Books - "history"
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Reminiscences of a Goldminer and Saw Doctor: Jim Smith 1889-1976
Quarto spiral bound 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: K W Roughan 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography autobiographies memoir Jim Smith goldmining gold mining history
The Woman Before Wallis
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: Picador 2014
KEYWORDS: true crime murder homicide history Prince Edward Marguerite Alibert
As I Remember: Stories from 'Sounds Historical'
Sm 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: Tandem Press 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Jim Sullivan literature history anecdotes social customs
Forgotten Ireland: Scenes From the 19th Century Camera
Oblong 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: PRC 2000
KEYWORDS: photography history Ireland Irish 19th nineteenth century
Sheila: The Australian Beauty who Bewitched British Society
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: Allen & Unwin 2014
KEYWORDS: Sheila Chisholm biography biographies memoir history
The People's King: The True Story of the Abdication
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: Allen Lane / Penguin 2003
KEYWORDS: British English royal family history King Edward viii 8th eighth abdication Wallis Simpson
Inventing the Victorians
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 2001
KEYWORDS: English history Victorian
The Moral Arc
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: Henry Holt and Company 2015
KEYWORDS: popular science history morals ethics morality
A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the New Zealand School Journal
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PUBLISHER: Learning Media 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature school journal centenary centennial history
Leading Ladies
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PUBLISHER: Conran Octopus 1986
KEYWORDS: Hollywood history leading ladies screen icons actresses biographies portraits
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 80 1994
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PUBLISHER: The Egypt Exploration Society 1994
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology ancient history antiquity Egypt Egyptian journals
The Economic Development of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) pencil annotations/underlining; 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 John Hopkins Press 1965
KEYWORDS: png papua new guinea economy economics politics political history
178 A Brill Returns
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: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport trams history Brill 178 Christchurch
Strait of Adventure
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: A H & A W Reed 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Cook Strait Raukawa
The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1933
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: Warren and Son 1934
KEYWORDS: military history king's rifle corps chronicle
A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray, with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843
Octavo hardcover (G+) prelims detached but present; 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: John Murray 1911
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir John Murray publishers history
The Painter of Modern Life, and Other Essays
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait/illus to front board, frontispiece, xx + 224pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor wrinkling to half title page) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- yellowing tape repairs to internal sides, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling/staining)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1964
KEYWORDS: art criticism essays prose literature Charles Baudelaire history
July 1914, The Outbreak of the First World War: Selected Documents
PENCIL ANNOTATIONS, super octavo, cream buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 400pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, light staining/discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tape staining to pastedowns, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, pencil annotation & underlining to text- unobtrusive) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading)
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1967
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war beginning documents documentation politics political
Singing Coral
Super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 292pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, minor bruising & rubbing/fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minro tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: James Barrie 1951
KEYWORDS: exploration anthropology polynesia polynesian people history Pacific islands culture customs
From Kew Observatory to Scotland Yard: Being Experiences and Travels in 28 Years of Crime Investigation
LACKS D/W, tidy ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 284pp, VG- (minimal library markings/labels, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems with light fading also, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & full title page, occasional minor foxing throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett N/D
KEYWORDS: true crime history autobiography autobiographies law enforcement police investigations officers chief inspector W C Gough England English