Books - "history"
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Kennedy's Wars
Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam
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 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Lawrence Freedman history politics military war Cuba Laos Vietnam liberalism JFK John F Kennedy
Savages
The Life and Killing of the Yanomami
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: Sceptre 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Dennison Berwick history memoir Yanomami tribe Amazon rainforest South America
The Gladiators
History's Most Deadly Sport
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: Souvenir Press Ltd 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Fik Meijer history classical studies Roman Empire gladiators
Creating a National Spirit: Celebrating New Zealand's Centennial
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 294pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: William Renwick New Zealand history 1940 centennial literature art music drama Jim Collinge Gavin McLean William Toomath John Martin Bernard Kernot Sue Dunlop Jock Phillips anthology
Hut and Headland
Octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, illus title page, 77pp, illus, nr. fine
PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 2004
KEYWORDS: Lucy Cranwell John La Roche New Zealand Anawhata auckland University biological sciences history
Art and Architecture in Spain and Portugal and their American Dominions 1500-1800
The Pelican History of Art
Quarto in slipcase, red cloth boards with gilt lettering in black decorative panel to spine & gilt motif to front board, xxviii + 445pp + 192 b&w plates, illus, VG+ (v. v. slight staining spots to front board, moderate tanning to eps, v. v. slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy foxing & browning to inside, much lighter foxing & tanning elsewhere, light bruising to some edges) in manila card slipcase
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1969
KEYWORDS: George Kubler Martin Soria Spain Portugal art architecture history of art
The Story of the Australian Bushrangers
Octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 392pp, VG- (lacks fep, owner's name in ink to half-title page, bruising to spine extrems, light scuffing to rear board, moderate browning to prelims, tissue guard & page edges)
PUBLISHER: George Robertson & Co 1902
KEYWORDS: Geo E Boxall Australian history convicts bushranging
Treason by the Book
Traitors, Conspirators & Guardians of an Emperor
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 Books 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Jonathan Spence Chinese history intrigue historical investigation eighteenth century Chinese Emperor
Liberty Equality Power
A History of the American People
Hardcover quarto (VG+) lacks d/w ; 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: Harcourt College Publishers 2002
KEYWORDS: specials John M Murrin Paul E Johnson James M McPherson Gary Gerstle Emily S Rosenberg Norman L Rosenberg history United States of America
AIDS in the World II: Global Dimensions, Social Roots, and Responses
The Global AIDS Policy Coalition
Softccover 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Jonathan Mann daniel Tarantola medicine health sciences history sociology politics policies
The Trent & Mersey Canal
Hardcover super 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 cost
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1979
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Jean Lindsay English history canals waterways
War in the Tussock
Te Kooti and the Battle at Te Porere
Softcover staple bound 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: National Historic Places Trust New Zealand 1961
KEYWORDS: specials Ormond Wilson New Zealand history archaeology
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life
First edition, imperial octavo, navy blue boards with silver lettering to spine, dark blue eps, 528pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2004
KEYWORDS: first edition Richard Dawkins evolutionary history biology science
The History of the Jews
Association copy of a youthful AH Reed - signed & dated by him twice at the age of 20, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering & black decorative rule to front board & gilt lettering with gilt&black decorative design to spine, blind lettering & rule to rear board, patterned eps, xii + 627pp, illus with folding maps/floor plans, VG (tanning to page edges, bruising & small closed tears to spine extrems, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1878
KEYWORDS: Henry Hart Milman Jews Judaism history
Horouta: The History of the Horouta Canoe, Gisborne and East Coast
Prepared for publication by Te Nonoikura Haronga, Peter Gordon & Rongo Halbert family
Quarto, grey boards with white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 496pp, illus with 27 maps towards rear, nr fine in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: Rongowhakaata Halbert New Zealand Gisborne East Coast Hawke's Bay Horouta Canoe Tairawhiti Polynesia first settlers history genealogy reference
Legends of Maoriland: The Birds of Maoriland
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 28pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand natural history birds Maori myths legends children's school readers
Legends of Maoriland: The Fish of Maoriland
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned yellow & red light card stapled wrappers, 27pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Maori myths legends children's school readers fish sea ocean marine creatures natural history
First New Zealand Christmases: Tasman 1642; Cook 1769; Marsden 1814
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Scarce in Raupo series, small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 16pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand children's school readers history Abel Tasman Captain Cook Samuel Marsden
I Remember 1848-1866
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Scarce Raupo series, small octavo, patterned orange&black light card stapled wrappers, 27pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: Ann Black Fraser New Zealand children's school readers history early settler's story
Out of the Mountains Books 1 and 2
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Scarce, two-volume set of Raupo series, small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 64pp in two volumes, illus, VG+ (v slight tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1938
KEYWORDS: IE Dickens New Zealand children's school readers history Milford Sound Track Eglinton Hollyford