Books - "history"
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Poyntzfield: The McKenzies of Lower Rangitikei
NUMBERED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, heavy ink annotation to terminals, occasional patch of soiling to pages) in d/w, G+ (v heavy chipping & scuffing/creasing to spine & cover edges- heavy surface loss & arvchival tape repairs, moderate generalised chafing, ink numerals to rear)
PUBLISHER: R J Knight 1975
KEYWORDS: signed Rob Knight New Zealand genealogy family history McKenzie Lower Rangitikei early settlers pioneers
Croatia Through History: The Making of a European State
Very tidy ex-library, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 743pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, moderate rubbing to extrems, tape & scuffing to board edges, moderate soiling to page edges, minor scuffing to front & rear pastedowns, light soiling to eps) in d/w, VG (1x single library label to base of spine, light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)
PUBLISHER: Saqi Books 2007
KEYWORDS: history Croatia culture
No Job Too Hard: A History of Fletcher Construction, Volume II: 1940-1965
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 587pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand business construction history Fletcher Construction
Canadian Volunteers Spain, 1936-1939
Super octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, xliii + 212pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling, sl creasing & tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina 1989
KEYWORDS: history Canada Canadian volunteers Spain Spanish civil war
British Aircraft Guns of World War Two: The Official Air Publications for the Lewis, Vickers and Browning Machine-guns and the Hispano 20mm Cannon
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, illus, VG+ (minor foxing to page edges, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1979
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 avaition aircraft weapons weaponry British raf
Jane's Fighting Ships 1975-76
Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, (108) + 688pp, illus, VG (light soiling & foxing to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Franklin Watts 1975
KEYWORDS: military history Janes Jane's fighting ships past years previous issues 70s seventies maritime naval warfare navies design identification engineering
Jane's Fighting Ships 1985-86
Tidy ex-library, lg quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, (219) + 816pp, illus, VG (minimal librray markings, minor tape staining & fading to board edges, light soiling to boards, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (single library label to base of spine, moderate general wrinkling, rear flap fore-edge roughly trimmed, top corners of both flaps clipped with minor foxing also, light general chafing)
PUBLISHER: Jane's Pubilshing Inc 1985
KEYWORDS: military history Janes Jane's fighting ships past years previous issues 80s eighties maritime naval warfare navies design identification engineering
The Mosquito Manual: The Official Air Publication for the Mosquito F Mk II, N F Mk XII and N F Mk VII, 1941-1945
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding aeroplane diagram frontispiece, 351pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arms and Armour Press 1977
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare Mosquito aircraft
The Art of Palmyra
Imperial octavo, green/grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate soiling/staining & bruising to board edges, minor soiling to spine & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity art Palmyra archaeology archeology
A Versatile Community: The History of the Settlers of Central Moutere
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR (TWICE!), super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 458pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, occasional moderate highlighting to text) in d/w, VG+ (ligh tcreasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: R G C McMurtry 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed George McMurtry early settlers pioneers Moutere history
Staffordshire Regiment in the Crimea, 38th Regiment of Foot
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, grey lettering to spine, 324pp, illus, VG (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light discolouration to spine, sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges & inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, sm bibliographical note stapled in to top corner of title page)
PUBLISHER: Churnet Valley Books 2003
KEYWORDS: military history Crimea Crimean war Staffordshire regiment of foot 38th
The Evolution of Fashion: Pattern and Cut from 1066 to 1930
Folio, purple heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 225pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate fading to bottom edges of boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light soiling to central gutter) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- clear tape reinforcement, price clipped, light to moderate chafing/soiling & tanning)
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1981
KEYWORDS: fashion textiles history evolution clothes clothing
Spalding's World Tour: The Epic Adventure that took Baseball around the Globe and Made it America's Game
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: Public Affairs 2006
KEYWORDS: baseball spalding twentieth century ameican sporting history
The Dialectical Imagination: A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research 1923-1950
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: Little, Brown, & Company 1973
KEYWORDS: dialectic frankfurt school american german cultural history
The Rise of the West: A History of the Human Community, With a Retrospective Essay
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: University of Chicago Press 1991
KEYWORDS: western history william mcneill social
Blue Adrenaline: Life in the New Zealand Police
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Longacre 2010
KEYWORDS: new zealand police policing history
Amongst Ghosts: Memories and Thoughts of a New Zealand - Chinese Family
EX-LIBRARY staplebound 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: Learning Media Ministry of Education 1992
KEYWORDS: new zealand chinese immigrant immigration education resource history
Tauponui A Tia: Tales of Taupo Country
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY EDITORS, 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: Friends of the Lake Taupo Museum and Art Gallery Inc. 2009
KEYWORDS: new zealand history taupo maori aotearoa ralph ward gerard marion
Healing Our History: The Challenge of The Treaty of Waitangi
REVISED AND UPDATED, 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: Penguin Books 2012
KEYWORDS: new zealand history treaty of waitangi te tiriti maori rights colonialism
A History of Experimental Psychology: Second Edition
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: Appleton-Century-Crofts Inc 1957
KEYWORDS: psychology experimental history