Books - "history"
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The Paris Commune of 1871: The View from the Left
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: Grove Press 1974
KEYWORDS: the Paris Commune politics working classes history
Passenger List (R M S Rangitane, Leaving London on 26th January, 1950 for Auckland via Curacao and Panama Canal)
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: The New Zealand Shipping Company N/D (c.1950s)
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical passenger lists New Zealand shipping company rms Rangitane London Auckland history historical journeys
The Piha Story
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (with initial 'B' for Bob- her nickname), also signed as Mary Woodward on title page, oblong 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: Mary D Woodward 2012
KEYWORDS: signed Mary Bob Woodward New Zealand Piha history
Ohakune School Centenary, February 9-11, 1996 (1896 / 1996)
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: Ruapehu Bulletin / Ohakune School Centennial Committee 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history centenary centennial Ohakune school
In Search of the Highlands: Mapping the Canada-Maine Boundary 1839: The Journals fo Featherstonhaugh and Mudge August to November 1839
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: Acadiensis Press 1988
KEYWORDS: journals diaries George William Featherstonhaugh Richard Mudge history Canada Canadian land borders boundaries Canada Maine geography
Horizons West
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: Thames and Hudson 1969
KEYWORDS: cinema movies film studies history westerns cowboys wild west Anthony Mann Budd Boetticher Sam Peckinpah
Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music
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: Harvard University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: music popular music history criticism philosophy aesthetics culture
Sound Effects: Youth, Leisure and the Politics of Rock 'n' Roll
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: Pantheon Books 1981
KEYWORDS: sound recording industry rock music history criticism
Studies of the Spanish Mystics
THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super 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: The Sheldon Press 1930
KEYWORDS: religion religious Spain Spanish history theology mysticism teresan period
Tales of Fishes
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: The Derrydale Press 2001
KEYWORDS: fishing hobbies Zane Grey literature history historical
A Passion for Flight: New Zealand Aviation before the Great War Volume Three
The Joe Hammond Story and Military Beginnings 1910-1914
This vol. only. Signed by author. Super 8vo, pp. 208; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; sticker peeled from front cover).
PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War 1 WW WW1 WWI Air Force Royal Great aviation planes aircraft
The Peep Show
Crown 8vo, pp. x + 230; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to central gutters; light to moderate foxing throughout); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; moderate to heavy tanning & foxing; lg closed tear to lower spine extrem along rear joint fold; hole to spine).
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1933
KEYWORDS: Walter Wilkinson England travel travelling journey social history puppet puppeteering
A Changing Land: Sir Donald McLean's Maraekakaho- 1857 to Today
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & brown lettering to spine, xii + 595pp, illus, folding map, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2013
KEYWORDS: signed Alan Scarfe New Zealand history Maraekakaho Hawke's Bay early settlers pioneers Sir Donald McLean
Blues Who's Who: A Biographical Dictionary of Blues Singers
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & green lettering to spine, 775pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press 1989
KEYWORDS: music history blues jazz musicians singers profiles
Mountaineering from the Milford Road: An Illustrated History of the First Mountaineering in the Milford Region 1895 to 1970
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 119pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, prev. bookseller's label to rear board, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Gerard Hall-Jones 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand landscape Milford Lakes District south island Southern Alps history mountain climbing mountaineering Milfird Road
Pages from the Memory Log of G M Hassing: Sailor, Pioneer, Schoolmaster
SCARCE, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, 74pp, VG- (moderate scuffing & fraying to board edges, moderate fading & tanning to spine, light discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- page block partially detached, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Southland Times Co N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history autobiography autobiographies memoir G M Hassing
History of North Otago for Centennial Period 1840 to 1940
Octavo, yellow light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, vii + 275pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges & spine, moderate fading & soiling to spine, minor ink markings to rear cover, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: North Otago Centennial Committee 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history North Otago centenary centennial committee
The Royal Geographical Society: New Zealand Glaciers 1893
ARTICLE RECOVERED WITH FOLDING MAP, octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to title plate on front cover, 10pp, folding map to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Royal Geographical Society 1893
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology glaciers historic articles maps royal geographical society history
W O Bentley: The Man Behind The Marque
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Breedon Books Publishing 2003
KEYWORDS: W O Bentley biography biographies memoir automotive history cars manufacturers design
Remembrance of Friends Past: Testimonies and Memorials to Lives and Works of New Zealand Quakers Who Died from 1843 to 1998
Quarto, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 235pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to covers, sm ex libris label to base of front cover, sm ink numbers to rear cover, light tanning & soiling/ink staining to page edges, occasional light pencil markings)
PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders history quakers religion religious testimonies
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