Books - "history"
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Bloomsbury Women: Distinct Figures in Life and Art
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: Pavilion Books 1995
KEYWORDS: literature literary art history Bloomsbury group women portraits
Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia
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: Utah State Univerity Press 2012
KEYWORDS: history class ethnicity race relations academia academic women gender studies education institutions university
Chaplin: A Life
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: JR Books 2009
KEYWORDS: Charlie Chaplin screen legends comedians comedy humour humor actors silver screen history biography biographies memoir
Julia Margaret Cameron: A Victorian Family Portrait
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: Peter Owen 1973
KEYWORDS: Julia Margaret Cameron family history Victorian era times
Under Siege: Literary Life in London 1939-1945
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: Readers Union 1978
KEYWORDS: literature literary history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 London
Maps of New Zealand Appearing in British Parliamentary Papers
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: University of Otago Press 1962
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maps cartography geography landscapes British parliament papers history parliamentary
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Revised & Enlarged Edition)
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: Penguin
KEYWORDS: Adolf Eichmann trial history persecution Jews Jewish war crimes
Eardley Knolleys 1902-1991: Selected Works from The Studio Estate
Square 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: David Messum Fine Art 2002
KEYWORDS: art history exhibitions Eardley Knolley the studio estate
Ups and Downs: Diaries 1972-1975
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2001
KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals history 70s seventies
Moore: G E Moore and the Cambridge Apostles
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1979
KEYWORDS: G E Moore philosophy history literature biography biographies memoir
Dearest Andrew: Letters From V Sackville-West to Andrew Reiber, 1951-1962
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: Michael Joseph 1980
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence V Sackville-West Andrew Reiber literature literary history
The Omega Workshops
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: Secker & Warburg 1983
KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury group furniture industry history trade England English art
The Story of Beer: Beer and Brewing - a New Zealand History
Quarto 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: Viking / Penguin 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand alcohol alcoholic drink drinks beverages beer history culture brewing
The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1919
8vo, uncoloured heavy card bds, black lettering to spine & front bds, xiii + 968 pp., map facing p. 1, VG (light soiling & chaffing/ rubbing to boards & spine, light bruising & chipping to board/spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to top pg edge, sl tanning & foxing to fore & bottom edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, light sporadic foxing throughout, moderate stain & 4cm closed tear to l. 103, marginalia to pg. 1)
PUBLISHER: Marcus F. Marks 1919
KEYWORDS: New Zealand statistics population census year book 20th century social history
The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1920
8vo, tan heavy card bds, black lettering to brown cloth spine, black lettering to front board, x + 414 pp., VG- (light soiling & rubbing to bds & spine, light bruising to board extrems, moderate cracking to front board extrem, light to moderate tanning/soiling to pg edges, ownership inscription to ffep, v light cracking to front gutter, v sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Marcus F. Marks 1920
KEYWORDS: New Zealand statistics population census year book 20th century social history
The Meaning of the Creative Act
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, blue heavy bds, gilt lettering to spine, 344 pp., VG (sl soiling, v sl bruising to upper spine extrem, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ownership inscription & prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ffep, moderate marginalia/annotation & underlining in pen throughout) in d/w VG (light foxing & soiling- moderate at spine, light to moderate chipping to spine extrems, light closed tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1955
KEYWORDS: criticism history creative creativity religion love morality society philosophy
The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1906
8vo, illus cloth boards, gilt lettering & black rules & tooling to front board & spine, decorated eps, frontis., vi + 779 pp.,addenda & corrigenda, VG (sl tearing to front & back board joints, v sl scuffing, to boards & spine, light bruising to spine/board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light foxing & tanning to prelims/terminals, minor marginalia, creasing to paper at central gutters)
PUBLISHER: John MacKay 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand social history census population statistics land trade industry revenue politics year book
Tangata Ngai Tahu: People of Ngai Tahu: Volume One
Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, 1cm closed tear/bruise to fore edge of front cover, sl bruising to spine, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu / Bridget Williams 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history culture Ngai Tahu deed of settlement collections archives heritage
Stewart Island's Kaipipi Shipyard and the Ross Sea Whalers
Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, illus prelims, 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: J P C Watt 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rakiura Stewart Island Kaipipi shipyard ross sea whalers whaling history maritime nautical
Washington: An Abridgment in One Volume (of the Seven-Volume 'George Washington' by Douglas Southall Freeman) (Library of the Presidents Series)
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xvi + 780pp, illus, Near FINE (minor creasing to edges of rear eps)
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press N/D (c.1985?)
KEYWORDS: US America American former presidents history politics political leaders George Washington abridgments Library of the Presidents series government full leather bindings