Books - "history"
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The Complete History of Grand Prix Motor Racing
Small folio, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus half- & title pages, 504pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight fading to spine, light foxing to inside)
PUBLISHER: Aurum Press (n/d) but post-1997
KEYWORDS: Adriano Cimarosti motor racing cars sport grand prix history
Palaeoithic Reflections
Lithic technology and ethnographic excavations among Australian Aboriginies
quarto, illus light card covers, viii + 181pp, illus, VG+ (slight scuffing to front cover and curve in card, ownership signature in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1981
KEYWORDS: Brian Hayden australia aboriginal history anthropology archaeology
The Vengeance of Private Pooley
First edition, super octavo, dark red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 237pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing to page edges, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderately heavy foxing to rear/flap fold, tannigng to edges & inside)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1956
KEYWORDS: first edition Cyril Jolly World War Two WW2 Royal Norfolk Regiment Calais Private Pooley biography military history
The Longest War: Israel in Lebanon
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: Vintage / Random House 1982
KEYWORDS: specials Jacobo Timerman Israel Lebanon war politics history
The Maori Canoe
Reprint, super octavo, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind stamp portrait decoration to front board, 452pp, illus, VG+ (sl soiling to board edges, prev owners name in ink to fep) in d/w VG (light rubbing and creasing to covers, light sunning to spine)
PUBLISHER: A. R. Shearer 1976
KEYWORDS: Eldson Best maori anthropology new zealand culture history waka transport war
The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History
Octavo softcover (VG, segment cut out of fep.); 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: Pelican / Penguin
KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould natural history essays
The Prehistory of East Africa
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: Pelican / Penguin 1954
KEYWORDS: specials Sonia Cole East Africa prehistory archaeology history
Medieval People
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: Pelican / Penguin 1954
KEYWORDS: specials Eileen Power medieval history anthropology biography
Fancy and Imagination
The Critical Idiom
Octavo sotcover (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: Methuen & Co 1978
KEYWORDS: specials rl brett john d jump modern literray criticism biographia literaria history
Waimangu: Yesterday & Today
Imperial Octavo stapled 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: J. Batchelor
KEYWORDS: specials waimangu new zealand geyser history
A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume One: 1900 - 1933
This volume only, imperial 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: HarperCollins 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Martin Gilbert twentieth century history
A History of Port Lyttelton
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy, torn); 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: The Lyttelton Harbour Board 1968
KEYWORDS: specials W H Scotter New Zealand Port Lyttelton history
A Natural History of Man in Britain: Conceived as a Study of Changing Relations Between Men and Environments
First revised edition, 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: Collins 1970
KEYWORDS: specials H J Fleure Britain British natural history anthropology first edition
Sink the Rainbow!: An Enquiry into the 'Greenpeace Affair'
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: Victor Gollancz 1986
KEYWORDS: specials John Dyson New Zealand Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior nautical politics history
The Sec rets of Bredon Hill: A Country Chronicle of the Year 1900
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: Coronet / Hodder and Stoughton 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Fred Archer Bredon Hill history
The History of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 1840-1940
Imperial octavo, dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & blind-stamped lettering in decorative panel to front board, upper page edges stained blue, light blue eps, xv + 464pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to upper spine extrem, some light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (browning to spine, staining to spine/front, heavy nicking & tears to edges, some soiling & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Bookroom 1940
KEYWORDS: John Rawson Elder New Zealand Presbyterian Church history
Requiem for a Gasworks
Large quarto, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 207pp, illus, VG (ding to lower spine extrem, slight staining to page fore-edges, slight wrinkling to some pages) in d/w, VG+ (scratch to front)
PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury 1987
KEYWORDS: John S Pollard New Zealand Christchurch engineering industrial architecture history
Mine Alone: The Unrelenting Struggle of an Immigrant Mining Engineer from Staffordshire for Recognition in Colonial New Zealand
Inscribed & signed by author, one-page holograph letter of author loosely enclosed, super octavo, black & red illus light card covers with white lettering, v + frontispiece map + 277pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Butterfly Creek Books 2007
KEYWORDS: Rosemary D Mercer New Zealand biography history Nelson mining engineer Joseph Taylor Puponga Coal Mine
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45
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: Harper Perennial / HarperCollins 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Max Hastings second world war teo 2 II ww2 wwII Japan Japanese military history
Georgian London
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: Barrie & Jenkins 1988
KEYWORDS: specials John Summerson Georgian London architecture history