Books - "history"
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Running with the Fox
Quarto 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Unwin Hyman 1989
KEYWORDS: specials David Jenny Macdonald Priscilla Barrett natural history foxes animals
Julius Caesar And His Public Image
super octavo hardcover (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: Thames and Hudson 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Awi Yavetz ancient history roman julius caeser biography anthropology
From Memory To Written Record: England 1066-1207
super 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Blackwell 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Clanchy history middle ages medieval europe
Slavery in Ancient Rome
Inside the Ancient World
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Massey Paul Moreland ancient history rome anthropology
Kilim History and Symbols
Quarto, white cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 214pp, illus, VG (some tanning/foxing to board edges, light tanning to page edges, slight creasing to rear ep fore-edge, 5cm tear/damage patch to rear hinge) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Electa/1994
KEYWORDS: Dario Valcarenghi Anatolian kilim craft textiles arts rugs furniture coverings wallhangings history
Faces of China: Tomorrow, Today, Yesterday
Quarto 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Pat Fok Ross Terrill China photography Chinese pictorial history
A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by Command of His Majesty for the purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty
including an account of the Mutiny on Board said ship & the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew
Quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering in green decorative panel to spine, frontispiece portrait of Capt. Bligh, vi + folding Bounty ship's plan + 264pp, illus with folding maps, VG (some foxing to page edges, v slight tanning to eps, creasing to edges of one map due to mis-folding)
PUBLISHER: Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 121 Libraries Board 1969 (Reprint of Lords Commissioners of the A
KEYWORDS: Captain William Bligh naval nautical maritime voyage travel history mutiny HMS Bounty Fletcher Christian journals
Edgar Snow's China: A Personal Account of the Chinese Revolution Compiled from the Writings of Edgar Snow
Quarto 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Orbis Publishing 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Lois Wheeler Snow Edgar Snow China Chinese Revolution history
The Pioneers Explore Otago: A Record of Explorers, Travellers, Surveyors, Bushmen, Seekers of Pastoral Country, Inland Voyagers and Wayfaring Men
First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, 160pp, illus, VG (some staining & soiling to boards, light fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to eps & to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers 1947
KEYWORDS: first edition Herries Beattie New Zealnad Otago exploration explorers travellers surveying history
The Doctor and the Damed
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Panther Books 1985
KEYWORDS: specials albert haas war ww2 history
Sir Alan Cobham's Book of the Air
Uncommon in d/w, imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & maroon lettering to front board, upper edges stained red, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG- (fading patch to upper spine extrem & adjacent board upper corners, light staining to board edges, moderate foxing to page edges & prelims, lighter sporadic foxing elsewhere) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, damage to upper spine extrem & adjacent rear upper corner including 2cm x 4cm patch of loss, creasing & nicks to all edges & corners, rubbing to folds & to rear, some soiling)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son Ltd 1938
KEYWORDS: RS Lyons Sir Alan Cobham aviation aeroplanes aircraft flight flying history
Emanations of Silver Islet
Quarto, illus white light card stapled wrappers, printed eps, 56pp, illus, VG (light soiling to covers, label residue stain to rear cover, inscription in ink to page 1)
PUBLISHER: Porphry Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Bill McDonald Canada Silver Islet Mining Company Skull Rock William B Frue history
Emanations of Silver Islet Volume II (2)
Quarto, illus white light card stapled wrappers, printed eps, 56pp, illus, VG (light soiling to covers, label residue stain to rear cover, inscription in ink to page 1)
PUBLISHER: Porphry Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Bill McDonald Canada Silver Islet Mining Company Skull Rock William B Frue history
The Founding Years in Rotorua: A History of Events to 1900
Imperial octavo, pink heavy card boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, 448pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, slight crease to spine) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Ray Richards Publisher / Rotorua District Council 1986
KEYWORDS: DM Stafford New Zealand Rotorua history
The Naval and Military Club, Melbourne 1881-1962
Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Melbourne University Press 1962
KEYWORDS: specials Committee of the Naval and Military Club history Australia military
Letters from the Battlefield
New Zealand Soldiers Write Home 1914-18
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: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand) Limited 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Glyn Harper New Zealand military history soldier correspondence Great War World War I
The Winemaker
George Fistonich and the Villa Maria Story
Softcover super octavo (NF) ; 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: Random House New Zealand 2012
KEYWORDS: specials Kerry R Tyack New Zealand biography George Fistonich wine winemaking Villa Maria history
Cars of the Connoisseur
A Treasury of the Years of Grace
First edition Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (scruffy) ; 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: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1960
KEYWORDS: first edition specials J R Buckley transport automobiles cars history
Small Cars in New Zealand
Baby Austins, ford Prefects, Minis, VWs & More!
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: Grantham House Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Tim Chadwick New Zealand transport history automobiles cars
Tiwi Wives
A Study of the Women of Melville Island, North Australia
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: University of Washington Press 1980
KEYWORDS: specials Jane C Goodale anthropology history culture Australia Melville Island Tiwi people