Books - "history"
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Selected Readings in Pacific History
48.104 - The Pacific Islands to About 1900
Softcover 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Department of History, Massey University 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Barry MacDonald Pacific history
Beautiful Birds of New Zealand
Softcover 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: Random House New Zealand 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Rod Morris Alison Balance New Zealand wildlife natural history birds guide
The French are Coming!
The Invasion Scare 1803 -5
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: Spellmount Ltd 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Peter A Lloyd history military Napoleon France England
Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600 - 1850
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Anchor Books 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Linda Colley British history war imperialism
The Otago Central Railway 1879-1990: A Tribute
Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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: IPL Books 1990
KEYWORDS: specials New Zealand railways history transport trains
Lawrence of Arabia
Octavo hardcover (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: Harrap 1949
KEYWORDS: specials R H Kierman T E Lawrence Shaw Arab Revolt Arabian children's educational history Lawrence of Arabia biography
The Taieri Plain: Tales of Years that are Gone
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, v + 238pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning tolower board edges, prev owners details in ink to fep), in d/w, VG- (light soiling and rubbing to covers, small tears to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1977 (facsimile Reprint of Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949)
KEYWORDS: Margaret S Shaw Edgar Farrant New Zealand Otago Taieri Plains history settlers sheep cattle pigs farming agriculture
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1886 Vol. XIX (Second of New Series)
Super octavo, green light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xix + 656pp, illus, VG (browning to spine, tanning & some nicks to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1887
KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology natural history biology botany chemistry geology chemistry science philosophy Philosophical Institute
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1868 Vol. I
Super octavo, pink light card covers with black lettering to front cover title label mounted to blue cloth spine, xvii + 490pp, illus + fold-out diagrams, VG (light soiling & rubbing to covers, v slight bruising to spine extrems, light tanning/foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1875
KEYWORDS: James Hector New Zealand Institute zoology geology physics chemistry botany biology science arts ornithology natural history essays articles industry timber
Red Indian Experiences
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: George Allen & Unwin 1949
KEYWORDS: specials De Cost Smith anthropology iroquois indians sioux american indian history
Hitler's Pope
The Secret History of Pius XII
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 2000
KEYWORDS: specials John Cornwell religion religious history military Hitler Nazi Germany
Soldiers of the Sun
The Rise and Fall of the Imperial Army 1868-1945
first edition, hardcover imperial 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1991
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Meiron Harries Susie Harries japanese military war history
Counting the Beat: A History of New Zealand Song
softcover small 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: GP Publications 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Gordon Spittle new zealand popular music history culture
The Canadian Indian: A History Since 1500
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: Collier-Macmillan 1972
KEYWORDS: specials E Palmer Patterson II history native canadian indian anthropology
Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + 194pp, illus, nr fine (v small spot of fading to lower spine extrem) in d/w VG+ (v. light soiling to rear, tiny closed tear to front upper edge, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of the Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history settlers Tokomairiro DJ Sumpter JJ Lewis
Cassell's History of the Boer War 1899-1902 Volume 1
Revised and Enlarged Edition
This volume only (Vol 1 of a two-volume set), imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board and blind-stamped decorative rule to spine and boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 928pp + 16pp book publications, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate browning to eps, v small stain spot to page fore-edges)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1903
KEYWORDS: Cassell's Boer War military history South Africa Natal Mafeking Ladysmith Colenso Magersfontein Bloemfontein
Sketches of a Summer Trip to New York and the Canadas
First edition, octavo, light brown polished leather boards with blind rule to board edges, mottled page edges, iv + 293pp, VG- (moderate chaffing & staining to boards, leather of spine missing, neat cloth tape repair to upper spine, binding sloppy, 3cm scuff with loss of leather to rear board upper corner, 6cm black stain patch (burn?) to front board upper corner, bruising & fraying to board corners & edges, crease to fep, moderate browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Sherwood, Gilvert & Piper et al 1837
KEYWORDS: D Wilkie history travel New York Canada
Stalin and the Shaping of the Soviet Union
Octavo softcover (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: Fontana/Collins 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Alex De Jonge Joseph Stalin biography Soviet Union history
Southern Alps: Nature & History of New Zealand's Mountain World
First edition, small folio, light blue illus boards with light blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 320pp, illus,VG+ (slightly cocked), in d/w, VG (v slight foxing to inside, sl soiling, creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Random House 2007
KEYWORDS: first edition Alison Ballance New Zealand mountains Southern Alps natural history flora fauna ecology geology botany exploration expeditions native forest
Lotus Buds
Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & gilt decorative motif to front board, blind rule to board edges, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, xvi + 340pp + 10pp book adverts, illus with 50 half tone engravings, VG (slight rubbing to spine extrems & board edges & corners, owner's name & address in ink to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Morgan & Scott 1912
KEYWORDS: Amy Wilson-Carmichael India travel history religion missionary orphanage