Books - "history"
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A History of the Borough and Town of Calne and some account of the villages in its vicinity
Super octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board with black coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xxvi + 388pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (some fraying to spine sides & extrems, some staining & browning to boards, lacks fep, some foxing throughout, some browning to page edges, closed tear to large folding map)
PUBLISHER: Robert S Heath1903
KEYWORDS: AEW Marsh Rev EH Goddard Harold Brakspear Calne history architecture Calne church Lacock Abbey Bradenstoke Priory Wiltshire
Bridging Divides: The Channel Tunnel and English Legal Identity in the New Europe
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Eve Darian-Smith England English law national identity Europe European politics history
Behind the Lines: The Lives of New Zealand Soldiers in the First World War
Octavo softcover (VG-. small stain to corner of text block); 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Nicholas Boyack New Zealand first world war one ww1 wwI military history biography letters diaries journals memoirs
Wild Life on an Island Outpost: Expedition to the Snares Islands (1947-48)
(Wild Life Series No. 8)
Octavo, stapled paper wrappers (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers (nd)
KEYWORDS: specials LE Richdale Snares Islands expedition natural history flora fauna
The History of Myddle
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in slipcase (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Gough Myddle England English local history
In the Land of Dwindle River: A Waihemo Journal
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1982
KEYWORDS: specials George Griffiths Waihemo New Zealand local history
The Architecture of Greece and Rome: An Account of its Historic Development
Being the Second Part of The Architecture of Greece and Rome
Rear hinge repaired with archival tape, 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1927
KEYWORDS: specials ancient Rome Roman architecture art history
Mutinies: Shocking Real-Life Stories of Subversion at Sea
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Pier 9 2011
KEYWORDS: specials Barry Stone nautical maritime mutiny subversion history
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Bardia to Enfidaville
Tidy ex library, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, folding maps, xii + 416pp, illus, VG (light library markings mostly covered with white-out, slight tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG (light tape residue staining to edges, light browning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington New Zealand 1962
KEYWORDS: WG Stevens New Zealand Bardia Enfidaville second world war two ww2 wwII official military history
Vogue: History of 20th Century Fashion
Quarto, white heavy card boards with grey lettering to spine, grey eps, vii + 410pp, illus, VG+ ( slight bruising to spine extrems, v slight soiling to eps & boards) in d/w, VG (light fading, light browning & soiling, light bruising to edges with small chip to lower front edge)
PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 1988
KEYWORDS: Jane Mulvagh Vogue fashion design clothing dress social pictorial history
False Dawn: The Story of Dan Judson, Pioneer
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Books of Rhodesia Publishin Co. Ltd 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Hylda M Richards Dan Judson Rhodesia biography history
The Age of Scandal: An Excursion Through a Minor Period
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1993
KEYWORDS: specials TH White history
The Principles of Greek Art
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Co 1921
KEYWORDS: specials Percy Gardner Greek art painting sculpture art history Greece
Boswell's London Journal 1762-63
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1985
KEYWORDS: specials James Boswell Frederick Pottle literary criticism letters diaries literature London history biography
Jan Steen: Painter and Storyteller
Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, grey eps, frontispiece, 272pp, illus, nr fine (v slight soiling to boards and upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, light bruising to edges)
PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Art, Washington 1997
KEYWORDS: Jan Steen H Perry Chapman Wouter Th Kloek Arthur K Wheelock art painting history biography
These Hundred Acres: The Story of Whitely Township, City of New Plymouth
Dated & signed by author, slim 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: H. D. Mullon 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Herbert D Mulon New Zealand Whitely New Plymouth local history
From the Toss of a Coin: The Story of Alpheus Hayes & Normanvale South Canterbury
Signed by author, octavo hardcover (VG, slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w (VG, light fading & rubbing); 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1978
KEYWORDS: M Anna Hayes Alpheus Hayes Normanvale South Canterbury New Zealand biography history signed
Dunedin Teachers College: The First Hundred Years
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Dunedin Teachers College Publications Committee 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Carol Morton Johnston Harry Morton New Zealand Dunedin Teachers College centenary history
Open Secret: Gay Hollywood 1928 - 1998
Ex library, 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: William Morrow and Company 1998
KEYWORDS: specials David Ehremstein Hollywood sexuality homosexuality sociology social history
Bid Time Return
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: J. H. De Bussy 1954
KEYWORDS: specials Basil Fuller Rhodesia memoirs biography history first edition