Books - "history"
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Books for a Nation: The Whitcoulls Story
Small quarto softcover (VG+) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 2008
KEYWORDS: specials noel waite new zealand whitcombe and tombs publishing history
Quentin Crisp's Book of Quotations: 1000 Observations on Life and Love by, for, and About Gay Men and Women
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1989
KEYWORDS: specials quentin crisp amy appeby homosexulaity gender politics sexuality history
Tunneling to the Future
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: New York University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: specials peter derrick new york transit history
A Man's Country? The Image of the Pakeha Male - A History
First edition, 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 1987
KEYWORDS: specials first edition jock phillips history gender politics culture new zealand
Chinese Carved Jades
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/ (VG) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1968
KEYWORDS: specials s howard hansford carving chinese jade culture archaeology history
The Prison Diary of A.C. Barrington: Dissent and Conformity in Wartime New Zealand
Super octavo softcover (VG+) illus; 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2016
KEYWORDS: specials john pratt new zealand archie barrington diary ww2 second world war history
Coolham Airfield Remembered: Memories and Anecdotes of a Sussex D-Day Fighter Station and Village
Inscribed signed & dated by author, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to white spine, viii + 150pp, illus, VG (slight soiling & creasing to covers, v slight soiling to title page & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Paul Hamlin 1996
KEYWORDS: Paul Hamlin Ann Davies Coolham Airfield second world war two ww2 wwII military aviation history
The Aborigines of Arnhem Land
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Rigby Limited 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Keith Cole aborigines aboriginal Arnhem Land Australia Australian culture sociology history
Second World War
Small 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Phoenix Giants 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Martin Gilbert history Second World War Two WW2
WAAC Story: The Story of the New Zealand Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Latham 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Iris atham New Zealand Women's Army Auxialry Corps WAAC WW2 military history
Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825-1975
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: First Avenue Publishing (n/d)
KEYWORDS: specials PJ Holmes Stockton Darlington trains railways transport history
Rubber Hand Stamps and the Manipulation of India Rubber
(Lost Technology Series)
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Lindsay Publications 1985
KEYWORDS: specials T O'Conor Sloane rubber hand stamps India rubber manufacture ink hektograph technology history
Architecture in Britain, 1530 to 1830
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
First Edition, Pelican Series, Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1953
KEYWORDS: specials John Summerson Britain British architecture art history
Painting in Britain, 1530 to 1790
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1953
KEYWORDS: specials Ellis Waterhouse Britain British painting art history
The Art and Architecture of Ancient Egypt
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1958
KEYWORDS: specials W Stevenson Smith Ancient Egypt Egyptian architecture art history archaeology
Sculpture in Britain: The Middle Ages
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1955
KEYWORDS: specials Lawrence Stone Britain British sculpture middle ages art history
Architecture in Britain: The Middle Ages
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Webb Britain British middle ages architecture art history
Greek Architecture
(Part of The Pelican History of Art Series)
Imperial 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1957
KEYWORDS: specials AW Lawrence Greek architecture art history
Phantom Fleet: The Scows and Scowmen of Auckland
First edition, small quarto, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 167pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG (archival tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1975
KEYWORDS: Ted Ashby New Zealand Auckland nautical maritime boats ships scows history first edition
The New Naturalist: Moths
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to blue spine, 310pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine & rear cover, light soiling to page edges, slight rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2002
KEYWORDS: Michael Majerus natural history moths entomology biology ecology evolution conservation behaviour