Books - "history"
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Brett's Historical Series: Early History of New Zealand; from Earliest Times to 1840 & from 1840-1845
Quarto, red heavy boards, half bound in brown leather, gilt text, illus & borders to spine & boards, page edges speckled red, unpaginated prelims, + 728pp + xliii, extensive illus, VG- (frontispiece missing & large section of panoramic view of new plymouth missing [all others present], heavy soiling, scuffing & fading to boards & spine, spine lightly cocked, front& rear gutters fully cracked, heavy soiling to pastedowns & prelims/terminals, moderate to heavy foxing to pages, page 15-16 loose, previous owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: H Brett, Printer and Publisher, Auckland 1890
KEYWORDS: new zealand colonial history colonisation early aotearoa brett's historical series
Windows on a Chinese Past; Volume 4; Don's 'Roll of Chinese'
Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 300pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to board edges, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to page edges, small section cut from top corner of fep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993
KEYWORDS: dunedin chinese immigration james ng otepoti cantonese mandarin speakers early new zealand aotearoa history gold rush goldfields
Aphrodisias and Rome: Documents from the excavation of the Theatre at Aphrodisias conducted by Professor Kenan T Erim, together with related texts
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 214pp + xxxii plates, illus/diagrams + folding charts [complete], VG+ (v slight bruising to spine, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light chipping & creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies, Journal of Roman Studies Monograph No. 1 1982
KEYWORDS: aphrodisias excavation joyce reynolds roman history theatre
Poguetry: The Lyrics of Shane McGowan
Square imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white text to wrapper & spine, 96pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1989
KEYWORDS: pogues shane mcgowan music history
Ordeal by Fire: Witnesses to the Great War
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 2001
KEYWORDS: folio society military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war
The Newgate Calendar ; The New Newgate Calendar (2 Vol Boxed Set)
2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1993
KEYWORDS: folio society history Newgate Prison English prisons inmates prisoners
The Rugby Football Union: Handbook 1967-68
CHARLES K SAXTON'S OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE, duodecimo hardcover (VG+) minor ink markings to margins; 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: RFU 1968
KEYWORDS: RFU Rugby Football Union handbooks past years history historical
Love, Sex & Tragedy: How the Ancient World Shapes Our Lives
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: John Murray 2004
KEYWORDS: classical ancient history Greeks Romans love tragedy sex philosophy
Egypt, Greece and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean
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: Oxford University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Greece Rome Mediterranean civilizations civilisations
Shooting Victoria: Madness, Mayhem and the Rebirth of the British Monarchy
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: Head of Zeus 2012
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British monarchy Queen Victoria history
My Mother, A Serial Killer
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: HarperCollins 2018
KEYWORDS: true crime murder homicide serial killers Dulcie Bodsworth history
Fragile Cargo: The World War II Race to Save the Treasures fo China's Forbidden City
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: Atria Books 2023
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 China Chinese treasures artefacts Forbidden City history
A World on Fire: An Epic History of Two Nations Divided
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: Allen Lane / Penguin 2010
KEYWORDS: war history British American civil war Amanda Foreman
Carrier Operations in World War II: Volume One: The Royal Navy
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Ian Allan 1968
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm naval aviation RAF Royal Air Force
Ferry Tales of Argyll and the Isles
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: Sutton Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Argyll Scotland Scottish ferries
History Play: The Lives and Afterlife of Christopher Marlowe
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: HarpeCollins 2004
KEYWORDS: literature literary history biography biographies memoir Christopher Marlowe
The Seven Lost Trails of Africa; Being a Record of Sundry Expeditions, New and Old, in Search of Buried Treasure
Super octavo hardcover (VG) frontispiece loose but present; 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 and Company 1930
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Africa exploration history Hedley A Chilvers historical
A Natural History of Latin
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: Oxford University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: languages history Latin linguistics
Gypsy: The Art of the Tease
Ex-library, 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: Yale University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: Gypsy Rose Lee history biography biographies memoir
The Grand Experiment
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Hachette 2007
KEYWORDS: signed Anouk Ride Australia history Aboriginal children missions benedictines Nyungar colonialism