Books - "history"
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The Men Who Built Railways: A Reprint of F R Condor's 'Personal Recollections of English Engineers'
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: Thomas Telford Ltd 1983
KEYWORDS: transport civil engineering railways rail history biographies construction
Robert Adam
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: J M Dent & Sons 1970
KEYWORDS: architecture design building history architects Robert Adam biography biographies memoir
British Architects and Craftsmen: A Survey of Taste, Design and Style During Three Centuries 1600 to 1830
LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG-) staining to front board, patches of extensive ink underlining; 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: B T Batsford 1945
KEYWORDS: architecture architectural history British Great Britain architects designers
Vanishing Cornwall
LACKS D/W, 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: Victor Gollancz 1967
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Great Britain English towns Cornwall Daphne du Maurier literature history
Sex and Temperament, in Three Primitive Societies
Paperback (VG-) cracking to gutters; 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: Mentor / New American Library 1955
KEYWORDS: gender women anthropology culture primitive cultures history antiquity Margaret Mead
Maori Gardening: An Archaeological Perspective
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: Science & Technical Publishing, Dept of Conservation 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand ancient history anthropology Maori gardening archaeology archeology techniques evidence cultivation
Manawatu's Old Buildings
Ex-library, rebacked, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Dept of Geography, Massey University 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand buildings history historical architecture Manawatu
Eve and the New Jerusalem: Socialism and Feminism in the Nineteenth Century
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: Virago Press 1984
KEYWORDS: social history feminism women 19th nineteenth century
The Keys to Prosperity: The Centennial History of Southland Frozen Meat Ltd
SIGNED & DATED, imperial 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: Southland Frozen Meat Ltd 1981
KEYWORDS: New Zealand business history Southland Frozen Meat signed Clive A Lind centennial centenary
Guernsey Through the Lens, Including Alderney, Sark, Herm and Jethou
Imperial 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: Phillimore & Co 1978
KEYWORDS: Guernsey travel writings literature history photography photos culture
All Saints' Church: Hataitai - Kilbirnie Jubilee History
Super 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.
PUBLISHER: All Saints' Parish Council 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history jubilee All Saints' Church churches
Holy Trinity New Plymouth 1845-1970
Super 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.
PUBLISHER: Taranaki Newspapers (Printer) 1970
KEYWORDS: New Zealand churches holy trinity New Plymouth history
Cradle of Rugby: The History of New Zealand College Rugby
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: Inprint New Zealabd 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand college rugby history union high school
Old Norfolk Town: The Past in Pictures
Oblong super 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.
PUBLISHER: K & K A Davies N/D (c.1980)
KEYWORDS: Picairn Norfolk Island history photos photography culture
The Roads to Santiago: The Medieval Pilgrim Routes Through France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela
Lg quarto, mustard heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 253pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffign & bruising to board edges & extrems, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2008
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Chile South America Santiago medieval pilgrimages travel writing literature France Spain
Evolutions or Revolutions? Interaction and Transformation at the 'Transition' in Island Melanesia
Quarto, illus light green card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 328pp, illus, Near FINE (sl curling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago 2017
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology anthropology Island Melanesia Pacific islands evolution culture ancient history antiquity transition
The Faith of Our Fathers: The History of St Bede's College
Quarto, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 459pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking & loosening of binding to central gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Centennial Organising Committee, St Bede's College 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools school history St Bede's College education institutions Christchurch south island
Built in Faith: Catholic Churches of the Christchurch Diocese 170 Years - 1840 to 2010
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, brown lettering to spine, 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling/creasing/wrinkling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: M J Hanrahan 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Christchurch catholic churches history
Da Flittin' of the Nicolsons from Shetland and the Duthies from Kincardine
Quarto, illus light card covers, black letetring to spine, 292pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine)
PUBLISHER: Lifelogs 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers immigrants Scotland Scottish Grace Nicolson William Ogilvy Duthie migrants family history
We Had One of Those Too!
Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, coloured lettering to spine, 216pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl staining to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand vintage cars classic history automotive 50s 60s 70s