Books - "history"
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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
'A Suitable Temple': A History of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Christchurch, New Zealand 1905-2005
Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling to covers with light chafing & soiling also, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Centennial Committee 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Christchurch catholic churches cathedrals cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament history centennial centenary
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
The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xv + 546pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Graland Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Chile Santiago de Compostela history Christian pilgrimages religious abstracts
Moriori: A People Rediscovered (Revised Edition)
SECOND EDITION (REVISED), imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 227pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moriori Michael King history culture Chatham Islands pacific
Coleridge and the Romantic Newspaper: The Morning Post and the Road to 'Dejection'
Octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xii + 274pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sm gouge to spine, gift inscription in ink signed Heidi to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2016
KEYWORDS: literature Coleridge literary history Heidi Thomson criticism appreciation
A History of the Gold Coast
LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 387pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's ink stamp name to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl cracking to central gutter)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1948
KEYWORDS: history Gold Coast Africa British rule politics
The Waikato Journals of Vicesimus Lush: 1864-8 1881-2
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 210pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press (Printer) 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waikato history Vicesimus Lush first editions signed
Stalin: Czar of all the Russias
FIRST EDITION, SCARCE IN JACKET, octavo, black cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, page fore-edges deckled, frontispiece, 292pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to spine/board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & sl foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate underscoring & annotation- particularly heavy to rear ep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & tidy archival tape repairs also, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: J B Lippincott 1940
KEYWORDS: first editions Russia Russian soviet leaders Stalin history
They Wouldn't Let Us Die: The Prisoners of War Tell Their Story
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 252pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, moderate creasing to edges, moderate creasing to flaps with minor tanning also, moderate discolouration to spine, occasional moderate closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan David Publishers 1973
KEYWORDS: signed first editions pows prisoners of war Vietnam war military history Stephen A Rowan
The World Crisis 1911-1918
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 831pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate crack to front gutter- front board sl shaky)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1941
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill early 20th twentieth century history military politics the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1