Books - "history"
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Captured by Maori: White Female Captives, Sex and Racism on the Nineteenth-Century New Zealand Frontier
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: Penguin Books 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history women 19th nineteenth century captivity Maori
The Gamble: Bonaparte in Italy 1796-1797
FIRST EDITION, 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: G Bell and Sons 1939
KEYWORDS: first editions Napoleon Bonaparte Italy military history
Paddle-steamers, Pen-nibs and Pasturelands
Quarto 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: Ohinewai Centennial School Committee 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand school history Ohinewai
A Tree Grows in Northland: Northland College 1947-1997
Quarto 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: Pukepuriri Publications 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Northland college schools history education
From Farms to Flats: The History of Land Use in Mount Eden
Quarto spiral bound 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: Brent McAlister 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland Mt Mount Eden land buildings infrastructure
Rangi-Mata-Rau: The Story of Pt Chevalier 1861-1961
Ex-library- stiffened binding, imperial octavo hardcover/stiffened boards (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: Not Stated (c.1961?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland history Pt Chevalier centennial centenary
Teenagers: The Rise of Youth Culture in New Zealand
Tidy ex-library, imperial octavo stiff 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: Auckland University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand youth culture adolescent years adolescence history
Belgium Past and Present: The Cockpit of Europe
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: A & C Black 1920
KEYWORDS: history Europe Belgium
Napoleon II: King of Rome
FIRST EDITION, 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: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1925
KEYWORDS: history Napoleon Bonaparte Italy first editions
Malay Muslims: The History and Challenge of Resurgent Islam in Southeast Asia
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: William B Eerdmans Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: malay archipelago muslims religion Islam history Southeast Asia
The Rise & Fall of Atlantis, and the Mysterious Origins of Human Civilization
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: Watkins Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: ancient civilizations civilisations Atlantis history mysteries
Under the Bolshevik Uniform
FIRST EDITION, 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: Thornton Butterworth 1936
KEYWORDS: first editions Russia Russian history Bolsheviks
Law Breakers & Mischief Makers: 50 Notorious New Zealanders
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: Allen & Unwin 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rogues true crime history scandals
Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum, Second Supplement
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 98pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective wrapper- edges likely stained, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Trustees of the British Museum 1968
KEYWORDS: British Museum catalogue catalogues cuneiform tablets Kouyunjik collection antiquity history historical artefacts
The Story of the Kauri
FIRST EDITION- LIMITED, NUMBERED & SIGNED (#2396/2550), imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 436pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine extrems, light fading & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to frotn pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges- tidy archival tape repairs, heavy scuffing & surface loss, moderate fading to spine, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed A H Reed trees culture Kauri tree history
Sitka: To Know Alaska One Must Forst Know Sitka
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 248pp, illus, VG (light brusing to extrems, light chafing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & rear ep, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1930
KEYWORDS: first editions Alaska Sitka Russian history US states culture
The Motorist's Companion
FIRST EDITION, octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, printed eps, vii + 503pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1936
KEYWORDS: first editions transport travel motoring travel writing literature history
Balmerino and its Abbey: A Parish History, With Notices of the Adjacent District
COLOURED FOLDING MAP AT REAR, super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, frontispiece, xxvii + 692pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional page still uncut, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1899
KEYWORDS: Balmerino Scotland Scottish parish history monasteries abbeys
Wanderers: Episodes from the Travels of Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley and Her Daughter Victoria 1849-1855
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 364pp, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & ink stamp to rear pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1928
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature exploration adventures Lady Emmeline Stuart-Wortley Victoria 19th nineteenth century history culture America Spain Syria
A Springtide in Palestine
FIRST EDITION, IN SCARCE D/W, super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine, black rule & sm illus to front board, frontispiece, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1924
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature Palestine middle east culture history