Books - "history"
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Claver Almanac for the African Missions 1930, Vol IX
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 Sodality of St Peter Claver for the African Missions 1930
KEYWORDS: religion religious history Claver almanac African missions
The One Hundred and Five Martyrs of Tyburn
Ex-library, sm 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: Burns & Oates 1917
KEYWORDS: Tyburn Convent religion religious history martyrs
Hebrew Religion: Its Origin and Development
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: S P C K 1952
KEYWORDS: religion Hebrew theology religious history
Masters or Servants? A Short History of the New Zealand Merchant Service Guild and its Predecessors
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: NZ Merchant Service Guild 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand merchant service guild history maritime nautical
Towards a Mystical Union: A Modern Commentary on the Mystical Text 'The Interior Castle' by St Teresa of Avila
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 Pauls 2003
KEYWORDS: The Interior Castle St Teresa of Avila history historical theology religion religious texts spirituality Christian Christianity
Survivors of Atlantis: Their Impact on the World
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: Bear & Company 2004
KEYWORDS: Atlantis lost cities ancient history civilizations civilisations mysteries new age
Apirana Ngata: E Tipu e Rea
Super 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: V R Ward, Gov't Printer 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori leaders Apirana Ngata history
Caring for Collections: A Manual of Preventative Conservation
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: Heritage Council 2000
KEYWORDS: conservation antiques antiquities collections preservation history historical artefacts
Shuttleworth: The Historic Aeroplanes
Square 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: Airlife Publishing 1989
KEYWORDS: aviation history shuttleworth aeroplanes design engineering
Antique & Classic Wings
Square 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: Osprey Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: aviation history antique classic flight aeroplanes design
Korea: The Air War 1950-1953
Square 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: Osprey Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: military aviation history aerial combat warfare Korea Korean war fighter planes
Russian Civil and Military Aircraft 1884-1969
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: Fountain Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian civil military aviation history aircraft aeroplanes fighter planes design engineering
Willem de Kooning
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) some adhesion to pages at prelims; 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: Rizzoli 1997
KEYWORDS: art artists Willem de Kooning history appreciation
On the Road: The Car in New Zealand
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: GP Books 1990
KEYWORDS: automotive New Zealand history motoring hobbies cars
C. L. R. James: His Intellectual Legacies
First edition. Signed & inscribed by Margaret Glover. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 476; blue cl bds, black label to spine lettered in gilt; 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 to eps, prelims & terminals; spine lightly cocked); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; moderate curling to layer of plastic film).
PUBLISHER: University of Massachusetts Press 1995
KEYWORDS: C L R James Margaret Glover 20th century philosophy music criticism politics political history intellectual first edition
The Knewstubbs of Port Chalmers
4to, pp. 178; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: J. A. Knox 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin Port Chalmers history social Knewstubbs family
General Chiang Kai-Shek: The Account of the Fortnight in Sian when the Fate of China Hung in the Balance
Ex-library. Sm 8vo, pp. xiv + 187; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; library slip pasted to front pastedown, library markings in blue ink to front pastedown, tp & tp verso, final pg, library barcode to rear board); lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1938
KEYWORDS: General Chiang Kai-Shek China Sian history war warfare military
At Homes on the Prairie: The Houses of Purcell & Elmslie
Imp. 8vo, pp. 191; illus. heavy card bds; illus. prelims, photos; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to ffep; chipping to spine).
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2006
KEYWORDS: architecture houses house home design interior history America United States
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy
Imp. 8vo, pp. xxiv + 557; black buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; motif to spine & front board in gilt; fore & bottom edges deckled, illus. eps & tp, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to front & rear hinge, bdg sloppy; light to moderate cracking to front & central gutters; light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: John Lane Thr Bodley Head 1928
KEYWORDS: Laurence Sterne 18th century comedy satire manners social history
Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing in the Tweed with a Short Account of the Natural History and Habits of the Salmon, Instructions to Sportsmen, Anecdotes, Etc.
Super royal 8vo, pp. xvi + 268; green buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; edges deckled, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & central gutters; pp. ix-xxiv & plate opposite p. 49 loose).
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1898
KEYWORDS: William Scrope fish fishing angler angling salmon sport game natural history 19th century