Books - "history"
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A Bright Shining Lie
John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
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: Picador Pan 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Neil Sheehan Vietnam war reportage history journalism America
The Hidden Worlds of Polynesia; The Chronicle of an Archaeological Expedition to Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas Islands
FIRST EDITION, hardcover 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1963
KEYWORDS: archaeology history anthropology polynesia nuku hiva marquesas islands robert c. suggs specials
The Course of Empire
introduction by Wallace Stegner
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company 1980
KEYWORDS: american history united states of america bernard devoto wallace stegner specials
Bolivar and the Independence of Spanish America
hardback (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: The Bolivarian Society of Venezuela 1951
KEYWORDS: spanish american history simon bolivar biography j.b. trend specials
Simon Bolivar (The Liberator): Patriot, warrior, Statesman, Father of Five Nations; A Sketh of His Life and Work
hardback (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: The Bolivarian Society of Venezuela 1951
KEYWORDS: south american history spanish america guillermo a. sherwell simon bolivar biography specials
Famous Trials (fourth series): Harold Greenwood; William Joyce; Ley and Smith; Dr Pritchard; Robert Wood
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PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1955
KEYWORDS: history true crime law legal system trials james h. hodge harold greenwood william joy ley and smith dr pritchard robert wood specials
Famous Trials (first series): Madeleine Smith; Oscar Slater; Dr Crippen; Dr Palmer
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PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1954
KEYWORDS: history true crime law legal system trials harry hodge madeleine smith oscar slater dr crippen dr palmer specials
Trafalgar; The Biography of a Battle
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Abacus 2005
KEYWORDS: history battle of trafalgar lord nelson roy adkins england britain specials
The New Zealand Shipping Company's Pocket-Book: An Interesting Guide for Passengers by the Company's Steamers, and containing Information of General Interest to all Travellers to the Dominion
First edition, deluxe edition (?), duodecimo, green soft leather boards with gilt lettering & gilt decoration, aeg, frontispiece, xi + 160pp + xx appendices, illus, VG (heavy fading to spine, bruising & rubbing to spine extrems with loss of surface, 3cm indent to spine, rubbing & fraying & bruising to all board edges & corners, tanning to eps, foxing throughout, two plates loose)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1908
KEYWORDS: New Zealand shipping company steamships passenger guide sport tourism travel natural history first edition
Hear me talkin' to ya: The Story of Jazz by the Men who made it
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1962
KEYWORDS: specials Nat Shapiro Nat Hentoff jazz music history Louis Armstrong Bessie Smith Duke Ellington Benny Goodman Dave Brubeck brass New Orleans
Eisenhower at War 1943-1945
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Vintage 1987
KEYWORDS: specials David Eisenhower Dwight Eisenhower biography history President USA America World War Two WWII second world war politics government
Plunket Pioneers: Recollections of Plunket Nurses from 1940 to 2000
imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus title page, 120pp, illus, VG+ (light wear and rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Heritage Press 2003
KEYWORDS: new zealand history plunket nurses babies infants family joyce powell
The History of the Cantebury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919
octavo, light brown cloth boards with black lettering and red and blue rule to front board and spine, frontispiece, x + 364pp, illus including folding maps (VG; light foxing), VG+ (ink inpscription to fep, light wear to boards, circular stain to rear board, light soiling to some pages)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1921
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history canterbury regiment first world war world war two WWI captain david ferguson
Flora of New Zealand Volume IV: Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, lxviii + 1365pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to board edges, occasional annotations & underlining in pencil throughout) in VG d/w (rubbing & bruising to edges, slight soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Botany Division DSIR 1988
KEYWORDS: CJ Webb WR Sykes PJ Garnock-Jones flora pteridophytes gymnosperms dicotyledons New Zealand natural history plants biology zoology reference
The Englishman's Food: Five Centuries of English Diet
Ex medical school nutrition Dept, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, red top page edges, 482pp, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, med school stamps to various pages) in VG d/w (2cm closed tear to upper spine, bruising to spine extrems, soiling to front, rear, spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1957
KEYWORDS: ex medical school JC Drummond Anne Wilbraham food nutrition science history English diet
Empire
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Grafton Books 1989
KEYWORDS: specials fiction literature novel Gore Vidal American Saga history
Wondrous Times on the Frontier
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Arrow 1994
KEYWORDS: dee brown american native indian history specials
Post-Prison Writings and Speeches
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PUBLISHER: Panther 1971
KEYWORDS: sociology eldridge cleaver racism american civil rights history specials
Soul on Ice
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PUBLISHER: Panther 1970
KEYWORDS: sociology eldridge cleaver racism american civil rights history specials
The Etruscans
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Pelican Books 1956
KEYWORDS: specials m. pallottino roman history italy civilisation etruscology archaeology art anthropology