Books - "history"
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Oscar Browning: A Biography
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: John Murray 1983
KEYWORDS: Oscar Browning Biography history
Museums Without Barriers: A New Deal For Disabled People
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: Routledge 1991
KEYWORDS: Museums disabled people Europe history
Hurricane Mk IIA
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: Reed 2000
KEYWORDS: Hurricane Fighter plane New Zealand World War two Aviation Britian history
Cezanne: The Early Years 1859-1872
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988
KEYWORDS: arts painting history biography Paul Cezanne
Fifty Years with the Speed Kings
First edition, 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: Stanley Paul 1961
KEYWORDS: car racing history sports
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
The Story of the Dunedin Botanic Garden, New Zealand's First
Signed by author, square quarto, blue boards with silver lettering to spine, 284pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Friends of Dunedin Botanic Gardens/ Longacre Press 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin Botanic Garden botanical gardens history
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