Books - "history"
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Snakes and Ladders: A View of Modern India
paperback; 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: minerva
KEYWORDS: specials travel history india gita mehta
Gorillas in the Mist; Dian Fossey; Her Own Story
paperback; 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: penguin
KEYWORDS: specials travel natural history autobiography dian fossey
Great Cobbett; the Noblest Agitator
hardcover in dustwrapper (ex libris); 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 and stoughton
KEYWORDS: history specials literature biography william cobbet politics daniel green
Toil and Trouble; The Struggle For a Better Life in New Zealand
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: methuen new zealand
KEYWORDS: specials history new zealand bert roth janny hammond
Lenin and the Bolsheviks; The Intellectual and Political History of the Triumph of Communism in Russia
paperback; 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: fontana library
KEYWORDS: specials history russia bolsheviks lenin communism polkitics adam b ulam
Into the Fire; Writing on Women, Politics and New Zealand in the Era of the New Right
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: tandem press
KEYWORDS: specials sandra coney new zealand politics history feminism sociology
Channels of Discourse, Reassembled; Television and Contemporary Criticism (2nd edition)
paperback (large format, 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: routledge 1994
KEYWORDS: media sociology specials television essays history robert c allen philosophy
Antarctica
first edition 511pp ills.[b/w w.folding map in pocket at rear] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1965
KEYWORDS: antarctica geography history hatherton
In The Land of The Tui My Journal in New Zealand
first edition 322pp ills.[b/w - missing map] VERY GOOD- (green cloth w.black dec.stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's notes to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked and some sl.separation at gutters,missing map,few pages at rear torn but complete,not as bad as it sounds) Bagnall W1503
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london 1894
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography journal wilson
The Stirring Times of Te Rauparaha / The Sacking of Kaiapohia
first edition thus [2 titles bound as 1] 246pp ills.[b/w] octavo red cloth boards with profile portrait to front, VG- (TIRED COPY, binding shakey, prev. owner's details in pen to fep., cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall T678
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs christchurch [1906]
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history te rauparaha kaiapohia biography travers stack
Maoriland Stories
first edition 206pp GOOD+ (purple cloth wrappers,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,splits to head/foot of spine,paper separation at title gutter revealing binder's string,content edges sl.foxed,some pp misnumbered as called for in bibliography) Bagnall G562
PUBLISHER: betts nelson 1895
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history grace
The Story of Lyttelton 1849-1949
first edition, super octavo, grey cloth boards, 243pp ills.[b/w] VG (spine sunned, light tanning to board edges, prev owners name in ink to paste down, eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- dustwrapper (moderate foxing, light scuffing and soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: lyttelton borough council christchurch 1952
KEYWORDS: history geography lyttelton johnson
Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic and Civil Wars
[Bohn's Classical Library] 572pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,paper separation at fep gutter,dealer's label and owner's sign.to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1902
KEYWORDS: history military caesar bohn
Science and Scientists in the Nineteenth Century
first edition 450pp VERY GOOD (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sheldon press london 1925
KEYWORDS: science biography history murray
Letters from Early New Zealand by Charlotte Godley 1850-1853
first edition thus [Canterbury Centennial Edition] 387pp ills.[b/w] super octavo hardcover, VG (cream cloth,moderate bruising to spine extrems and board corners, moderate foxing and soiling, spine sl.sunned, eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs christchurch 1951
KEYWORDS: new zealand history literature biography godley
Place-Names of Banks Peninsula: A Topographical History
first edition [NZ Board of Science and Art Manual no.6] 238pp [folding map at rear] super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine VG (moderate scuffing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling, moderate tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: skinner [printer] wellington 1927
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography topography history banks peninsula andersen
A Weird Region: New Zealand Lakes, Terraces, Geysers and Volcanoes
new edition 69pp ills.[b/w w.maps at rear, folding colour chromolithograph at front], super octavo brown cloth wrappers w. gilt dec. stamps, POOR (top cover detached but present,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,missing spine taped,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,prelims.detached but all present) tired copy
PUBLISHER: brett auckland 1905
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history geology volcanoes geysers leys
Autobiography of an Early Settler in New Zealand
first edition 180pp ills.[b/w] small octavo, green cloth boards (boards moderately stained and rubbed with small spots of surface loss to lower spine, light bruising and fraying to spine extrems, light tanning and foxing to end pages)
PUBLISHER: coulls somerville wilkie wellington 1933
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography edgar jones
The Early Canterbury Runs
first edition [Second Series] 70pp VERY GOOD+ (brown cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall A23 - scarce second series
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs christchurch 1940
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history acland canterbury
A Narrative of the Conversion and Death of Count Struensee, Formerly Prime Minister of Denmark
ex-lib.first edition thus 238pp VERY GOOD- (full polished calf w.gilt ruled borders,raised bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,upper hinge starting at head/foot,lib.label to front pastedown,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.sl.stain to fore-edge of title page)
PUBLISHER: rivington london 1824
KEYWORDS: munter biography history count struensee denmark