Books - "history"
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Great All Black Wingers
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: Rugby Press 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history ABs All Blacks rugby union players wingers
Revolutions: How Women Changed the World
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2021
KEYWORDS: women history cycling adventure bicycles
Rugby: The Afterlife
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: Upstart Press 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history rugby union ABs All Blacks former players
Bring on United: Ferguson's Golden Generation in Their Own Words
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: HarperNorth 2024
KEYWORDS: sport modern history soccer English football Man Utd Manchester United teams Sir Alex Ferguson
Athens: Its Grandeur and Decay
Sm 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: The Religious Tract Society N/D (c.1840s?)
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Greece ancient Greek Athens history
Vanda Station: History of an Antarctic Outpost 1968-1995
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: New Zealand Antarctic Society N/D
KEYWORDS: south pole Antarctic Antarctica history outposts travel exploration
John Thadeus Delane, Editor of The Times: His Life and Correspondence (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, 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 Murray 1908
KEYWORDS: biograpgy biographies memoir John Thadeus Delane The Times journalism history
The Knights of Bushido: A Short History of Japanese War Crimes
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: Cassell & Company 1958
KEYWORDS: first editions military history Japan Japanese war crimes criminals
History of Kaitangata 1800s-2004
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 556pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges & eps, ffep glued down to front pastedown, minor wrinkling & soiling to title page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/wrinkling to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Print (Printer) N/D (c.2004?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural communities history goldmining Kaitangata south island
The Great Warbow: From Hastings to the Mary Rose
Ex-library, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 538pp, illus, VG (jacket firmly affixed to boards- could be carefully removed if desired, usual library markings & scuffs, moderate soiling to page edges & eps, occasional crscking to gutters) in d/w, VG (affixed to boards, minor creasing & fading with soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: history weapons weaponry bows arrows warbow longbow warfare combat
The Earliest Wheeled Transport: From the Atlantic Coast to the Caspian Sea
Quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 272pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, odd makeshift tape repairs to internal sides, moderate creasing to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1983
KEYWORDS: transport history wheels wheeled wagons carts horses vehicles ancient iron age bronze age
Academies and Society in Southern Sung China
Ex-library, super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 309pp, VG (minimal library markings, boards sl warped, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor scuff to front pastedown, moderate creasig to top edges of pgs 195-208, jacket affixed to rear board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & peeling to edges, sl soiling, rear flap affixed to rear board)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 1999
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity China southern Sung dynasty academic education
The History of Changi
Octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, xviii + 132pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Changi University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: southeast Asia Changi history military Singapore Henry Probert
Bruce McLaren: Racing Car Constructor
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Begg & Allen 2019
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Bruce McLaren car racing high performance history biography biographies memoir
Can-Am 50th Anniversary: Flat Out With North America's Greatest Race Series 1966-74
Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, orange lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extremw, light chafing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks / Quarto Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports North America can-am race history car racing
The Road to Monaco: My Life in Motor Racing
SIGNED, square super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Denley Publications 2015
KEYWORDS: signed Howden Ganley motorsports automotive history autobiography autobiographies memoir f1 formula one 1 New Zealand Zealanders
The Venture of Islam (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & coloured lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press N/D (c.2010s?)
KEYWORDS: history Islam Islamic culture empires
The Second World War, Illustrated & Abridged
Heavy folio, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Grange Books 2003
KEYWORDS: Winston S Churchill military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History
Imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, xii + 369pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to cover edges/extrems)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2021
KEYWORDS: urban hobbies sport skateboarding history culture development
240: Two Hundred and Forty Years of New Zealand Painting
Lg quarto, illus glossy boards, black lettering to spine, 279pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light chafing/soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history paintings appreciation