Books - "history"
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In Darkest Africa
or The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria
Lacks 2x maps: next to frontis and op. p309, red buckram boards with black & gilt lettering & black & gilt illustration to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 635pp, illus + folding map, VG- (slight bubbling to front board, some fading & browning to spine, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, some staining to boards, owner's name & address in ink to prelim, light tanning to page edges, some creasing and 6cm closed tear to folding map, slight foxing)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston et al 1890
KEYWORDS: Henry M Stanley Africa travel history
Kanake: The Melanesian Way
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: les editions du pacifique 1978
KEYWORDS: specials J M Tjibaou anthropology melanese south pacific culture illustrated pictorial history
The Tudor Parliaments: Crown, Lords and Commons, 1485 - 1603
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: Longman 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Michael A R Graves tudor history politics parliament britain
Enlightened Despotism
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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968
KEYWORDS: specials John G Gagliardo enlightened despotism Euroope European history
Born to Lead?: Portraits of New Zealand Commanders
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: Exisle Publishing 2003
KEYWORDS: specials Glyn Harper Joel Hayward New Zealand Commanders biography biographies military history
The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas
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: Penguin 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Thor Heyerdahl Kon-Tiki expedition travel exploration nautical history
Seventy Thousand to One
First Australian edition, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (good+); 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: Cassell & Co. 1947
KEYWORDS: specials Quentin Reynolds Gordon Manuel biography first edittion memoir miilitary history
Taieri Mouth and its Surrounding Districts
SIGNED, 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: Otago Heritage Books 1980
KEYWORDS: specials Win Parks Kath Hislop New Zealand Otago Taieri Mouth district history
Horsedrawn Vehicles of New Zealand
Oblong super 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Dunmore Press 1980
KEYWORDS: specials Vera Hawke Amy Scott New Zealand horse drawn transport vehicles history
New Zealand 1826 - 1827: An English Translation of the Voyage de l'Astrolabe in New Zealand Waters
With an Introductory Essay by Olive Wright. Foreword by His Excellency M. Emmanuel Lancial Minister of France to New Zealand
Imperial octavo, cream light card covers, frontispiece, xi + 251pp, illus, VG (v slight foxing and soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (slight bruising with small tears to edges, light foxing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: Olive Wright 1950 (?)
KEYWORDS: Dumont D'urville Olive Wright New Zealand French biography exploration memoirs history
Versailles and Trianon
Guide to the Museum and National Domain of Versailles and Trianon
Octavo softcover (nr fine) illus; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition but secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down
PUBLISHER: Reunion des Musees Nationaux 2002
KEYWORDS: specials pierre lemoine guide france versailles trianon museum history art
Three Restoration Comedies
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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1976
KEYWORDS: specials gamini galgado theatre history plays performing arts drama
Gallipoli
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2001
KEYWORDS: specials les carlyon gallipolo war history
A History of the Fish Hook
And the Story of Mustad the Hook Maker
Super octavo, brown speckled heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine and silver fish hook motif to front board, 148pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name written in ink to fep, v slight tanning to page edges), in d/w, VG (some tanning to spine and front & back covers, v slight tanning to inside)
PUBLISHER: Adams & Charles Black 1977
KEYWORDS: hans jorgen hurum fishing fish hook maker anglers history sport
The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Military History
Imperial octavo, black card boards with silver lettering to spine, xxvi+653pp, illus, VG+), in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: ian mcgibbon new zealand military history oxford war
John Pascoe
First edition, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, red eps, 344pp, illus, VG+ (owner's signature in black ink to f.e.p., v v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (v v slight bruising to edges, v v slight soiling to inside)
PUBLISHER: Craig Potten Publishing 2003
KEYWORDS: first edition Chris Maclean John Pascoe New Zealand mountaineering photography biography history
The Rough Guide to: The Loire
Octavo softcover (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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down
PUBLISHER: Rough Guides 2004
KEYWORDS: specials james mcconnachie the loire garden of france europe guide map information travelling history
The Origin of Plants: The People and Plants That Have Shaped Britain's Garden History Since the Year 1000
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: Headline Book Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Maggie Campbell-Culver British natura history plants horticulture
Oswald Blumhardt: New Zealand Plant Pioneer
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: David Ling Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Catherine Ballard Oswald Blumhardt New Zealand plants Koromiko Nursery biography history horticulture
The Museum Makers
A Book that Details the Creation of Two Museums in New Zealand, Which Have Become Significant Identities - Institutions Within Their Own Communities
SIGNED by Compiler Harold Stone, 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: Otamatea Kauri & Pioneer Museum Trust Board 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Harold Stone New Zealand Otamatea Kauri & Pioneer Museums Matakohe Kauri Museum history