Books - "history"
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British Army Mutineers 1914 - 1922
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: Francis Boutle Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Julian Putkowski British Army mutineers mutiny military history
Savage Life in Central Australia
Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt aboriginal figure to front board, xi + 184pp, illus + large folding map to rear, VG- (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, 7cm slit/tear to cloth of spine side and 10cm slit/tear to other lower side, some staining to boards, light tanning to page edges & & eps, occasional soiling spots to some pages, 8cm closed tear to map at rear but only affecting blank paper, not map itself)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1924
KEYWORDS: G Horne G Aiston Australia history aboriginal aborigines Wonkonguru Mungeranie anthropology
Artificial Curiosities: An Exposition of Native Manufactures collected on the Three Pacific Voyages of Captain James Cook, RN
at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Jan 18 1978-Aug31 1978
Large quarto, black illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, xvi + 293pp, illus, VG+ (2cm closed tear to one side of upper spine, some chaffing to spine & cover edges, ding to lower spine)
PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Adrienne L Kaeppler Bernice Bishop Museum exhibition exposition Pacific artefacts crafts textiles tools weapons ornaments Captain Cook history anthropology
The French at Akaroa: An Adventure in Colonization
Facsimile reprint, super octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 420pp, illus with large folding map to rear, slight foxing, VG++, in d/w,VG+
PUBLISHER: Capper Press Facsimile Reprint 1980 (of NZ Book Depot 1928)
KEYWORDS: T Lindsay Buick New Zealand Akaroa Banks Peninsula France French colonisation history
Daughters of Britannia: The Lives and Times of Diplomatic Wives
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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Kate Hickman British diplomats diplomatic wives daughters women biography biographies history
Time and Narrative Volume 3
This volume only, 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: University of Chicago Press 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Paul Ricoeur phiolosophy history historiography literary criticism
The Saliing Ships of The New Zealand Shipping Company 1873-1900
Small quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, 160pp, illus + folding illus to rear, VG+ (inscription in ink to verso frontispiece) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: BT Batsford Ltd 1972
KEYWORDS: Alan Bott New Zealand Shipping Company transport shipping ships sailing boats passengers sea trade routes maritime history
Paraise Lost: Books V-VI
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: Cambridge University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: specials john milton classical iction history myths legends literature
Paraise Lost: Books VII-VIII
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: Cambridge University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: specials john milton classical iction history myths legends literature
Ludmila and The Lonely
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 Books 1959
KEYWORDS: specials paul gallico short stories war history fiction literature
The Quick Word
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: Bridget Williams 1992
KEYWORDS: specials lauris edmond autobiography new zealand history
Ancient Evenings
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: Picador 1984
KEYWORDS: specials norman mailer ancient history fiction literature
The Ides of March
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: Pan Books 2010
KEYWORDS: specials valerio massimo manfredi fantasy history thriller fiction literature
Highlights No. 1
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: Picador 1995
KEYWORDS: specials picador anthology literature history science essays
Glenaray, Waikaia, Southland: An Account of the Tenure of the former Pastoral Runs now amalgamated in Run O.626
Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 220pp, illus + folding map in pocket at rear, Near FINE in Near FINE d/w (in protective microlene sleeve)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: Peter M Chandler New Zealand Southland Glanaray Waikaia Pinckney family John Gow biography history sheep cattle station
Hell and High Water: A German Occupation of the Chatham Islands 1843-1910
First edition, octavo, brown faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 174pp, illus, VG+, (slight tanning to page edgdes, slightly cocked) in d/w, nr fine (light rubbing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1977
KEYWORDS: Sheila Natusch Chatham Islands history German missionaries Engst Beyer Schirmeister Muler Baucke Maori Te Kooti
Comparatively Speaking: Studies in Pacific Material Culture 1921-1972
Small quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 197pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to board edges, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, v slight foxing to page upper edges) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Henry Devenish Skinner Pacific Oceanic material culture history anthropology New Zealand Maori essays
Tower Turmoil: Characters and Controversies at the University of Otago
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: Department of History, University of Otago 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Martin Fisher New Zealand Otago University of Otago history memoirs essays
Customs and Habits of the New Zealanders 1838-42
By Father C. Servant, Marist Missionary in the Hokianga
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Father C Servant Dr J Glasgow D R Simmons New Zealand Maori culture traditions sociology anthropology history
What's Wrong with Postmodernism: Critical Theory and the Ends of Philosophy
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: Harvester Wheatsheaf 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Norris postmodernism philosophy art music literary criticism essays history