Books - "history"
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In Her Hand: letters of romantic-era British women writers in New Zealand collections
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: University of Otago English department 2013
KEYWORDS: language New Zealand history literature history
The Amazing World of James Hector
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008
KEYWORDS: explorer exploring geology natural history medicine biography James Hector new zealand history
Desiring Arabs
Imperial octavo hardcover (Nr Fine) 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2007
KEYWORDS: arab muslim history western imperialism cultural academic history
New Zealand Colonial Museum Bulletin No.1 1905
First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, 71pp, illus, VG- (front & rear covers missing completely, owner's name & date in ink to title page, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, staples rusting)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Printer 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand museum bulletin geology natural history marine mollusca botany Maori culture history
Juan de la Cierva and his Autogiros
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Stenlake Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: aviation history invention development autogiros spanish history planes
The Quest for Becket's Bones: The mystery of the relics of St Thomas Becket of Canterbury
Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: medieval history relics monastery monastic christian cantuerbury english british uk history middle ages
Railways of the World in Colour: Railways at the Turn of the Century 1895-1905
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1969
KEYWORDS: railway railways rail trains history britain british uk history transport
Australia and Homeward
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt ship illus to front board, blind-stamped decorative edging to boards & spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 336pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining to baoards & spine, some browning to page edges, Sunday school prize label to front pastedown, moderate tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing to frontispiece & tissue guard, 4cm closed tear to upper gutter edge of title page, some loosening to gutter)
PUBLISHER: William Briggs 1888
KEYWORDS: Australia natural history animals birds Burke Wills history
The Normans and their Myth
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Book Club Assciates 1976
KEYWORDS: british european uk history normans norman conquest cultural social history
Christopher Columbus
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973
KEYWORDS: christopher columbus central latin american history exploration colonial history biography
Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948 to July 18th, 1948
First edition, 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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1950
KEYWORDS: Jerusalem Israel Jewish history Palestine diary Arab history siege Harry Levin
The Origins of Modern English Society 1780-1880
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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1969
KEYWORDS: history industrial revolution sociology social history English
The Genius of Alexander the Great
Super octavo softcover (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 1998
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics persia empire Greece
On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on teh North-West Frontier of India
Super octavo softcover in clear contact (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Ares Publishing Inc 1974 (?)
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics India empire Greece biography
The Handley Page Halifax
Quarto, crimson cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus, Nr Fine (slight bruising to spine edges) in d/w VG+ (light bubbles made from clear contact)
PUBLISHER: Aston Publications 1990
KEYWORDS: Great Britain Royal Air Force RAF aviation aerial operations History World War Two WW2 planes Halifax Bomber History military
Dubcek's Blueprint For Freedom: His Original Documents Leading to the Invasion of Czechoslovakia
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 cost
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1969
KEYWORDS: politics history post war history Russia Czecholslovakia
Bomber's Eye
Octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 265pp, illus (b&w plates), VG (moderate foxing & tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing to edges, small closed tears & chips to edges, some repaired with archival tape, light rubbing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co. 1959
KEYWORDS: radar bombing aviation military technology history second world war 2 ww2 Dudley Saward autobiography history
On the Road to Kut: A Soldier's Story of the Mesopotamian Campaign
First edition, ex-library, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & moderate rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, library label to fep & top of front board, light foxing to first few pages, ligth tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1917
KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Campaigns Iraq Al Kut History Siege British military history autobiography
Mussolini
Super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xv + 584pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arnold 2002
KEYWORDS: biography history World War Two military Dictators politics Italy Fascism History
Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilisation in Southeast Asia
Imperial octavo, illus boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Australia 2005
KEYWORDS: arts Islam history history civilisation Southeast Asia exhibition