Books - "history"
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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
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
Bats Sing Mice Giggle: Revealing the Secret Lives of Animals
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: Icon Books 2009
KEYWORDS: zoology science natural history animals
Borne on the Wind: The Extraordinary World of Insects in Flight
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: Chatto & Windus 1975
KEYWORDS: entomology insects flight flying natural history
Macmillan Modern Dramatists: John Arden
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: The Macmilla Press 1982
KEYWORDS: drama theatre history biography john arden biography literary criticism analysis