Books - "history"
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The Constant Pest: A Short History of Pests and Their Control
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 Scientific Book Club 1976
KEYWORDS: history pests pest control insects nature George Ordish
The Spirit of Gallipoli
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: Hardie Grant Books 2006
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Gallipoli Turkey anzacs anzac soldiers
The Natural History of an English Forest
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: Arrow Books 1972
KEYWORDS: natural history trees forests nature England English
Gallipoli
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: Pan Macmillan 2002
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war campaigns battles battlefied Gallipoli anzacs anzac soldiers
Border Country: Raymond Williams in Adult Education
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: National Institute of Adult Continuing Education 1993
KEYWORDS: Raymond Williams adult education academic teaching learning history
The Pursuit of History: Aims, Methods and New Directions in the Study of Modern History
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: Longman 1987
KEYWORDS: studies history historiography records teaching
Ralph Fitch Elizabethan in the Indies
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: Faber and Faber 1972
KEYWORDS: Ralph Fitch history biography biographies memoir
Nga Pou Arahi: A Tribal Inventory of Manscripts relating to Maori Treasures, Language, Genealogy, Songs, History, Customs and Proverbs
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 311; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (creasing to spine, light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Auckland Institute and Museum 1995
KEYWORDS: Jenifer Curnow New Zealand Maori manuscripts language genealogy literature history culture
Word Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft
4to, pp. 546; blue heavy card bds, spine & front board lettered in silver gilt, aircraft motif in silver gilt to front board; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Jane's 1981
KEYWORDS: Enzo Angelucci encyclopedia military history aircraft airplanes planes
Chronicle of Cinema
4to, pp. 941; illus. heavy card bds; frontis., illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing, rubbing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with sl chipping; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley 1997
KEYWORDS: cinema history film movies motion picture arts art chronicle
Through the Lens: Three Decades of New Zealand News Photography
Signed & inscribed by John Selkirk. Obl imp. 8vo, pp. 148; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps, photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Reed 2003
KEYWORDS: Ian Stuart John Selkirk New Zealand history photographs photography
Forgotten Anzacs: The Campaign in Greece, 1941
Revised edition. Super 8vo, pp. x + 432; maroon heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; plates; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Scribe 2016
KEYWORDS: Peter Ewer Second World War 2 WW2 WW WWII II ANZAC Australia New Zealand military history Greece
Agape and Eros: Part I - A Study of the Christian Idea of Love; Part II - The History of the Christian Idea of Love
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 764pp, VG- (light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning/fading & foxing to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, top corners of first two pgs removed, light to moderate foxing throughout, occasional ink markings)
PUBLISHER: Harper Torchbooks / Harper & Row 1969
KEYWORDS: religion Christian faith Christianity theology history antiquity spirituality
A Measured Pace: Toward a Philosophical Understanding of the Arts of Dance
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xviii + 580pp, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1995
KEYWORDS: dance philosophy history performing arts
Jazz Giants: A Visual Retrospective
Quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 280pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Columbus Books 1988
KEYWORDS: music musicians jazz history
Historical Essays
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 298pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to board edges, sl tanning to spine, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional markings)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1957
KEYWORDS: literature history historical H R Trevor-Roper essays collection anthologies first editions
Realm of the Black Mountain: A History of Montenegro
FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 521pp, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, minor tape staining to board edges, light tanning/soiling & moderate foxing to page edges, sm brown smudges to some prelim pages (chocolate?) - still a tidy copy) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, some library lables, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling- possibly just to plastc cover)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Montenegro history geopolitics Europe first editions
No Simple Passage: The Journey of the London to New Zealand, 1842 - A Ship of Hope (Large Print)
LARGE PRINT, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, vi + 596pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Random House 2011
KEYWORDS: large print New Zealand history pioneers early settlers London
Universal Business Directory, for Otago - Southland 1957
Octavo, illus/printed light card covers, blue & red lettering to spine, single punched hole to top of page block, printed eps, x + 801pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing/bruising to spine & covers/edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine & covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning/foxing/soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Arnold D Baldwin / Universal Business Directories Ltd 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand old business directories Otago Southland provincial businesses history historical
Old and New London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places: Vol VI The Southern Suburbs
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, gilt trim to leatherwork on boards, marbled page edges, vignettes to prelims, xii + 636pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking to front hinge- front board sl shaky, moderate scuffing to leatherwork, moderate chafing & fading/soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps with minor water staining also, binding still sound)
PUBLISHER: Cassell Petter & Galpin N/D
KEYWORDS: England English cities London City south southern suburbs history culture buildings heritage Edward Walford