Books - "history"
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A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (in four volumes)
Four-volume set, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt design & blind rule to front board, all vols frontispiece, xx + 442pp & folding map in rear pocket (vol 1), ix + 442-786pp (vol 2), viii + 787-1230pp (vol 3), viii + 1231-1752pp (vol 4), all vols illus, all vols VG+ (owner's name & date to fep, vol 1 bruising & pencil mark to upper page edges) (vols 2, 3, 4 would be fine but for owner's name & date in ink to fep), all vols in VG+ d/w (bruising & rubbing to exterior & edges & corners)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984
KEYWORDS: George Vancouver W. Kaye Lamb history maritime exploration North Pacific journal travel
Where Golf is Great: The Finest Courses of Scotland and Ireland
Oblong quarto, green boards with gilt letter to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 527pp, illus, VG+ (lacks fep, ding to upper front board corner) in VG+ d/w (2cm jagged ding to upper front corner, slight rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Artisan Workman 2006
KEYWORDS: James Finegan Laurence Lambrecht Tim Thompson golf courses sport Scotland Ireland photography course history architecture tournaments hole-by-hole commentary
Pennell of the Afghan Frontier: The Life of Theodore Leighton Pennell
Ex library, sulper octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 464pp + 16pp adverts, illus incl folding map to rear (VG), VG- (usual library markings incl notice to front pastedown, foxing esp to prelims and page edges, rubbing fading & damp stains to boards, fraying to board edges & corners)
PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1914
KEYWORDS: ex library AM Pennell Theodore Leighton Pennell Afghanistan biography history medicine Indus
Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family
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: Bantam Books 1964
KEYWORDS: biography history oliver wendell jones law legal system american supreme court justice catherine drinker bowen specials
Popular Fiction 100 Years Ago; An Unexplored Tract of Literary History
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: Cohen & West 1957
KEYWORDS: popular fiction literature literary criticism history margaret dalziel first edition specials
Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman
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: Hazard Press 1994
KEYWORDS: new zealand history edmund bohan edward stafford biography politics statesman specials
British Canals: An Illustrated History
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: David & Charles 1966
KEYWORDS: british canals history britain england waterways charles hadfield specials
The Travel Journal of Antonio De Beatis: Germany, Switzerland, The Low Countries, France and Italy 1517-1518
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 Hakluyt Society 1979
KEYWORDS: travel history j.r. hale j.m.a. lindon antonion de beatis germany switzerland the low countries france italy specials
The Russian Terrorists: The Story of Narodniki
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: Barrie and Rockcliff 1966
KEYWORDS: terrorism russia history politics narodniki ronald seth russian revolution specials
Thames Crossings: Bridges, Tunnels and Ferries
Super 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 cost
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Phillips London Thames England bridges tunnels ferries transport history
Super in the South: The Early History of the Southland Co-operative Phosphate Co. Ltd
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Southland Cooperative Phosphate Co 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Clive A Lind New Zealand Southland history Phosphate Cooperative fertiliser commerce business agriculture
The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages AD500-1600
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: specials Samuiel Eliot Morison American history discovery exploration Cabots Verrazzano Gomez Cartier Gilbert Frobisher Raleigh
The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648: Bering's Precursor with Selected Documents
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1981
KEYWORDS: raymond h. fisher history semen dezhnev bering specials
The English New England Voyages 1602-1608
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1983
KEYWORDS: history exploration travel david b. quinn alison m. quinn new england specials
Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage 1585-86
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1981
KEYWORDS: sir francis drake mary frear keeler history west indian voyage travel exploration specials
The Growth of the American Republic (fifth edition)
two volume set in slipcase, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w vol 1 (VG) d/w vol 2 (VG-), slipcase (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 1962
KEYWORDS: united states of american american republic history politics samuel eliot morison henry steele commager specials
From Tasman to Marsden: A History of Northern New Zealand From 1642 to 1818
Octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to front board and gilt lettering to spine, xv + 236pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, foxing & browning to page edges, browning to front & rear eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: J Wilkie & Co 1914
KEYWORDS: Robert McNab New Zealand history Tasman Cook Kermadecs timber whaling te Pahi Boyd Marsden Bay of Islands
The Way We Were: Pictorial Memories of Early New Zealand: Dunedin / Coastal Otago
Oblong quarto, illustrated light card covers, illus eps, 80pp, illus, nr fine (slight rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Moa Beckett 1994
KEYWORDS: Valerie Davies New Zealand pictorial history photography Dunedin Coastal Otago
Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand
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: Hasselberg Government Printer 1985
KEYWORDS: specials David McGee New Zealand politics government parliament procedures rules history
Norway
Black's Popular Series of Colour Books
First edition, octavo, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind lettering & blind tooling to front board, frontispiece, vii + map + 196pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy damp staining to boards & spine, inscription in ink to fep, foxing & browning throughout) in VG- d/w (bruising & nicks to spine extrems & adges & corners, crease to full length of rear, tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A & C Black Ltd 1928
KEYWORDS: first edition SC Hammer A Heaton Cooper Norway travel tourism history landscape