Books - "history"
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The Dukes of Normandy, From the Time of Rollo to the Expulsion of King John
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to spine & front board, yellow eps, x + 393pp, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, previous owner's label to fep, light foxing to pages, closed tear repaired with glue to page v)
PUBLISHER: Harvey & Darton 1839
KEYWORDS: Normandy France Dukes France History Medieval period
Selected Speeches
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 150pp, VG (heavy soiling to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light browning to eps) in d/w VG- (light soiling, light bruising, light creasing to spine extrems & cover corners, 1cm closed tear to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Govt. Printer 1977
KEYWORDS: Kamisese Mara Essays Fiji Politics government history
The B.U.A. Monthly: The Official Organ of the British Undertakers' Association 1928-1932,
Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, page edges coloured red, 1149pp, illus, VG ( moderate rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: (n/d)
KEYWORDS: history British Undertakers Association BUA
Being There: An Autobiography by Arguably the Most Successful All Round International Rider in the History of New Zealand Motorcycling
Signed by Author,, super octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, 372pp, illus VG+ (light rubbing and creasing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hugh Anderson
KEYWORDS: signed Autobiography History New Zealand Motorcycling sports
Ye Yuzhong's Contemporary Chinese Painting
Quarto, Red cloth board with black lettering to spine, yellow eps, 199pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine in slipcase (light fading to spine, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Rong bao zhai chu ban she, 1993
KEYWORDS: Ye Yuzhong arts modern Chinese painting history
Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1779
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with black illus to front board & spine, gilt lettering to spine frotn board, top page edges coloured blue, illus eps, frontispiece, xxxiv + 552pp, illus, Nr Fine, in slipcase VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 1997
KEYWORDS: James Cook history Voyages travels Oceania Discovery exploration
Rita Angus: An Artist's Life
Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 420pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine & rear cover, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Rita Angus Biography arts Women painters New Zealand Biography history Painting
Pohutukawa and Rata: New Zealand's Iron-Hearted Trees
Folio, green cloth boards with lettering to spine & front board, red eps, xii + 346pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Pohutukawa myrtaceae Rata New Zealand trees botany natural history
Grune Holle Nurburgring: Faszination Nordschleife
Text in German, Quarto, black boards with green lettering to spine, illus eps, 174pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (covered in clear contact, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Delius Klasing Verlag 2011
KEYWORDS: racing cars history sports
Walter Rohrl Diary: Memories of a World Champion
Folio, illus card boards with lettering to spine & boards, 255pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, covered in clear contact)
PUBLISHER: Verlag Reinhard Klein 2003
KEYWORDS: rally driving sports history autobiography Walter Rohrl World Champion motorsport car racing
National Parks of Sarawak
Super octavo, illus boards with lettering to spine & fron board, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 502pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Natural History Publications (Borneo) 2001
KEYWORDS: National parks reserves Malaysia Sarawak Natural history environment forests
England's Fight with the Papacy; A Political History
First edition, Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, t.e.g., frontispiece, xix + 493pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light rubbing to boards, light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, small dent to rear board edge, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's name & date in ink to fep, owner's label to fep, light foxing to first few pages, moderate browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: James Nisbet 1912
KEYWORDS: politics history Great Britain England Catholic Church Foreign relations religion
Oil Burner Service Manual
ex-library, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, ix + 365pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Co. 1942
KEYWORDS: oil burners reference manual history
The Inventor of the Numeral-Type for China by the Use of Which Illiterate Chinese Both Blind and Insighted
Inscribed & signed by author with tipped in enclosures at rear annotated by author, octavo, yellow cloth boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, brown motif to rear board, black eps, frontispiecce, xii + 189pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Downey (n/d)
KEYWORDS: Blind Institutional Care China Printing writing systems history
The Friar's Map of Ancient America 1360 AD: The Story of Nicholas of Lynn and the Franciscan Map of America
Quarto, illus light card covers, viii + 304pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to covers & spine, light soiling to cover)
PUBLISHER: Laura Lee Productions 1996
KEYWORDS: Nicholas Lynn North America Maps ancient history Cartography
Mahomet and Islam: A Sketch of the Prophet's Life From Original Sources, and a Brief Outline of His History
Octavo, brown octavo boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, brown eps, frontispiece, 279pp, VG (light rubbing to boards, light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners)
PUBLISHER: Religious Tract Society 1887
KEYWORDS: Muḥammad Prophet Muslims religion Saudi Arabia Biography history
Adventures of an Officer in the Service of Runjeet Singh
Octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxvii + 271pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing, light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: Sikhs History Fiction Punjab India literature
Life and Letters of Mr. Endymion Porter: Sometime Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to King Charles the First
Book plate of NZ art historian John Stacpoole, Super octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, t.e.g., frontispiece, xii + 260pp, illus VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, previous owner's label to fep, light browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: T. Fischer Unwin 1879
KEYWORDS: biography letters Endymion Porter history
House Industries
Quarto, illus boards, illus eps, unpagenated, illus VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in slipcase VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Die Gestalten Verlag 2004
KEYWORDS: House Industries Firm history type foundry cartography
The Penguin History of New Zealand Illustrated
First edition thus, Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with silver letterinbg to spine, green eps, 464pp, illus, Nr Fine (prev owners inscription in ink to fep) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2007
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand culture sociology