Books - "history"
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The Study of Dress History
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: Manchester University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: fashion history dress textiles culture
Prolific in God's Gifts: A Social History of Knox and the Dandenongs
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: George Allen & Unwin 1983
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history Knox Dandenongs
The Pythons: Autobiography
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: Thomas Dunne / St Martin's Griffin 2005
KEYWORDS: British comedy comedians Monty Python humour humor history autobiography autobiographies memoir
A History of New Zealand Architecture
SECOND EDITION, 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: Hodder Moa Beckett 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand architecture buildings construction design history
Beyond Heaving Bosoms: The Smart Bitches' Guide to Romance Novels
Otavo 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: Fireside/ Simon & Schuster 2009
KEYWORDS: romance novels humour humor guide love stories history criticism literary literature
Betwixt and Between: Middlebrow Fiction and English Society in the Twenties and Thirties
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: The University of Melbourne 1990
KEYWORDS: Middlebrow fiction literary criticism twentieth-century history interwar novelists
How Reading Changed My Life
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: Ballantine Books 1998
KEYWORDS: biography books reading twentieth-century contemporary thought history
Used and Rare: Travels in the Book World
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: St. Martin's Griffin 1998
KEYWORDS: book collecting books rare books Lawrence Goldstone Nancy Goldstone book history
St. George Cookery Book
Small octavo stapled light card covers (VG) minor annotations in ink; 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: Irvine & Stevenson's St. George 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cook book Dunedin history ear;y 20th century
A Handbook for the Better Use of Electricity for Domestic, Business and Farm use. Containing useful information on the subjects as well as a lot of new and tried recipies
Small octavo stapled light card covers (G+), some leaves loose; 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: Issued with compliments of Dunedin City Council n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin history electricity Dunedin City Council
The Nelson Cookery Book: 650 Tested Recipes, Household Hints and Information. Contributed by the Housewives of Sunny Nelson
Octavo stapled light card covers (G+), rear cover detached; 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: Published by and in aid of the Nelson Plunket Society n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson history cook book plunket society early 20th century
Universal Home Directory: Handy Hints for Householders
Octavo stapled light card covers (G+); 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: Universal Publicity Service n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand home directory early 20th century social history
The Householder. 11th Edition
Small octavo stapled light card covers (G+); 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:
KEYWORDS: New Zealand home directory early 20th century social history essays
Mauritius Sketchbook
Oblong super octavo (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: Archipelago Press 2004
KEYWORDS: art books history Mauritius sketchbook
99 More Scottish Country Dances
Small octavo stiff 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: Collins 1974
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history country dancing dance Scottish dance
Understanding the Neolithic: A Revised Second Edition of Rethinking the Neolithic
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & grey lettering to spine, x + 266pp, illus, Near FINE (sl rubbing/curling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2003
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology ancient history neolithic period
Skeletal Remains, Suggesting or Attributed to Early Man in North America
FROM THE LIBRARY OF NZ PARLIAMENT, ATTRACTIVELY BOUND, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to board edges, top page edges stained grey, 113pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris General Assembly plate to front pastedown, occasional minor carcking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Washington Government Printing Office 1907
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology skeletons bones ancient history ethnology anthropology North America human homosapiens
Indian Tribes of the Lower Mississippi Valley and Adjacent Coast of the Gulf of Mexico
FROM THE LIBRARY OF NZ PARLIAMENT, ATTRACTIVELY BOUND, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, folding map frontispiece, vii + 387pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor surface loss patch to front pastedown, minor smudging of red ink to folding map/frontis, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Washington Government Printing Office 1911
KEYWORDS: ancient history North America American indian tribes ethnology anthropology lower Mississippi valley Gulf of Mexico archeology archaeology
Report on the Present State and Future Prospects of Lord Howe Island
FACSIMILE REPRINT WITH LARGE FOLDING MAP TO REAR, imperial octavo, red light card covers, gilt lettering to front cover, 40pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light curling to cover edges, minor soiling to front cover with sm ex-libris label also, moderate cracking to gutters of prelims, gift inscription in ink to ffep, minor creasing & foxing to edges of folding map but otherwise v tidy)
PUBLISHER: D West, Gov't Printer 1981 (Facsimile of Thomas Richards 1882 edition)
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian islands Lord Howe Island history historical reports
True Tales of the Chatham Islands
Quarto, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling & curling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Chatham Heritage and Restoration Trust Inc N/D (c.2015)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chatham Islands history heritage settlers pioneers