Books - "history"
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The Problem of Unbelief in the Sixteenth Century: The Religion of Rabelais
Super octavo, grey light card covers with red & white lettering, xxxii + 516pp, VG+ (reading crease to front cover/spine fold, v slight rubbing to covers, owner's ex libris label to fep)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Lucien Febvre Beatrice Gottlieb France renaissance 16th century religion history
The Killing Fields
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Hudson Cambodia war history Sydney Schanberg Dith Pran Khmer Rouge
Old Christchurch: In Picture and Story
Octavo, cream cloth boards with red lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 499pp, illus, VG (sl soiling to boards and spine, light bruising to spine extrems, owner's name in blue ink to fep, slight soiling to eps & page edges, sl cocked) in d/w scruffy (several repaired tears to covers and spine, some with loss backed with brown paper, moderate sunning to spine, moderate rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Simpson & Wiliams 1949
KEYWORDS: Johannes C Andersen New Zealand Christchurch history photographs
Unknown Norfolk
Being a Series of Unmethodical Explorations of the County Illustrated in Line and Colour by the Author
First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front & spine, illus title page, frontispiece + xiii + 207pp, illus, VG- (fading to front board fore-edge & spine & rear board, light soiling to spine & rear board, light bruising and rubbing to board corners & spine, owner's name and address in black ink to fep, owner's name & address stamp to f.e.p., moderate foxing to eps, slight foxing throughout (colour illus not affected), red ink staining to top page edges, light tanning and soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1925
KEYWORDS: Donald Maxwell Norfolk England history travel
At Home in Diaspora: South Asian Scholars and the West
Hardcover 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Permanent Black 2003
KEYWORDS: specials Jackie Assayag Veronique Benei history academia culture sociology politics
Colorado's Scenic Railroads
Hardcover 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Westcliffe Publishers 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Dick Keck Bruce Nall Colorado railways trains transport railroads history photographs
The Victorian Age
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Senate 1995
KEYWORDS: specials R B Mowat British Empire history Victorian age
Russian Thinkers
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin
KEYWORDS: specials Isaiah Berlin Russia Russian history literature philosophy essays
Looking Back/Forging Ahead: A Century of Participation in Overseas Mission by New Zealand Brethren Assemblies
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Missionary Services NZ 1996
KEYWORDS: specials George Trew New Zealand missionaries religion history
Blue Cliffs: The Biography of a South Canterbury Sheep Station 1856-1970
First edition, imperial octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 290pp, illus, VG+ (slight dampstaining to rear board upper corner, v slight rubbing to lower spine extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (dampstaining noticeable inside to rear upper edge, 3cm closed tear to lower front/flap fold)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1982
KEYWORDS: first edition Mrs AE Woodhouse South Canterbury New Zealand sheep station farming agriculture history
Caricature of Today
fep features original full-page self-portrait in artist's pose pen caricature by NZ War Artist Duncan McPhee dated 02/07/1945, quarto, green cloth boards with red lettering to spine & red lettering in red-ruled panel to front board,xi + 16pp, illus with 136 full-page plates, VG- (moderate browning to spine, fading to front board, light soiling to rear board lower edge, browning to eps, some foxing to eps & to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Studio Ltd 1928
KEYWORDS: Duncan McPhee Geoffrey Holme Randall Davies art caricature anthology satire politics history humour
Model Shipwright 1972 - 1977: An Anthology
Imperial 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1997
KEYWORDS: specials John Bowen shipping ships maritime nautical history models modelmaking reference articles
Re-Inventing Japan: Time, Space, Nation
softcover super octavo (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: M E Sharpe 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Tessa Morris-Suzuki japan japanese history culture sociology anthropology
A History of Dreams
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: Senate 1923
KEYWORDS: specials A J J Ratcliff dreams history science psychology
Fantastic Pasts
Imaginary Adventures In New Zealand History
ex library, 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: Penguin 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Matthew Wright new zealand fiction history
Immigrants and Citizens: New Zealanders and Asian Immigration in Historical Context
softcover imperial 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Malcolm McKinnon new zealand politics immigration policy history asia
Ars Sacra 800 - 1200
hardcover quarto (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: Yale University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Lasko ancient history art architecture sculpture
A Reluctant Pioneer: The Story of William Spikeman His Life and Times
hardcover 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: Northland Historical Publications Society Inc 1991
KEYWORDS: specials R M Prokhovnik new zealand history William Spikeman biography
Patriots and Redeemers in Japan: Motives in the Meiji Restoration
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: University of Chicago 1992
KEYWORDS: specials George M Wilson history japan meiji restoration
Mighty Eighth War Manual
Ex library, 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: Jane's Publishing 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Roger Freeman Norman Ottaway United States US Eighth Air Force military war history