Books - "history"
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... A Sunny Day in th Himalayas
Signed by author, First edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering, 166pp, illus, VG+ in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1980 Auckland
KEYWORDS: himalays natural history hiking peter hillary
Prehistoric New Zealand
REVISED EDITION imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver lettering, 128pp, illus, VG+ in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: Reed 1998 New Zealand
KEYWORDS: history new zealand graeme stevens matt mcglone beverley mcculloch
A Changing Decade
super octavo, illus card covers, yellow lettering, illus to fep & eps, 87pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Australian Railway Historical Society 1986 Melbourne
KEYWORDS: trains railways transport john dare history
Apollo Expeditions
imperial octavo, illus cloth boards, white lettering, illus to fep & eps, ix + 313pp, illus VG+
PUBLISHER: National Aeronautics and Space Administration 1975 Washington
KEYWORDS: moon history edgar m cortright
Endurance and Endeavour; Russian History 1812-1992 Fourth Edition
Super octavo, illus, card covers, white lettering, xi + 624pp, VG (creases to pages and highlights to a few pages, creases to cover)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993 Oxford
KEYWORDS: russian history war j n westwood
Early Diamond Days; The Opening of the Diamond Fields of South Africa
octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering, 237pp, VG (light bruising to board corners and spine extrems, light foxing to eps and page edges) in VG- d/w (moderate foxing, top right corner torn off, archival repair to upper spine, light scuffing and chipping to extrems, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Longmans 1963 London
KEYWORDS: mining diamond history south africa oswald doughty
Tunovsky Fifty Years in New Zealand
super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, 256pp, VG+ in VG d/w (minor creases & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1990 Wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand history autobiography fred turnovsky
Paradise Reforged; A History of the New Zealanders; From the 1880s to the Year 2000
FIRST EDITION super octavo, purple cloth boards, silver lettering, 606pp, VG- in VG d/w
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane The Penguin Press 2001 New Zealand
KEYWORDS: new zealand history james belich
Counterpoint
octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, xvii + 302pp, VG (minor markings) in VG d/w (minor markings and tears to extremities)
PUBLISHER: Williams & Norgate 1939 New York
KEYWORDS: music history knud jeppeson
Confessions: Memoirs of A Modern Seer
(4th impression) octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering, 302pp, illus, VG (foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds Publisher London 1934
KEYWORDS: history autobiography count louis hamon cherio
Looking at Shakespeare; A Visual History of Twetieth-Century Performance Second Edition
imperial octavo, illus card covers, red lettering, xxv + 408pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2001 United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: william shakespeare history literary criticism drama dennis kennedy
Bury St Edmunds Historic Town
octavo paperback (near new); 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: alastair press
KEYWORDS: history geography england bury elsie mccuthcheon specials
Inventions From the Shed
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: harper collins
KEYWORDS: specials biography science history new zealand jim hopkins julie riley
Thames; Sacred River
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: vintage
KEYWORDS: literature history geography peter ackroyd specials
The Whale Warriors; On Board a Pirate Ship in the Battle to Save the World's Largest Mammals
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: harper collins 2008
KEYWORDS: specials maritime environment activism peter heller whales natural history
800 Years of Women's Letters
octavo paperback (near new); 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: sutton publishing
KEYWORDS: literature history letters sociology feminism olga kenyon specials
Colours of the Mountain; A Memoir
octavo paperback (near new); 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: william heinemann
KEYWORDS: autobiography china history da chen specials
Duperrey's Visit to New Zealand in 1824
super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering, 125pp + 2 folding maps, illus, VG (minor tanning and foxing) in VG d/w (rubbing to extremities and minor markings)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library 1971 Wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori andrew sharp
Banking Under Difficulties of Life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales & New Zealand
super octavo, blue cloth boards, red lettering, xii + 179pp, VG+ in VG d/w (markings and creases)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1971
KEYWORDS: mining history goldfields g o preshaw
Coral Sea Calling
octavo, maroon cloth boards, silver lettering, viii + 239pp, illus, VG (owners inscription in ink to fep) in VG- d/w tears to extremities)
PUBLISHER: Angus And Robertson 1957 Sydney
KEYWORDS: sea sailing history ion l idriess