Books - "history"
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Fontana History of Science: The Fontana History of Technology
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: Fontana Press 1994
KEYWORDS: technology science history invention
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
Early edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, dark brown coated eps, xxiv + 352pp, illus, VG (heavy browning to page edges and prelims, heavy dampstaining to upper half of rear board, slight bruising to spine extrems, sporadic foxing)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1884
KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin natural history botany science flowers
The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind rule to boards, brown coated eps, viii + 482pp, VG (moderate fraying to cloth of board edges & corners, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 2cm tear to cloth of spine side, some staining to boards, moderately heavy browning to page edges, some foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1876
KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin science botany natural history vegetables fertilisation
The Old Identities: being Sketches and Reminiscences during The First Decade of the Province of Otago, New Zealand
Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorative rule to spine & front board, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, page edges stained red, brown coated eps, frontispiece, 395pp, VG- (front hinge cracked, light staining & foxing to page edges, moderate scuffing to board edges & spine sides, some scratches to boards, owner's name & address in ink to fep, another owner's name & address in ink to frontispiece verso, sporadic light staining)
PUBLISHER: Mills, Dick & Co 1879
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history
British Lighthouses: Their History and Romance
Ex library, super octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, gilt ship motif to front board, gilt lighthouse motif to spine, frontispiece, 383pp, illus, VG- (usu library markings, moderate fraying to board edges & corners, some bruising to spine extrems, some rubbing to boards, esp rear board, moderate tanning to page edges and eps, sporadic foxing)
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1913
KEYWORDS: UK Britain British lighthouses naval maritime history
Types of Naval Officers drawn from the History of the British Navy with some account of the COnditions of Naval Warfare at the beginning of the 18th Century
Ex library, super octavo, dark blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, black coated eps, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, xiv + 500pp, illus, slightly tatty VG (usu library markings, moderate fraying to board edges, some scuffing to boards, moderate browning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Sampson, Low, Marston & Co 1904
KEYWORDS: Britain British Navy naval maritime history officeres warfare
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women
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: Chatto & Windus 1992
KEYWORDS: Feminism United States history
Archaeology, History, and Custer's Last Battle
Damp wrinkling to first 50 pages, 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: Uninversity of Oklahoma Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Archaeology History battle war
The Kettle on the Fuchsia: The Story of Orari Gorge
Ex-library, 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: Reed 1967
KEYWORDS: Orari Gorge Station Ashburton New Zealand History
The Vikings and Their Origins
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: Book Club Associates 1971
KEYWORDS: vikings Scandinavia history
A Cut Above
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: Alliance Freezing 1985
KEYWORDS: Alliance Freezing Company Southland slaughter-houses New Zealand Invercargill History Meat industry
The Vikings
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: Guild Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: vikings history
Southern Capital: Christchurch
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: Canterbury university Press 2000
KEYWORDS: history Christchurch New Zealand
Letters From Iwo Jima
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: Phoenix 2007
KEYWORDS: Iwo Jima Japan biography history war
The Magic of a Name
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: G T Foulis 1972
KEYWORDS: Rolls Royce automobile history cars transport
Wolsey
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 cost,
PUBLISHER: Fontana 1970
KEYWORDS: Thomas Wolsey Statesmen Great Britain Biography History
Tea: Addiction, Exploitation and Empire
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: Robinson 2004
KEYWORDS: Tea History Tea trade Great Britain
The Bolivian Diary
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: Ocean Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Guerrillas Bolivia History
Stories of the Highland Clearances
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: Lang Syne 1986
KEYWORDS: Rural Scotland Highlands History Highlands Scotland
Agincourt: My Family, the Battle, and the Fight for France
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: Hodder & Stoughton 2014
KEYWORDS: history Agincourt France