Books - "history"
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Set Sail For Canterbury: A Record of the Preparations of Henry Slater Richards of Bridgnorth, England, for His Sons' Emigration to the Canterbury Settlement, New Zealand, in 1850
Quarto, illus light card covers, red & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 194pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling/peeling to cover edges & spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury Museum 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers Henry Slater Richards Canterbury emigration family history
Journal of The Royal Aeronautical Society: Volume 70, January 1966, Number 661
CENTENARY JOURNAL, THIS VOL ONLY, 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: The Royal Aeronautical Society 1966
KEYWORDS: Royal Aeronautical Society centenary journal history aeronautics military history aviation aerial combat warfare design engineering
New Zealand Railways: Their Life and Times
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: Highgate Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand trains rail railways history railroad travel history transport
The Two Mr. Gladstones: A Study in Psychology and History
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: Yale University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: William Gladstone politics political leaders Great Britain British prime ministers history psychology government history
Owaka Presbyterian Church Jubilee 1885-1935 Souvenir Booklet
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1935
KEYWORDS: New Zealand presbyterian church history Owaka souvenir booklets history
Byron's Greece
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1975
KEYWORDS: Lord Byron Greece history literature literary history
Pioneers From Busby: Ther Heritage of the Wilson Family
Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, x + 333pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffign to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. ownership ink markings to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Jillian M. Trethewey 1992
KEYWORDS: family tree history research genealogy history New Zealand Zealanders Wilson pioneers settlers
The Spanish Armada
FIRST EDITION, 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin 1988
KEYWORDS: first editions history Spanish Armada maritime military history sea warfare battles British navy
Pre-Christian Ireland: From the First Settlers to the Early Celts
With 139 Illustrations
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 will reduce your overall postage costs. All online listings are held in our Dunedin shop.
PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing London 1988
KEYWORDS: pre-christian pagan ireland irish history celts celtic peter harbison history
The Making of Russell McVeagh
Ex-library, ownership of Historian Judith Bassett, 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Russell McVeagh McKenzie Bartleet & Co history New Zealand law history lawyers legal
The Blackwell Encyclopedia of the Russian Revolution
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 418pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to board edges & extrems, sl foxing to page egdes) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & edges, light chafing & creasing)
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1988
KEYWORDS: first editions encyclopedias encyclopaedias Russia Russian revolution history politics history chronology
Women and Work in Russia 1880-1930: A Study in Continuity Through Change
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, ix + 236pp, VG+ (light bruising/creasing to spine, moderate fading to spine & covers, sl chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Addison Wesley Longman 1998
KEYWORDS: women history labour labor force work Russia Russian history politics economy economics gender
Auckland's Historical Background: Its Relation to Central City Planning
OWNERSHIP OF GRAHAM BUSH; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Auckland City Council Dept. of Works and Services 1969
KEYWORDS: auckland history geography city planning new zealand north island local history
Octobrists to Bolsheviks; Imperial Russia 1905-1917
Octavo softcover (VG-, a couple of sections coming detached but all present, good clean reading 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold (Publishers) Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: martin mccauley documents of modern history series octobrists bolsheviks bolshevism imperial tsarist russian 1905 1917 revolutions nicholas ii soviet union history politics duma parliament government
Australian Dreaming: 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History
Folio 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: Lansdowne Press 1987
KEYWORDS: history Australia Australian indigenous people Aborigine Aboriginal ancient history anthropology antiquity
Exploring Southeast Asia's Economic Past (AEHR XXXI: 1 March 1991)
Super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, 103pp, VG (moderate creasing & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate pencil underlining & highlighting to text)
PUBLISHER: Australian Economic History Review 1991
KEYWORDS: Australian Economic History Review past issues March 1991 southeast Asia economic history economics Thailand Vietnam French empire
P-47 Thunderbolt
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: Motorbooks 1994
KEYWORDS: military history aviation p-47 thunderbolt aircraft fighter planes history design development engineering
A Naturalist and a Gentleman; Charles Traill of Ulva, 1826-1891; A note on his life and extracts from some of his letters
Octavo illus. spiral bound light card covers (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: Nestegg 1999
KEYWORDS: sheila natusch charles traill ulva island stewart new zealand naturalist natural history biography letters extracts history
Longtime Californ': A Documentary Study of an American Chinatown
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: Pantheon Books / Random House 1973
KEYWORDS: history America US American Chinatown China Town social history
Sacred Rage: The Crusade of Modern Islam
FIRST EDITION, 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: Andre Deutsch 1986
KEYWORDS: first editions history Islam extremism terrorism modern history conflict