Books - "history"
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Hellbent for the Pole
Quarto oblong, 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: Random House 2007
KEYWORDS: history Antarctic Expedition Discovery exploration
Velleius Paterculus: Compendium of Roman history
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd 1961
KEYWORDS: history Rome
How Mumbo Jumbo Conquered the World: A Short History of Modern Delusions
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 2004
KEYWORDS: History Civilization
High Ground Wrecks: A Survey of Aircraft Crash Remains on the Hills and Mountains of the UK and Ireland
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Midland Countries Publications 1989
KEYWORDS: history aviation aircraft crashes
Where Fate Beckons: The Life of Jean-Francois de La Perouse
First edition, quarto hardcover (Nr Fine) 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: French history biography Jean-Francois de La Perouse
Charles Fleming: Environmental Patriot
Quarto hardcover (FINE) in d/w (near 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: Craig Potton 2005
KEYWORDS: biography Charles Fleming New Zealand conservation environment ecology activism history
Southern Invasion, Northern Conquest: The Story of the Founding of Melbourne
Imperial octavo softcover (VG+), author signed copy; 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: Golden Point Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Australian Australia Victoria Melbourne history founding colonialism colonisation settlement
New Zealand and the Second World War: The people, the battles and the legacy
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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2003
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 II Two WWII ANZAC New Zealand military history
La Peau de chagrin
Paperback (VG), 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Le Livre De Poche 1984
KEYWORDS: text in French literature history
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Pelican 1963
KEYWORDS: Roman empire ancient Rome archaeology history
Nobel's High Explosives: Part 1st - Introductory: Historical and Descriptive; Part 2nd - High Explosives and Appliances; Part 3rd - Sporting and Military Ammunition
RARE, second edition, large folding plate is present, oblong quarto, dark red cloth boards, dark red eps, frontispiece, 165pp, folding plate, illus, VG- (large price sticker to front board partially covering lettering,two large numbers (about 2cm tall) painted on front board, moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light bruising & fraying to board corners, heavy foxing to frontispiece, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate foxing to page edges, wrinkling to part of folding plate)
PUBLISHER: Nobel's Explosives Company Limited 1908 (second edition)
KEYWORDS: Nobel Nobel's Explosives Company history high explosives blasting dynamite gunpowder ammunition
Electoral and Constitutional Change in New Zealand: An MMP Source Book
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 497pp, VG (light rubbing to covers, light creasing to cover corners, clear sellotape to front cover corners, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press Ltd 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics electoral reform MMP political history
Journal d'un bourgeois de Paris sous Francois 1er
Paperback (VG-) (cracked spine), 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Union Generale d'Editions 1963
KEYWORDS: text in french history france paris
Holding the Balance: A History of New Zealand's Department of Labour 1891-1995
Small quarto, black cloth boards withsilver lettering to spine, 478pp, illus, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading, slight soiling, creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand department of labour government politics policy work employment history
The Romance of the Moa
First edition, duodecimo, light brown sewn paper wrapper, black lettering to front, 29pp, illus, VG (creasing to covers, 1cm closed tear to spine extrems, owner's name to front cover verso,slight soiling to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited (nd)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history ornithology moa
A Dark Chapter from New Zealand History: By a Poverty Bay Survivor 1869
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history maori Poverty Bay
The Lying Stones of Marrakech: Penultimate Reflections in Natural History
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Vintage 2001
KEYWORDS: science natural history
A History of the Ngamotu Mission and the Grey Institute Trust
Inscribed by officials of thee Grey Institute, imperial octavo, light card covers, 117pp, illus, VG (slight rubbing & fading to covers)
PUBLISHER: Sally MacLean 1992
KEYWORDS: The Ngamotu Mission Grey Institute Trust New Zealand history signed
An Ulster Plantation: The Story of the Kati Kati Settlement
Lacks folding map, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 145pp + 5pp book catalogue, illus, VG- (lacks folding map, some bruising & fraying to spine extrems,slight fading to spine, owner's inscription to f.e.p., moderate foxing to eps & page edges)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1938
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Kati Kati history
Headhunters of the Coral Sea
Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 237pp, VG (heavy tanning, slight fading to spine, slight bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1941
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Torres Strait nautical maritime Charles Eaton wreck Jack Ireland Will D'Oyly biography travel history