth: 150 Years of Investigative Journalism in New Zealand
Octavo, grey light card covers with french flaps, red & black lettering to spine & covers, 445pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand journalism reporting investigative history media
The Art of Flower Arrangement in Japan: A Sketch of its History and Development
Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, 234pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light pencil jottings & prev. seller's label to rear pastedown, light to moderate cracking & foxing to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Country Life 1933
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese flower arranging history hobbies oriental seasons vases
The Death of the Artist
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: Henry Holt 2020
KEYWORDS: art history contemporary business technology modern society economics economic threat to artists artistry artisan
Cavaliers & Roundheads: The English at War, 1642 - 1649
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: BCA 1999
KEYWORDS: English civil war cavaliers roundheads history 17th seventeenth century King Charles 1st first Oliver Cromwell
The Life and Times of the New York School
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+) some light pencil markings to margins; 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: Adams & Dart 1972
KEYWORDS: art painting history US America American New York School Jackson Pollock
The Messianic Legacy
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover (VG) in dw/ (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 1986
KEYWORDS: religion religious conspiracy theories theory conspiracy alternative history Jesus Christianity first edition
The Lost Fortune of the Tsars
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw/ (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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1994
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian royal family tsars Romanoff Romanovs money wealth mystery history
Maori Folk Art
EX-LIBRARY, imperial 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: Century Hutchinson 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori folk art history Alan Taylor
The Monastic Achievement
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: Thames and Hudson 1972
KEYWORDS: monastaries history medieval ancient religion monks
The Women of the Cousins' War: The Duchess, the Queen and the King's Mother
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: Simon & Schuster 2011
KEYWORDS: first edition history Philippa Gregory Jacquetta of Luxembourg Elizabeth Woodville Margaret Beaufort biographies royal families
Cosima Wagner
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: Julia MacRae Books 1983
KEYWORDS: Cosima Wagner biography memoir music classical history Richard
Katherine Swynford: The Story of John the Gaunt and His Scandalous Duchess
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: Jonathan Cape 2007
KEYWORDS: history Katherine Swynford John the Gaunt medieval England English romance relationships first edition
The Princes in the Tower
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: Ballantine Books 1992
KEYWORDS: royal family first edition Alison Weir history King Edward v 5th fifth Richard Duke of York death princes Richard iii 3rd third
Henry VIII: King and Court
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: Jonathan Cape 2001
KEYWORDS: first edition royal family kings of England Henry viii 8th eighth history
All the King's Women: Love, Sex and Politics in the Life of Charles II
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: Ted Smart / Hutchinson 2003
KEYWORDS: British English royal family history Charles ii 2nd second romance sex lives kings monarchy
Alice: Princess Andrew of Greece
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: Hamish Hamilton 2000
KEYWORDS: royalty monarchy history biography alice princess greece european english windsor prince philip