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
The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians: Poems, Narratives, and Manuals of Instruction, from the Third & Second Milennia BC
First edition, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, xliv + 318pp + 8pp book ads, VG- (slight bruising to spine extrems, heavy foxing to page edges, owner's name & date in ink to fep, some annotation in pencil to fep, some foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning to spine & less so elsewhere, archival tape repairs to spine extrems, spine sides & all corners)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1927
KEYWORDS: first edition Adolf Erman ancient Egypt Egyptian literature poetry poems songs hymns prayers history religion
Ignca Rock Art Series 2: Dear in Rock Art of India and Europe
Large quarto, beige cloth boards with red lettering to spine, illus & patterned eps, xvi + 150pp, illus, VG+ (v small stain to front board, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, slight creasing to upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts 1993
KEYWORDS: Giacomo Camuri Angelo Fossati Yashodhar Mathpal Indian European rock art history palaeo-art
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
Sawdust and Scholars: A History of Otatara Bush School and District
Octavo, beige illustrated light card covers with brown lettering to front, 2 x frontispiece, 135pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG- (light fading to spine, slight soiling to covers, owner's name in ink to fep, some foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otatara School Centennial Committee 1979
KEYWORDS: Marilyn Bunce New Zealand Otatara Bush education school local 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