Books - "history"
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The Zeebrugge Raid
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1978
KEYWORDS: zeebrugge raid first world war one ww1 wwi military history
Art of the Northwest Coast Indians
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 may reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1967
KEYWORDS: art history northwest coast Indians culture anthropology indigenous
No Drums, No Trumpets
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1988
KEYWORDS: alec le vernoy POW prisoner of war sachsenhausen oranienburg second world war two ww2 wwii military history memoir concentration camp camps
Aiming High
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Wakefield Press 1997
KEYWORDS: jon johanson nancy bird walton australia australian memoir military history aeroplane aeroplane airplane airplane aeronautics flight aviation
Antarctic Hazard
FIRST EDITION; LACKS FEP; 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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller Ltd 1955
KEYWORDS: first edition w. ross cockrill antarctic antarctica whaling history sailing seafaring nautical
Yesteryears: Book Two
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: The Clevedon and Districts Historical Society 2009
KEYWORDS: sandra gorter clevedon franklin north island new zealand history humour wairoa south local reminiscences
Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves, and the American Revolution
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: BBC Books 2006
KEYWORDS: simon schama slave trade chattel slavery atlantic britain america american revolution history politics capitalism
My Father's Island: A Memoir
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2016
KEYWORDS: memoir adam dudding robin new zealand biography personal history
Australians Awarded: A Concise Guide to Military and Civilian Decorations, Medals and other Awards to Australians form 1815 to 2007 with their Valuations
1st Edition
TIDY EX-LIBRARY; 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 costs. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Renniks 2007
KEYWORDS: ex-library australia australian military awards decorations medals civilian valuation collecting history
The Facemaker: A Surgeon's Battle to Mend the Disfigured Soldiers of World War I
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2022
KEYWORDS: sir harold gillies first world war one ww1 wwi new zealand surgery medicine facial reconstruction plastic surgeon technology history military
States of Ireland
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson of London 1972
KEYWORDS: first edition conor o'brien ireland northern republican independence politics history united kingdom
Maori; A Photgraphic and Social History
COPY OF NZ HISTORIAN/POLITICIAN DR. MICHAEL BASSETT; Square imperial octavo black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, 287pp, photo illus, VG (dated signature of previous owner Michael Bassett in blue ball-point pen to fep, v. light soiling to boards, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light-moderate soiling/foxing to page edges, prelims & eps, light vertical crease across entire length of centre of pages in front section) in d/w, VG (light-moderate soiling/foxing, slight discoulouration, light rubbing to extrems, moderate sun-fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann Publishers 1983
KEYWORDS: michael king maori photographic social cultural life colonialism history photography illustrated new zealand indigenous pakeha michael bassett
The Distiguished Service Medal 1914 - 1938; The First 25 Years
Super octavo illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xvi+818pp, photo illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems/corners, light rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Spink and Son Ltd 2020
KEYWORDS: distinguished service medal dsm simon jonathan eyre military history britain british england english united kingdom first world war i one wwi great interwar gallantry decoration royal navy naval records citations reference
The Keys to Happiness; Sex and the Search for Modernity in Fin-de-Siecle Russia
Super octavo illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, xiii+461pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to extrems, light creasing to corners, bookseller's price sticker to lower rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: laura engelstein keys to happiness sex search modernity modernism fin-de-siecle late imperial russian social cultural moral history conditions gender women's studies sexuality family domestic relations liberalism
Museums and Maori; Heritage Professionals, Indigenous Collections, Current Practice
Super octavo illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, illus half-title, xvii+315pp, illus, VG+ (v. light soiling to covers & page edges, v. light rubbing to extrems/corners)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2011
KEYWORDS: museums maori heritage professionals indigenous collections current practice conal mccarthy whare taonga mana whakairo hinengaro new zealand museology antiquities preservation culture cultural identity biculturalism ethnography anthropology history minorities colonialism
Hasten with Care; The Story of a Pioneer Family
FIRST EDITION; INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO NZ HISTORIANS MICHAEL & JUDITH BASSETT; Quarto black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 127pp+18pp Trotter family tree charts at rear, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems, light soiling to boards & pastedowns, aforementioned author's signature & inscription to title page in black ink, light foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light-moderate foxing mainly visible on reverse)
PUBLISHER: RR Trotter / Steele Roberts Publishers 2005
KEYWORDS: sir ronald trotter hasten with care pioneer family trees families history genealogical genealogy new zealand scottish immigrants scotland otago south island
International Incident
Tired ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Allan Wingate 1956
KEYWORDS: literature Henry Turner autobiography military history British soldiers raf pilots royal air force
Bush Life in Australia and New Zealand
Octavo hardcover (scruffy) lacks fep, half-title page torn; 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1908
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia history migrant life settlers
A New Zealand Railway Album II: Images of Yesteryear
Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealad rail trains transport history photography travel
The Stamp of Australia
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2009
KEYWORDS: Australian history Australia post mail servcies communication