Books - "history"
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The Island Melanesians
octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 326pp, illus, VG+ in VG+ d/w (light rubbing and wear)
PUBLISHER: Blackwell 1997
KEYWORDS: history archaeology anthropology matthew springs island melanesians
A Popular Account of Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa
duodecimo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board and spine, blind rule to front board, frontispiece, vii + 436pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG- (ex-library with usual treatments, soiling and rubbing to boards, bruising to corners and head and tail of spine, front and rear gutters cracked, foxing throughout esp. to eps, light tanning to pages)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1875
KEYWORDS: history david livingstone south africa religion travel
Ginger: The Military Career of Pte. Ginger Jordan, B.E.F.
scarce first edition, hardback, foxing, 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: robert scott roxburghe house patternoster row
KEYWORDS: specials military history captain horace wyndam private ginger jordan biography
City of Dreams
paperback, some creasing (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: bantam books
KEYWORDS: specials literature fiction historical history beverly swerling
Simla Past and Present (second edition)
facsimile reproduction, hardcover octavo (VG+) lacks d/w; 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: The Times Press 2000
KEYWORDS: history edward j. buck simla india specials
The Souls
hardcover imperial octavo (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1984
KEYWORDS: jane abdy charlotte gere history arts literature the souls specials
Space Race; The Untold Story of Two Rivals and their Struggle for the Moon
softcover 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2005
KEYWORDS: history science space travel the moon deborah cadbury specials
Taiwan; Nation State or Province? (fourth edition)
softcover 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Westview 2003
KEYWORDS: taiwan history politics john f. cooper china specials
In Denial; The Stolen Generations and the Right
softcover 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Black Inc. 2001
KEYWORDS: australian history anthropology sociology racism politics aborigine aboriginal robert manner specials
Two Lives of Charlemagne
paperback (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: Penguin Books
KEYWORDS: history charlemagne lewis thorpe biography specials
Nursing in South Australia: First Hundred Years 1837-1937
Super octavo hardcover (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: South Australian Trained Nurses Centenary Committee 1939
KEYWORDS: specials South Australia nursing nurses history centenary biography memoir hospitals medicine Year Book
The Albertlanders: Brave Pioneers of the 'Sixties
Octavo, maroon heavy card boards with gijlt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 436pp + x14 pp index, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems, inscription in ink to front pastedown, foxing to page edges and eps) in G+ d/w (7cm closed tear to upper rear, 2x5cm loss to lower spine, tears to upper spine, 1x3cm loss to upper front, fading & soiling, some creasing, archival repair to d/w)
PUBLISHER: Copper Press Reprint 1979 (reprint of Brett Printing Co 1927)
KEYWORDS: Sir Henry Brett Henry Hook New Zealand history pioneers settlers Oruawharo Paparoa Matakohe Maungatoroto Port Albert Albertland Matilda Wattenbach Hanover Tyburnia
Feudal Britain: The Completion of the Medieval Kingdom 1066-1314
Super octavo paperback (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: Edward Arnold 1971
KEYWORDS: specials GWS Barrow British history Wales Scotland England
Impressions of Steam
Photography by Robert Berlzer, Robert Carlisle, Ken Macleay, Ted Payne, Arthur Wills
Oblong 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Shane McCarthy railways steam trains locomotives New Zealand Australia photographs history steam engines transport
William Shakespeare
Paperback (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: Mercury Books 1964
KEYWORDS: specials John Masefield William Shakespeare biography history literary criticism drama literature poetry verse poems theatre
Mrs Grundy: Studies in English Prudery
Paperback (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: Corgi Books 1965
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Fryer England English history sexuality behaviour taboo inhibition prudery language
Urban Village: The Story of Ponsonby, Freemans Bay and St Mary's Bay
Oblong quarto softcover (Nr 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Random House 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Jenny Carlyon Diana Morrow New Zealand Auckland Ponsonby Freemans Bay St Mary's Bay history architecture buildings churches villas neighbourhoods commerce businesses
New Zealand Tragedies: Fires and Firefighting
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Grantham House 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Gavin McLean New Zealand history fires volunteer fire brigades fire engines disasters tragedies
Ann Illustrated Guide to British Jugs from Medieval Times to the Twentieth Century
Quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, nr fine (very very slight bruising to lower spine) in VG d/w (soiling to front edges, rubbing to rear)
PUBLISHER: Swan Hill Press 1997
KEYWORDS: RK Henrywood British jugs design history pottery ceramics collectibles collectors illustrated guide dealers reference
A History of Modern China
Paperback (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: Pelican Penguin 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Kenneth Latourette China history