Books - "history"
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The Republican Experiment 1848-1852
softcover octavo (VG); all 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 University Press 1983
KEYWORDS: maurice agulhon history politics republican france french history french revolution specials
The Natural History of a Highland Parish (Ardclach, Nairnshire)
octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, frontispiece, xv + 304pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, v light foxing, light soiling to front board but overall a tidy copy) inscribed and SIGNED by the author beneath an original photograph glued to page preceeding title page
PUBLISHER: George Bain 1900
KEYWORDS: natural history scotland robert thomspon ardclach nairnshire history signed
Madame Geoffrin: Her Salon and Her Times 1750-1777
hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; 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: Methuen & Co. 1905
KEYWORDS: history janet aldis madame geoffrin biography french history philosophy specials
Images of Coastal Otago
first edition, quarto, illus light card covers, printed eps, illus prelims, 80pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1982
KEYWORDS: first edition new zealand arts history coastal otago natural history michael de hamel brian turner
A Manual for the Study of Insects
lacks title page, signed and inscribed by author, octavo, grey cloth boards with silver lettering to spine and silver design to front board and spine, x + 701pp, illus, VG (wear and soiling to boards, light foxing to prelims and page edges)
PUBLISHER: Comstock Publishing Company 1930 (?)
KEYWORDS: history entomology arachnology insects natural history john henry comstock
A Guide to Oaro
small quarto, illus light card covers, 209pp, illus, VG+ (light wear, ink owner's name to fep)
PUBLISHER: Lincoln College Press 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand history oaro natural history warren jowett lincoln
Joseph Banks in Newfoundland and Labrador, 1766; His Diary, Manuscripts and Collections
with a foreword by the Hon. Joseph Smallwood
small quarto, rust cloth boards with brown label with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 512pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, ink inscription to fep, v light foxing to page edges) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, v light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1971
KEYWORDS: history biography joseph banks a.m. lysaght labrador newfoundland travel natural history botany zoology
GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain Most Secret Intelligence Agency
Paperback, illus, 666 pp (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: Harper Press 2010
KEYWORDS: specials history GCHQ history secret intelligence Bletchley Park espionage Cold War British Intelligence state security
Throw Out the Lifeline
signed by author, octavo, illus light card covers with red & black lettering to spine and front, 93pp + 1pp other titles, illus, VG (inscription to ep, slight foxing to front and rear eps, slight browning to cards, v slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1979
KEYWORDS: Joan Macintosh New Zealand history Southland autobiography history sociology Invercargill Tokonui
The Beginnings of English Society
Volume II of the Pelican History of England
ex library, paperback (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: Pelican 1952
KEYWORDS: specials Dorothy Whitelock history England English history Anglo-Saxon Romans Battle of Hastings
An Introduction to Design & Culture in the Twentieth Century
Paperback (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: Routledge 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Penny Sparke design mass-production industry aesthetics technology economics history of modern design manufacturing art social history
A History of the United States
Hardcover, red boards 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: JM Dent & Sons 1943
KEYWORDS: specials Cecil Chesterton DW Brogan history politics USA America United States military history
Tudor England
ex-library, paperback (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: Penguin 1972
KEYWORDS: specials S T Bindoff history England Tudor English history
Shinkansen: From Bullet Train to Symbol of Modern Japan
Super octavo, illustrated light card covers with white lettering to spine and front, xviii + 266pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to covers, tiny abrasion spot to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2007
KEYWORDS: Christopher P Hood Shinkansen Japan history trains transport bullet train history politics economics high speed railways
Pure Gold and Rough Diamonds: Gems from the Scrapbook of a travelling Watchmaker & Jeweller in Otago & Southland
Signed by author, octavo, light card covers in attached yellow illustrated d/w with brown lettering to spine & front, 143pp, illus VG (heavy wear & bruising to front flap fold-in edge, 1cm chip to top front fold-in edge, some soiling spots to front & rear)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1943 (?)
KEYWORDS: signed by author JB Hislop New Zealand history Otago Southland travel history motorbike car travelling rep
A Short History of Educational Ideas
exlibris, hardback octavo, lacks 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: university tutorial press
KEYWORDS: specials education history curtis boultwood history politics
Policing Two Peoples: A History of Police In the Bay of Plenty 1867-1992
Quarto hardback, 450pp, illus (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: Bookprint Consultants Ltd 1993 (?)
KEYWORDS: specials Jinty Rorke New Zealand Police history Bay of Plenty crime law criminal history murder
Old Wellington in Colour from hundred-year-old picture postcards
Hardover oblong imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts Publishers 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Price Susan Price New Zealand Wellington history photographs pictorial history postcards colour illustrations
The Cyclopedia of New Zealand: Volume 6 - Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, and Wellington Provincial Districts
Industrial, Descriptive, Historical, Biographical, Facts, Figures, Illustrations
Very tidy copy in original binding, quarto, dark blue cloth boards with gilt embossed stamp to front board and leather corners and leather spine with gilt lettering, patterned eps, xxvi + 767pp, illustrated, VG (moderate scuffing and soiling to boards and spine, fading & foxing to prelims, gutter cracked at front & rear but not broken, fading & foxing to rear few eps, browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cycopedia Company Ltd 1908
KEYWORDS: encyclopedia cyclopedia Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington province history geography biographies politics government education military social history business industry
Melville in the South Seas
Ex library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1966
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Roberts Anderson Herman Melville biography whaling South Seas US Navy history literature history lit crit