Books - "history"
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Entering the Stone: On Caves and feeling Through the Dark
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: Mariner Books 2003
KEYWORDS: Barbara Hurd Caves natural history
The Classical Heritage and its Beneficiaries
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: R R Bolgar history renaissance middle ages heritage
Whereabouts Unknown
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: Albatross Books Ltd 1993
KEYWORDS: Margaret Reeson Australian history true crime mystery
The Variety of Life: A Survey and a Celebration of al the Creatures that Have Ever Lived
First edition, large quarto, blac boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + 684pp, illus, VG (some foxing & tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (slight fading to edges, foxing to inside)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: first edition Colin Tudge natural history biology science classification organisms biodiversity
Hawaiian Marine Shells: Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii Section 4 Mollusca
This volumem only, quarto, red boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt shell motif to front board, frontispiece, xiii + 653pp, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading & chaffing, staining to lower spine, light creasing)
PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum Press 1979
KEYWORDS: E Alison Kay Hawaiian marine shells molluscs moluscan fauna natural history science
Isaac & Mary Ann Gibbs and thier Related Families: Bromell, Cole, Quinney, Hodgkinson, Elvines, Trower, Fenemor, Stringer, Ilton, Mead (Volume 2 Chapters 6-10)
This volume only, large quarto, illus cream light card covers with black lettering, pages 197 to 451, illus, VG (light soiling to covers, upper corner of first three pages cut off)
PUBLISHER: Gibbs Family (?) n/d
KEYWORDS: Isaac Gibbs Mary Ann Gibbs New Zealand family history genealogy
Canada's Black Watch: An Illustrated History of the Regular Force Battalions, 1951-1970
Oblong quarto hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr fine); 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: GooseLane 2008
KEYWORDS: Simon Falconer Canada Canadian armed forces military history Black Watch battalion
The Knights of St John in the British Realm: being the Official History of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem
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: St John's Gate 1967
KEYWORDS: Colonel Sir Edwin King Sir Harry Luke Knights of St John Hospital of St John of Jerusalem history Venerable Order Grand Priory of England
Politics in New Zealand
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: Auckland University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Mulgan New Zealand politics sociology social political history government
The Origin of Comets
super octavo illus light card covers, 577pp, illus VG
PUBLISHER: pergamon press 1990
KEYWORDS: astronomy science comets history m e bailey s v m clube w m napier
The Snowden Files; The Inside Story of the World's Most Wanted Man
octavo illus light card covers, 346pp, illus VG+
PUBLISHER: guardian books / faber and faber 2014
KEYWORDS: history espionage journalism whistleblowing edward snowden luke harding
The Piper's Day: Regimental Duty Tunes of the Queen's Own Highlanders
Large 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: Regimental Headquarter Queen's Own Highlanders 1991
KEYWORDS: Regimental duty tunes music musical score Queen's Own Highlanders military history
Auckland: The City of the Seas
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: AH & AW Reed 1955
KEYWORDS: AW Reed New Zealand Auckland history
Race-Relations in Ancient Egypt: Greek, Egyptian, Hebrew, Roman
First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 176pp, VG (slight tanning to page edges, some browning to eps) in d/w, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, moderately heavy browning)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. Ltd 1951
KEYWORDS: first edition S Davis ancient Greece Egypt Greek Egyptian Hebrew Roman history sociology
The Forgotten Palaces of Calcutta
Quarto 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: Niyogi Books 2012
KEYWORDS: Joanne Taylor India Calcutta palaces architecture history
Virgins: Reluctant, Dubious, & Avowed
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: Macmillan Publishing 1977
KEYWORDS: Muriel Segal social history virgins virginity human sexuality myth literary criticism
Hawera: An Outline of the Development of A New Zealand Community
Ex library but minimal markings, 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: Centennial Committee of the Hawera District Council 1981
KEYWORDS: APC Bromley New Zealand Hawera local history
From Solon to Socrates: Greek History and Civiization during the 6th and 5th Centuries BC
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: Methuen & Co 1975
KEYWORDS: Victor Ehrenberg ancient Greece Greek history civilization politics
Joseph Beuys: Diverging Critiques
Small quarto, illus white light card covers with black lettering, viii + 214pp, illus, VG (creasing to front cover lower corner, light soiling to covers, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Liverpool University Press & Tate Gallery Liverpool 1995
KEYWORDS: David Thistlewood Joseph Beuys art history painting artist criticism theory articles
A Very Long War: The Families that Waited
Signed by author, 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Margaret Reeson second world war two ww2 wwII New Guinea Australian military social history signed