Books - "history"
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When Passion Reigned: Sex and the Victorians
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: Harper Collins 1995
KEYWORDS: history Great Britain Sociology
New Zealand Credit Unions: The First Forty Years: People Helping People
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: Four Star Books 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Credit unions History
The Hunting Submarine: Fighting Life of H.M.S. Tally-Ho
First edition, 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1974
KEYWORDS: World War Two WW2 Submarine Great Britain Royal Navy history
Liberty and Freedom
Inscribed & signed by author, first edition, quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 851pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: USA United States American politics history liberty freedom democracy
A Companion to 20th-Century America
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with purple lettering, xiv + 567pp, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Blackwell Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: USA United States modern American history essays articlies
Masterton Library Wall Hanging: A Social History in Threads worked by the Members of the Wairarapa Embroiderers' Guild
Large quarto, illus yellow light card covers with black lettering to front cover, 108pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, label-residue stain to front cover upper corner)
PUBLISHER: Masterton District Library 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Masterton embroidery social history crafts
Genocide in Ukraine
Large quarto, blue glossy boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 495pp, illus, fine, in d/w with large folding map as part of rear flap, fine
PUBLISHER: Fortuna Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: Ukraine Unkrainian history
The Outline of History being a Plain History of Life and Mankind
First edition thus (first revised edition), wo-volume set, quarto, dark brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind-stamped publisher's logo to front board, upper page edgesstained red/brown, frontispiece, x + 384pp + viii + 385-767pp, illus, VG (light staining & rubbing to boards, some tanning to page edges, heavy browning to prelims & terminals, HEAVY SET
PUBLISHER: The Waverley Book Co 1925
KEYWORDS: illustrated history encyclopaedia reference
New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History in Association with the Film Archive
Large quarto, illus multi-coloured glossy heavy card boards with black & white lettering, turquoise eps, brightly coloured prelims, v + frontispiece + 347pp, illus + accompanying DVD at rear, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand film industry cinema pictorial history movies
American Genre Painting: The Politics of Everyday Life
Large 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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: American art history genre painting
Nato and Warsaw Pact Submarines since 1955
First edition, imperial 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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1987
KEYWORDS: submarines military naval history NATO Warsaw Pact photographic portrait
Think: A Biography of the Watsons and IBM
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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970
KEYWORDS: International Business Machines IBM Thomas B Watson biography management history
Good Living Street: The Fortunes of My Vinnese Family
First edition uncorrected proof copy, super 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 secondhand; Frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2011
KEYWORDS: Vienna Bonyhady family biography Viennese life Nazis Australia history
The Mirror of Music 14401944: A Century of Musical Life in Britain as reflected in the pages of the Musical Times
Two-volume set, first editions, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines, frontispiece, xix + 523pp, xvii + pages 527-964pp (vols 1 & 2 respectively), illus, VG (owner's ex libris label to front pastedowns, slight tanning to page edges & eps,) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & nicks to edges, moderate scuffing, light staining)
PUBLISHER: Novell & Co / Oxford University Press 1947
KEYWORDS: history music musical life Musical Times
Mackenzie of the Mackenzie Country: Pioneer, Explorer, Sheeplifter
First edition, octavo, light blue paper covers with dark blue lettering to front cover, 113pp, illus, VG (moderate browning to spine & cover edges & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times/Witness Newspapers 1946
KEYWORDS: New Zealand James Mackenzie Country biography history
Family Portrait The Medici of Florence
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Lippincott & Crowell Publishers 1980
KEYWORDS: Italy Florence Medici family history biography
Atlas of Iraqi War Crimes in the State of Kuwait / Atlas des Crimes de Guerre Iraqienne dans l'Etat du Koweit
Elephant folio 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. VERY HEAVY ITEM
PUBLISHER: Al Qabas Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Iraq Kuwait war military history crime atlas reference TEXT IN FRENCH & ENGLISH
Bulletic of the Auckland Institute and Museum No. 1: The Moa, A Study of the Dinornithiformes
Quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front cover, 134pp, illus with 15 full-page b&w plates plus 9 folding charts to rear, VG (heavy foxing and staining to covers & spine, slight foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: The Unity Press Ltd 1941
KEYWORDS: New Zealand zoology natural history moa dinornithiformes
Pictorial Dictionary of Ancient Rome Volume 1
This volume only, large quarto, royal blue boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt publisher's logo to front board, 544pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, bruising & closed tears to corners, some staining to rear)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1968 (Revised edition)
KEYWORDS: Ancient Rome archaeology ancient history pictorial survey monuments buildings relics
Bible & Society: A Sesquicentennial History of the Bible Society in New Zealand
Imperial 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: The Bible Society & Daphne Brasell Press 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand christianity religion The Bible Society history