Books - "history"
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Mauretania: Landfalls and Departures of Twenty-Five Years
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards with dark blue cloth spine with silver lettering, frontispiece, 332pp, illus, nr fine (sticker residue to front pastedown) in fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1988
KEYWORDS: Humfrey Jordan John Shaum Mauretania shipping ocean liner history maritime voyages
New Zealand! New Zealand! In Praise of Kiwiana
Oblong quarto, illustrated light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 162pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1989
KEYWORDS: Stephen Barnett Richard Wolfe New Zealand history culture Kiwiana Buzzy Bee Weetbix hokey pokey Chesdale Creamota jandals vegemite rinso customs
The People from the Horizon: An Illustrated History of the Europeans among the South Sea Islanders
First edition, quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 296pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing & bruising to lower boards edges & lower spine extrem) in VG+ d/w (very slight foxing to interior)
PUBLISHER: Mclaren Publishing Ltd 1979
KEYWORDS: first edition Philip Snow Stefanie Waine history South Pacific Europeans
Bastards I Have Sailed With
Octavo, light card covers, 173pp, VG+ (slight bruising to loswer front board corner, browning to front ep edges)
PUBLISHER: Barnacle Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: Barry H Meikle New Zealand steamship WWI WWII first world war second world war seamen history maritime life nautical boats sailing
Birds of New Zealand: Locality Guide
Octavo, illus light card covers, 511pp, illus, VG+ (creasing to rear cover lower corner)
PUBLISHER: Arun Books 1989
KEYWORDS: Stuart Chambers Brian Chudleigh New Zealand naturall history birds ornithology
Hitler was a British Agent
Super octavo, light card covers, xv + 550 pp, illus, VG+ (v sl soiling and rubbing to covers, light foxing to page edges and end pages)
PUBLISHER: FNZ Inc 2006
KEYWORDS: Greg Hallett Spymaster history military conspiracy theories Adolf Hitler
Aspen: The History of a Silver Mining Town 1879-1893
super octavo, heavy card boards, cream cloth spine with gilt & green lettering, iv + 263pp, illus, nr fine, in VG+ d/w (slight soiling spots to external & internal, slight bruising to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Malcolm Rohrbough American history Aspen silver mining prospecting railway
An Eyewitness History of New Zealand
Super 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Currey O'Neill Ross 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Robin Bromby New Zealand history politics culture society disasters crimes journalism war Gallipoli
Billy the Kid: A Short and Violent Life
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: University of Nebraska Press 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Robert MM Utley Billy the Kid biography portrait USA American history
The Indian Frontier of the American West 1946-1890
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 costs
PUBLISHER: University of New Mexico Press 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Robert M Utley American West history Indians native Americans
The Westerners
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Dee Brown American West history Indians native Americans wars Spaniards biographies
The American Plains Indians
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Jason Hook Richard Hook America history American Indians plains culture anthropology
Churchill's Secret War: Diplomatic Decrypts, the Foreign Office and Turkey 1942-44
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Robin Denniston Winston Churchill World War II second world war history British foreign policy planning
Dancing with Cranes: On Location with a New Zealand Wildlife Film-maker
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: Longacre Press 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Alison Balance New Zealand natural history animal world memoir reportage film-making
With Hook, Line and Snorkel in the South Pacific
Octavo hardcover 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Pacific Publications 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Rob Wright travel Pacific Islands natural history outdoors fishing ocean sea animals
Company of Heaven: Early Missionaries in the South Seas
Octavo hardcover 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 costs
PUBLISHER: SH & AW Reed 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Graeme Kent South Pacific islands missionaries religion history Tahiti Hawaii samoa fiji Solomons Cooks New Hebrides
The Early Challenges of the America's Cup (1851 - 1937)
First edition, oblong quarto (nr fine) in nr fine 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: Pierson 1986
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Anthony John Ian Dear America's Cup history yachts sailing yacht racing
London Pride: The Story of a Voluntary Hospital
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: Hutchinson Benham 1979
KEYWORDS: specials AE Clark-Kennedy history medicine hospitals London doctors nurses patients cholera Dr Barnardo Eva Luckes volunteers voluntary system
Stepping Back: Exploring South Island History
Super octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, 176pp, illus, VG (v slight spotting to upper page edges)
PUBLISHER: Shoal Bay Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Mark Pickering New Zealand South Island history exploring guided walks maps
Comparative Religion: Its Genesis and Growth
Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt rule to spine and blind rule & blind design to boards, black eps, frontispiece, xix + 668pp + iv adverts, illus (2pp charts), VG- (fading to spine, rubbing to spine extrems, slight soiling & rubbing to boards, soiling to eps, front gutter cracked but intact, owner's name & year to title page, crease/fold to upper corner last two pages, foxing esp to page edges)
PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1905
KEYWORDS: Louis Henry Jordan religion theology comparative religion history psychology mythology anthropology archaeology ethmology sociology