Books - "history"
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The Golden Quest: The Roaring Days of West Australian Gold Rushes and Life in the Pearling Industry
First edition, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, illus eps, iii + 235pp, VG+ (v light bruising to spine extres & board upper corners, slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (internal tape reinforcement to most edges & corners, heavy bruising, nicks, creasing & small closed tears to all edges & corners, esp upper edges, chaffing/rubbing to flap folds, some staining)
PUBLISHER: Publicity Press 1938
KEYWORDS: Arthur CV Bligh Australia pioneering history goldfields pearling autobiography Pilbarra first edition
Dolly's Creek: An Archaeology of a Victorian Goldfields Community
Scarce, octavo, illus light card covers, xv + 217pp, illus, VG+ (small label residue stain to front cover upper corner, v sl rubbng to covers)
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Susan Lawrence Australian history archaeology ethnography Victorian goldfields
The Secret History of the Court and Cabinet of St Cloud in a Series of Letters from a Gentleman at Paris to a Nobleman ion London
Written during the Months of August, September & October 1805
Two-volume set, super octavo, royal blue buckram boards with gilt rule & gilt coat of arms to front boards & gilt lettering to spine, black coated eps, HS Nichols' notice tipped in, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 324pp (vol 1), xix + 281pp (vol 2), VG (some bruising to spine extrems, light staining to rear boards, bruising to board upper corners, owner's label to front pastedowns of both vols, some light browning)
PUBLISHER: H S Nichols 1895
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte Talleyrand Fouche history St Cloud correspondence letters
Diaries 1857-1917
Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 852pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bowing to front board) in VG+ d/w (light creasing to lower edges)
PUBLISHER: Wright State University 1999
KEYWORDS: Bishop Milton Wright diary diaries journals autobiography Wilbur Orville Wright aviation history
Bishop Milton Wright and the Quest for a Christian America
Quarto, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, viii + 408pp, VG (heavily annotated in red ink by 'editor'?)
PUBLISHER: Authorised facsimile thesis reprint of the 1992 UMI PhD Dissertation 1999
KEYWORDS: Daryl Melvin Eilliott Bishop Milton Wright biography American aviation history religion Christianity
Elizabeth I and her Parliaments: 1559-1581
Volume 1
this volume only, 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: Jonathan Cape 1969
KEYWORDS: specials J E Neale elizabethan history politics parliament house of commons Elizabeth I
Steam At The Rainbow's End: Railways and the Thames Goldfields
staplebound 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: The Railway Enthusiasts Society 1964
KEYWORDS: specials K I Bullock locomotive train history new zealand railway rail Thames goldfields
Steam, Coal and Kauris
staplebound softcover super octavo illus (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 Railway Enthusiasts Society 1966
KEYWORDS: specials K I Bullock locomotive train history new zealand railway rail
The University of Auckland: The First 125 Years
Inscribed & signed by author, square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, frontispiece, 105pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Nicholas Reid New Zealand University of Auckland history education
The New Zealand Railways Magazine
Complete Run Volumes 1-7: Issue 1 Vol 1 May 1st 1926 up to Issue 9 Vol 7 1st April 1933
Super octavo, green boards (vol 1), orange/brown boards (vols 2-7), gilt lettering to spine, each issue individually paginated (aprox 48pp per issue), illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to eps, NZ Railways stamps to eps & random other pages, some foxing)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Government Railways Department 1926 to 1933
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways magazine trains steam engines transport history
Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet Vol. II
Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; THIS VOL ONLY ; 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 1909
KEYWORDS: specials Sven Hedin travel adventure Tibet history memoir travelogue
The Golden Age of Europe
From Elizabeth I to the Sun King
Ex-library Hardcover small folio (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: Book Club Associates 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Trevor-Roper history Europe Golden Age
The Great Bronze Doors
For the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Wave Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Graham religion religious literature history Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles Our Lady of the Angels art religious art architecture Roman Catholic Church
Derby Porcelain
Hardcover quarto (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: Spring Books 1965
KEYWORDS: specials F Brayshaw Gilhespy art pottery porcelain history Derby United Kingdom
Greek Sculptors at Work
Hardcover quarto (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: Phaidon Press Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Carl Bluemel art ancient history Greek sculpture classical studies
Far and Sure
The Auckland Gold Club 1894 - 1994
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ; Sir T. P (Terry) McLean's copy ; 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: Auckland Golf Club Inc 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Derek A Dow New Zealand sport golf history Auckland
Art and Film Since 1945: Hall of Mirrors
Ex-library Hardcover quarto (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 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles and The Monacelli Press 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Russell Ferguson art film cinema history essays
The Best of Leicester
Hardcover quarto (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: Sutton Publishing Limited 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Trevor Hickman history United Kingdom Briatin Leicester
The History of South Perth
Western Australia
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: Rigby Limited 1962
KEYWORDS: specials F K Crowley history Australia Perth
The Cotswolds
A New Study
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: David & Charles (Holdings) Limited 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Hadfield Alice Mary Hadfield history United Kingdom Britain Cotswolds