Books - "history"
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Children's Health, the Nation's Wealth: A History of Children's Health Camps
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: Bridget Williams 1994
KEYWORDS: health society new zealand public history social policy policies camp camps children
Freedom and Compulsion: A Survey of European History between 1789 and 1939
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: Edward Arnold 1954
KEYWORDS: europe european history politics diplomacy french revolution politiacal empire empires
Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century
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: Allen Lane 2013
KEYWORDS: benjamin britten britain british england english music composer musical history biography
New Zealand Official Yearbook 1963
68th Issue
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: R.E. Owen, Government Printer 1963
KEYWORDS: new zealand official yearbook statistics demographics information reference history
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
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: Text Publishing 2013
KEYWORDS: australia australian eureka stockade rebellion women women's history clare wright gold mining
Shakespeare: His Life, Work and Era
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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1991
KEYWORDS: william shakespeare history theatre theater drama playwright england english britain british bard biography historical analysis criticism
Kiwi Heroes: 50 Corageous New Zealanders
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: Allen & Unwin 2010
KEYWORDS: new zealand heroes history bronwyn sell
Return to Glory
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) ; 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: Angus and Robertson 1956
KEYWORDS: kokoda trail new guinea pacific second world war two ww2 wwii military history john laffin
A New Twist: A Centennial History of Donaghy's Industries Limited
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: Donaghy's Industries Limited 1979
KEYWORDS: donaghys industries new zealand agriculture farming farm supplies history kathryn lucas
Rutherford Waddell, M.A., D.D., Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Dunedin 1879-1919: Memoir and Addresses
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: Reed 1933
KEYWORDS: rutherford waddell memoir addresses new zealand literature history literary
Life of a Smuggler: Fact and Fiction
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PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2019
KEYWORDS: smuggling smugglers crime history taxation helen hollick
The Spanish Kingdoms 1250-1516: Volume I: 1250-1410 Precarious Balance
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 455pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems & spine/boards, spine sl cocked, light soiling & tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. ownership ink markings to front eps, 2cm closed tear to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish kingdoms politics political geopolitics history
For the Duration: 2NZEF Officer Bruce Robertson on Active Duty and 'In The Bag'
Super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, 287pp, illus/photos, VG (light wrinkling/ warping to lower half of book, slight damp staining to lower edge of covers and eps, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ngaio Press 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history autobiography memoir Bruce Robertson ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii pows prisoners of war middle east campaigns infantry battles 2nzef war heroes
The Spanish Kingdoms 1250-1516: Volume II 1410-1516 Castilian Hegemony
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 716pp, VG (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, sl soiling to page edges, prev. ownership ink markings to front eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some peeling, light fading to spine & front cover, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish history geopolitics politics Castilian
The Gunners: A History of New Zealand Artillery
SIGNATURE OF BRIGADIER R. J. ANDREWS (COLONEL COMMANDANT OF THE REGIMENT), super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 528pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & surface loss to extrems with some minor discolouration also, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Raupo / Penguin Group 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history gunners artillery weapons weaponry combat
History of Japanese Religion: With Special Reference to the Social and Moral Life of the Nation
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt motif to front board, xxii + 423pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1930
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese religion religious history social customs theology theosophy philosophy
The Provincial System in New Zealand 1852-76
FIRST EDITION, UNCOMMON, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 293pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate tanning to spine, light foxing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1932
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand colonial history provincial system government policy
Marsden of Maoriland: Pioneer and Peacemaker
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, maps to eps, frontispiece, xv + 179pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems & board edges, light fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, annotation/inscription in ink to page viii, occasional pencil markings to margins, sl foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1938
KEYWORDS: signed first editions New Zealand Maori Maoriland pioneers settlers history culture
City of Sails: The History of Auckland City Council 1989-2010
DATED, SIGNED & INSCRIBED TO FELLOW AUTHOR PAT BOOTH BY MICHAEL BASSETT, super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl fading to board edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Auckland City Council 2013
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Auckland city council history local government
The Diegesis; Being a Discovery of the Origin, Evidences, and Early History of Christianity
Super octavo, patterned cream glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 320pp, VG (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, moderate highlighting to text)
PUBLISHER: General Books 2010
KEYWORDS: religion religious history Christianity philosophy antiquity theology