Books - "history"
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King Harald's Saga: Harald Hardradi of Norway
From Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla
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 1971
KEYWORDS: specials Snorri Sturluson Magnus Magnusson Hermann Ralsson King Harald history
The Godwins and the Shelleys: The Biography of a Family
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1991
KEYWORDS: specials William St Clair Godwin Shelley family biography history
Dancing to the Precipice: Lucie de la Tour du Pin and the French Revolution
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Vintage 2010
KEYWORDS: specials Caroline Moorehead French Revolution Lucie de la Tour du Pin history biography
On the Move: Christchurch Transport through the Years: 6 The Tidal Travellers
The small Ships of Canterbury
Large quarto, illus b&white light card stapled wrappers, printed eps, 102pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: A&M Publishers 1991
KEYWORDS: Alexander Mark Les Drew New Zealand Canterbury Christchurch transport history ships boats steamers
Aunts & Windmills: Stories From My Past
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Pauline O'Regan new zealand colonial history Cronadun memoir
Etiquette & Elbowgrease: Housekeeping in Victorian New Zealand
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Miriam MacGregor new zealand domestic history illus victorian colonial era
Much Ado. . . Hanmer Springs 1883 - 1983
softcover imperial 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Hanmer Springs Centennial Committee 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Rosemary Ensor new zealand local history hanmer springs canterbury
Barricades and Borders: Europe 1800 - 1914
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Gildea geography history politics europe
Easter Island, Earth Island
hardcover imperial octavo (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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Paul Bahn John Flenley easter island anthropology Rapa Nui ethnography history
The Past and Present of New Zealand; with its Prospects for the Future
First edition re-bound new eps, super octavo, orange cloth boards with handwritten black title to spine, lacks frontispiece but tissueguard present, viii + 331pp, illus, VG (some sellotape residue staining to boards & eps, slight fading to spine, moderate browning to page edges, tissue guard& title page, owner's initials & date in ink to fep, occastional light foxing, occasional annotation in pencil)
PUBLISHER: William Macintosh 1868
KEYWORDS: Rev Richard Taylor New Zealand history church Maori statistics geography
Te Ika a Maui or New Zealand and its Inhabitants
Second edition, re-bound in full leather but lacks spine, super octavo, leather boards, lacks prelims (begins at contents page), viii - xv + 730 pp + 1 pp adverts, illus, G+ (lacks leather part of spine, heavy rubbing to boards, first 7 pages have 10 cm closed tears, one repaired with archival tape, occasional sporadic smudging through, essentially sound reading copy)
PUBLISHER: William Macintoch 1970
KEYWORDS: Richard Taylor new zealand history culture anthropology maori ethnography
James Francis Fulloon: A Man of Two Cultures
first edition of 400 copies, quarto, illus light card covers, staplebound with cloth tape spine, frontispiece map, 92 pp, illus, VG+ (v sl staining/rubbing to rear cover, spine tape detached from upper front cover, 2 cm closed tear in upper spine tape)
PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1985
KEYWORDS: W T Parham New Zealand James Francis Fulloon biography history surveyer first edition
Destiny Well Sown: Biography of W. E. Gudgeon, Settler, Soldier, Diplomat
first edition of 300 copies, quarto, illus light card covers, staplebound with cloth tape spine, 155pp, nr fine (v sl staining to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Whakatane & District Historical Society 1985
KEYWORDS: Craig Eldson New Zealand biography W E Gudgeon history first edition
Living Stones: The Story of St Stephen's, Sydney
hardcover imperial octavo (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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Anzea 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Graham W Hardy australia sydney st stephen's church photographic history illus
Sources of Chinese Tradition
ex library, single volume edition, 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: Columbia University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: specials Wm Theodore de Bary chinese culture tradition anthropology ethnography eastern history
Agricultural Heritage: Auckland Agricultural & Pastoral Association Inc 1843-2010
Signed by author, first edition, quarto, grey boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 312pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine (v slight fading)
PUBLISHER: Oratia Media 2010
KEYWORDS: signed first edition Hugh Strngleman New Zealand Auckland agriculture farming history
The History of Sexuality Sourcebook
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 455pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Broadview Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Mathew Kuefler human sexuality sexual behaviour history biology psychiatry culture
A Lesbian History of Britain: Love and Sex between Women since 1500
Octavo, red boards with silver lettering to spine, xix + 227pp, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Greenwood World Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: Rebecca Jennings human sexuality sexual behaviour lesbianism history women
Westminster Abbey: The Lady Chapel of Henry VII
Ex library, imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 4 figs + 366pp, illus, VG (relatively light library markings) in d/w, VG (library markings, sellotape residue stains)
PUBLISHER: Boydell Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Tim Tatton-Brown Richard Mortimer Westminster Abbey Henry VII Lady Chapel English mediaeval architecture gothic figure sculpture renaissance tombs history
The History of Holden since 1917
Quarto, illus pink glossy heavy card boards with white lettering, illus eps, 223pp, illus, VG (ding to rear board lower corner, owner's name in ink to fep verso, light tanning to page edges, creasing to several pages lower corner)
PUBLISHER: EL Ford Publications 1983
KEYWORDS: Norm Darwin Australian car industry Holden cars history automotive industry engineering