Books - "history"
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Wanderings in Arabia: Being an Abridgment of Travels in Arabia Deserta
LACKS D/W; EX-LIBRARY; 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.
PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1926
KEYWORDS: arabia arabian peninsula middle east asia abridged version abdridgement charles m doughty travel history
John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor: Their Correspondence and Subsequent Marriage
EX-LIBRARY; 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.
PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1951
KEYWORDS: ex-library john stuart mill harriet taylor economics economy britain british england english biography history philosopher
Macandrew Bay: A History of a Community on the Otago Peninsula
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Lifelogs Ltd 2009
KEYWORDS: dunedin brian diane miller history otago new zealand local peninsula
The New Zealand People at War: The Home Front: Vol. 1
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945
EX-LIBRARY; THIS VOL. ONLY.; Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG, in transparent plastic) ; 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: V.R. Ward, Government Printer 1986
KEYWORDS: new zealand second world war two ww2 wwii history official people at war nancy taylor home front
A History of the European Economy, 1000-2000
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Virginia Press 2001
KEYWORDS: francois crouzet europe european economy money policy history economics politics political
Meaning in Technology
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: MIT Press 2001
KEYWORDS: arnold pacey meaning technology history industry culture cultural political economy politics
W: The First 40 Years
Lg quarto, white illus heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 311pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to spine & boards) in mylar protective cover- moderate scuffing
PUBLISHER: Abrams 2012
KEYWORDS: fashion photography photos W history collection anthology
1st Battalion: Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment 1957-2007
Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine & front board, 344pp, illus/photo, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, in mylar protective cover- minor chafing)
PUBLISHER: Willson Scott Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history 1st first battalion royal new zealand infantry regiment late 20th twentieth century
Four Generations at Oreti
DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHORS, octavo, illus stapled card covers, white lettering to front cover, 77pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate chafing/surface loss & soiling/wrinkling to covers & inside covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Wene Margaret McMillin N/D (c.1980s)
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand family history Wene Margaret McMillin settlers pioneers Oreti genealogy
Touching on Deaths: A Medical History of Early Auckland Based on the First 384 Inquests
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 358pp, VG (light to moderate creasing/wrinkling to spine & covers with light chafing also, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Doppelganger 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand medical history Auckland inquests
The Life and Music of John Field 1782-1837: Creator of the Nocturne
Super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 287pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & discolouration to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, moderate foxing to flaps & rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1973
KEYWORDS: music history John Field biographies memoir composers classical
A Favoured Few: Regular Force Cadet School 1948-1991
Quarto, red faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spoine & front board, 196pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cosmos Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history army cadet school
Jewellery 1789-1910 The International Era (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, quarto, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, illus eps, frontispieces, 863pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor water staining to base of spines, sl foxing to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spines, light chafing & wrinkling, sm label residue to rear covers)
PUBLISHER: Antique Collector's Club 1991
KEYWORDS: jewellery jewelry antiques history fashion international era art crafts
The Journal of the First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment: Southeast Asia 1957-1989
TYPED LETTER LOOSELY ENCLOSED, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering & military insignia to front board, frontispiece, 218pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: 1 RNZIR Dieppe Barracks 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history royal infantry regiment journal southeast asia late 20th twentieth century first 1st battalion
Classic Myth and Legend
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 443pp, illus- not counted presumed all present, G+ (spine heavily cracked & flapping, moderate chafing & soiling ot boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, varying degrees of foxing & pencil markings throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D
KEYWORDS: ancient history myths legends Greek Rome Greece Roman mythology
Costume of the Ancients, in Two Volumes: Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, SPINE MISSING OTHERWISE BINDING SOUND, super octavo, brown heavy leather boards, gilt rule to boards, gilt stamp illus/motif to front board, marbled page edges & eps, unpaginated, illus/plates- uncounted presumed all present, G+ (spine missing, boards heavily chafed & soiled/stained, moderate cracking to som egutters, varying degrees of tanning & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Henry G Bohn 1841
KEYWORDS: ancient costumes clothing attire history historical Rome Greece roman greek
A History of the First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment
Quarto, brown stapled light card covers, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG- (moderate tanning & staining to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, moderate rusting & staining to staples at spine, 2x photos tipped in to inside front cover, moderate discolouration to front & rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Capt. C E Brock 1971
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history 1st first battalion royal new zealand infantry regiment
Pakeha Settlements in a Maori World: New Zealand Archaeology 1769-1860
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 328pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light bruising/curling to cover edges/corners)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history archaeology archeology pakeha maori settlements colonial colonialism
Time Remembered
SCARCE FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus buckram boards, maroon & cream lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xvi + 237pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to extrems, heavy rubbing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- some pgs loose, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, varying degrees of foxing throughout- mostly quite moderate)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1933
KEYWORDS: scarce first editions Frances Horner English nobility history
The Chronicle of the English Augustinian Canonesses Regular of the Lateran, at St Monica's in Louvain (Now at St Augustine's Priory, Newton Abbot, Devon) 1548-1644
2 VOLS, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to cream buckram spines, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xx + 277pp, vol 2- xx + 219pp, folding charts/diagrams to rear of both vols, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spines, light to moderate chafing/fading to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to eps, ffep of vol 2 partially detached, varying degrees of foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1904-06
KEYWORDS: history family tree St Monica canoness English augustinian religion religious