Books - "history"
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The History of Policing in New Zealand Volume Four: A Policeman's Paradise? Policing a Stable Society 1918-1945
This volume only, association copy dated, inscribed & signed by Graeme Dunstall and given to the Hon. Judith Tizard who launched the book, imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 528pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press / Dept of Internal Affairs 1999
KEYWORDS: Graeme Dunstall New Zealand Police FOrce history policing social history
The War in Iraq: A Photo History
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Regan Books/ Harper Collins 2003
KEYWORDS: war military history American British Iraqi invasion photography photographs photographic history Saddam Hussein
Memoirs of the Indian Museum
Slim, quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Manager of publications 1956
KEYWORDS: history indian museum natural history
The Gib: Mount Gibraltar Southern Highlands
large quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Mount Gibraltar Landcare / Wingecarribee SHire COuncil n/d
KEYWORDS: Australia New South Wales The Gib history Bowral Trachyte quarries natural history
English Colonization of North America
Ocatvo 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold Ltd 1968
KEYWORDS: history United States America History Colonial period
In Her Hand: letters of romantic-era British women writers in New Zealand collections
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: University of Otago English department 2013
KEYWORDS: language New Zealand history literature history
The Amazing World of James Hector
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008
KEYWORDS: explorer exploring geology natural history medicine biography James Hector new zealand history
Desiring Arabs
Imperial octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2007
KEYWORDS: arab muslim history western imperialism cultural academic history
New Zealand Colonial Museum Bulletin No.1 1905
First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, 71pp, illus, VG- (front & rear covers missing completely, owner's name & date in ink to title page, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, staples rusting)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Printer 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand museum bulletin geology natural history marine mollusca botany Maori culture history
Juan de la Cierva and his Autogiros
Quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Stenlake Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: aviation history invention development autogiros spanish history planes
The Quest for Becket's Bones: The mystery of the relics of St Thomas Becket of Canterbury
Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: medieval history relics monastery monastic christian cantuerbury english british uk history middle ages
Railways of the World in Colour: Railways at the Turn of the Century 1895-1905
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1969
KEYWORDS: railway railways rail trains history britain british uk history transport
Australia and Homeward
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt ship illus to front board, blind-stamped decorative edging to boards & spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 336pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining to baoards & spine, some browning to page edges, Sunday school prize label to front pastedown, moderate tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing to frontispiece & tissue guard, 4cm closed tear to upper gutter edge of title page, some loosening to gutter)
PUBLISHER: William Briggs 1888
KEYWORDS: Australia natural history animals birds Burke Wills history
Christopher Columbus
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973
KEYWORDS: christopher columbus central latin american history exploration colonial history biography
The Games Ethic and Imperialism
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Viking 1985
KEYWORDS: public school games history imperialism british empire social history
Straight Through from London: The Antipodes and Bounty Islands, New Zealand
Small quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 415pp, illus, VG+ (slight creasing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Heritage Expeditions 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Antipodes Bounty Islands Isles history natural history
Year Away: Wartime Coastwatching on the Auckland Islands, 1944
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to brown spine, frontispiece, xiv + 153pp, VG+ (v. v. slight creasing)
PUBLISHER: Department of Conservation 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland Islands history natural history
Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948 to July 18th, 1948
First edition, 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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1950
KEYWORDS: Jerusalem Israel Jewish history Palestine diary Arab history siege Harry Levin
The Genius of Alexander the Great
Super octavo softcover (nr 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 1998
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics persia empire Greece
Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy: A Biography
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Routledge 1994
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics persia empire Greece biography