Books - "history"
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Small Firms in the Japanese Economy
paperback 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: Cambridge University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: specials economy business markets japan microeconomics entrepreneurship history industry
Fiji Before the Storm: Elections and the Politics of Development
Super octavo, illus light card covers, xii + frontispiece map + 205pp, illus, nr fine (slight rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Asia Pacific Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Brij V Lal Fiji history politics government coup constitution essays Sitiveni Rabuka
Middlemen of the Cameroons Rivers: The Duala and their Hinterland c1600 - c1960
Super octavo, illus light card covers, xii + map + 252pp +2pp biblio, VG+ (slight rubbing to covers, slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Ralph Austen Jonathan Derrick Duala Cameroon Africa trade politics history Germany France economy
Papua New Guinea: A Century of Colonial Impact 1884 - 1984
Uncommon, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, xv + map + 494pp, VG+ (slight soiling to spine, price label residue to upper front cover)
PUBLISHER: National Research Institute & University of Papua New Guinea 1989
KEYWORDS: Sione Latukefu Papua New Guinea history trade government Australia business missionaries colonial rule essays articles
The Historical Essays of Otto Hintze
Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt & orange lettering to spine, viii + 493pp, VG+ (slight rubbing to lower rear board, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: Felix Gilbert Robert Berdahl Otto Hintze essays Prussian history Germany political science historical theory
Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players: A Sociological Study of the Development of Rugby Football
Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 321pp, VG+ (fading to lower board edge, slight bruising to lower spine extrem, owner's name in ink to fep) in VG d/w (soiling to spine and boards, bruising to all corners, 1cm closed tear to lower front edge)
PUBLISHER: New York University Press 1979
KEYWORDS: Eric Dunning Kenneth Sheard sport history rugby football league union Norbert Elias soccer cricket sociology class structure Huizinga amateur professional
Lenin & The End of Politics
small 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: Methuen 1984
KEYWORDS: a.j. polan lenin politics russian history socialism specials
Misery Mansion: Grim Tales of New Zealand Asylums
4th Edition; duodecimo, illus light card stapled wrapper, illus rear ep, 48pp, VG (light scuffing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arthur Sainsbury, Ex-editor of NZ daily newspapers, Otahuhu 1946
KEYWORDS: Arthur Sainsbury New Zealand history mental hospitals asylums mental health illness politics
There is a River: A Popular Illustrated Report of the British and Foreign Bible Society for the Year 1905-6
Octavo, illustrated light green heavy card boards, frontispiece, vii + 111pp + 1pp advert, illus, VG (Fading & rubbing to spine, bruising & nicks to spine extrems, bruising & rubbing to board corners, owner's name & address stamped to front ep)
PUBLISHER: The Bible House, London 1906
KEYWORDS: TH Darlow The Bible Society history religion Christendom missionaries proselytising Christianity
The Becks of Hartwood
Scarce, octavo, light blue light card stapled wrapper with blue lettering to front board, 44pp + 4 blank pages, illus, VG (tanning & rubbing to boards, bruising to lower front board corner, owner's name stamp to top page 1)
PUBLISHER: Nelson Keen (?) 1973
KEYWORDS: scarce Joseph Beck Hartwood Wairio Southland New Zealand family history biography C ounty Down Northern Ireland Brague Farm 1690 gold railways farming
The Empire's Junior Partner
Octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xi + 244pp, illus, VG (bruising & fading to spine extrems, rubbing to board edges & upper rear board, owner's name & address in ink to front pastedown, full-lengtth crease to fep, dampstain to upper edge rear pastedown, foxing to page edges & prelims) in two d/w, first d/w VG (browning to exterior, esp spine & edges, bruising & nicking to edges, corners & spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to upper rear edge), second d/w G (three-quarters spine missing, lower portion in situ, heavy tanning, jagged nicks & bruising to all edges, two 2cm tears to upper rear edge with heavy crease between)
PUBLISHER: Williams & Norgate Ltd (1926?)
KEYWORDS: Charles A Wilson Aloysius Horn New Zealand history Maori European settlers missionaries Maori wars
The Cambridge History of the Pacific Islanders
Ex library lightly marked, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvii + 518pp, illus, VG+ (soiling spot to front board, v slight bruising to spine extrems, label residue marks to feps) in VG+ d/w (crease to centre of front, rubbing to rear, 1cm closed tear to upper edge rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Donald Denoon history anthropology Pacific Islands culture pre-European post-European gender World War Two nuclear testing politics trade labour agriculture
Mountain Parish 1867-1990
octavo, illustrated light card covers, frontispiece, vi + 235pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: SN Brown & Taieri Print Mosgiel 1990
KEYWORDS: DG Jardine JS Jardine New Zealand history Frankton Wakatipu Macetown Skippers Glenorchy church parish Central Otago
Gold Blast: Being the Romantic History of the Rand Goldfields
first edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 306pp, illus, VG (light wear, square of foiled paper stuck to front pastedown, pencil markings to front pastedown and some pencil annotations to text, light foxing esp. to prelims and page edges), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Rich & Cowan 1936
KEYWORDS: adele lezard history south africa gold mining rand goldfields
A History of The University of Otago (1869-1919) Written Under the Auspieces of the University Council in connexion with the Jubilee Celebrations
undated, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, blind-stamped emblem to front board, frontispiece, xii + 289pp, illus, VG (tanning to eps, light wear, light soiling to boards, bruising to head and tail of spine) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: J. Wilkie & Co. N.D.
KEYWORDS: g.e. thompson new zealand university of otago history dunedin
The History of a Family: The Life, The Times and the Descendants of Charles Frederick Greenslade 1843-1917
scarce, octavo, black faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, 83pp, illus including folding diagrams (near fine), VG+ (light wear, v light tanning to page edges) in VG+ d/w (light wear, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1965
KEYWORDS: new zealand family history genealogy j.w.b. walshe dunedin otago charles frederick greenslade
Nga Puriri o Taiamai: A Political History of Nga Puhi in the inland Bay of Islands
octavo, illus light card covers, 164pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Reed 2001
KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori politics bay of islands nga puhi jeffrey sissons wiremu wi hongi pat hohepa
Wakehamica: A History of Winchester College and Commoners, from the Foundation to the Present Day
Octavo, maroon buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt college crest stamp to front board, dark brown eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 496pp, illus, VG (fading & damp stains to boards, rubbing & fraying to spine extrems & board edges, cracking to lower & upper front & rear gutters, gutter almost completely broken into two sections at page 320, owner's name & date to prelims, staining & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: James Parker and Co 1878
KEYWORDS: Rev H.C Adams Winchester College England history education
Wainuiomata: These Passing Years
A Pictorial & Social History of a District and its People
Quarto, illustrated light card covers, illus eps, 44pp, illus, VG (rubbing to covers, creasing to front corners, bruising to spine extrems, small stain spots to feps)
PUBLISHER: Colonial Associates Publication 1982
KEYWORDS: JM Kenneally BM Kenneally Wainuiomata Wellington North Island New Zealand social history
The South Pacific
Super octavo, illus dark blue glossy heavy card boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, 790pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: University of South Pacific 2001
KEYWORDS: Ron Crocombe South Pacific environment history culture health language religion education economy politics security regionalism