Books - "history"
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Yankee Whalers at the Bay of Islands
Imperial octavo, cream light card stapled wrappers, 24pp, illus, VG- (some staining to covers, wear & tearing to spine, owner's name & address stamp to fep, sporadic slight foxing)
PUBLISHER: American Neptune Inc 1952
KEYWORDS: nautical marine history New Zealand Bay of Islands American whalers whaling
The River Clyde and The Clyde Burghs: The City of Glasgow and its Old Relations with Rutherglen, Renfrew, Paisley, Dumbarton, Port Glasgow, Greenock, Rothesay and Irvine
First edition, quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, liv + 254pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (moderate staining to boards, some tanning to page edges & eps, owner's name & date in ink to title page,)
PUBLISHER: James Maclehose & Sons 1909
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history Glasgow Clyde
The Topography of Rome and its Vicinity in Two Volumes
Two-volume set, super octavo, brown heavy card boards with green cloth spines, gilt lettering in maroon decorative title label, vii + 456pp, 414pp (vols 1 & 2 respectively), illus, VG- (moderate fraying to spine extrems, vol 2 title labels missing, bruising to board corners, some browning & staining to boards, heavy browning to page edges, moderate soiling & tanning to prelims & terminals, bookseller label to front pastedown of vol.1, sporadic light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Saunders and Otley 1834
KEYWORDS: Rome geography topography reference history
Politics and the Museum of the American Indian
Imperial octavo hardcover (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Mechas Press 1999
KEYWORDS: native american indian museum USA USA history
The General Says No
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: Penguin 1963
KEYWORDS: british european britain europe history
Love and the French
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: Penguin Books 1964
KEYWORDS: love history France
The Rules of Rugby Football
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: A.H. & A.W. REED Ltd 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sports rugby
Deep Water Gold: The Story of RMS Niagara - The Quest for New Zealand's Greatest Shipwreck Treasure
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: SeaROV 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand nautical boats history shipwreck
Stendhal: A Biography
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: Victor Gollancz 1974
KEYWORDS: biography history
Nasser: The Cairo Documents
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: New English Library 1972
KEYWORDS: Egypt Foreign relations history
It was Twenty Years Ago Today
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: Bantam Press 1987
KEYWORDS: history sociology
New Zealand Bowlers' Annual, 1906-07
Super octavo hardcover (G); 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: W. Alloo 1907
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sports history Bowling
Ferguslei to Hawthorne:The History of North East Valley: People and Places involved in its Development
Octavo, illus green light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, 32pp, illus, VG (light foxing and soiling to covers, prev ownership details blacked out with black permanent marker to fep, slight creasing)
PUBLISHER: Carole Hendry 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin North East Valley Normanby Ferguslei Hawthorne local history
One Hundred Grand Parades: A Centennial History of the Gore A&P Association 1882-1982
Small quarto, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, illus, VG (slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing, light soiling, fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: McArthur & Morrison / Gore A&P Assn 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Gore A & P centenary local history
Merchantmen-at-Arms: The British Merchants' Service in the War
Large quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, t.e.g, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 260pp, illus, VG (owner's name & date in ink to title page, bruising to spine extrems, some foxing to page edges & eps, insect damage to lower edge of page 41)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1919
KEYWORDS: Britain British merchants Merchant navy naval nautical maritime history
Bunyip Says So: A Tale of the Australian Bush
Small quarto, beige heavy card boards iwth blue lettering & blue koala motif to front board, dark beige eps, ii + 96pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to boards & spine, heavy browning & foxing to page edges, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: New Century Press Pty 1939
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian children's literature natural history
Historic Worcestershire: Worcestershire Historical, Biographical, Traditional, Legendary and Romantic
Quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt city scene to front board, blind rule to rear board, marbled eps, frontispiece, xxiii + 329pp, illus, VG (moderate browning to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems, some scrating to rear board, occasional foxing)
PUBLISHER: Midland Educational Co. Ltd 1894
KEYWORDS: Worcestershire history architecture
Chinese Invasion of NEFA
First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with light blue lettering to front board, illus eps, 260pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading to lower spine & spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanningn & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (some browning, heavy creasing to edges, lower one-third of spine missing, tears with loss to upper spine, archival tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: Himalaya Publications 1968
KEYWORDS: China CHinese invasion NEFA military history
Yeomen of the South
Dated inscribed & signed by author to FG Hall-Jones, scarce, octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to front cover & handwritten title to spine, 188pp, VG- (some soiling to covers, 1cm closed tear to lower spine, some tanning to spine & page edges, v. occasional annotation in pencil, light tanning, occasinoal creasing)
PUBLISHER: Southland News Company 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland history
New Zealand Historical Atlas / Ko Papatuanuku e Takoto Nei
Folio, dark grey boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 290pp, illus, VG, in d/w, VG
PUBLISHER: Bateman 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history geography geology