Books - "history"
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Port Chalmers: Gateway to Otago
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece fold-out map, vi + 224pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems and board corners, prev owners stamp to paste down) in d/w, G+ (torn, scuffed and stained)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1948
KEYWORDS: H Bowman New Zealand Otago Port Chalmers Dunedin history
The Dunstan: A History of the Alexandra-Clyde District
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 124pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to page upper edges) in d/w, VG+ ((some fading to spine & edges, some rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1953)
KEYWORDS: CWS Moore New Zealand Otago Alexandra Clyde Dunstan history gold mining rush
Deadwood: The Golden Years
First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow prelims, xiv + 302pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1981
KEYWORDS: first edition Watson Parker USA South Dakota Deadwood history frontier gold rush
Africa in Modern History
The Search for a New Society
Paperback (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: Pelican Books 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Basil Davidson history Africa African continent twentieth century
Jazzbook 1955
first edition hardcover octavo with 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: Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1955
KEYWORDS: specials albert mccarthy jazz music journalism history
Chaplin
hardcover octavo, lacks 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: Hutchinson 1975
KEYWORDS: specials roger manvell biography charlie chaplin history film entertainment comedy
The English Opium-Eater - A Biography of Thomas De Quincey
softcover octavo (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: Pegasus Books 2010
KEYWORDS: specials thomas de quincey robert morrison literature history biography
Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace -The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
softcover octavo (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: Bloomsbury 2012
KEYWORDS: specials kate summerscale history biography sexuality isabella robinson
Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
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: Natural History Press 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Andrew P Vayda anthropology Pacific islands culture history articles anthology
Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Basic Books 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Niall Ferguson theoretical history essays anthology John Adamson JCD Clark Alvin Jackson
Churchill: His Life in Photographs
Imperial 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 cost
PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society London 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Winston Churchill Randolph S Churchill Helmut Gernsheim photographic history biography photography
Tyrants: History's 100 Most Evil Despots & Dictators
Quarto 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: Capella 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Nigel Cawthorne history historical figures reference dictators
The Social Production of Art
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: Macmillan 1982
KEYWORDS: specials Janet Wolff art sociology visual culture history
Literary Daughters
hardcover super octavo (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: Robert Hale 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Maggie Lane literary feminism history women writers
Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film
hardcover super octavo (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: Oxford University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Erik Barnouw cinema documentary history film media
Dithyramb Tragedy and Comedy
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: Clarendon Press 1962
KEYWORDS: specials A W Pickard-Cambridge greek drama theatre history classics plays literary criticism
The Triumph of Music: Composers, Musicians and Their Audiences, 1700 to the Present
uncorrected proof copy, 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: Allen Lane 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Tim Blanning music musicology history
Crete:Knossos - Phaistos - Aghia Triada - Gortyn - Malia - Zakros - Gournia - Herakleion Museum
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Athens 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Dora Konsola illustrated history archaeology
Encircled Lands: Te Urewera, 1820-1921
First edition, quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, green eps, frontispiece, x + 670pp, illus, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (HEAVY ITEM)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2009
KEYWORDS: first edition Judith Binney New Zealand Urewera Maori Tuhoe history missionaries Te Whitu Tekau Te Rohe Potae
Spirits and Ghosts
Journeys through Mongolia
Quarto (nr fine) in d/w (VG+) illus; 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: powerHouse 2003
KEYWORDS: specials julia calfee illus mongolia history pictorial photography