Books - "history"
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Brave Men's Blood: The Epic of the Zulu War 1879
Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 200pp, illus + loosely enclosed map supplement, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing 1990
KEYWORDS: Ian Knight South Africa Anglo-Zulu war military history weapons uniforms battles
The Passage of the Alps: From Hannibal to the Motorway
First edition, 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: Robert Hale Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Edward Pyatt the Alps travel transport mountaineering history first edition
The Making of the English Landscape: The Northumberland Landscape
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Newton England English Northumberland landscape geography history
The Polish August: THE Self-Limiting Revolution
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: Allen Lane / Penguin 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Neal Ascherson Poland Polish revolution politics history
Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns Through Two Millennia
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: Harvard University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Jo Ann Kay McNamara Catholic Nuns Catholicism history
Wild Cards: Eccentric Characters from New Zealand's Past
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: New Holland 2006
KEYWORDS: specials John Dunmore New Zealand biography biographies history humour
Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History
First 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: Hill and Wang / Farrar, Straus and Groux 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Harvey Pekar Gary Dumm Paul Buhle America American politics Students for a Democratic Society protests SDS graphic novel history first edition
The Chief: The Biography of Gordon Hewart, Lord Chief Justice of England 1922-40
First 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: Goerge G. Harrap 1959
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Jackson Gordon Hewart England English biography history first edition
1981: The Tour
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Geoff Chapple New Zealand Springbok rugby tour sport history
Democracy and Classical Greece
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: Fontana 1984
KEYWORDS: specials democracy politics classical greece history jk davies
A Treatise on Architecture and Building Construction Volume 5
History of Architecture, Architectural Design, Specifications, Building Superintendence, Contracts & Permits
This volume only, super octavo, half bound, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to brown leather spine, page edges stained mottled red, marbled eps, vi + aprox 800pp (each section individually paginated), illus, VG (bruisng & fraying & two tatty 2cm tears to upper spine extrem, light fading to spine, light rubbing to boards & board edgdes, crease to prelim upper corner, moderate tanningn & foxing to prelims & terminals, light sporadic foxing elsewhere, stamp to title page)
PUBLISHER: The Colliery Engineer 1900
KEYWORDS: international correspondence school architecture building construction architectural engineering design specification contracts permits history coursebook
The Maoris and Fiordland
Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, 104pp, illus, VG (light fading soiling and scuffing to boards, moderate tanning and minor tape stains within, a touch of foxing)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers 1949
KEYWORDS: signed Herries Beattie New Zealand Fiordland Maoris history myths legends tradition anthropology
The Satyrs of Southland
First edition, imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 91pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG+ (inscription in ink & owner's name in ink to fep, light soiling to page fore-edges & to rear ep, some creasing to rear map) in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges & corners)
PUBLISHER: Gore Publishing Company 1982
KEYWORDS: William David Stuart New Zealand Southland McRae families Riverton Winton whisky biography history
Pioneer Recollections mainly of the Gore District
Fourth Series
Octavo, green light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front, 60pp, VG (some staining to covers, rust-staining from staples, owner's name & address label to fep, moderately heavy browning to pages & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Mataura Ensign (post-1948)
KEYWORDS: Herries Beattie Mataura Ensign New Zealand Gore articles history pioneering memoirs pioneers
Proposed Waitemata-Manukau Canal: Reports and Plans re Whau and Tamaki Routes
Octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, 66pp + folding maps, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, moderate browning to eps, owner's name, address & date in ink to front pastedown, owner's name & date in ink to fep, occasional foxing, esp to page peripheries)
PUBLISHER: Auckland Harbour Board 1908
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland Harbour Board transport history canals Waitemata Manukau Whau Tamaki
Run 181: A History of Castlerock Station: Thomas Lowther Barnhill and His Descendants 1862-1992
Quarto, spiral bound with transparent plastic cover & illus title page, 84pp (hand-typed & photocopied), heavily illustrated & illus pages not paginated (ie not counted in the 84-page count), VG (heavy smoke damage/soiling to boards & edges & spiral spine, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1993
KEYWORDS: Gillian M Bulling New Zealand Southland Castlerock Station history biography Thomas Lowther Barnhill family
Brids of the South Western Cape
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: Sable Publishers 1982
KEYWORDS: specials Joy Frandsen South Africa Africam South Western Cape birds ornithology natural history
Great Lives: Nelson
Imperial 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Oliver Warner Horatio Nelson nautical biography history
Stranded in Paradise: New Zealand Rock'n'Roll 1955-1988
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: Paradise Publications 1988
KEYWORDS: specials John Dix New Zealand music rock n roll history
In the Grip of an Island: Early Stewart Island History
First edition, signed & dated by author, octavo, dark brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece map, 172pp, illus, VG+ (sl foxing to page edges), in d/w, VG+ (covered with clear plastic protective cover with black adhesive strips to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1982
KEYWORDS: Olga Sansom New Zealand Stewart Island Rakiura history early settlers seamen remittance men sawmillers