Books - "history"
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Lest We Forget: A War Anthology
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: Jarrold & Sons 1915
KEYWORDS: literature poetry poems verse war history military
Scott's Last Expedition
Octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy copy; 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 1927
KEYWORDS: Captain Scott expeditions travel exploration south pole antarctica history historical accounts
The Nature of Natural History
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: Princeton University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: natural history biology science evolution geography
The Legendary Land
Lg quarto 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: Reed Books 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand people culture customs history Witi Ihimaera
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
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.
PUBLISHER: Papermac / Macmillan 1984
KEYWORDS: England English history anglo-saxon rulers
A Naturalist in New Zealand
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: A H & A W Reed 1965
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history nature ecology botany
Goldfields Harvest
SIGNED, 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: Gaylene Flamank 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pioneers settlers Otago regional history Henry Flamank biography biographies memoir signed
Sailing With Cook: Inside the Private Journal of James Burney RN
Quarto 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: National Library of Australia 2015
KEYWORDS: exploration maritime nautical adventures James Burney history journals diaries historical
The Architect of Kokoda: Bert Kienzle - The Man Who Made the Kokoda Trail
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: Hachette 2011
KEYWORDS: military history Bert Kienzle ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography biographies memoir Kokoda
House of Cards: The Legalization and Control of Casino Gambling
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: Little, Brown & Company 1978
KEYWORDS: gambling history legalisation legalization casino industry gaming regulation
Lawn Tennis: The World Game Today
FEP MISSING, super octavo hardcover (G+) heavy crack to rear gutter; 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: Hodder and Stoughton N/D
KEYWORDS: sport history lawn tennis F R Burrows
The Private Lives of the Impressionists
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: Harper Perennial 2007
KEYWORDS: art history impressionism impressionists biographies
Rhodes - a Life (Rhodesiana Reprint Library Volume Sixteen)
FACSIMILE REPRINT OF 1927 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Books of Rhodesia 1971
KEYWORDS: Cecil Rhodes biography biographies memoir history
Fiordland: News, Views & Anecdotes - pre-1911
SIGNED, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, green & black lettering to spine, 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Merv Halliday 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Fiordland south island lakes district settlers pioneers papers past excerpts signed Merv Halliday
Jim Becker's War
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, viii + 127pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling/rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Peter Becker 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history biography biographies memoir soldiers Jim Becker ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 diaries journals
The Voyages of Captain James Cook: The Illustrated Accounts of Three Epic Voyages
ILLUSTRATED EDITION, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 317pp, illus, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to spine/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor vertical crease to spine, sl chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Voyageur Press 2016
KEYWORDS: exploration illustrated James Cook voyages history maritime nautical Endeavour Resolution Discovery Adventure
The Exiles of Asbestos Cottage
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED WITH LENGTHY HUMOUROUS INSCRIPTION & DATED, octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to board edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chiping to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1981
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Jim Henderson New Zealand history Asbestos Cottage
From Sweden to Northern Wairoa
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 88pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: J E Sundberg 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand genealogy family history settlers Swedish descent Joel Sundberg signed
Tramps in the Far North
Sm octavo, cream patterned light card covers, ribbon bound, navy blue lettering to covers, 30pp, illus/photos, VG (ribbon v delicate- heavily frayed, light to moderate tanning & foxing to covers, sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history H Hector Bolitho north island tramps walks hiking northland travel guides literature
Air War for Burma: The Allied Air Forces Fight Back in South-East Asia 1942-1945
Super octavo, brown heavy boatrds, gilt lettering to spine, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & sl fading to extremsprev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderaet fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2005
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial combat campaigns South-East Asia raf usaf