Books - "history"
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Beyond the State: New Zealand State Houses from Modest to Modern
SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS & PHOTOGRAPHER, imperial octavo, beige heavy boards with lower half illus, dark grey lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 287pp, illus, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014
KEYWORDS: Signed by Both Authors & Photographer New Zealand architecture history
The Young Lords: A Radical History
Super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt purple and blind lettering to spine, illus/photos, FINE in d/w, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press 2020
KEYWORDS: racism imperialism politics history activism
The Rand at War 1899-1902: The Witwatersand & The Anglo-Boer War
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos/maps, Near Fine in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press & University of Natal Press & James Currey 1990
KEYWORDS: history Anglo-Boer War Witwatersrand South Africa
Krautrock: Cosmic Rock and its Legacy
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, black and white lettering to front board, white lettering to spine, illus/photos, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Black Dog Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: rock music history
Through Spanish Eyes: Five Accounts of a Missionary Experience in Sixteenth Century China
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, brown and dark blue lettering to front wrapper, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, LIV + 366pp, illus, Near Fine (light previous owner's inscription to fep) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 2003
KEYWORDS: history China Spain religion Christianity missionary
Conflict in Kiribati: A History of the Second World War
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black and white lettering to front wrapper, black lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (slight cocking to structure) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies & University of Canterbury 2000
KEYWORDS: Kiribati history World War 2 WWII Micronesia Pacific
The Living Legends: Borneans Telling Their Tales
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark red leather boards, illus front eps, IX + 280pp, illus/photos, Near Fine in d/w, VG+ (loose protective cover) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Dewan Bahasa Dan Putsaka 1980
KEYWORDS: First Edition history Indonesia Malaysia Brunei society sociology traditions
Extinct Birds of New Zealand
Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering and decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, V + 180pp, illus/photos/maps, Near Fine in d/w, VG+ (minor archival repairs to rear extrems and head of spine) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2007
KEYWORDS: birds New Zealand biology history extinction
Portraits From A Land Without People: A Pictorial Anthology of Indigenous Australia 1847-2008
Oblong quarto, red cloth boards, stamped black lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 216pp, illus/photos, Near Fine in d/w Near Fine (minor creasing and chipping to head of front hinge) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Cyclops Press 2008
KEYWORDS: First Edition Australia history aborigines art photography John Ogden society
Dreams, Madness, and Fairy Tales in New Britain
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, dark brown and yellow lettering to front wrapper, dark brown lettering to spine, illus/photos, Near Fine (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Carolina Academic Press 2010
KEYWORDS: New Britain Papa New Guinea history society sociology
Greek Sculpture: Function, Materials, and Technique in the Archaic and Classical Periods
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, XV + 334pp, illus/photos, Near Fine (minor previous owner's marking to fep) in d/w, Near Fine (slight rolling to upper edge of rear wrapper, slight 1cm open tear to base of front hinge) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Greek sculpture art ancient history
The Brigade: An Epic Story of Vengeance, Salvation and World War II
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2001
KEYWORDS: Howard Blum Second World War II Two 2 ww2 wwii history
The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case against LBJ
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Skyhorse Publishing 2013
KEYWORDS: John F Kennedy JFK LBJ Lyndon Baines Johnson conspiracy conspiracies United States America American history 20th century
Big Week: Six Days That Changed the Course of World War II
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Berkley Caliber 2013
KEYWORDS: Second World War II 2 Two ww2 wwii 20th century military history
Ethel Rosenberg: A Cold War Tragedy
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2021
KEYWORDS: Cold War 20th century history Soviet America American Ethel Roseberg life lives biography
Samurai William: The Adventurer Who Unlocked Japan
FIRST EDITION. Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 2002
KEYWORDS: Milton Giles Japan Japanese history travel adventure William Adams 17th century
The Guinness Book of Military Blunders
Super octavo softcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Guinness Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: military history war warfare
The Civilization of Angkor
Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Phoenix 2003
KEYWORDS: Angkor civilization history prehistory prehistoric
Damn His Blood
Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Vintage Books 2013
KEYWORDS: Peter Moore true crime history
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
Octavo softcover (VG+); Photos available on request. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Black Inc. 2023
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian social history aboriginal