Books - "history"
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Eugene Aram: His Life and Trial
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, a.e.g, frontispiece, xvi + 221pp, illus, VG (light browningn to spine, light brusing to spine extrems, some browning & foxing to page edges, moderately heavy browning to eps, sporadic foxing, occasional annotation in pencil)
PUBLISHER: Butterworth & Co 1913
KEYWORDS: Eugene Aram biography Australian crime murder history Daniel Clark
Les Avions Dewoitine
Quarto, dark blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 475pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (small closed tear to upper edge, light soiling) TEXT IN FRENCH
PUBLISHER: Editions Lariviere 1980
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH aviation history aircraft aeroplanes reference
Anticipating Total War: The German and American Experiences 171-1914
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards iwth gilt lettering to spine, ix + 496pp, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, ticks in ink to first contents page) in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: German Historical Institute & Cambridge University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: essays war military history German Germany USA American conflict
Big River Quartz Mine 1882-1942: A Worthwhile Speculation
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, light tanning, prev owners details in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Friends of Waiuta 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Reefton history quartz mining
From the Lowlands to the Hills
Octavo, illus light card covers with brown lettering, illus eps, iv + 205pp, illus, VG (light staining to covers)(
PUBLISHER: Tora Kolff 1987
KEYWORDS: Tora Kolff New Zealand Holland Netherlands biography family history
Brides and Bridals in Two Volumes
Two-volume set, imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front boards, black decorative rule to boards, red eps, vi + 362pp + 2pp book ads, vi + 364pp + 16pp book ads (Vols 1 and 2 respectively), VG (moderately heavy staining to boards, some creasing & fraying to spine extrems, some browning to page edges, subscription library label to front pastedowns, owner's name in pencil to half-title pages, front & rear hinges cracked)
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett Publishers 1872
KEYWORDS: marriage weddings brides bridal costumes matrimonial customs culture lay religious cultural history
Icy Heritage: The Historic Sites of the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with pink & white lettering, printed rear ep, 88pp, illus, VG+ (number in ink to front cover, very occasional annotation in pencil)
PUBLISHER: Antarctic Heritage Trust 1995
KEYWORDS: Antarctic Antarctica Ross Sea history
Dearest Affie: Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's Second Son 144-1900
First edition, octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 202pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v. slight fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton 1984
KEYWORDS: Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh biography English history
Deadly Farce: Harvey Matusow and the Informer System in the McCarthy Era
Octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 2004
KEYWORDS: American history McCarthyism
Subcultures: Cultural Histories and Social Practice
Octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2007
KEYWORDS: subcultures cultural history sociology
The Yorkist Age: Daily Life During the Wars of the Roses
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: WW Norton & Co 1970
KEYWORDS: War of the Roses English history
New York Nights
First edition, ex library, super octavo hardcover - scruffy (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: George H Doran Co 1927
KEYWORDS: American New York history social culture nightclubs
Social Problems on the Home Front: A Study of Wartime Influences
First edition, 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers Publishers 1948
KEYWORDS: Second World War Two II social history sociology Britain
A History of All Saints' Church and a Short Account of the Settlement of Howick 1847-1954
Octavo light card stapled wrappers (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: All Saints' Church1954 (2nd edition)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Howick All Saints church local history
A Goodly Heritage with a Great Responsibility: Retrospect and Prospect: Being a brief survey of the beginning and growth of Sunday School in New Plymouth
Octavo stapled wrappers (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: Whitely Memorial Church 1950
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whitely Church New Plymouth sunday school youth club history
The Centenary of Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zealand: A Brief Record of the Founding and Growth of the Central Methodist CHurch and Circuit
Octavo stapled wrappers (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: Wesley Church 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wesley Methodist church local history Wellington
Down with the Crown: British Anti-monarchism and Debates about Royalty since 1790
Super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 1999
KEYWORDS: British history royal family royalty monarchy anti-monarchy
Hold Very Tight Please! The Cable Cars of New Zealand
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: Grantham House 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history cable cars
Vulcan Railcars in New Zealand
Imperial octavo stapled wrappers (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: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society 1981
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport vulcan railcars railway history
Fallen Order: A History
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2004
KEYWORDS: Catholic Church history child sex abuse Piarist Order