Books - "history"
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The Rosminian Mission: Sowers of the Second Spring
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: Gracewing 2017
KEYWORDS: religion religious history rosminian movement
White Stone Country: The Story of North Otago
LACKS D/W, 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: North Otago Centennial Committee 1962
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history south island north Otago centenary centennial
The Oldest Profession: A History of Prostitution
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG-) spine cocked; 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: Arthur Barker 1967
KEYWORDS: history sex industry prostitution
St Gerards School 75th Jubilee 1912-1987
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: Central Otago News Print (Printer) 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools school history jubilee St Gerards central Otago
Ophir Memories
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: Ken Leask 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural communities Ophir signed Ken Leask Otago history
The Railway Builders
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: David & Charles 1983
KEYWORDS: transport history rail railway workers contractors trains victorian
The Clan Cameron: A Brief Sketch of its History and Traditions
REPRINT, 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: N/D (Modern Reprint)
KEYWORDS: family history genealogy Cameron Scottish heritage
The Meaning of Hitler
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: Macmillan Publishing 1979
KEYWORDS: Nazi Germany Hitler power abuse ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history
The New Zealand Shipping Company's Pocket-Book
Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece, x + 159pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional smatterings of foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1908
KEYWORDS: New Zealand shipping pocket books passenger guides travel information historical history
Story of a Bohemian
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 104pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & staining to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & tanning to edges & flaps, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: United Writers 1989
KEYWORDS: Jan Shuster Czechoslovakia history autobiography autobiographies memoir childhood politics political
Sword for Hire: The Saga of a Modern Free-Companion
LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 337pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional foxing throughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1934
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Douglas V Duff British merchant seamen history
Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago
TIRED COPY, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 321pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, sm water staining to lower pg corners of prelims, top portion of title page removed, v heavy cracking to gutters- binding loosened, occasional annotation to margins)
PUBLISHER: J Wilkie & Co 1912
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history south island Otago Dunedin early settlers pioneers settlements John Wilson
The Hard Road to Klondike
Ex-library, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 150pp, illus/photo, VG (spine cocked, usual library markings, moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (1x corner sl clipped, light creasing & v heavy tape staining to flaps & cover edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling, front flap & base of covers untidily trimmed)
PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1962
KEYWORDS: goldmining gold mining history Michael MacGowan Ireland American autobiography autobiographies memoir
Constructing Communities in the Late Roman Countryside
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 269pp, Near FINE (sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: ancient Roman history communities rural countryside classical studies
The Sixth Column
Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 368pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 3cm loss to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1955
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography autobiographies memoir Lt Col Mahmood Khan Durrani pows prisoners of war
Alone in the Sky
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, sl tanning to edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Jean Batten biography biographies memoir signed
Winston Churchill's Anti-Drepression Proposal
LACKS D/W, octavo, cream & green buckram boards, green lettering to spine, frontispiece, 226pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine & boards, light staining to front board, moderate tanning & light staining to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Public Revenue Education Council 1958
KEYWORDS: history finance economics Winston Churchill politics tax taxation
Winston S Churchill: Volume I Companion Part I 1874-1896
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xxi + 678pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1967
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political
Winston S Churchill: Volume II Companion Part 3 1911-1914
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 1374-2159, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to boards/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence
Winston S Churchill: Volume II Companion Part 2 1907-1911
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 677-1373, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence