Books - "history"
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The Rannoch Line
edited selections from Mountain, Moor and Loch, first published in 1894
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: Famedram Publishers
KEYWORDS: history railways trains transport the rannoch line scotland scottish history specials
The History of Railways in Britain
Super octavo, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 288pp, illus, fine, in VG+ d/w (creasing to rear lower edge, slight soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1975
KEYWORDS: Frank Ferneyhough Britain British trains railways transport history social history Newcomen Watt Trevithick Stephenson navvies gangers drivers guards personalities locomotives WW1 WW2 Beeching government
Spartan Reflections
First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 276pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2001
KEYWORDS: first edition Paul Cartledge Sparta Greece essays history culture military artistic literary history
Encyclopedia of Freemasonry and its Kindred Sciences
Comprising the Whole Range of Arts, Sciences and Literature as Connected with the Institution
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering & stamping to spine and gilt rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, iii + 1046pp, illus, VG (fading & soiling to boards, bruising & v slight fraying to spine extrems, 2cm missing portion to title page fore-edge, tearing to front gutter paper but still intact, tanning to page edges, foxing, damp-staining to some pages lower edges)
PUBLISHER: McClure Publishing 1917
KEYWORDS: Albert G Mackey Freemasonry history encyclopaedia reference religion occult history
England versus Australia: A Pictorial History of the Test Matches since 1877 in 1000 Pictures
Forewords by Sir Donald Bradman and Sir Leonard Hutton
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Lutterworth Press 1977
KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket David Frith Donald Bradman Leonard Hutton England Australia test match history pictorial history photographs
The Illustrated History of Test Cricket
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Marshall Cavendish 1979
KEYWORDS: specials sport cricket Richie Benaud test match history pictorial history photographs
The Time of the Buffalo
First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with brown cloth spine, gilt lettering & black buffalo motif to spine, gilt lettering & blind-stamped buffalo motif to front board, illus eps, xxiv, 339pp + xi pp index, VG+ (owner's name & address in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (some creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1972
KEYWORDS: Tom McHugh Victoria Hudson buffalo North America natural history Bison latifrons natural history evolution behaviour Indians Europeans extermination
Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870-1885
Octavo, green light card covers, viii + 294pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: David Hastings New Zealand history maritime history ships boats migrant immigrant sea journeys voyages food health religion crime mutiny
Icons Nga Taonga from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Quarto, illus card covers with large French flaps, frontispiece, xiii + 306pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Museum of New Zealand te papa tongarewa artworks arts artefacts Maori Pacific natural history fossils history paintings collections exhibitions
The Australian Colonists: An Exploration of Social History 1788-1870
First edition, imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: specials first edition DS Inglis Australia history colonisation colonists social history
Burra and District: A Pictorial Memoir
Imperial 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Lynton Publications 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Ian Auhl South Australia Burra Burra mine social history photographic pictorial history record
Seven Pillars of Wisdom
First edition fourth impression (first year of general publication), quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, 672pp, illus, VG(v slight bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, soiling spots to fep, foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1935
KEYWORDS: first edition TE Lawrence autobiography history Arab revolt Arabia Feisal Medina Akaba Sinai Allenby Damascus military war history
Tales from a Sunburnt Country (volume I)
this volume only, hardcover super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Readers Digest 2010
KEYWORDS: australian history lynn cole readers digest natural history specials
Master and Servant: Love and Labour in the English Industrial Age
Ex library, super octavo, illus light card covers, x + two frontispiece maps + 263pp, VG+ (usu library markings, archival tape reinforcement to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Carolyn Steedman history 18th century England Anglicanism social thought economic history domestic service Poor law literacy education
The Antartctic
First edition, octavo, turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, top edges turquoise, illus eps, illus title page, vi + 276pp, illus, nr fine (slight stain to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing, v slight bruising to edges)
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1969
KEYWORDS: HGR King Antarctica oceans islands science scientific investigation history polar research natural history
Hikoi: Forty Years of Maori Protest
Quarto, illus light card covers, 164pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2005
KEYWORDS: Aroha Harris New Zealand Maori photographic history protests marches Springbok Raglan Bastion Point Waitangi Tent Embassy Maori Land March Hikoi history pictorial record
Antarctic Revelations and Beyond: The Timeless Presence of Two Opposing Views
Ex library, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine, 318pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, tape reinforcement to gutters, soiling to page corners)
PUBLISHER: First Edition Ltd 2007
KEYWORDS: Eve Linn Antarctic treaty travel consumerism ecology tourism explorers history natural history flora fauna
Antarctica: An Encyclopedia from Abbott Ice Shelf to Zooplankton
First edition, quarto, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, nr fine (slight fading to upper board edges), in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2002
KEYWORDS: first edition Mary Trewby Antarctica geology natural history exploration science tourism ecology conservation reference history
Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America
Super octavo, illus light card covers, xiii + 419pp, VG (fading to spine, slight bruising to cover corners & edges, owner's ex libris label to title page, foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Doris Sommer Latin South America politics history literature literary criticism fiction narratology psychoanalysis social history
Waihi Borough Council Diamond Jubilee 1902-1962
Octavo, orange light card covers with black lettering to front and handwritten 'Waihi' to spine, foreword with photo, illus poem page, 196pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG (fading to spine,)
PUBLISHER: Waihi Diamond Jubilee Committee 1962
KEYWORDS: Nellie Scott Climie New Zealand Waihi diamond jubilee history local families social history