Books - "history"
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Living with the Past: Historical Buildings of the Waimairi District
Oblong 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Waimairi District Council / Caxton Press (Printer) (nd)
KEYWORDS: specials Pauline Bennett Gael Brooks Peter Cowey Jennifer Hailton Simon Heppelthwaite New Zealand Waimairi district architecture houses buildings history
The Story of the Road from the Beginning down to AD 1931
First edition, 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: Alexander Maclehose & Co 1931
KEYWORDS: first edition specials JW Gregory roads transport archaeology ancient history prehistoric development construction building
King of Counties
Small quarto, orange boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 187pp, illus, VG (light staining to lower board edges, some tanning to page edges, relevant newspaper cutting glued to half-title page) in d/w, VG (some archival tape repairs to spine extrems & edges, some small closed tears to edges, creasing to flap folds)
PUBLISHER: Southland County COuncil 1977
KEYWORDS: FWG Miller New Zealand SOuthland Country Council local history
New Zealand Memories
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: John Lane the Bodley Head 1935
KEYWORDS: specials Brenda Guthrie New Zealand history Maori
England in the Age of Improvement 1783-1867
Small quarto 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 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Asa Briggs Folio Society English history England
The Anzac Experience: New Zealand, Australia and Empire in the First World War
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: Reed Books 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Christopher Pugsley ANZAC New Zealand Australia first world war one ww1 wwI military history
Sacred Origins of Profound Things: The Stories Behind the Rites and Rituals of the World's Religion
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: Penguin 1997
KEYWORDS: specias Charles Panati religion theology rites rituals history
Lumpenbourgeoisie, Lumpendevelopment: Dependence, Class, and Politics in Latin America
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: Monthly Review Press 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Andre Gunder Frank Latin America American politics economics history
Great Southern Landings: An Anthology of Antipodean Travel
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: Oxford University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Jan Bassett Australia New Zealand Antipodes travel memoirs travelogue history short stories fiction essays anthology
Colonial Experiences
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: Capper Press Reprint 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Alexander Bathgate New Zealand Otago history Dunedin goldfields
Alexandra, A Place in the Sun: A History of the Alexandra Borough Council, Central Otago, 1867 - 1989
Super octavo, green cloth boards, v +278pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light browning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing, rubbing & bruising with some loss to surface, chipping & small tears to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Central Otago District Council Alexandra New Zealand 1990
KEYWORDS: Gordon Ramage New Zealand Alexandra Borough Council local history
The Clans, Septs & Regiments of the Scottish Highlands
Octavo, light brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 624pp +28pp plates at rear, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, bookseller's stamps to f.e.p, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light soiling & creasing, bruising & chipping to edges, 3cm untidy closed tear to front)
PUBLISHER: Johnston and Bacon 1977 (Eighth Edition)
KEYWORDS: Frank Adam Scotland Scottish Highland clans septs regiments tartans customs history
A Visitor's Guide to Edinburgh
Second issue, octavo, white light card stapled wrappers with black lettering, 20pp, illus, VG+ (v. light foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Rebel Inc Publications 1995
KEYWORDS: Irvine Welsh Kevin Williamson Edinburgh travel tourism history
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