Books - "history"
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Elizabeth & Leicester
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: Panther Books Limited 1961
KEYWORDS: specials Elizabeth Jenkins history biography Queen Victoria Lord Leicester Victorian
Squash
A History of the Game
ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw (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: Scribner 2003
KEYWORDS: specials James Zug squash history sport
O Jerusalem!
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: Granada 1982
KEYWORDS: specials Larry Collins Dominique Lapierre Jerusalem Palestine Israel history
Line Clear Ahead
75 Years of Ups and Downs
super octavo hardback in (nr fine) in dw (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1982
KEYWORDS: specials O.S. Nock railways travel history trains transport
Journey into the Mind's Eye
first edition ex library, super octavo, (VG) in dw (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete 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 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Lesley Blanch first edition ex library autobiography romance travel history
The Family in Ancient Rome
ex library, super octavo, (VG) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Croom Helm 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Beryl Rawson ex library ancient Rome history social family
Magnificent Obsession
The Story of the Mitchell Library, Sydney
ex library, super octavo, (VG+) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Brian H. Fletcher Mitchell Library Sydney books Australia history
The Court of the Caliphs
The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty
ex library, super octavo (VG+) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Kennedy ex library Islam history dynasty Muslim Middle East politics
The Recorder & its Music
super octavo hardcover (VG) in dw (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1962
KEYWORDS: specials Edgar Hunt music recorder history
Duel in the Snows
The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa
super octavo, hardcover (VG+) in dw (VG+) ex library; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Murry 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Allen Lhasa Himalayas travel history anthropology
More Maoriland Adventures of J. W. Stack
First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with black lettering to spine & blind lettering to front board, illus pastedowns, printed eps, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (fading to spine & board edges, bruising to extrems, light foxing) in d/w, tatty (brown tape repair replacing most of rear cover and corner of front cover, chipping and small tears, creasing)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1936
KEYWORDS: first edition James West Stack AH Reed New Zealand autobiography travel history Maori
The Mystery of La Perouse
First edition, octavo, mustard-coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 187pp, illus, VG+ (bookseller's label to fep, light tanning & foxing) in d/w, VG (2cm closed tears to front upper & lower edges & to lower rear/flap edge, bruising & creasing to spine extrems & corners, v slight soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: Bascands Ltd 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition Mona Gordon biography history Pacific exploration navigation navigator expedition naval nautical journey sailing
Tangweera: Life and Adventures among Gentle Savages
First edition (author is the brother of Gustavus von Tempsky), super octavo, white cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and brown lettering with brown illus to front board, black eps, tissue guard to title page, xi + 318pp, illus, VG- (heavy soiling to rear board, fading, staining & rubbing to spine, soiling to front board & bruising to front board fore-edge & lower corner, dampstaining to feps, owner's name in pencil to helf-title page, tanning)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1899
KEYWORDS: first edition C Napier Bell New Zealand biography travel anthropology history Central America Mosquito Indians
The Immigrants: The Great Migration from Britain to New Zealand, 1830-1890
Super octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps & white lettering to black spine, 240pp, VG (Owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Godwit Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: Tony Simpson New Zealand Great Britain migration immigration history
Rome: The Book of Foundations
Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 282pp, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing & tanning to edges)
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Michel Serres history of Rome Livy literary criticism sociology social science philosophy
A Different Sort of War: Australians in Korea 1950-53
Ex library, scarce, octavo, illus plastic-covered light card covers, xxiv + 266pp, illus, VG (professional tape reinforcement to gutters, usu library markings, crease & bruising to front lower corner)
PUBLISHER: Australian Scholarly Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: Richard Trembath Australian military history Korean war
Interesting Times: A Kiwi Chronicle
Octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, 339pp, illus, nr fine (v small soiling spot to lower spine)
PUBLISHER: Graphic Publications 2003
KEYWORDS: Tom Newnham New Zealand autobiography politics history
Lectures on the Recorder in relation to Literature
With a New Introduction by Edgar Hunt
Quarto, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 191pp, illus, VG (inscription in ink & owner's name in ink to fep, tanning to eps, foxing) in d/w, VG (price clipped, browning to exterior & interior, fading)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1961
KEYWORDS: Christopher Welch photograhpic reprint of 1911 six lectures on the Recorder & Other Flutes music musical instrument record flute history literature
Colonial Tales of Old New Pymouth
Ex library, imperial octavo, green illus light card covers, 171pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, photocopied clipping stuck to front pastedown, professional tape reinforcement to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Zenith Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: ex library Murray Moorhead New Zealand New Plymouth history settlers settlement colonial stories
Settler Tales of Old New Plymouth
Ex library, imperial octavo, green illus light card covers, ii + 170pp, illus, VG (relatively light library markings, professional tape reinforcement to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Zenith Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: ex library Murray Moorhead New Zealand New Plymouth history settlers settlement colonial stories