Books - "history"
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Marine Molluscan Genera of Western North America: An Illustrated Key
Quarto hardcover (VG+) 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: Stanford University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Myra Keen Eugene Coan natural history marine life molluscs North America
Marine Molluscs of Victoria
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) 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: Cambridge 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Hope J Macpherson & C.J. Gabriel marine molluscs natural history
Galloway Gossip of the Southern Albanich 80 Years ago
Small quarto, beige cloth bobards with gilt lettering & brown+ gilt shield motif to front board, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, teg, 478pp, headpiece to each section, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, some staining to spine & boards, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate browning to page edges, some tanning)
PUBLISHER: The Stewartry Courier & Herald 1901
KEYWORDS: R de Bruce Trotter Scotland Scottish Galloway Albanich Kirkcudbrightshire language literature history folklore
Exploration of Air: Out of the World North of Nigeria
First edition, re-bound utilising parts of the original illustrated cloth cover, super octavo, green cloth boards with darker green spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 258pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG- (moderately heavy browning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1921
KEYWORDS: first edition Angus Buchanan Nigeria Air Asben Tuaregs history travel geography
Six Weeks and the Mediterranean (with illustrations and charts
Oblong octavo, illus brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & black sphynx motif to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG (some browning & staining to boards, light tanning to eps, slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: George Philip & Son (n/d) circa 1906?
KEYWORDS: mediterranean travel photography Europe history
The Maidservants Scandal: A Page from Otago's Early History
Quarto, illus light card stapled wrappers, 54pp, illus, VG+ (fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago 1993
KEYWORDS: Olive Trotter New Zealand Otago history
The Wonder Book of Taranaki
Quarto, illus paper wrappers, 104pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to covers, small tears & chips to cover edges, some creasing to covers, slight tanning, v light foxing to eps & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons Ltd 1926 (?)
KEYWORDS: Newton King OJ Jawken New Zealand Taranaki local history
Exotic Conchology, or Drawings and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful or Undescribed Shells
Drawn on Stone from the Most Select Specimens; the Descriptions Systematically Arranged on the Principles of the Natural System
1968 facsimile reprint, large quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, a.e.g., marbled eps, xxiv + 48pp + 48 plates, illus, VG (some soiling & rubbing to boards, light foxing, some soiling to rear ep)
PUBLISHER: D. Van Nostrand Company / Delaware Museum of Natural History 1968
KEYWORDS: William Swainsom Sylvanus Hanley conchology shells shell collecting marine biology science zoology natural history
Land and Society in New Zealand: Essays in Historical Geography
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1965
KEYWORDS: spelcials RF Watters New Zealand land historical geography history
The Compleat Flea
Octavo hardcover (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: John Murray 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Brendan Lehane fleas insects literary criticism history
Seacliff: A History of the District to 1970
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: Frank Tod (?) (nd)
KEYWORDS: specials Frank Francis Edwin Tod New Zealand Seacliff Dunedin local history
Tall Spars, Steamers & Gum: A History of the Kaipara from Early European Settlement 1854-1947
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: Kaipara Publications 1999
KEYWORDS: Wayne Ryburn New Zealand Kaipara local history specials
Auckland Before the Harbour Bridge
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: Grantham House Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Graham Stewart New Zealand Auckland local pictorial history
Constance Astley's Trip to New Zealand, 1897 - 1898
Square 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: Victoria University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Jill de Fresnes New Zealand Constance Astley travel biography history
Birkenhead
Imperial 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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Birkenhead Borough Council 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Birkenhead North Shore Auckland New Zealand history
A Catalogue of the Eriococcidae (Homoptera: Coccoidea) of the World
Super octavo hardcover (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 Scientific and Industrial Research 1963
KEYWORDS: specials J. M. Hoy science zoology etomology research history
The Cambridge Natural History: Crustacea and Arachnids
Ex library, Imperial octavo hardcover (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: Macmillan & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: specials F. Harmer A. E. Shipley science natural history zoology
Easter Island: Home of the Scornful Gods
Ex library, super octavo hardcover (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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Elkin Mathews & Marrot 1932
KEYWORDS: specials Robert J. Casey pioneering exploration culture history
A Monograph of the Foraminiferal Family Valvulinidae
Super octavo hardcover (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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: J. S. Cushing Co 1937
KEYWORDS: specials Joseph A. Cushman geology history science species reference malacology biology
The Existential Pleasure of Engineering
Lacks title page, 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: Souvenir 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Samuel C. Florman engineering technology architecture history