Books - "history"
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The Collector: A Biography of Andreas Reischek
Ex-library. Octavo hardcover (VG), lacking d/w; Photos available on request. 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1981
KEYWORDS: Michael King Andreas Reischek New Zealand history life lives biography
Waikato River: Its People, Places & History
Imp octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: David Bateman 2010
KEYWORDS: Ian D Robinson New Zealand geography travel history
The Making of the English Landscape
Imp octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (VG); Photos available on request. 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 2005
KEYWORDS: W G Hoskins England English historical geography history landscape
Te Taiao Maori and the Natural World
Imp octavo softcover (VG+) ; Photos available on request. 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: David Bateman 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori natural history environment ecology
Maori Peoples of New Zealand
Imp octavo softcover (VG) ; Photos available on request. 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: David Bateman 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori social cultural history
Tringamoot: The Story of Taringamutu Totara Sawmills Ltd in the Taringamotu Valley
Quarto softcover (VG) ; Photos available on request. 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: Taumaruni & Districts Historical Society n/d
KEYWORDS: NEw Zealand local social history
Gumboots & Pigtails
Quarto softcover (VG-), dampstaining ; Photos available on request. 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: Wallace Early Settlers Association 2005
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand settlers local history
The Long Weekend: A Social History of Great Britain, 1918-1939
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (VG) ; Photos available on request. 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 2009
KEYWORDS: 20th century British English social history Folio Society
Tibet. Tibet: A Personal History of a Lost Land
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; Photos available on request. 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 2003
KEYWORDS: Tibet Tibetan history Patrick French
The War of Spanish Succession, 1701-1714
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; Photos available on request. 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: Pen & Sword 2015
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish Succession 17th century history military
Port & Plains: Over and Under the Port Hills, the Story of the Lyttelton Railway Tunnel
Octavo softcover (VG) ; Photos available on request. 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: David Welch 2017
KEYWORDS: Christchurch Lyttelton railway tunnel local history New Zealand
Shanghai: Crucible of Modern China
Octavo softcover (VG) ; Photos available on request. 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 1988
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Shanghai
The Lore of the Land: A Guide to England's Legends, from Spring-Heeled Jack to the Witches of Warboys
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 918 pp.,, VG+ (some rubbing, light bruising to edges & extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2005
KEYWORDS: England English history myth mythology legend
The Age of Wonder: How the Romantic Generation Discovered the Beauty & Terror of Science
Super octavo, black cl boards, spine & front board lettered & decorated in silver gilt, frontis., 576 pp., VG+ (sl scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2015
KEYWORDS: Richard Holmes romanticism 19th century history of science Folio Society
The World of Herodotus
Super octavo, black cl boards, spine & front board lettered & decorated in copper gilt, frontis., 405 pp., VG+, in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2015
KEYWORDS: Herodotus ancient Greece Greek classics history Folio Society
Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battle
Super octavo, blue card boards, cl spine lettered in gilt, illus to front board, frontis., 438 pp., VG+, in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2015
KEYWORDS: French English history military Folio Society Agincourt battle
The Growth of the Brethren Movement: National and International Experiences, Essays in Honour of Harold H. Rowdon
Octavo, light card covers, 271 pp., VG+, in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems, some soilingto pg edges). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Paternoster 2006
KEYWORDS: brethren movement Evangelical history essays
For Your Tomorrow: A record of New Zealanders who have died while serving with the RNZAF and Allied Air Services since 1915
3 volume set. First softcover editions. Super octavo, light card covers, 304, 448, 640 pp., VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling to pg edges). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 1998, 1999, 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history service members RNZAF
The Fall of Hong Kong
Super octavo, black card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 477 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in d/w, VG+ (sl scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Hong Kong siege Great Britain China history 20th century
True Tales of Whangarei Heads
Signed. Quarto, illus light card covers, 216 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Whangarei Heads Citizens Association 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Whangarei Heads