Books - "history"
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Granta 57; India, the Golden Jubilee
large format 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; 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: granta
KEYWORDS: literature specials history journalism essays prose arts ian jack granta
Exile on Main St. A Season in Hell With the Rolling Stones
large format gloss illus light card covers 258pp illus Nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: da capo press 2006 cambridge
KEYWORDS: music history rolling stones rock arts robert greenfield biography
To The Limit; The Untold Story of the Eagles
large format illus light card covers vii + 394pp illus VG
PUBLISHER: da capo press 2005 cambridge
KEYWORDS: arts music the eagles biography rock history marc eliot
Daughter of the Reich; The Incredible Story of Louise Fox
large format photo illus light card covers with french flaps 222pp illus FINE
PUBLISHER: hourglass 2006 wollombi
KEYWORDS: world war two hermann goering third reich history autobiography louise fox cindy dowling australia
The Rev. James Buller 1812-1884
octavo stapled card wrappers 40pp illus VG (light soiling to covers, sl rusting to staples, prev owners bookplate)
PUBLISHER: wesley historical society 1966 auckland
KEYWORDS: church history new zealand wesley wesleyan religion cghristianity missionary reverend james buller bernard gadd biography
Steamers Down the Firth
A Short History of the Trade From Auckland to Clevedon and Outports, and in particular, of the Clevedon Steam Navigation Company Limited
stapled gloss card wraps 44pp illus VG (light wear and soiling)
PUBLISHER: w a laxon 1966 greenlane
KEYWORDS: w a laxon new zealand transport steamers shipping nautical maritime auckland clevedon steam navigation company history
Four Centuries of Leige Gunmaking
Small Folio brown faux-leather boards with gilt motif to front board,and gilt lettering to spine 287pp illus VG++ (light fading to bottom edge or boards, sl discolouration to eps) in VG d/w (small closed tears to extremities, light fading at edges and spine, laminate lifting at spine)
PUBLISHER: eugene wahle and Sotherby Parke Bennet 1976 London
KEYWORDS: history military firearms weapons gunmaking liege belgium claude gaier
Wanderings in Spain (in Two Volumes)
original blindstamped brown boards, two volume set, gilt motifs and lettering to spines 337pp + 324pp + 8pp adverts G+ (boards rubbed and bruised with closed tear to front board of vol2, small chips and tears to heads and tails, closed tears to top (3cm down) and bottom of spines,fep loose vol one, lacks frontis vol one, frontis loosening vol two, owners details and booksellers label on front pastedowns, modertae foxing throughout) A reasonable set of a very scarce edition
PUBLISHER: parry, blenkarn and co 1847 london
KEYWORDS: spain travel history martin haverty
Race, Colour & Identity in Australia and New Zealand
Super octavo illus light card covers, xiii + 288pp illus VG+ (light rubbing, sl crease to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: unsw press 2000 sydney
KEYWORDS: sociology race relations racism new zealand australia history john docker gerhard fischer
The History of Gothic Fiction
large format illus light card covers ix + 261pp illus FINE
PUBLISHER: edinburgh university press 2007 edinburgh
KEYWORDS: literature specials gothic fiction markman ellis history literary criticism
Icons, Saints and Divas; Initimate Conversations With Women Who Changed the World
large format 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: harper collins
KEYWORDS: specials sociology history feminism susan mitchell journalism
The Ways of the Bushwalker On Foot in Australia
large format light card covers xv + 348pp illus VG+
PUBLISHER: unsw press 2007 sydney
KEYWORDS: sport hiking recreation australia melissa harper history
The Transformation of Australia's Population 1970-2030
large format light card covers xi + 302pp diagrams FINE
PUBLISHER: unsw press 2003 sydney
KEYWORDS: australia demographics sociology history science population growth
The Summer Exercises
first edition, large format illus light card covers with french flaps 270pp illus FINE
PUBLISHER: university of western australia press 2008
KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition history arts photography ross gibson australia
Cosas De la Colonia ( Details of the Colony)
large format printed boards with library cloth re-inforced spine xxiv + 500pp Ex libris (usual pockets and markings) VG (light rubbing and marking to boards)
PUBLISHER: Fondo Historico y Bibliografico Jose Toribio medina1952 santiago
KEYWORDS: chile history colonies eighteenth century jose toribio medina
The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period
small folio red cloth boards 684pp illus VG+ ( light rubbing and wear to extremities, label removed from right lower front corner, owners details on fep, a couple of light discolouration marks) HEAVY ITEM
PUBLISHER: spring books
KEYWORDS: english antiques furniture history ralph edwards reference
Cockroach
light card covers 200pp illus FINE (still in plastic seal)
PUBLISHER: reaktion books 2004 london
KEYWORDS: natural history science cockroach marion copeland
Life of Vice- Admiral Edmund, Lord Lyons
With an Account of Naval Operations in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff 1854-56
dark blue cloth boards with gilt illustration to front board and gilt lettering to spine xiv + 437pp VG- (moderate wear to extremities, light rubbing, cracking to gutters, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: sampson low, marston and company 1898 london
KEYWORDS: naval maritime history military captain s eardley-wilmot vice-admiral edmund lord lyton black sea sea of azoff
Where the White Man Treads
second edition (revised)
dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine 313pp VG- (soiling to boards, moderate fading and wear to extremities, mild discolouration to eps and foredges)
PUBLISHER: wilson and horton 1928 auckland
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history william baucke
The Mirror of Britain Series: The Battlement Garden; Britain From the War of the Roses to the Age of Shakespeare
hardcover in dustwrapper (tidy); 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: andre deutsch
KEYWORDS: specials history great britain c walter hodges