Books - "history"
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Leith Harrier and Amateur Athletic Club, 60th Jubilee 1985
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: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin sport history Leith harrier athetics track field
My Disillusionment in Russia
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: Peter Smith / Harper & Row 1983
KEYWORDS: Emma Goldman Russia Russian history post revolution Kronstadt rebellion
Alamein 1933-1962: An Italian Story
FIRST EDITION, 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: George Allen & Unwin 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions war history military Italy Italian Alamein Paolo Caccia-Dominioni
The Spanish Tercios 1536-1704
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: Osprey Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: war military history men-at-arms series soldiers Spanish tercios
Coming of Age: The United Church 1913-1972
SIGNED BY AUTHOR (ON FRONT COVER) 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: Institute Press 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history methodist methodism 20th twentieth century signed E W Hames
World War II Album: The Complete Chronicle of the World's Greatest Conflict
Heavy 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: Tess Press 2002
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 photojournalism photography photos records
Mythology: An Illustrated Encyclopedia
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: Orbis Publishing 1982
KEYWORDS: ancient history mythology myths legends encyclopedia encyclopaedia world religions
Earth: The Operators' Manual
Very tidy ex-library, 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: W W Norton & Company 2011
KEYWORDS: earth climate environment renewable energy sources global warming history
The Strangest War: The Story of the Maori Wars 1860-1872
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G) jacket scruffy with considerable archival repair; 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: Putnam & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history wars 19th nineteenth century
Stories From the Marketplace
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, 396pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked/warped, light soiling & fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page egdes)
PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand stock market exchange finance financial capitalism capitalist history
Ganymede in the Renaissance : Homosexuality in Art and Society
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xvi + 265pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & fading to cover edges, minor chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: art history gay lgbtq renaissance medieval homosexuality European Italian criticism
The Second World War (2 Vol Set & Vinyl Record)
2 VOL SET IN SLIPCASE, ILLUSTRATED WITH VINYL RECORD, sm folio, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration to coloured spines & black boards, 615pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, minor glue damage to page edges of vol 1, light tanning to page edges, sl staining to ffep of vol 1) in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to front side, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Time Life / Houghton Mifflin 1960
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Winston Churchill vinyl record illustrated military history special editions box sets
The Ruins of Mexico, Volume 1 (Only Volume Ever Issued)
Lg quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & motif to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 153pp + blank memoranda to rear, illus/photos- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate smatterings of foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: H E Shrimpton 1910
KEYWORDS: ancient history Mexico archeology archaeology ruins old buildings
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall
Quarto, illus heavy boards, blue & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Race Point Publishing 2013
KEYWORDS: rock music musicians bands Pink Floyd biography biographies memoir history
With the Cameliers in Palestine
LACKS D/W, octavo, blu ebuckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 244pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light to moderate scuffing to board & spine edges, black lettering & rule heavily faded on front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938
KEYWORDS: military history war Palestine New Zealand
Arnhem Land: Its History and Its People
LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, vii + 243pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to board extrems, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light water staining to top edges of prelims)
PUBLISHER: F W Cheshire 1954
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history arnhem anthropology
Amateur Racing Driver
LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co N/D (c.1950s?)
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports amateur racing cars grand prix history
Lords' Dreaming: The Story of the 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 221pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 2002
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket Australia Australian Aborgines Aboriginal
Salutary Punishment: Taranaki Maori Prisoners in Dunedin, 1869-72 and 1879-81
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, printed front ep, 120pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Patea Historical Society 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Taranaki Maori prisoners south island Dunedin late 19th nineteenth century
A Narrative of the Boer War: Its Causes and Results
LIMITED EDITION (#642/1000), quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering tp spine & front board- raised bands at spine, illus eps, 574pp, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana 1985
KEYWORDS: Boer war history Africa military politics