Books - "history"
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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
Islay; The Land of the Lordship
Super octavo illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xx+396pp, illus photo plates, VG+ (light rubbing & scuffing to cover extrems, light creasing to cover corners)
PUBLISHER: Birlinn Limited 2017
KEYWORDS: islay land lordship david h caldwell hebrides islands scottish scotland british isles great britain united kingdom medieval middle ages early modern complete history prehistory archaeology archeology community social cultural political politics
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