Books - "history"
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Elephant Memories
Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family
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: Fontana Paperbacks 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Cynthia Moss biography African elephant wildlife park conservation natural history
Starlings Laughing
A Memoir of Africa
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: Corgi Books 1991
KEYWORDS: specials June Vendall Clark biography memoir Africa wildlife conservation natural history
The War of the Roses
Peace & Conflict in 15th Century England
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: Phoenix Press 2005
KEYWORDS: specials John Gillingham English history military conflict 15th century
Christianity in Northern Nigeria
Ex library, super octavo, white light card covers with green lettering & motif to front cover & black lettering to spine, xiii + 238pp, VG- (plastic-covered, usual library markings, number in ink to fep, foxing)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Chapman/Cassell 1979
KEYWORDS: EPT Crampton Northern Nigeria religion christianity religious history missions missionaries church politics
The Story of Otago: Age of Adventure
To which is appended A Journey thtrough Otago in 1872 by Anthony Trollope
First edition, signed by author, super octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 367pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (small <1cm closed tears to spine extrems, 1 cm closed tesr to lower rear cover, slight tanning to spine, light to moderate rubbing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1947
KEYWORDS: First edition AH Reed New Zealand Otago travel history Anthony Trollope
Old Coaching Days in Otago & Southland
Illustrated with pen & ink drawings by the Author and with Old-time Photographs
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, v + frontispiece + 133pp, illus,VG+, in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Capper Press Reprint 1976 (of Lovell-Smith & Venner 1931)
KEYWORDS: EM Lovell-Smith New Zealand Otago Southland history coaches passenger transport mail service anecdotes humour
Naval W/T Station Waiouru 1942-1951 HMS Irirangi
Octavo, transparent plastic cover as front cover & light card cover to rear with taped spine, illus first page, unpaginated photocopied pages, VG (bruising/creasing to lower corners, slight staining to rear cover, bruising to lower spine extrem)
PUBLISHER: Reunion Committee (?) 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waiouru navy HMNZS Irirangi Naval wireless radio jubilee Noeline De Courcy Fanning Marie King naval history telegraphy station RNZAF
The Quest for Grace
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: Penguin 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Clark Manning autobiography history spirituality literature
Crime in a Changing Society
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: Penguin 1965
KEYWORDS: specials Howard Jones criminology crime criminal history behaviour penology psychology
Political Theories of The Middle Age
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Thoemmes Press 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Otto Gierke political science history philosophy critical theory
Machiavelli: A Dissection
Ex library, 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: Victor Gollancz 1969
KEYWORDS: specials ex library Sydney Anglo Machiavelli philosophy biography history politics
Confessions of a Billfisherman
Ex library, super 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Halcyon Press 2005
KEYWORDS: specials John Angus New Zealand billfishing sport gamefishing marlin broadbill swordfish spearfish memoir anecdotes history
Stoker's Submarine
Ex library, super 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2001
KEYWORDS: ex library specials Fred Elizabeth Brenchley Australia Dardanelles First World War One WWI Dacre Stoker submarine AE2 military history naval
Trick or Treaty?
Super 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Victoria University 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Douglas Graham New Zealand Treaty of Waitangi politics government history
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of French Literature
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 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Joyce MH Reid reference dictionary French literature literary genres authors writers French culture history social life
Classical Thought
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: Oxford University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Terence Irwin western history western classical philosophy greek
Bizarre London: Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises
hardcover octavo (VG+) ex library; 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: Constable & Robinson 2013
KEYWORDS: specials David Long travel tourbook architecture london oddities anecdotal history
The Medieval Scene
An Informal Introduction to the Middle Ages
Ex-library 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: Cambridge University Press 1959
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials G G Coulton history Middle Ages society religion
A Death in Brazil
A Book of Omissions
First edition hardcover imperial octavo (NF) in d/w (NF) ; 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: Duffy & Snellgrove 2003
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Peter Robb Brazil travel politics societal analysis history
The Cheetahs of De Wildt
Ann Van Dyk's Story of the Struggle to Save the Cheetah from the Verge of Extinction
Hardcover imperial octavo (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Struik Publishers 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Ann Van Dyk natural history cheetahs African wildlife animals conservation