Books - "history"
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High Adventure
with maps by A. Spark and sketches by George Djurkouic
first edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with faded gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 224pp, illus, VG (pencil owner's name to fep, wear to boards, d/w marking to eps, foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (tanning and soiling, numerous chips and closed tears to extremities including upper edge of spine missing and large closed tear to front upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1955
KEYWORDS: edmund hillary new zealand mountain climbing mountaineering sport adventure travel autobiography history
The Future of Colonies
first edition with review slip enclosed, duodecimo, light card covers, 46pp, VG (light wear, tanning and foxing to page edges, small hole to lower spine)
PUBLISHER: Leonard and Virginia Woolf 1936
KEYWORDS: history first edition colonies leonard barnes journalism
National Minorities in Central Europe
duodecimo, light card covers, 104pp, illus including VG+ folding map, VG (light wear, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Orbis Printing and Publishing Co. 1937
KEYWORDS: joseph chmelar sociology culture history politics central europe national minorities
The Garden Pest Book; An Illustrated New Zealand Guide
drawings by Karen Mason
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: Reed 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history gardening bugs insects entomology bruce chapman david penman karen mason specials
Man to Man
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: Whitcoulls Publishers 1980
KEYWORDS: auotbiography new zealand politics union tom skinner john berry history specials
Richard III
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: Signet Classics 1964
KEYWORDS: specials william shakespeare plays history theatre literature
Boswell's Life of Johnson Volume One
this vol. only, 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: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1960
KEYWORDS: specials james boswell samuel johnson history biography literature
The Holt Report
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: Age Insight
KEYWORDS: specials crime history report australia harold holt john larkin geoffrey barker
Pope Joan
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: Consul Books 1960
KEYWORDS: specials popes history scandal lawrence durrell religion
Camden's Britannia - Surrey and Sussex
hardback super octavo with 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: Hutchinson 1977
KEYWORDS: specials surrey sussex britain geography history travel topography
R.L.S.: A Life Study
hardback octavo with 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: Hamish Hamilton 1980
KEYWORDS: specials robert louis stevenson jenni calder biography history literature
Turning Point - The Making of a Captain
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Penguin 1998
KEYWORDS: specials photography rugby new zealand history sean fitzpatrick all blacks
The Quest for Paradise: A History of the World's Gardens
quarto hardback with 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: Mayflower Books 1979
KEYWORDS: specials gardens ronald king culture history architecture economy
21 Years of Rugby News
hardback quarto with 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: Rugby Press Ltd. 1991
KEYWORDS: specials rugby new zealand sports news history
The New Zealand Alpine Journal; A Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure by Members of the New Zealand Alpine
8 volume set, facsimile edition, limited numbered edition, runs from vol. 1 1892 to vol. 8 1940, octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering and rule to spine, blind rule to boards, illus including near fine folding diagrams and VG+ maps in rear pocket, all volumes VG+ (light wear to extremities, light foxing and soiling to eps and page edges) in VG d/w (most volumes light wear and light soiling with v light creasing and tiny closed tears to edges, vol 1. with narrow chip to lower rear flap corner, vol. IV with small chip to upper spine), all volumes in protective plastic cover, a very tidy set
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Alpine Club 1975-1978
KEYWORDS: new zealand alpine journal club mountain exploration adventure travel history mountaineering sport outdoors
Royalty in New Zealand: A Visit of Their Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of Cornwell and York to New Zealand 10th June to 27th June, 1901; A Descriptive Narrative
quarto, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, blind rule to boards, patterned eps, illus half title, xiv + 391pp, illus , VG- (heavy wear to spine with tanning, fraying and chipping, internally the spine is coming away from text block, only partially attached at front, insect damage to fep, water stains to covers, light foxing) includes folding map VG- (creasing and foxing with large repaired tear)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1902
KEYWORDS: new zealand history english british monarchy royal family duke and duchess of cornwell and york r.a. loughnan
The Exploration of The Pacific
second edition, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front board, blind-stamped emblem to rear board, xv + 411pp, illus including VG folding maps (light wear and creasing, v light foxing), VG (light wear, white mark to front board, light foxing to eps and page edges) in VG- dw (light soiling, numerous small closed tears to edges)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1947
KEYWORDS: j.c. beaglehole history travel exploration pacific
Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No. 3 1947
imperial octavo, grey cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece tipped in, 171pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, pencil owner's name to fep, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: H.H. Tombs 1947
KEYWORDS: howard wadman new zealand arts history year book
Year Book of the Arts in New Zealand No. 3 1947
imperial octavo, grey cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece tipped in, 171pp, VG+ (light wear, v light foxing)
PUBLISHER: H.H. Tombs 1947
KEYWORDS: howard wadman year book arts new zealand history
The Cossacks Burn Down the YMCA; Russia Revisited
first edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, VG (light wear and fading, v light foxing) in VG d/w (light wear, soiling to rear, small closed tears to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1964
KEYWORDS: first edition eddy gilmore russian history cossacks politics soviet union