Books - "history"
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Iran: A Modern History
Provenance of Brian Moloughney. Super octavo, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt; plates, photos; xvi + 979 pp.; VG+ (light soiling to boards; light creasing to spine; light bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; creasing to rear flap).
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: Persia Persian Iran Iranian history modern Islamic Republic
In Search of the Southern Serpent
Limited numbered FIRST EDITION. Signed by authors. Signed typed letter to prev owner loosely enclosed. Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt; illus., photos; [6] + 234 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems; some rubbing & soiling to prelims; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: StonePrint Press 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history sacred spiritual religion religious
Song of the Stone
FIRST EDITION. Typed & signed letter and autographed bookmark loosely enclosed. Super octavo, illus. card boards, spine & front boardlettered in gilt; illus.; 192 pp.; VG+ (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges & eps).
PUBLISHER: StonePrint Press 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori folklore history songs poems poetry
Montaillou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village, 1294-1324
Super octavo, illus. red card boards, spine lettered in black; top edge stained red, frontis., plates; xxviii + 414 pp.; VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges); in slipcase VG (moderate soiling & rubbing; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2005
KEYWORDS: France French religious history 13th 14th century religion Cathar Cathars Catholic
A Literary History of Persia Volume IV: Modern Times (1500-1924)
This vol. only. Octavo, illus. light card covers; xvi + 530 pp.; VG+ (sl soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: Persia Persian literary history criticism modern
East Coast Pioneers: A Williams Family Portrait: A Legacy of Land, Love and Partnership
Quarto, black card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; illus., photos; xviii + 421 pp.; VG+ (light soiling & rubbing to boards; light bruising to edges & extrems); in d/w VG+ (light soiling & rubbing; light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Gisborne Herald Co. [1998]
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand local family history
Allard
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Haynes 1977
KEYWORDS: cars automotive high performance Sydney Allard history vintage classic
Music and Narrative Since 1900
Tidy ex-library, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) usual library markings- otherwise a tidy 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: music history 20th twentieth century
Broker of Death: An Insider's Story of the Iranian Arms Deals
Ex-library, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1988
KEYWORDS: Iran Iranian weapons weaponry munitions deals arms war US America modern history
The First Industrial Nation: An Economic History of Britain 1700-1914
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1972
KEYWORDS: history Great Britain British economics politics industry industrial
Tales of Te Teko
Octavo softcover (VG-) cracking to gutters; 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Short Poppy Press 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa history rural towns Te Teko Cathrene Howe
The Green Machine: A New Zealander's Light-Hearted Army Exploits in the 1960s and '70s
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Coll Bell 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa military history Coll Bell 20th twentieth century autobiography memoir
The Exile
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1938
KEYWORDS: Pearl Buck literature literary biography memoir history
Rights of Passage
WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa signed Chris Laidlaw national identity social history culture
Sir John French's Despatches: Official Records of the Great Battle of Mons, the Marne, and the Aisne, as Told in his Despatches by Field-Marshal Sir John French to Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener, Secretary of State for War
Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: The Graphic N/D (c.1914?)
KEYWORDS: Sir John French military history war maps Sir John French British army
Glamorgan CCC (1921-1947)
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy- some insect damage; 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: The Cricket Book Society N/D (c.1947)
KEYWORDS: cricket sport history Glamorgan ccc
BRM
Sm octavo softcover (VG-) cracking to some gutters; 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1964
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport racing cars high performance Silverstone BRM Raymond Mays history
Waitara: A Record Past and Present
Octavo softcover, stapled (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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Taranaki Newspapers (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ history Waitara
The Story of Te Puke
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: The Te Puke Times 1969
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa history Te Puke
Theory of the Novel: A Historical Approach
Super octavo softcover (VG) minor pencil annotation; 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: The John Hopkins University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: literature literary theory criticism novels history