Books - "history"
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A Manual of Botanic Terms
hardcover 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: W. H. Allen 1873
KEYWORDS: specials M C Cooke botany reference guide manual dictionary natural history
The View From Afar
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: Peregrine 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Claude Levi-Strauss sociology anthropology culture ritual history
The Past Today: Historic Places in New Zealand
Quarto, dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, ii + 183pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Historic Places / Pacific Publishers 1987
KEYWORDS: John Wilson New Zealand history archaeology architecture buildings sites landscape photography sketches paintings
Mountains & Moorlands
hardcover octavo (nr fine) 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: Collins 1960
KEYWORDS: specials W H Pearsall natural history botany geography flora wild life ecology
Australian Wild Life
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: Australiana Society 1946
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Barrett natural history ecology australia flora fauna botany
Century of Service: The Taieri County and its Council 1877-1977
Octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 79pp, illus, VG (tanning to spine, soiling spots to front cover, v slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Taieri County Council 1977 (?)
KEYWORDS: Edgar Farrant New Zealand Otago Taieri history centenary
Te Waimate: Early Station Life in New Zealand
first edition SCARCE Octavo, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine & black bell motif to front board, frontispiece, 312pp, illus, VG (cellotape to head of spine) copy of historian F G Hall-Jones, with full page handwritten SIGNED letter from the author to Hall-Jones dated 1941 tipped in on rear ep
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1940
KEYWORDS: EC Studholme New Zealand South Island Waimate history Studholme Junction farming station settlement signed f g hall-jones
Armorial Families: A Directory of Gentlemen of Coat-Armour
Fifth Edition
Quarto, brown buckram boards with red lettering in gilt decorative panel to spine & gilt lettering to front board, teg, xxxi + 1524pp, illus, VG+ (bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to rear board, owners' ex-libris labels to front pastedown & to fep, tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: TC & EC Jack London 1905
KEYWORDS: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies heraldry coats of arms armorial bearings shields genealogy seals reference history
Those Were The Days: Hunting the way it used to be
First edition, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with brown & black lettering to spine, 304pp, illus, VG+ (soiling spots to some page edges, owner's name in ink to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Halcyon Press 2001
KEYWORDS: first edition Peter Harker New Zealand hunting sport mountains chamois thar photography history
Making a Difference: A History of the Auckland College of Education 1881-2004
Signed by author, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 275pp, illus, VG+ (minor adhesion spot to prelims & to some pages) in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Louise Shaw New Zealand Auckland College of Education history teacher training normal schools
Going Home
Sebastian Black's Copy, paperback (VG) ilus; 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 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Doris Lessing novel literature Africa history fiction
Istoria tou Ellinikou Ethnous. Klassikos Ellinismos 479-336
TEXT IN GREEK, quarto, cream faux leather boards with gilt lettering & gilt motifs to spine & front board, illus eps, 470pp, illus, VG+ (slight tanning to front board, slight soiling to rear board lower edge) in d/w, VG (two 3cm closed tears to front upper edge, soiling, creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Ekthotiki Athinon 1971
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GREEK LANGUAGE Georgios Christopoulos ancient Greece Greek history
Havelock North: From Village to Borough 1860-1952
Imperial octavo, blue boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 136pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (fading to spine, bruising to spine extrems, 1cm closed tears to upper spine extrem, creasing to edges, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Hawkes Bay Newspapers Ltd 1978
KEYWORDS: SW Grant Patricia Dick Havelock North New Zealand history
Violation of Taboo
Incest in the Great Literature of the Past and Present
First edition 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: The Julian Press, Inc. 1963
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Donald Webster Cory R E L Masters literature anthology psychology incest sexual taboo history
Stews and Strumpets: A Survey of Prostitution
Volume I: Primitive, Classical and Oriental
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: Macgibbon & Kee 1961
KEYWORDS: specials Fernando Henriques sexual history prostitution sex workers
Sexual Deviations in the Female
Case Histories of Frustrated Women
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: The Julian Press, Inc 1957
KEYWORDS: specials Louis S London psychology psychiatry sexual history deviation
Dreambirds
The Natural History of a Fantasy
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: Anchor 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Rob Nixon travel memoir South Africa ostriches social history
Norfolk Island
An Outline of Its History 1774-1987
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: University of Queensland Press 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Merval Hoare Australia Norfolk Island history
Pornography Without Prejudice
A Reply to Objectors
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: Abelard-Schuman Limited 1972
KEYWORDS: specials G L Simons pornography cultural history sex
Plato Dictionary
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: Vision Press Limited 1963
KEYWORDS: specials Morris Stockhammer classical studies ancient literature history philosophy