Books - "history"
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The Golden Era of Fiat Railcars in New Zealand
Oblong octavo, illus red light card covers with silver lettering to front cover, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (reading crease to front cover)
PUBLISHER: IPL Books 1989
KEYWORDS: Geoffrey B Churchman New Zealand transport history railways rail motorcars railcars Fiat pictorial photographic history
Rome: the Augustan Age
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: Oxford University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Kitty Chisholm John Ferguson Rome history classical history roman empire Augustus
Whatiwhatihoe
The Waikato Raupatu Claim
Ex-library 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: Huia Publishers 2001
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials David McCan New Zealand nonfictin Maori history Waikato settlers history
The Contemporary History of Latin America
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: Duke University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Tulio Halperin Donghi history Latin America South America cultural history anthropology
Roman Women: Their History and Habits
Octavo, purple heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 355pp, illus + fold-out charts, VG+ (sellotape residue stains to boards, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, sellotape residue stains)
PUBLISHER: Bodley Head 1977
KEYWORDS: JPVD Balsdon Roman history women gender history women's role
Studies in Ancient Society
Past and Present Series
Hardcover super octavo (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: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1974
KEYWORDS: specials M.I. Finley history Rome Roman Empire society anthropology cultural history ancient Rome collected essays
Rings & Curtains
Family and Personal Memoirs
Ex-library hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) in d/w (G) ; text in French ; 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: Quartet Books Limited 1992
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Jack Le White Peter Ford biography memoir cicrus history popular entertainment social history cultural anthropology
From Pericles to Philip
Hardcover super octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1918
KEYWORDS: specials T.R. Glover ancient History Greek history ancient Greece
Cartmel: People and Priory
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: Titus Wilson & Son Ltd 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Sam Taylor history biography English history religion
In Flanders Fields
The 1917 Campaign
Ex-library hardcover octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; 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 Union Ltd 1960
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Leon Wolff history military history WWI era 1917 campaign
Masada
Herod's Fortress and the Zealots' Last Stand
Hardcover imperial octavo (G) in d/w (VG-) some damp damage ; 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 and Nicolson 1972
KEYWORDS: specials Yigael Yadin archaeology ancient history Israeli history Herod the Great Roman siege Zealots
All Drawn by Horses
Oblong imperial octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 142pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (label residue stain to front, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1979
KEYWORDS: James Arnold horse-drawn transport carriages carts passengers freight trade history technical specifications public transport omnibuses charabancs hackney coach gigs history
A History of Russian Railways
Octavo, green boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine and blind train motifs to front board, top edges green, 326pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, staining to edges, tanning internally)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964
KEYWORDS: JN Westwood Russia Russian railways trains rail transport history economic technical history engineering terrain climate locomotives steam engines equipment
Studies in Virgil
1904 edition hardcover imperial octavo (G+) lacks d/w ; lacks f.ep and prelims ; text in Greek text in English ; 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: Arnold, 1904
KEYWORDS: specials T.R. Glover classical studies ancient history biography society literature literary analysis history text in Greek text in English Virigil
The Great Flood of '78
staple bound, 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 cost
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1978
KEYWORDS: specials George Griffiths new zealand otago history flood clutha photographic history
Dwelling Place: A Plantation Epic
hardcover super octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) 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: Yale University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Erskine Clarke ex library religious history plantations american history slave slavery 19th century
Watch for Trams
Quarto, maroon boards with silver lettering to spine, illus title page, 128pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (foxing to inside, creasing to rear lower edge, light soiling to rear flap upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Kangaroo Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Colin Jones Trams tramways transport history Australia horse steam cable battery electric trams photographic pictorial history
Station to Station
Quarto, white light card covers with black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, fine, in d/w with large French flaps, fine
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Steven Parissien railways transport stations architecture buildings history construction structure social political context photography pictorial history drawings sketches plans
The Rand Rush
1886-1911 Johannesburg's first 25 Years in Pictures
Hardcover quarto (VG) lacks d/w ; 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: AD. Donker 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Eric Rosenthal history pictographic history Johannesburg Suoth Africa photography
Unwillingly to School
A Nostalgic Look at New Zealand Schools and Schoolchildren
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: AH & AW Reed 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Jane Wordsworth New Zealand schools education history pictorial photographic history teachers students pupils