Books - "history"
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Man and His Symbols
Imperial 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: Aldus Books / Jupiter 1979
KEYWORDS: Carl G Jung symbols history psychology symbolism
When Santa was a Shaman: The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus & the Christmas Tree
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: Llewellyn Publications 1995
KEYWORDS: Santa Claus history Father Christmas shamanism northern Europe trees religion art mythology origins
J and C Harrison: The History of a Family Shipping Venture
Quarto 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: Ships in Focus Publications 2012
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history shipping companies J & C Harrison
Coast to Coast: The Great Australian Coastal Liners
Quarto 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: Rosenberg Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history coastal liners Australia Australian passenger ships cruise liners cargo
Captain James Cook: Seaman and Scientist
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: Chaucer Press 2003
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history biography memoir Captain James Cook sailors exploration
The Second Death of George Mallory: The Enigma and Spirit of Mount Everest
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: St Martin's Press 2001
KEYWORDS: exploration adventure mountaineering moutnain climbing Mount Everest history George Mallory
FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast
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: Review 2004
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history exploration weather forecasting forecasts Robert FitzRoy HMS Beagle meteorology biography New Zealand
The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-13
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: Picador 1994
KEYWORDS: exploration history south pole Antarctic Antarctica polar
The Art of Featherwork in Old Hawai'i
Square imperial ocatvo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & sl soiling to extrems & board edges, sl plucking to cloth on boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to top edges, moderate creasing to base of jacket with 2x lg closed tears also, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Topgallant Publishing Co 1985
KEYWORDS: textiles fasion patterns design featherworks feathers Hawaii Hawai'i history historical clothing
Evolution: The First Four Billion Years
Super octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 979pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sl warping to spine) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: history evolution science biology sociobiology
Jardine Matheson: Traders of the Far East
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, viii + 280pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999
KEYWORDS: history trading traders business commerce far east oriental Jardine Matheson & Co China Canton
James Stephen and the British Colonial System 1813-1847
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 315pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to base of spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, sl tanning & foxing to flaps, sm ink marking to front flap)
PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 1953
KEYWORDS: history colonialism British colonial system James Stephen 19th nineteenth century empire
The Angevin Legacy and the Hundred Years War 1250-1340
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 317pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges, v sl bruising to rear board) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1990
KEYWORDS: history angevin legacy Anglo-French war conflict medieval
Break of Day Islands: The New Hebrides Diary of Basil Nottage 1932-1939
Octavo, blue illus light card wrappers, blue lettering to spine & covers, x + 286pp, VG (minor tanning/fading & moderate creasing/rubbing to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate annotation in red ink to terminals- text block clear)
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 1988
KEYWORDS: history Basil Nottage diaries journals religion missionaries presbyterian New Hebrides Vanuatu New Zealand
A Great Trusteeship
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 178pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate foxing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Caravel Press 1958
KEYWORDS: history imperialism colonialism Sudan Nigeria Africa African M A Nigumi
23 Battalion (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
WITH UNUSUALLY TIDY JACKET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 506pp, illus/photos, folding maps- counted & all present, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps, minor foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & light tanning to spine, general minor tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official histories series 23 23rd battalion ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 NZEF
A Tour Through the Highlands of Scotland and the Hebride Isles in 1786 (Reprint of 1787 Edition)
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 276pp + 50pp appendix to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to front eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: James Thin, Bookseller 1975 (Reprint of 1787 edition)
KEYWORDS: historical reprints history Scotland Scottish Hebrides Hebride isles highlands
New Zealand Racism in the Making: The Life & Times of Walter Mantell
UNCOMMON, octavo, brown & white light card wrappers with french flaps, brown lettering to spine- faded, unpaginated prelims + 447pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Panuitia Press 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand social history Walter Mantell biography biographies memoir racism race relations colonialism Maori pakeha
The Voice of the Maori: A Culture-Conflict Anthology
Square duodecimo, black buckram boards, black lettering to yellow title plate to front board, 53pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate fading to spine & edges/folds, light to moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Nag's Head Press 1969
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history historical writings literature European colonialism culture
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa; Including Accounts of Tripoli, the Sahara, the Remarkable Kingdom of Bornu, and the Countries Around Lake Chad
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, black decorative rule to spine & boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxii + (2) + 608pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading & soiling to spine, sl chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, moderate crack to gutter of prelims- title page partially detached [nothing missing])
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: historical travel writing literature Central Africa Henry Barth history