Books - "history"
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Burton Brothers: Photographers
LACKS D/W, quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing /soiling to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, sl soiling to terminals)
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hardwicke Knight photographers Burton brothers
The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 419pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2017
KEYWORDS: ancient history philosophy biblical theology
Aleister Crowley in Paris: Sex, Art and Magick in the City of Light
Super octavo, beige heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 368pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to board edges/extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (v sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Inner Traditions 2022
KEYWORDS: occultism occult history biography biographies memoir Aleister Crowley magick magic esoteric Paris France
Aleister Crowley: The Beast in Berlin: Art, Sex and Magick in the Weimar Republic
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxix + 386pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to extrems, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Inner Traditions 2014
KEYWORDS: occultism occult history biography biographies memoir Aleister Crowley magick magic esoteric Berlin Germany
The Whale's Wake
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 396pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light fading to spine, sl staining to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing to edges- sl closed tearing to base of front cover, light fading & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1982
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Harry Morton maritime nautical whaling hunting whales
The First White Boy Born in Otago: The Story of T B Kennard
FACSIMILE EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 243pp, VG+ (light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & covers, light creasing to spine, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cadsonbury Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: facsimile edition copy New Zealand history J Herries Beattie Otago T B Kennard biography biographies memoir
Osteology of the Maori and the Moriori
65 PAGE ARTICLE SEPARATELY BOUND, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering on white title plate to front board, 65pp, folding tables to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to front eps, sl cracking/tearing to some gutters at string binding)
PUBLISHER: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori anatomy skeletons osteology skeletal Moriori zoology skulls bones
A Century of Fires and Fire Brigades in Dunedin 1848-1948
Sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 234pp, illus/photos, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl cracking/loosening to some gutters, pen to fep.) in d/w, VG- (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, heavy creasing & chipping with loss to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Dunedin Metropolitan Fire Board N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history emergency services fire brigade centenary centennial Dunedin Otago
Military Science To-Day
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press c.1940
KEYWORDS: military science history militia united kingdom
Under the Black Flag: The Romance and Reality of Life Among the Pirates
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Brace & Co 1997
KEYWORDS: pirates piracy history
Petersburg: Crucible of Cultural Revolution
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: history saint petersburg russia culture
St. Petersburg: A Cultural History
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Free Press Paperbacks 1997
KEYWORDS: history saint petersburg russia culture
The Awakening: a History of the Western Mind AD 500 - 1700
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Apollo Book 2020, by Head of Zeus
KEYWORDS: history western world thinking social culture anthropology
The Persecution of the Templars: Scandal, Torture, Trial
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Profile 2018
KEYWORDS: history knights templar christian
Wings of the Wind
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: The Falcon Press 1954
KEYWORDS: parachute brigade world war two wwii history allies
All the Juicy Pastures: Greville Texidor and New Zealand
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: greville texidor bloomsbury writer new zealand history biography
1933-2008 Otago Table Tennis Association: 75 Years Across the Tables
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Otago Table Tennis Association
KEYWORDS: table tennis otago club history association dunedin
The Selected Letters of Tennessee Williams: Volume I, 1920-1945
THIS VOLUME ONLY, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: New Directions n/d
KEYWORDS: tennessee williams letters history american playwright
Russia and its Crisis
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Barnes & Noble 2005
KEYWORDS: russia history pre-revolution crisis fall of tzars
An Officer's Manual of the Western Front 1914-1918
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Conway 2018
KEYWORDS: military history world war one officer's manual british empire