Books - "history"
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My Warrior Sons: The Borton Family Diary, 1914-1918
Octavo, purple boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 228pp, illus, VG+ (fading & light bruising to spine extrems, small ding to rear board lower edge, tanning to eps, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (rubbing to edges, price clipped, browning to interior)
PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1973
KEYWORDS: Guy Slater World War I One First world War Borton family diaries correspondence Arthur Close Borton biography social history
From Tussocks to Trees
Signed, super octavo, illus light card covers, 51pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Marjorie R Kearns 1973
KEYWORDS: Marjorie R Kearns New Zealand Otago Dunedin history sheep farming forestry DCC Run 51 Waitahuna Heights Waipori
I Have Landed: Splashes and Reflections in Natural History
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: Vintage 2003
KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould natural history popular science evolution essays archaeology zoology geology
April Blood: Florence and the Plot against the Medici
Octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Pimlico 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Lauro Martines history Medici Italy political drama murder revenge
Victorian Cities
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 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Asa Briggs history Britain British cities Manchester Leeds Birmingham Middlesborough Melbourne
A History of British Trade Unionism
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 1969
KEYWORDS: specials history Britain British trade unions politics Henry Pelling
The Big Year; A Tale of Man, Nature and Fowl Obsession
softcover super 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: Doubleday 2004
KEYWORDS: bird-watching ornithology natural history the big year journalism biography mark obmascik specials
Introduced Mammals of New Zealand; An Ecological and Economic Survey
hardcover imperial octavo (VG) d/w (VG-, chipping/small tears); 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: Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1950
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history introduced mammals ecology economics k.a. wodzicki specials
Birdwatching in Australia and New Zealand
principal photography Peter Rogers
softcover super 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: Reed New Holland 1998
KEYWORDS: ken simpson zoe wilson peter rogers new zealand australia natural history birdwatching ornithology specials
The Genera of British Moths: Volume 1
Popularly Described and Arranged According to the System now Adopted in the British Museum illustrated by a Series of Picturesque Plates exhibiting the insects in their Different Stages, with the cate
Tall super octavo, textured black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board and gilt-embossed design of moths & caterpillers on foliage to front board, aeg, 76pp, illus with colour photochromatic plates, G- (completely disbound, first 28 pages missing, only 18 of 62 plates present, staining & damp-staining to boards, inscription in ink to fep, tanning & bruising to page edges, nicks & bruising to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Paul Jerrard & Son (1861 or earlier - inscription)
KEYWORDS: H Noel Humphreys natural history entomology insects moths Britain British
Fighting Sail on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay; The War of 1812 and its Aftermath
first edition, hardcover octavo (near fine) d/w (near fine); 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: Naval Institute Press 2002
KEYWORDS: barry gough navy nautical sailing military battle history america lake huron georgian bay specials
The Changing Vegetation of Molesworth Station, New Zealand, 1944 to 1971
with appendices by B.P.J. Molloy and R.E. Irvine
softcover imperial 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: New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research 1976
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history vegetation flora molesworth station agriculture malborough lucy b. moore b.p.j. molloy r.e. irvine specials
Trees, Woods and Man
First edition, super octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 272pp, illus, VG (bubbling to front board front edge, owner's name in ink to fep, tanning to eps and upper page edges) in VG- d/w (3cm portion missing from lower spine with untidy 2cm tear extending into front, bruising & nicks to upper spine, sticker stains to lower spine/back edge, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1956
KEYWORDS: first edition HL Edlin British trees dendrology forestry forests woodlands nature history
Dartmoor
First edition, super octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 273pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to upper page edges) in VG d/w (top half-centimetre upper spine damaged, 1cm closed tear & crease to rear lower edge, browning to edges & interior)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1953
KEYWORDS: first edition LA Harvey D St Leger-Gordon Dartmoor England moorland natural history scenery flora fauna
Aspects of Love in Western Society
translated with a preface by Jonathan Griffin
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: Thames and Hudson 1965
KEYWORDS: suzanne lilar sociology love romance relationships philosophy history jonathan griffin specials
Parish Churches of England in Colour
foreword by Alec Clifton-Taylor
hardback (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: Blandford Press 1974
KEYWORDS: mervyn blatch england churches architecture history arts specials
The Idea of Law
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 Books 1974
KEYWORDS: philosophy law legal system history politics political science dennis lloyd specials
The Sea Shore
hardback with worn 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: Collins 1961
KEYWORDS: specials cm yonge nature history sea ocean science animals plants
Madame De Pompadour
hardback with d/w, fading at spine (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: Reprint Society 1955
KEYWORDS: specials nancy mitford literature biography history
South West Africa
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 1963
KEYWORDS: specials ruth first south west africa geography history politics economics