Books - "history"
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Through South Westland: A Journey to the Haast and Mount Aspiring New Zealand (Second Edition)
Octavo, teal buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blue rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xviii + 219pp, illus/photos, folding maps- 1x detached but loosely enclosed at rear, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & scuffing to spine- 1cm crack to front hinge, minor chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, occasional ownership signature in ink throughout)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature history south island Haast Mount Aspiring westland A Maud Moreland
Political Scandals and Causes Celebres Since 1945: An International Reference Compendium
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, ix + 478pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board, minor soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Longman N/D (c.1990)
KEYWORDS: politics history political scandals
Policing the River District 1886 to 1986: The First 100 Years of the Wanganui Police
SIGNED, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & discolouration to board edges, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy chafing & surface loss, sm ink lettering to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd (Printer) 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand law enforcement police history Wanganui centennial crime prevention signed Charles E Spicer
Bush Life in Australia and New Zealand
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, iv + 366pp, VG- (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & dsicolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edgeslight soiling to eps, sm ex-libris plate residue to front pastedown, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1893
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand bush life history customs anthropology culture
Britannia: or, A Chronographical Description of Great Britain and Ireland, Together with the Adjacent Lands: Volume II
15 VERY TIDY, DETAILED MAPS PRESENT, folio, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates with raised bands & gilt tooling to spine, paginated 697-1526 with numerous additions, annals & index to rear, illus & folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges & extrems, 5mm missing from top edge of spine, moderate scuffing & cracking to spine & hinges, moderate chafing & surface loss/soiling to boards, heavy tanning & staining to page edges, light to moderate insect damage to some page corners throughout, light to moderate tanning & wrinkling to eps, occasional sm closed tearing to edge of maps & other pgs, age appropriate tanning & foxing to pages- increasing towards rear pages, occasional light crack to some gutters- otherwise gutters largely intact)
PUBLISHER: R Ware, J and P Knapton, T Longman, C Hitch, D Browne, H Lintot, C Davis, J Hodges, A Millar, W Bowyer, J Whiston, J and J Rivington & J Ward 1753
KEYWORDS: ancient maps antique books Great Britain British Britannia Ireland history historical land geography counties
Those Who Speak to the Heart: The Nova Scotian Scots at Waipu 1854-1920
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 171pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers Waipu Nova Scotia
The Life and Work of Richard John Seddon, Premier of New Zealand 1893-1906; with a History of The Liberal Party in New Zealand
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 392pp, illus/photos, VG-/scruffy (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, spine & boards warped with minor soiling, light cracking to hinges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters with rough tape repairs to front gutter, moderate soiling to eps, prev. owner's name to prelims, ffep missing, moderate water staining to title page, occasional water staining & foxing to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand former prime ministers government politics political leaders Richard John Seddon biographies memoir Liberal Party history
Dilworth School: The First 60 Years 1906-1966
Super octavo, green stapled light card covers, 76pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffign & foxing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Dilworth Trust Board 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools history Dilworth school education institutions
Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile
CONTAINS FOLDING MAP OF EQUATORIAL EAST AFRICA LOOSLEY ENCLOSED- NO POCKET AT REAR, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait & blind rule to front board, frontispiece, xxxi + 658pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to spine extrems- 5mm at base partially detached, heavy wrinkling to spine, moderate chafing &soiling to boards, front board partially detached, moderate soiling & foxing to page edges, prev. booksellers' sm labels to pastedowns, gift inscription in pencil to prelims, moderate water staining to frontispiece, light foxing sporadically throughout, some pages still uncut)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1863
KEYWORDS: Egypt exploration history landscape Nile river source geography
London, Reign Over Me: How England's Capital Built Classic Rock
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Rowman & Littlefield 2020
KEYWORDS: music history rock English British influence London scene
Anti-Bolshevik Communism
Ex-library, 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: Merlin Press 1978
KEYWORDS: politics political history communism anti-bolshevik Russia Russian economics
Mission Girl: The Writings of Atapo, Paihia, c.1840
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: Scholastic 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature history
Eclipse and Re-Emergence of the Communist Movement
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: PM Press 2015
KEYWORDS: politics political science socialism history Europe communist movement communism
Lipstick Traces
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: Picador 1997
KEYWORDS: modern history 20th twentieth century popular culture
Portugal: The Impossible Revolution?
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: Solidarity 1977
KEYWORDS: Portugal revolution politics modern history
Custer Died For Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
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: University of Oklahoma Press 1988
KEYWORDS: native Indian history heritage North America American government relations
Dynamite: A Century of Class Violence in America 1830-1930
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: Rebel Press 1984
KEYWORDS: anarchism anarchy rebellion revolution protests history class stratification
The Bonnot Gang
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: Rebel Press 1987
KEYWORDS: anarchism anarchy Bonnot gang French history rebellion revolution France liberation
The Late Lord Byron
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1961
KEYWORDS: first editions literary biographies memoir literature Lord Byron history
George the Fourth
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: Ernest Benn 1926
KEYWORDS: royal family royalty George 4th fourth iv monarchs monarchy biographies history