Books - "history"
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Daughters of the Pacific
Softcover super octavo (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: Spinifex 1994
KEYWORDS: History pacific women
From Tiberius to the Antonines: A History of the Roman Empire AD14-192
First edition thus, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to spine & front board, illus eps, x + 861pp, VG (owner's name in ink to front pastedown, slight foxing & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (some rubbing, light foxing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & CO 1974
KEYWORDS: ancient history Roman Empire archaeology Tiberius Claudius Hadrian Caligula
Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro
First edition, inscribed & signed by DJ Sumpter with Lewis's signature tipped in, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, v + 194pp, VG (light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy browning inside & out, light bruising to spine extrems, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Tokomairiro history
Beyond the Blue Mountains: A History of the West Otago District
First edition, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 186pp, illus, VG (owner's name & address in ink to fep, some tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (some soiling, moderate browning to spine & flap folds, some bruising & nicks to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1954
KEYWORDS: FWG Miller New Zealand West Otago history
From an Antique Land: Travels in Egypt and the Holy Land
Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1989
KEYWORDS: Egypt Jerusalem Ottoman empire travel art sketches drawings history
Primitive Catholicism
Ex library, 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1911
KEYWORDS: religion theology Catholicism Catholic church history
The Church in the Roman Empire before AD 170
Ex libray, super octavo hardcover - large folding map in pocket at rear (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: Hodder & Stoughton 1897 (Fifth edition)
KEYWORDS: religion history Roman Empire Christian church Christianity
Dictionary, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical of Commerce and Commercial Navigation
Two-volume set, lacks map at front vol.1, super octavo, half bound, marbled heavy card boards with gilt lettering in black decorative panel between five raised bands to dark-brown leather spine, page edges stained red, xx + 1480pp in two volumes, illus with folding maps, VG- (lacks map at front of vol.1, heavy rubbing to boards with loss of surface, some wear to board corners & edges, various owners' names dates & addresses in ink to prelim, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, 8 cm tatty closed tear to prelim of vol.1, 12cm closed tear to first map in vol.1 and creasing to several other maps, pinprick burn hole to first 25 pages of vol.2, sporadic light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1856
KEYWORDS: reference dictionary commerce commercial navigation maritime history trade
East of the Rock and Pillar: A History of the Strath Taieri and Macraes Districts
First edition, octavo, khaki cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, vii + 204pp, illus, VG (v slight fading & bruising to spine extrems, owner's name in ink to fep, some tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light foxing) in d/w, G+ (extensive archival tape repairs to spine, heavy browning and staining to spine, some browning & foxing, small nicks to corners)
PUBLISHER: Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rock and Pillar Strath Taieri Macraes history
Worldly Goods
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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 Publishers 1996
KEYWORDS: European Europe history culture Renaissance
The Shores of the Black Ships
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: Wiliam Kimber 1971
KEYWORDS: travel Tunisia Tunisian history culture
Montgomery as Military Commander
First editoin, 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: BT Batsford Ltd 1971
KEYWORDS: biography Lord Montgomery British military history commander World War Two WW2
Alexander of Tunis as Military Commander
First editoin, 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: BT Batsford Ltd 1971
KEYWORDS: Harold Alexander biography British military history commander Second World War Two WW2
The Wars of the 'Nineties: A History of the Warfare of the Last Ten Years of the Nineteenth Century
Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & black&gilt lettering to front board, gilt & black illus to spine & front board, blind-stamped rule to rear board, frontispiece with tissueguard, xii + 836pp + 8pp book adverts, illus, VG- (moderate staining & soiling to boards & spine, heavy browning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps, heavy browning to tissue guard, some foxing & tanning to prelims & terminals, errata slip torn out, some tanning to page peripherals)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1899
KEYWORDS: Nineteenth century wars war warfare military history
Bambino: The FIat 500 in New Zealand: Quando La Nuova Zelanda Fabbricava Fiat 500
Oblong quarto, illus green light card covers with french flaps, frontispiece, 127pp, illus, nr fine PARALLEL ENGISH ITALIAN TEXT
PUBLISHER: Iconic Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: Fiat Bambino cars automotive manufacturing history New Zealand
The Royal Yacht Squadron 1815-1985
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul 1985
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime sailing history Royal Yacht Squadron
The Miscellany of Pitcairn's Island
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: Pacific Press Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: travel Pitcairn Island history
The Lily Theatre
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: Sceptre 2000
KEYWORDS: Lulu Wang autobiography CHina Mao Chinese history
Surgery on Trestles: A Saga of Suffering and Triumph
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: Jarrold & Sons 1967
KEYWORDS: R Campbell Begg World War One WWI British military history Mesopotamia
Red Gold: The Conquest of the Brazilian Indians
First edition,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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1978
KEYWORDS: Brazil Brazilian Indians Pero Alvares Cabral European colonisation Portuguese history