Books - "history"
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From the Heart the Unfolding: A New View of Maori Spirituality
Octavo stapled wrappings (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: Sathya Sai Publications of New Zealand
KEYWORDS: maori spirituality religion mythology new zealand history madeleine guillemin specials
Look Back on England
Quarto hardcover (VG+) 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.
PUBLISHER: Orbis Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: england travel history john burke specials
Imperial Spain 1469-1716
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Pelican Books 1970
KEYWORDS: spain imperial history sociology j. h. elliott specials
American Caesars: Lives of US Presidents- from Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush
Octavo softcover (near fine); 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: Bodley Head 2010
KEYWORDS: USA president biographies politics american history nigel hamilton specials
Skymen: Heroes of Fifty Years of Flying
hardback octavo, lacks 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.
PUBLISHER: collins
KEYWORDS: specials flying history planes transport aviation pilots biography
Within Sound of the Bell
first edition, hardback octavo, lacks 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.
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs
KEYWORDS: specials autobiography janet barr new zealand history education
New Zealand Cities: Auckland
inscribed, signed and dated by author, duodecimo, stitched wrappers, 60pp, illus, VG (wear to extremities, severe bruising to corners, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited
KEYWORDS: new zealand history auckland james gowan signed
Sharks of New Zealand
super octavo, stapled wrappers , 20pp, illus, VG+ (light wear and slight discolouration to covers)
PUBLISHER: Dominion Museum Records in Zoology 1946
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history zoology sharks w.j. phillips
Waikare-Moana, The Sea of Rippling Waters: The Lake; The Land; The Legends. With A Tramp Through Tuhoe Land
inscribed by Adelaide Best (author's wife), small octavo, lacks covers, iv + 66pp, illus including coloured map and folding map to rear (VG+, light foxing), VG (damage to spine repaired with tape, foxing throughout, pencil annotations) in VG+ d/w (light wear)
PUBLISHER: John McKay, Government Printer 1897
KEYWORDS: new zealand history waikare-moana elsdon best tuhoe land
The Late Elsdon Best
reprinted from the Journal of the Polynesian Society vol. 41 no. 1 1932
inscribed by Elsdon Best's wife, Adelaide. Super octavo light card covers, frontispiece, 49pp, illus, VG ( light foxing and soiling, rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1932
KEYWORDS: new zealand history elsdon best journal of the polynesian society
Auckland University Tramping Club: Jubilee History 1932-1982
imperial octavo, illus stapled wrappers, 92pp, illus, VG+ (light wear)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Trampting Club 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand history sport tramping auckland university tramping club peter aimer brian davis
New Zealanders As We See 'Em 1934-35; In Cartoons and Caricatures
octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to front board, 442pp, illus, VG (light wear, foxing to eps), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1935 (?)
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts cartoons history
The World's Crisis and Faiths
first edition, duodecimo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (light fading to boards, foxing to prelims and page edges), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1942
KEYWORDS: baron erik palmstierna religion history
The Gay Triangle: The Romance of the First Air Adventures
scarce in d/w, duodecimo, blue boards with black lettering to front board and spine and blind-stamped design to front board, 252pp + 1pp adverts, VG (discolouration to pages, ink inscription to fep, cracked internal gutters) in VG- d/w (large chips and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1923
KEYWORDS: history literature aviation william le queux
The Illustrated London News Vol. 24 Jan to June 1854
first edition, original binding, includes coverage of Crimean War, imperial folio, elaborate gilt decoration to spine, blind rule and design to boards with central gold motif, gilt page edges, ii + 634pp + 32pp index, VG+ (occasional light foxing, internal gutters reinforced tidily, some damage to spine)
PUBLISHER: William Little 1854
KEYWORDS: history journalism illustrated london news crimean war
Portrait Mummies from Roman Egypt (I-IV Centuries A.D.) with a catalog of Portrait Mummies in Egyptian Museums
inscribed and signed by author, quarto, illus light card covers, xxxii + 222pp + 32pp plates, illus, near fine
PUBLISHER: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
KEYWORDS: history ancient egypt portrait mummies roman egypt lorelei h. corcoran
Keats and his Circle: An Album of Portraits
first edition, inscribed to e.h. mccormick from the author & signed again in title page, hardback super octavo (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: cassell
KEYWORDS: specials keats literature portraits history
Gabriel's Gully and Dunedin in 1861
small octavo, stapled wrappers , 23pp, illus, VG (light soiling and moderate rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1957
KEYWORDS: new zealand history dunedin gabriel's gully a.h. reed
Journal Kept in New Zealand in 1820 by Ensign Alexander McCrae, of the 84th Regiment, together with Relevant Documents
with notes by Johannes C. Andersen, F.N.Z.Inst., Librarian
octavo, stapled wrappers, 33pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extremities)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library 1928
KEYWORDS: new zealand history diary ensign alexander mccrae the honourable sir frederick revans chapman
The Waipoua Forest; The Last Virgin Kauri Forest of New Zealand
super octavo stapled 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: W.R. McGregor 1948
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history waipoua kauri w.r. mcgregor specials