Books - "history"
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The Athenian Kerameikos: History - Monuments - Excavations
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: Krene Editions 1991
KEYWORDS: ancient history historical archaeology archeology Athen athenian excavations Kerameikos
English Art and English Society
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 Davies 1936
KEYWORDS: English art society history T Ashcroft architecture
Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of William Dobell
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: Hutchinson 1983
KEYWORDS: art biography biographies memoir William Dobell history artists
Fiordland Place-Names
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, FROM COLLECTION OF PETER CHANDLER, octavo stapled light ard 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: Fiordland National Park Board 1979
KEYWORDS: signed John Hall-Jones New Zealand history Fiordland place names
The Founding of the Church Universal: A History of the Early Church, Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Lutterworth Press 1960
KEYWORDS: early church history theology Christian Christianity
Half a Century of Sport
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: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1932
KEYWORDS: sport hunting history Sir Alfred Pease
The English Sermon, Volume II: 1650-1750
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Carcanet Press 1976
KEYWORDS: anthologies sermons history historical c of e church of england religious religion Christian Christianity
Raising the Ruins: The Fight to Revive the Legacy of Herbert W Armstrong
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: Philadelphia Church of God 2006
KEYWORDS: wcg worldwide church of god religions history Herbert W Armstrong
St Augustine
LACKS D/W, 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: Thomas Nelson & Sons 1938
KEYWORDS: saints St Augustine religion religious figures history historical
English Church Life, from the Restoration to the Tractarian Movement
Ex-library, super octavo hardcover (G+) scruffy copy; 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: Longmans, Green & Co 1914
KEYWORDS: England English church history Christianity
Local History: A Short Guide to Researching, Writing and Publishing a Local 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history writing publishing historiography historical guides
How the Bible Came to New Zealand, and Goes Forth
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: The British and Foreign Bible Society 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history Christian Christianity bible teachings biblical
Les Naufrages ou Vingt Mois Sur un Recif des Iles Auckland
TEXT IN FRENCH, FIRST EDITION, quarto, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/tooling to spine with raised bands also, blind rule to boards, aeg, textured iridescent eps, frontispiece, viii + map + 374pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate rubbing & surface loss to spine, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate staining to edges of eps, moderate foxing throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to front gutter, tissue guard to frontispiece missing)
PUBLISHER: Libraire de L Hachette et Cie 1870
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH New Zealand first editions Auckland Island Islands history historical accounts
Station Amusements in New Zealand
BOOKPLATE OF ROBERT McNAB, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black rule to boards, frontispiece, folding map to prelims, unpaginated prelims + 278pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges- minor surface loss, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plates to eps & prelims, prev. owner's name & other ink scribbles to prelims, light tanning & foxing sporadically throughout, occasional crease & pencil annotation to margins and/or page corners)
PUBLISHER: William Hunt and Company 1873
KEYWORDS: New Zealand historical accounts history rural farming communities stations Lady Barker
A Pakeha's Recollections: The Reminiscences of Murray Gladstone Thomson
LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece. 120pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to frontispiece & photographic pages, light scuffing to top edges of rear eps)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1944
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history historical accounts autobiography autobiographical Murray Gladstone Thomson pioneers
Yesterdays in Golden Buller
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (light rubbing/bruising & minor staining to spine & board edges, 1cm chip to top spine extrem, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, sl soiling to photographic pages)
PUBLISHER: Ella Matthews 1957
KEYWORDS: first editions Ella Matthews New Zealand history Buller Nelson Tasman
Station Life in New Zealand
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, black rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 238pp + catalogue to rear, G+ (light bruising to board extrems, v heavy cracking to front spine/hinge - heavily flapping but still tentatively attached, moderate chafing & surface loss to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page, light to moderate foxing & cracking of gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1871
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural life history historical accounts station stations farming agriculture Lady Barker anecdotes
European Place-Names in Southern New Zealand
Octavo, blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 20pp, VG (minor tanning & creasing to cover edges, moderate rust staining to staples, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: H Beattie 1912
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history place names European south southern Herries Beattie
A Rich Harvest: A History of Waikoikoi, West Coast
Octavo, illus white light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Waikoikoi District Centennial Committee
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island history West Coast Waikoikoi
Folklore and Fairy tales of the Canterbury Maoris
Octavo, blue/teal stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 38pp, VG+ (light tanning/foxing & creasing to cover edges, sl foxing & soiling to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori heritage culture history folklore lore fairy tales Canterbury Taare te Maiharoa Maud Goodenough Hayter Mrs T Moses