Books - "history"
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The Gangs of New York; An Informal History of the Underworld
softcover octavo; 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: Arrow 2002
KEYWORDS: history new york herbert asbury underworld true crime specials
The Concubine's Children
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: Penguin Books 1997
KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography family chinese history denise chong specials
A Little Commonwealth: Family Life in Plymouth Colony
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: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: specials john demos colonial family america puritans history religion
Houses of Dunedin: An Illustrated Collection of the City's Historic Homes
Quarto 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: Hyndman Publishing 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Lois Galer New Zealand Dunedin architecture houses homes buildings history
Russell's Civil War Photographs: 116 Historic Prints
Quarto 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: Dover Publications 1982
KEYWORDS: specials Anrew J Russell USA American civil war photography history soldier-artist official army photographer
The Franz Josef Glacier: A Photographic Record
Oblong quarto 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: Westland National Park Dept of Lands and Survey 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Franz Josef glacier New Zealand history photographic record national park
Tasman and New Zealand: A Bibliographical Study
Super octavo stapled light card wrapper (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: RE Owen Government Printer 1959
KEYWORDS: specials EH McCormick Abel Tasman New Zealand bibliographical history exploration journals
Forgotten Islands of the South Seas
First edition, 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: George Allen & Unwin 1957
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Bengt Danielsson South Pacific history travel discovery exploration islands
The English Country Gentleman: A Study of Nineteenth Century Types
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: James Clarke & Co (year ?)
KEYWORDS: Chester Kirby specials history essays England Lord George Bentinck Grantley Berkeley Duke of Richmond Sir John Bennet Lawes biography
Robbery Under Arms: A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia
Smalll octavo in blue faux leather boards (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: Collins
KEYWORDS: Rolf Boldrewood specials history Australia goldfields Thomas Alexander Browne novel literature
The Last Days of Pompeii
Smalll octavo insoft red leather boards (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: Cassell and Company 1908
KEYWORDS: specials Lord Edward Bulwer Lytton history Pompeii novel literature
Southern Journeys: South Island People and Places
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: Random House 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Roy Sinclair New Zealand South Island people places travel landscape people local history
No Place to Linger: Saga of a Wartime Atlantic Kiwi
Super octavo, grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xii, 220pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page edges) in VG d/w (tanning to interior, rubbing to rear)
PUBLISHER: Holmwork Publishers 1985
KEYWORDS: John Holm history second world war WWII World War Two New Zealand Royal Navy escorts merchant navy convoys Atlantic autobiography
Trees, Timber and Tranquility
Small quarto, green heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, 144pp, illus, nr fine (v slight bruising to lower spine) in nr fine d/w (bruising to upper rear corner)
PUBLISHER: C Rex Monigatti Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: Lindsay Poole botany forestry trees New Zealand forestry history autobiography
Pamir: The Story of a Sailing Ship
First edition, small octavo, illus heavy card boards, 48pp, illus, VG- (some plates loose, light scuffing and soiling, light tanning within, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1949
KEYWORDS: first edition Sydney D Waters Pamir New Zealand sailing ship history four-master Finland
A Concise Economic History of Britain from the Earliest Times to 1750 (Vol 1); from 1750 to Recent Times (Vol 2)
Two-volume set, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 324pp (vol 1), viii + 368pp (vol 2), VG (owner's name & address in ink to both feps, v slight rubbing to boards, scratch to rear board vol 1, browning to eps vol 1, light foxing to page edges) in Vg d/w (soiling & tanning, bruising to edges, 2cm closed to upper rear right corner vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1957 (vol 1) 1954 (vol 2)
KEYWORDS: Sir John Clapham WHB Court Britian history economics agriculture trade manufacturing industry
General Gordon, Soldier, Administrator, and Christian Hero
A Biographical and Historical Sketch of his Career in China and the Soudan
Duodecimo, green boards with gilt lettering & decoration to front board, frontispiece, folding map, viii + 202pp, illus, VG (staining spots to boards, rubbing to spine, bruising to spine extrems & board corners, foxing, esp to prelims & rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Ward Lock & Co (year?)
KEYWORDS: George R Emerson General Charles George Gordon biography military history China Sudan Soudan
Reinterpreting the Educational Past: Essays in the History of New Zealand Education
Octavo, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine & covers, 233pp, VG+ (slight bruising to lower cover corners, owner's name & date in ink to fep, damp stain to upper page corners)
PUBLISHER: NZ Council for Education Research 1987
KEYWORDS: Roger Openshaw David McKenzie New Zealand education history curriculum schools nursing civil service essays
Nga Iwi o Tainui: The Traditional History of the Tainui People / Nga Koorero Tuku Iho a Nga Tuupuna
First edition, imperial octavo, blue/grey boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 402pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to board edges, prev owners address stamp in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges) in VG+ d/w (foxing & staining to interior)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: first edition Pei Te urinui Jones Bruce Biggs New Zealand Tainui Maori bilingual Maori-English parallel text history genealogy songs
The Art of Alfred Sharpe
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Auckland City Art Gallery / David Bateman 1992
KEYWORDS: Roger Blackley Alfred Sharpe New Zealand art artist colonial watercolourist biography art history landscape