Books - "history"
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Aspects of Darwin: A New Zealand Celebration
Inscribed & signed by David Galloway, octavo, illus heavy card boards, white & light brown coloured lettering to spine, illus eps, iv + 180pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Knox College Library, Hewitson Library 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature essays prose collection anthology history evolution Charles Darwin science Knox College
Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem in Two Volumes
First edition thus, 2 volume set, octavo, leather quarter bound marbled heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp & gilt decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, xxii + 439pp-vol 1 & 444pp-vol 2, VG- (heavy but age appropriate scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate bruising to board corners, moderately heavy scuffing to boards, light fading & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: J. Mawman 1818
KEYWORDS: literature poem poetry Torquato Tasso history crusades Jerusalem modern first edition thus
The Growth and Distribution of Population in the Auckland Province: From the Commencement of Settlement to 1945
Author's original copy of unpublished original thesis with original hand-drawn maps, original photographs etc, quarto, green buckram spine with green heavy card boards, unpaginated but approx 286pp pencilled into top of page corners, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & extrems, heavy scuffing with some loss to board corners & edges, 2cm open tear to paper surface covering of front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & sporadically throughout, minimal library stamps to eps, 2cm closed tear to 'frame' of illus #5 causing separation from bottom edge of the illus - illus still intact, 'frames' to photo pages completely separated from photos but all photos from pages believed to be present & most are still fixed to page)
PUBLISHER: J Horsman approx 1948 (see description)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history growth population thesis J Horsman settlement pakeha maori trading
Bits and Pieces: A Factual History of Toi Tois and Waikawa Districts Southland
Octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 132pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & top of cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1967
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Toi Tois Waikawa districts southland culture
New Zealand Rough Riders From Otago & Southland: Fourth and Fifth Contingent: Send-Off Edition
Scarce, oblong imperial octavo, illus stapled light card covers, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy tanning & moderate soiling to covers, light creasing to cover corners, moderate rusting to staples, light tanning & foxing to fep, pencil scribble to verso title page, 10cm closed tear to fold out photo, moderate creasing to page corners)
PUBLISHER: Joseph Braithwaite 1900
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history rough riders Otago Southland fourth fifth contingent illustrated photos photographs
A Choice Collection of Chinese Fan-Cover Calligraphic Works and Paintings
Quarto, grey boards, brown eps, unpagenated, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges) in d/w VG (light creasing, light rubbing, moderate bruising to spine extrems, 4.5cm closed tear to front cover, 7cm closed tear to lower front cover corner, 7cm & 3cm closed tear at lower spine, 5cm closed tear to lower rear cover corner)
PUBLISHER: Henan Art Publishing House (n/d)
KEYWORDS: Chinese fan cover history arts painting calligraphic
Peter McIntyre's New Zealand
First edition, lacks d/w, Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus title page, unpagenated, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1964
KEYWORDS: biography history New Zealand paintings arts sketching drawing
Chauvet Cave: The Discovery of the World's Oldest Paintings
Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gitl lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, 135pp, illus, VG+ (very light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1996
KEYWORDS: history civilisation Chauvet cave drawings paintings France
Let There Be Light...: A History of Bullendale and the Generation of Electric Power in Central Otago
Quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 186pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Central Otago News 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Central Otago Bullendale Electric Power technology
Orient Guide: Fifth Edition
Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, illus eps, edges stained red, li + 430pp, illus, VG- (previous owner's name in ink to fep, moderate rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, spine hinges with lightly cracked, eps with illus partially ripped off from boards, light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: (n/d)
KEYWORDS: travel sea land history
New Zealand Index 1921
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and boards, illus eps, 580pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. 1921
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history
Club Motor Racing
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: B.T. Batsford 1977
KEYWORDS: club motor racing sports history
Living and Partly Living
First edition 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: Hogarth Press 1967
KEYWORDS: Political prisoners Czechoslovakia Biography history
Some Sunny Day: My Autobiography
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: HarperCollins 2009
KEYWORDS: autobiography World War Two Britain history
Colossus: Bletchley Park's Greatest Secret
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: Atlantic Books 2006
KEYWORDS: World War Two WW2 Lorenz cipher system military history
The Art of D.R. Neilson
Signed by artist, Square Imperial 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: Reed 1967
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history paintings arts
The Masculine Women in America 1890-1935
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: University of Illinois Press 2001
KEYWORDS: history Women Sex differences literature
A History of Scotland
Paperback (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: Penguin 1964
KEYWORDS: History Scotland
The Diary of a World War I Cavalry Officer
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: D J Costello 1985
KEYWORDS: Diary biography military history 11th Hussars cavalry World War I
Shattered Glory: The New Zealand Experience at Gallipoli and the Western Front
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: Penguin 2010
KEYWORDS: Military history New Zealand World War 1