Books - "history"
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The Oxford Companion to Australian Music
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 608pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: music history Australia Australian musical heritage companion performers entertainment dictionary
Endless Sotry: Being an Account of the Work of the Destroyers, Flotilla-leaders, Torpedo-Boats and Patrol Boats in the Great War
Demy 8vo, pp. 450; white/blue cl bds, spine & front board lettered in blue, front board bordered in blue; frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping & moderate to heavy archival repairs; hole to back; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1933
KEYWORDS: First World War 1 I WW WW1 WWI war warfare ships navy naval boat 20th century Europe military history
The Battle of Maldon: Fiction and Fact
First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 265; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Hambledon Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Battle of Maldon medieval mediaeval Anglo-Saxon Anglo Saxon war warfare history first edition Janet Cooper
23 Battalion
8vo, pp. xvi + 506; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sl sloppy; moderate cracking to front gutters & light cracking to rear gutters); in d/w, G (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems heavy chipping; extensive tape repairs, scrap papers taped to underside as support; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Second World War 2 II WW WW2 WWII war warfare 20th century ANZAC
British Castles
Medium 8vo, pp. xx + 208; green buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in yelllow, spine & front board illus.; frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderat tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters; p. xi-xii loose; light tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Adam and Charles Black 1911
KEYWORDS: Britain England British English castles architecture construction history
Hikurangi Ki Homburg: Henare Kohere and Terei Ngatai with the Maori Coronation Contingent 1902
Imp. 8vo, pp. xii + 140; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; 2cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repairs).
PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history soliders 19th 20th century
Antwerp World Port: On Trading and Shipping
Disc to rear. Imp. 8vo, pp. 175; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps, frontis., photos, plates, foldouts, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; gift inscription in blue ink to ht).
PUBLISHER: MAS Books 2012
KEYWORDS: Antwerp port shipping trade history trading route Europe
The Presocratic Philosophers Volume 1: Thales to Zeno
This vol. only. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 378; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in blue ink to ffep & rfep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979
KEYWORDS: Jonathan Barnes presocratic philosohy philosophers ancient classical history first edition
Old New Zealand, A Tale of the Good Old Times; And a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845. Told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe. By a Pakeha Maori
Fourth edition (Bagnall 3346). Original bdg. Demy 8vo, pp. xvi + 278; brown cl bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt; front board ruled & decorated in black; rear board decorated in blind; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to central gutters; moderate foxing throughout; rfep & final pg loose).
PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1876
KEYWORDS: old New Zealand 19th century Maori Pakeha history story stories war warfare battle tribes
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
Australian Civilization: A Symposium
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: F W Cheshire 1962
KEYWORDS: academic literature essays philosophy Australia Australian social commentary history historical
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
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