Books - "history"
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Manual of New Zealand Geography with Maps and Examination Questions
Foolscap 8vo, pp. x + 143 + [24 (advts)]; brown cl bds, front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, foldout maps throughout; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp verso; annotation in pencil to maps; light to moderate foxing throughout; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: George Philip and Son 1871
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography Thomas A Bowden history environment topography maps geographical landscape
John Clare: A Biography
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: Picador 2003
KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir John Clare literature literary poets poetry
Aquinas: God and Action
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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979
KEYWORDS: St Thomas Aquinas history theology religion religious biography biographies memoir
The Western World and Japan: A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic Cultures
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket very torn & loosely enclosed; 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: Alfred A Knopf 1968
KEYWORDS: Asia Europe Japan social history culture
The Healthy Country? A History of Life & Death in New Zealand
INSCRIBED & INITIALLED BY ALISTAIR WOODWARD, 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: Auckland University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand health history wellbeing culture social commentary science nutrition disease signed Alistair Woodward
European Vision and the South Pacific 1768-1850: A Study in the History of Art and Ideas
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: Oxford University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: art history European ideas south Pacific anthropology culture
Masters of Deceit: The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight it
Paperback (G+) scruffy copy; 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: Pocket Books / Cardinal 1960
KEYWORDS: J Edgar Hoover politics government FBI communism US America American history communist party espionage
Style, Information and Image in the Art of Cook's Voyages
Octavo stapled light card covers (VG) some highlighting to text; 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: School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury 1988
KEYWORDS: Harkness lectures art history Bernard Smith exploration Captain James Cook voyages
In the Hills of Waimarino: The Human Story of the Development of the District
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: Wanganui Newspapers 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Waimarino
Anatomy of the Movies
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: Macmillan 1981
KEYWORDS: film industry movies entertainment history
The Book of Sports Cars
Quarto 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: Frederick Muller 1960
KEYWORDS: soprts cars high performance history design engineering automotive racing
Conquest & Overlord: The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry and the Overlord Embroidery
Oblong imperial 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: Overlord Embroidery Trust / OEEPS / Phaidon Press 1989
KEYWORDS: history historical textiles tapestry tapestries Bayeux Overlord embroidery
The Piero Della Francesca Trail, With The Best Picture
FIRST EDITION THUS, 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: The Little Bookroom 2002
KEYWORDS: art history criticism Aldous Huxley literature John Pope-Hennessy first editions THUS
Jazz: The Australian Accent
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: UNSW Press 2009
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian music jazz history criticism musicians
On Quine
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: Wadsworth 2000
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy history W V Quine
Quarrel With the King
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: HarperCollins 2008
KEYWORDS: Earl of Pembroke aristocrats aristocracy English history England nobility Herbert family
The Splendour of Steam
FIRST EDITION, oblong 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: George Allen & Unwin 1965
KEYWORDS: first editions transport history trains rail travel steam locomotives
Marshall McLuhan: The Medium and the Messenger
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: Ticknor & Fields 1989
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Marshal McLuhan history
The Blue Book of the John Birch Society
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: Western Islands 1961
KEYWORDS: blue book John Birch Society social history
George Fox
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: Methuen & Co 1896
KEYWORDS: George Fox biography biographies memoir history