Books - "history"
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Excavations at the Omata Stockade, January-February 1977
Super octavo stapled wrappers (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: University of Auckland Archaeological Society 1976
KEYWORDS: omata stockade excavation excavations archaeology archaeological history new plymouth new zealand
Main Currents in Caribbean Thought: The Historical Evolution of Caribbean Society in Its Ideological Aspects, 1492-1900
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. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins 1983
KEYWORDS: caribbean society ideology politics theory history americas postcolonialism postcolonial colonial colonialism gordon lewis political social
Andersons Bay: including Musselburgh, Sunshine, Tainui, Bayfield, Waverley, Ocean Grove: a history with an emphasis on streets and buildings
Imperial octavo stapled wrappers (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: Andersons Bay Press 2000
KEYWORDS: andersons bay dunedin musselburgh sunshine tainui bayfield waverley ocean grove new zealand local history place street names
What Mean These Stones: The Story of the Port Chalmers Quarries and Building Stone
SIGNED; octavo stapled wrappers (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: Port Chalmers Early Settlers and Historical Society 2001
KEYWORDS: signed port chalmers ian church dunedin history architecture bluestone blue stone quarries quarry new zealand
Sugar and Slaves; The Rise of the Planter Class in the English West Indies, 1624-1713
Octavo softcover, v. slight dampstaining to prelims, bookseller's label to front cover (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: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1973
KEYWORDS: richard s dunn sugar and slaves cane slavery plantations planter class english west indies american caribbean history 17th seventeenth century settler colonialism new world colonies colonisation st christopher barbados nevis montserrat antigua jamaica
The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change
FIRST EDITION, quarto, white heavy boards, dark blue lettering to spine, 423pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & light soiling & foxing to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps plus prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 2cm loss to top spine extrem, moderate chafing & soiling, sl discolouration/fading)
PUBLISHER: BBC 1980
KEYWORDS: first editions modern art history criticism appreciation
Duncan Grant
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 570pp, illus/photos, VG (occasional library stamp to prelims & terminals plus page edges, moderate creasing to spine, light bruising & tape residue to board edges, binding sloppy- front board shaky, spine sl cocked, light foxing & soiling to page edges, light chafing to eps, light cracking to rear gutter) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges & spine, heavy fading to spine, light chafing & wrinkling, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1997
KEYWORDS: Duncan Grant biographies memoir art history artists
The Aristocracy in England 1660-1914
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 512pp, maps to prelims, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1986
KEYWORDS: England English history high society aristocracy gentry nobility
Scotland: The Global History 1603 to the Present
Super octavo, purple heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiv + 485pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (in removable protective plastic cover)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2022
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history culture global nationalism
The Invisible Masterpiece
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 480pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2001
KEYWORDS: modern art history 20th twentieth century masterpieces appreciation criticism
Irish Engineering 1760-1960
Tidy ex-library, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, viii + 159pp, VG (minimal library markings- none external, moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light label residue/staining to front cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Institution of Engineers of Ireland 1982
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Irish engineering history historical texts
Steel Wall at Arnhem: The Destruction of 4 Parachute Brigade, 19 September 1944
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 338pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board edges & extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Helion & Company 2016
KEYWORDS: military history British 1st airborne division parachute ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
China 1927-1949
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Robson Lowe 1972
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history stamps postage communism philately philatelic
The Historical Background of Pakistan 1857-1947: An Annotated Digest of Source Material
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 626pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tape residue & staining to board edges & eps, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & adhesive residue to edges, 5cm closed tear to base of rear cover, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs 1970
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Pakistan history historical texts
From Faith to Fortune: The TSB Bank Story 1850-2010
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & spine, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand banking tsb bank history finance biography New Plymouth Savings Bank
A Century Not Out and Playing On..... The History of the Herne Bay Ponsonby Rackets Club
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 129pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history rackets club Herne Bay Ponsonby
States of Mind: Australia and New Zealand 1901-2001
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, v + 363pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover egdes, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Institute of Policy Studies / Victoria University of Wellington 2002
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian New Zealand Aborigines Maori indigenous people history political science social commentary
Mitchell & Mitchell: A Father & Son Arts Legacy
Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white & yellow lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 424pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2018
KEYWORDS: Leonard Cornwall Victor Mitchell New Zealand art artists history biographies memoir
Faberge Revealed, at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Lg quarto, cream cloth boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 421pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / Skira Rizzoli 2011
KEYWORDS: faberge fine arts exhibition Virginia Museum Karl Faberge eggs history
Through the Serbian Campaign: The Great Retreat of the Serbian Army
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map/frontispiece, xvi + 319pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & light foxing to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, light cracking to gutters sporadically thorughout)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1916
KEYWORDS: military history Serbia Serbian army the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1