Books - "history"
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Ka Mate! Ka Mate!
New Zealand's Conquest of British Rugby
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: Penguin Books 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Spiro Zavos New Zealand sport history rugby
Oliver Cromwell
Hardcover octavo (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co., Limited 1915
KEYWORDS: specials Frederic Harrison biography Oliver Cromwell history
Much Entertainment
A Visual and Culinary Record of Johnson and Boswell's Tour of Scotland in 1773
Hardcover oblong 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: J.M. Dent & Sons Limited 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Virginia Maclean history Schotland Highlands Inner Hebrides
The Natural History of New Zealand
An Ecological Survey
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: A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Gordon R Williams New Zealand natural history flora fauna wildlife
The Viking of Van Diemen's Land: The Stormy Life of Jorgen Jorgensen
Hardcover imperial octavo (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1954
KEYWORDS: specials Frank Clune P R Stephensen biography Jorgen Jorgensen history
London Bridge
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company Ltd 1971
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Jackson history England London Bridge
The Terrible Siren
Victoria Woodhull (1838-1927)
Hardcover super octavo (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Emanie Sachs biography Victoria Caflin Woodhull history
Captain James Cook - after two hundred years
A commemorative address delivered before the Hakluyt Society
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: Trustees of the British Museum 1969
KEYWORDS: specials R A Skelton New Zealand history Captain James Cook biography
The Emerald Whaler
Ex-library 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch Limited 1961
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials William J Laubenstein history Irish criminal convictions Western Australia exile rescue
Pathfinders in New Zealand
Ex-library 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Limited 1963
KEYWORDS: specials Garry Hogg New Zealand history
The Glory of the Perfumed Garden: The Missing Flowers
First edition, octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, 333pp, fine, in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Neville Spearman 1975
KEYWORDS: first edition Shaykh Nafzawi second part of Perfumed Garden Arabic literature sexual behaviour anthropology social history
The Etruscans
Super octavo, black illus light card covers with white lettering, xii + 379pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: Graeme Barker Tom Rasmussen Etruscans ancient history archaeology
India Under Morley and Minto: Politics Behind Revolution, Repression and Reforms
Super octavo, green cloth boards with red lettering to spine, 279pp, VG (fading to board edges, owner's name stamp to fep, light foxing) in d/w, VG (fading, 3cm closed tears to front & rear upper edges, price clipped, some soiling spots)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964
KEYWORDS: MN Das India history politics John Morley Lord Minto British rule INC government
Love's Picture Book: The history of pleasure and moral indignation
From the Days of Classical Greece Until the French Revolution
Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (G) ; 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: Veta Publishers 1963
KEYWORDS: specials Ove Brusendorff Poul Henningsen history sex morals
A Short History of Sex Worship
Hardcover octavo (VG) in d/w (G) ; 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: Watts & Co. 1950
KEYWORDS: specials H Cutner history sex worship custom anthropology
A Practical Treatise on Outbreaks of Fire being a Systematic Study of Their Causes and Means of Prevention
Dealing with the Possibilities of Danger, Precautions Necessary, Notification, Extinction, Equipment for Swing Life & Property, Organisations of Fire Brigades, Notes on Structural Design of Buildings,
Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 544pp + 1pp advert, illus, VG- (staining to boards, dampstaining to rear board & last few pages, bruising to spine extrems & board corners, sellotape residue stains & soiling to eps, tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Charles Griffin & Co 1942
KEYWORDS: Sidney Gompertz Gamble fire service brigades history causes prevention water supply explosions alarms fire engines salvage building construction
Coral Sea Calling
First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & silver motif to front board, illus eps, illus title page, viii + 239pp, illus, VG+ (slight staining to front board, owner's name crossed out on fep) in d/w, VG+ (slight browning to upper edges, spine & inside, light rubbing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1957
KEYWORDS: first editoin Ion L Idriess Coral Sea sailing adventure exploration nautical voyages history
Story of Pop
Two-volumes complete with index, ex library, bound in two volumes, quarto, yellow boards with silver lettering to orange spine, 1484pp in total, illus, VG+ (rubbing to some board corners, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Phoebus Publishing Co 1974/76
KEYWORDS: ex library pop music rock and roll history singers bands groups biography musicians
The Governors: New Zealand's Governors and Governors-General
Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus half-title & title pages, 424pp, illus, VG+ (small stain to front board lower edge, owner's name in ink to fep verso) in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Gavin McLean New Zealand political history governors general Grey Jervois Fergusson Bledisloe
Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, xxviii + 289pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Larissa Bonfante Etruscans studies archaeology ancient history