Books - "history"
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Waitangi: Seed of Nationhood
Imperial octavo, cream light card stapled wrappers in Yapp-style binding, blue lettering to front, 47pp, illus, VG- (heavy foxing to covers, light tanning to covers, light creasing to cover edges due to Yapp-style covers)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1933
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitangi history
Illustrated History of the West Coast
Quarto, illus light card covers with green & white lettering, 184pp, illus, VG (owner's name stamp to fep & to title page)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand West Coast history
History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago
Octavo, red faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus feps, 154pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (some bruising & creasing to upper edges, moderate staining, moderate browning to inside)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers 1962
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago gold goldmining goldfields history
Moorish Towns in Spain
First edition, octavo, beige cloth boards with black lettering to spine & black rule to front board edges, frontispiece, viv + 181pp + 8pp book ads, illus, VG (moderate fading & staining to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, name to fep scribbled out in ink)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1931
KEYWORDS: Spain Toledo Cordova Seville Ronda Granada history travel Moorish towns
The Natural History of Southern New Zealand
Large quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, dark blue eps, illus title page, vi + 387pp, previous owner's catalogue number in pen to front, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing to rear)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history geology science flora fauna climate
New Zealand Birds in Focus
FIRST EDITION, folio, illus glossy heavy card boards with green lettering to spine & front board, blue eps with feather motif, illus prelims, 288pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (some rubbing & scratching)
PUBLISHER: Weldon 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand ornithology birds natural history photography
Classical Landscape with Figures
First edition, imperial octavo, yellow cloth boards with white lettering to spine & white illus to front board, illus eps, 224pp, illus, VG (moderately heavy staining to spine and less so to boards, moderately heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, sporadic light foxing) in d/w, VG- (upper 3cm of spine missing, some creasing to edges, tatty 2cm tear to rear upper corner, some foxing)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1947
KEYWORDS: Greece Greek culture history religion
Insurgent Collective Action and Civil War in El Salvador
Tidy ex library, octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards with pink-ish lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece map, xvii + 308pp + 2pp book ads, illus, VG (relatively light library markings)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: El Salvador Central America politics history political science
Arrowtown: History & Walks
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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 2001
KEYWORDS: arrowtown otago new zealand history walks
On the Ball: The Centennial Book of New Zealand Rugby
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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1970
KEYWORDS: new zealand rugby sports history
The Graphic Story Books: Graphic Stories of Inventions
Octavo hardcover (scruffy), lacks fep; 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: Willia Collins Sons & Co (n. d.)
KEYWORDS: inventions history
Antonio Maceo: The Bronze Titan of Cuba's Struggle for Independence
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG), d/w in slip case, ex library; 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: Monthly Review Press 1977
KEYWORDS: antonio maceo biography cuban history
Hollywood Directors 1914-1940
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+), d/w in slip case, THIS VOLUME ONLY; 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: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: hollywood directors media film history
The Million Dollar Mermaid
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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1999
KEYWORDS: autobiography esther williams hollywood history golden age
A Bastard of a Place: The Australians in Papua
Super octavo softcover (scruffy), ex library; 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: Allen & Unwin 2004
KEYWORDS: australian papuan papua military history
The Story of the English
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: Faber and Faber / BBC Publications 1986
KEYWORDS: english history
I Saw Two Englands
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: Methuen London 1989
KEYWORDS: english history memoir autobiography second world war two 2 ii wwii ww2
Cooper's Creek
Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG), illustrated edition; 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: Macmillan 1977
KEYWORDS: australian colonial history
1917: The Russian Revolutions and the Origins of Present-Day Communism
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Maurice Temple Smith Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: russian revolution history communism
Foundations of European Art
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: Thames & Hudson 1969
KEYWORDS: european art history