Books - "history"
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Reminiscences of Early Whangarei
SOME ARCHIVAL REPAIR, octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 139pp, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to cover edges with heavy tape repairs, light foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to prelims, moderate rusting to staples, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, some separation to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Mirror Printing and Publishing Co N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Whangarei north island settlers pioneers
Radical Coherency: Selected Essays on Art and Literature 1966 to 2005
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 369pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover egdes, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2011
KEYWORDS: essays prose literature art criticism appreciation interpretation history collection
The Rule and the Model: On the Theory of Architecture and Urbanism
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 500pp, VG (minimal library markings, boards sl warped, light scuffing to extrems, minor tape residue & soiling to board edges, light soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover, light creasing to edges, light wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1997
KEYWORDS: philosophy urban architecture theory buildings history
Encyclopedia of the Book (Second Edition)
SECOND EDITION, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxiii + 551pp, illus, VG+ (sl peeling & curling to cover edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oak Knoll Press 1996
KEYWORDS: encyclopaedia encyclopedia books dictionaries history
Personal Narrative of Military Travel and Adventure in Turkey and Persia; Comprising a Brief Sketch of the Chequered Life of the Author
Octavo, textured red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xvi + 303pp, scruffy (heavy scuffing to spine & board extrems, with some surface loss, heavy chafing & surface loss to boards with some moderate staining, heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, presentation plate to front pastedown, heavy cracking to gutters, ffep missing, moderate soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1859
KEYWORDS: military history travel literature adventure Turkey Persia
American Journalists in the Great War: Rewriting the Rules of Reporting
Super octavo hardcover (Near 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 2017
KEYWORDS: ww1 first 1st world war 1 one i the Great War journalism reporting news US America American 20th twentieth century history
Beyond Forget: Rediscovering the Prairies
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: Chatto & Windus 1988
KEYWORDS: Canada Canadian history landscapes prairies provinces travel literature writing
The Long Shadow: Australia's Vietnam Veterans Since the War
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: NewSouth Publishing 2020
KEYWORDS: military history Vietnam war Australia Australians soldiers servicemen veterans biographies psychology mental health conflict combat active duty
Thomas Gilchrist and Sons Limited of the Maniototo
Quarto stiff card covers (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: Quentin Wilson Publishing 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history business Thomas Gilchrist Maniototo central Otago general stores trading
Liquid History: The Thames Through Time
Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 2003
KEYWORDS: history London River Thames trade culture photos photography
Prendergast: Legal Villain?
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: Victoria University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand law legal history James Prendergast biography memoir
In Search of Peace: A Chapter in the Life of Kath Knight
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: Wordsell Press 2012
KEYWORDS: Kath Knight New Zealand religion religious history biographies memoir
Pint Pot and Billy: A Selection of Australian and New Zealand Folksongs
Super octavo softcover (VG-) some pages to rear loose; 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: Fontana / William Collins 1977
KEYWORDS: culture New Zealand Australia Australian music folksongs folk songs history
Death of a Witch: A Village in North India 1950-1981
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Hutchinson & Co 1983
KEYWORDS: culture anthropology North India travel writing history Rajasthan rajput farming farmers agriculture
Macquarie
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: ABC / HarperCollins 2019
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian pioneers Lachlan Macquarie history biography memoir government
The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: His Account of the Disastrous First European Exploration of the American Southwest
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: Dover Publications 2003
KEYWORDS: exploration history Cabeza de Vaca European maritime disasters nautical adventures
A Mind's Matter: An Intellectual Autobiography
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: William B. Eerdmans Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: religious history religion catholic church US America autobiography Stanley Jaki clergy
Beacon Lights of History (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, 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: Fords, Howard and Hulbert 1883-88
KEYWORDS: John Lord lectures antiquity history ancient
The London Underworld in the Victorian Period
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: Dover Publications 2005
KEYWORDS: Victorian London working classes history prostitution crime social conditions
Mohammed & Charlemagne
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: Dover Publications 2001
KEYWORDS: Islamic empires Europe history invasions military war conflict Charlemagne