Books - "history"
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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
Samuel Marsden: Pioneer and Peacemaker
Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 24pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to cover edges, creasing to lower fep)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Samuel Marsden biography history children's school readers
The Coming of the Maori to Ao-Tea-Roa
The Raupo Series of Readers
Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 16pp, illus, VG+ (v slight fading to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: AH Reed New Zealand Maori history children's school readers
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
The Wreck of the Osprey
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 24pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: AW Reed New Zealand children's school readers history shipwreck Osprey
Deeds of Daring in New Zealand
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 19pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: Leslie Lockerbie New Zealand children's school readers history adventure Huria Matenga Rawiri Korako Te Puoho
The Games of Ao-Tea-Roa
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 27pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to covers)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: Leslie Lockerbie New Zealand children's school readers history Maori games dances haka ti rakau poi potaka pirori ruru reti tutukai wi mutorere niti
Otakou: Early Days in and about Otago Harbour
The Raupo Series of School Readers
Small octavo, patterned green & red light card stapled wrappers, 24pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine and edges of covers, light central vertical crease to whole booklet)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed (nd but c1935)
KEYWORDS: Hannah Chapman-Cohen New Zealand children's school readers history Otago harbour Otakou traders whalers Captain Cook Dumont D'Urville
Escape From Germany: The Greatest POW Break-Out of the First World War
Super octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Doubleday / Transworld 2011
KEYWORDS: specials Neil Hanson history World War One WWI First World War Germany POW escape
Merchant Fleets in Profile 4
With drawings to 1:1800 scale
Super octavo hardcover (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: Patrick, Stephens, Cambridge 1980
KEYWORDS: specials Duncan Haws merchant navy fleet Hamburg Adler Carr Lines history routes livery
Victorian People: Some Reassessments of People, Institutions, Ideas and Events 1851-1867
Ex library, first edition, octavo hardcover (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: Odhams Press Ltd 1954
KEYWORDS: Asa Briggs specials first edition ex library history Victorians Crystal Palace Crimean Trollope Bagehot Public Schools Trade Unions John Bright Robert Lowe Benjamin Disraeli John Roebuck