Books - "history"
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How to Have Theory in an Epidemic: Cultural Chronicles of AIDS
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: Duke University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: AIDS hiv health epidemics social history feminism medicine
Sex, Death and Punishment
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: Fontana Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Britain British sex history renaissance sexuality culture
Why Memory Matters
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 2023
KEYWORDS: bwb text series literature New Zealand history politics philosophy Rowan Light
The Savage Empire: Forgotten Wars of the 19th Century
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: Sutton Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century military history war wars conflict campaigns
Is Literary History Possible?
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: John Hopkins University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: literature history literary criticism
A Century of Service - The Vancouver Police 1886-1986
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) soiling to eps; 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: Vanciuover Police Historical Society and Centennial Museum 1986
KEYWORDS: Canada Canadian police Vancouver history centennial centenary
Midlife Queer: Autobiography of a Decade 1971-1981
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: Scribner 1996
KEYWORDS: gay lgbtq queer communities 70s seventies modern history
The Long Last Summer: Australia's Upper Class Before the Great War
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: Thomas Nelson 1985
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history upper classes pre-war
Te Marua Golf Club Inc 1931-1991
Quarto stapled softcovers (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 sport history golf clubs Te Marua jubilee
Guns in Australia
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: Paul Hamlyn 1974
KEYWORDS: Australia firearms weapons weaponry guns history
The Great Shame, and the Triumph of the Irish in the English-Speaking World
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: Nan A Talese / Doubleday 1999
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history immigration
Index of the Journal of the Polynesian Society (Vols 1-50, 1892-1941)
Super octavo stapled 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 Polynesian Society 1942
KEYWORDS: indexes indices journals Polynesian society history historical
The Cambridge Ancient History (Third Edition): Volume 1, Part 1: Prolegomena and Prehistory
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, xxii + 758pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (usual library markings- minimal, sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series prehistory antiquity prolegomena geology geography prehistoric mesolithic palaeolithic
The Cambridge Ancient History (Third Edition): Volume 1, Part 2: Early History of the Middle East
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, errata slip to contents page, xxiii + 1058pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (usual library markings- minimal, light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & moderate soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Cambridge ancient history series antiquity geology geography middle east Egypt Babylonia Palestine Syria Mesopotamia Anatolia bronze age Aegean Assyria
The Drawings of L S Lowry: Public and Private
LACKS FEP, lg quarto, brown buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 31pp + ix colour plates + 282 monochrome plates, VG (minor rubbing/bruising to extrems, sl rubbing to spine, light to moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, ffep missing, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, minor scuffing to rear)
PUBLISHER: Jupiter Books 1976
KEYWORDS: art artists history L S Lowry matchstick men
The Paintings of L S Lowry: Oils and Watercolours
Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 31pp + 130 plates/illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. ownership annotation to ffep & half title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 3cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, light fading to spine, minor wrinkling to rear, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Jupiter Books 1975
KEYWORDS: art artists history L S Lowry matchstick men oils watercolours
The Bikes We Built: A Journey Through New Zealand Made Bicycles
Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white & yellow lettering to spine, illus eps, vii + 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Kennett Brothers 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand hobbies leisure cycling bikes bicycles history
The Relief of Tobruk (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 566pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl staining to top corner of ffep, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official histories series ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Tobruk
Documents, Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939-45 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG (moderate rubbing to spines & boards/extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown & vol 1, school ink stamps to eps of vol 3, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1949-63
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official histories series ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 documents documentation
Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 207pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: first editions art history Dutch artists Johannes Vermeer criticism appreciation