Books - "history"
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WAAC Story: The Story of the New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
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: Latham 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Iris atham New Zealand Women's Army Auxialry Corps WAAC WW2 military history
Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825-1975
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: First Avenue Publishing (n/d)
KEYWORDS: specials PJ Holmes Stockton Darlington trains railways transport history
Rubber Hand Stamps and the Manipulation of India Rubber
(Lost Technology Series)
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: Lindsay Publications 1985
KEYWORDS: specials T O'Conor Sloane rubber hand stamps India rubber manufacture ink hektograph technology history
Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
First Edition, Pelican Series, 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: Penguin Books 1953
KEYWORDS: specials John Summerson Britain British architecture art history
Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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: Penguin Books 1953
KEYWORDS: specials Ellis Waterhouse Britain British painting art history
The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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: Penguin Books 1958
KEYWORDS: specials W Stevenson Smith Ancient Egypt Egyptian architecture art history archaeology
Sculpture in Britain: The Middle Ages
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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: Penguin Books 1955
KEYWORDS: specials Lawrence Stone Britain British sculpture middle ages art history
Architecture in Britain: The Middle Ages
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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: Penguin Books 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Webb Britain British middle ages architecture art history
Art and Architecture in France, 1500 to 1700
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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: Penguin Books 1953
KEYWORDS: specials Anthony Blunt France French architecture art history
Greek Architecture
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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: Penguin Books 1957
KEYWORDS: specials AW Lawrence Greek architecture art history
Art and Architecture in Spain and Portugal and their American Dominions, 1500 to 1800
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1959
KEYWORDS: specials George Kubler Martin Soria Spain Portugal Spanish Portuguese architecture art history
Phantom Fleet: The Scows and Scowmen of Auckland
First edition, small quarto, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 167pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG (archival tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1975
KEYWORDS: Ted Ashby New Zealand Auckland nautical maritime boats ships scows history first edition
The New Naturalist: Moths
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to blue spine, 310pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine & rear cover, light soiling to page edges, slight rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2002
KEYWORDS: Michael Majerus natural history moths entomology biology ecology evolution conservation behaviour
Hawke's Bay Before and After the Great Earthquake of 1931: A Historical Record
Original first edition, oblong folio, brown boards with green cloth spine & board corners, darker brown lettering to front board, 182pp + 18pp news bulletins to rear, illus, VG (some staining to front board, several small gouges to front board, browning to eps, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown, vertical crease to prelims, creasing to page 15, some foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Daily Telegraph 1931
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Hawke's Bay earthquake history pictorial photographic record
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Supply Company
Ex library, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 372pp, illus, folding maps, VG (usual library markings with damage to eps, slight tanning to eps, slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, slightsoiling to page edges, surface loss and staining to pastedowns) in d/w, VG- (light tanning, tape residue staining to edges, light creasing, chipping and small tears)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington New Zealand 1955
KEYWORDS: PW Bates Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2NZEF second world war two ww2 wwII official military history
Masculinity and Male Homosexuality in Britain, 1861-1913
Uncommon in hardcover, octavo, grey cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, viii + 265pp, nr fine in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2005
KEYWORDS: Sean Brady Britain British masculinity male sexuality gender studies sociology social history
Spectacular Wickedness: Sex, Race, and Memory in Storyville, New Orleans
Super octavo, black cloth boards with orange lettering to spine, xv + 310pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, sight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Louisiana State University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: Emily Epstein Mandau America American Storyville New Orleans sexuality gender prostitution sociology social history
Art and Architecture in Italy, 1600 to 1750
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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: Penguin Books 1958
KEYWORDS: specials Italy Italian architecture art history
The Art and Architecture of Ancient America: The Mexican, Maya, and Andean Peoples
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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: Penguin Books 1962
KEYWORDS: specials George Kubler Ancient America American Mexican Maya Mayan Andean architecture art history archaeology
Sculpture in Britain, 1530 to 1830
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
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: Penguin Books 1964
KEYWORDS: specials Margaret Whinney archaeology art history sculpture