Books - "history"
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An Age of Superheroes (A Time Before Traction Control)
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: motorsports motorcycle grand prix racing history
No Maori Allowed: New Zealand's Forgotten History of Racial Segregation: How a Generation of Maori Children Perished in the Fields of Pukekohe
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & white lettering to spine, viii + 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to page edges, sl soiling to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Robert E Bartholomew 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori race racial segregation history racism Pukekohe housing discrimination South Auckland white supremacy employment human rights health
Norsewood: The Centennial Story: A History of the District of Norsewood
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 182pp, illus/photos, VG- (3cm scuff & surface loss to spine, moderate scuffing & bruising to board edges, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor soiling to title page, prev. owner's name & details in ink to title page & elsewhere to pages, occasional soiling & creasing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (3cm loss to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, tidy archival repairs to spine & edges, moderate to heavy soiling)
PUBLISHER: A L Andersen 1972
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Norsewood centennial centenary early settlers pioneers
An Exquisite Legacy: The Life and Work of New Zealand Naturalist G V Hudson
Sm quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history nature naturalists G V Hudson
The English Elegy: Studies in the Genre from Spenser to Yeats
Super octavo, light grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv+ 375pp, VG (moderate foxing to boards, light soiling to boards & page edges, light foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, red ink markings to fep & title page)
PUBLISHER: The Johns Hopkins University Press 1987
KEYWORDS: english elegy genre study studies literature criticism history elegiac poetry
Brassai: The Artists of My Life
Ex-Library, quarto, beige cloth boards, 224pp, illus, VG- (dustwrapper affixed to boards with clear adhesive cover, light scuffing to board corners, light foxing to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, previous bookseller's sticker to front of jacket, light to moderate foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1982
KEYWORDS: brassai richard miller artists art book reference process history
Alfa Romeo: Cuore Sportivo
TEXT IN ENGLISH, square quarto, red heavy boards, black text to boards & spine, illus prelims, 318pp, illus/photo, VG+ (light scuffing to board corners, slight bruising to spine, previous bookseller's label to rear board) in d/w VG+ (light chafing to jacket, slight creasing & scuffing to edges & corners of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Mondadori 2010
KEYWORDS: alfa romeo cuore sportivo text in english italian car manufacturer motorsport racing history italy
The Life of Ailred of Rievaulx
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: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1950
KEYWORDS: history biography Ailred abbot of Rievaulx
Road Belong Cargo: A Study of the Cargo Movement in the Southern Madang District New Guinea
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: Melbourne University Press 1964
KEYWORDS: history cargo movement New Guinea southern Madang district trade industrialism
In the Realms of Gold: Pioneering in African 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: University of Wisconsin Press 1997
KEYWORDS: history gold mining Africa African Roland Oliver
Small Wars, Faraway Places: The Genesis of the Modern World: 1945-65
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: Macmillan 2013
KEYWORDS: military modern history 20th twentieth century conflict
The Life of George Bass: Surgeon and Sailor of the Enlightenment
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: Allen & Unwin 2005
KEYWORDS: history George Bass biography maritime nautical exploration
Mosquito: A Natural History of Our Most Persistent and Deadly Foe
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: Faber and Faber 2001
KEYWORDS: natural history bugs insects mosquitoes entomology pests
Tahiti: A Paradise Lost
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: Harvill Press 1983
KEYWORDS: pacific islands Tahiti history exploration
Maps and Map-Makers
Imperial 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: Dorset Press 1990
KEYWORDS: cartography maps history
Spain and the Jews: The Sephardi Experience, 1942 and After
Imperial 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: Thames and Hudson 1992
KEYWORDS: Sephardi experience history Jews Jewish Spain Spanish Sephardim diaspora middle ages
Charles Darwin: The Power of Place: Volume II of a Biography
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Pimlico 2003
KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin biography memoir naturalists history
Some Account of That Part of New Holland, Now Called New South Wales
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: The Banks Society 2004
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history NSW New South Wales New Holland Joseph Banks
Memoirs
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 McIndoe 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historians memoir autobiography W P Morrell
The Encyclopedia of Mushrooms
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: G P Putnam's Sons 1979
KEYWORDS: mycology mushrooms identification history culture literature art encyclopedias encyclopaedias