Books - "history"
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A Southern Gentry: New Zealanders who Inherited the Earth
First edition, imperial 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1980
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Stevan Eldred-Grigg New Zealand South Island history colonial life landowners aristocrats wool sheep social history
Rococo to Revolution: Major Trends in Eighteenth-Century Painting
hardcover octavo (VG) 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1966
KEYWORDS: michael levey rococo painting history art history classics arts specials
Europe in the Eighteenth Century: Aristocracy and the Bourgeois Challenge
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Sphere Books 1972
KEYWORDS: specials George Rude history Europe 18th Century aristocracy bourgeoisie social history government politcis economy religion art
Economic and Social History of Europe in the Later Middle Ages (1300-1530
Ex library, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Frederick Ungar Publishing 1965
KEYWORDS: ex library specials James Westfall Thompson history continental Europe middle ages economic social history
Studies in Historiography
Ex library, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ii + 264pp, VG (lacks fep, usu library markings, label-removal damage to front & rear pastedowns, 1cm soil spot to rear pastedown) in VG- d/w (price clipped, all flap edges cut to rounded, bruising to spine extrems & edges)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1966
KEYWORDS: ex library Arnold D Momigliano history historiography essays ancient history antiquarian Gobbin Rostovtzeff George Grote Greece
A Vision of Australian History: The Tyranny of Distance; Triumph of the Nomads; A Land Half Won
Volume 1 How Distance Shaped Australia's History; Volume 2 A History of Ancient Australia; Volume 3 A Land Half Won
Three-volume set in slip case, octavo, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine, illus eps, vi + 366pp (vol 1), x + 285pp (vol 2), v + 388pp (vol 3), illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep in all vols, inscription in ink painted over with white-out to fep in all vols) in fine d/ws, in VG+ slip case (rubbing to sides, slight bruising to rear upper edge, small nick to rear/side edges, soiling to top & bottom)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Co of Australia 1982
KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Blainey Australian history aborigines aboriginal society economic history archaeology
Twentieth Century France: Politics and Society 1989-1991
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder Headline 1996
KEYWORDS: specials James F McMillan France history politics government 20th Century presidents social history economics
RSA Country
Oblong 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: David Bateman 2010
KEYWORDS: specials Rachel Teen New Zealand RSA Clubs Returned Servicemen Association photographic journal record history pictorial record history buildings
Natives and Exotics: World War II and Environment in the South Pacific
octavo, illus light card covers, xxvi + 439pp, illus, near fine
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2009
KEYWORDS: judith a. bennet south pacific natural history environment history world war two WWII environmental science military war
Possessions: Indigenous Art/Colonial Culture
softcover super octavo (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1999
KEYWORDS: nicholas thomas arts history anthropology indigenous cultures colonial history tribal art australia new zealand specials
Crow Dog's Case: American Indian Sovereignty, Tribal Law, and United States Law in the Nineteenth Century
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 usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Sidney L Harring American history USA American Indian law sovereignty tribal law history reservations
Grog's Own Country: The Story of Liquor Licensing in New Zealand
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Minerva Ltd 1967
KEYWORDS: specials Conrad Bollinger New Zealand history licensing laws liquor alcohol bars pubs government social history
People of Terra Nullus - Betrayal and Rebirth in Aboriginal Canda
paperback super octavo (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Douglas & McIntyre 1994
KEYWORDS: specials australia canada history anthropology history culture society aborigines boyce richardson
The Trial of Socrates
first edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 282pp, VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1988
KEYWORDS: socrates classics philosophy history i.f. stone ancient greek history
Collecting Picture Postcards
Quarto, illus heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 202pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co 1996
KEYWORDS: Geoffrey Godden collecting picture postcards history Victorian Edwardian collectors letters corresondence social history
Ashburton: A History with Records of Town and County
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 480pp, illus, VG (light bruising and fading to board and spine extrems, owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in VG- d/w (fading to spine, light scuffing and chipping to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to covers, small patch of surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Ashburton Borough & County Councils 1972
KEYWORDS: WH Scotter New Zealand Canterbury Ashburton history agriculture farming social history farmers businessmen
Old New Zealand Bottles and Bygones
imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 138pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear and fading to covers, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann Reed 1989
KEYWORDS: new zealand history john tasker collectibles bottles collecting archaeology hobbies history
Rides on Railways
Introduction by Barrie Trinder
Octavo, blue faux leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 254pp, illus, nr fine (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight spotting to feps) in VG+ d/w (foxing to interior, esp upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co 1973
KEYWORDS: Samual Sidney railways trains steam engines locomotives transport history North Western Railway social history
Modern Rail Album
Square super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 96pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in pencil to fep, slight tanning to feps) in VG+ d/w (Foxing to interior)
PUBLISHER: D. Bradford Barton Ltd 1974
KEYWORDS: A W Hobson Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle photography pictorial history trains railways locomotives history diesel electric rail traction
The World the Railways Made
Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 360pp, illus, fine, in fine d/w
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1990
KEYWORDS: Nicholas Faith railways history capitalism Britain America Siberia Africa South America technology industrial development navvies financiers social history railway revolution