Books - "history"
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Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road 1840-1970
Tidy ex-library, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt letterring to spine, frontispiece, VG (library markings, light tape staining to boards) in d/w, VG (light wear, plastic wrapped)
PUBLISHER: AH Carmen 1970
KEYWORDS: new zealand history tawa flat wellington porirua
History of the Hawke's Bay
Ex library, super octavo, green cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus fep, frontispiece, 468pp, illus, fold out geneology to rear, VG- (moderate foxing to page edges, minor creasing to spine extrems, minor rubbing to spine and board corners, minimal library markings)
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1939
KEYWORDS: History Hawke's Bay Hawk's Bay Maori New Zealand
Those Earnest Victorians
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: Apollo (?)
KEYWORDS: history social British Victorian era
Bush Fighting: Illustrated by Remarkable Actions and Incidents of the Maori War in New Zealand
ex-library, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 326pp, illus, VG ( d/w cellotaped to pastedowns leaving light residue stains, light library markings, light foxing to upper page edges) in d/w VG (moderate soiling, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wars military art science history
The Shadow of the Land: A Study of British Policy and Racial Conflict in New Zeland 1832-1852
Ex-library, Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvix + 422pp, illus, VG (light library markings, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light soiling and rubbing to covers, moderate scuffing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Historical Publications Branch Dept. of Internal Affairs 1968
KEYWORDS: Racism New Zealand history Britain Maori European relations colonies Hone Heke Rebellion
Kia Kaha: Life at 3 New Zealand General Hospital 1940-1946
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-)
PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1958
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history hospital medicine
The War Effort of New Zealand
Ex-library, octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxii + 276pp, illus, VG (light library markings, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, previous owner's name in ink crossed over in ink to fep, light cellotape residue stains to eps)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history military World War One WW1
Mataura: City of the Falls
Imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 504pp, illus, VG+ (previous owner's stamp to fep) in d/w VG+ (moderate fading, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Mataura Historical Society 1991
KEYWORDS: History Southland New Zealand Mataura colonies settlers
Teenagers: The Rise of Youth Culture in New Zealand
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, illus title page, 382pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture history youth sociology
Unemployable: 30 Years of Hardcore, Skate and Street
Quarto, red cloth boards with brown lettering to spine & boards, red eps, prelims, illus title page, 690pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2015
KEYWORDS: history skateboarding Globe International Youth Clothing Australia Melbourne
Not Straight from Germany: Sexual Publics and Sexual Citizenship Since Magnus Hirschfeld
Imperial octavo, illus boards, 408pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press 2017
KEYWORDS: sociology history Germany Arts culture media
Ghetto di Venezia 500 Anni Dopo/ The Venice Ghetto 500 Years After
Dual language (bilingual), text in english & italian, Super octavo, illus boards, black eps, 97pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Marsilio Editori 2016
KEYWORDS: Italy Venice history photography arts ghetto
Japan: Climate, Space, and Concept
Quarto, illus light card covers, prelims, frontispiece, 164pp, illus, VG (light fading & light rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Process Architecture 1981
KEYWORDS: Japan architecture houses buildings history sociology
Calder
Quarto, illus light card covers, 171pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to cover, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams 1979
KEYWORDS: arts sculptures paintings biography history
Heinrich Tessenow: Ein Baumeister 1876-1950
Text in German, Quarto, grey cloth boards with green lettering to spine & front board, 275pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, light foxing to boards & page edges) in d/w VG (moderate tanning, light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Bacht 1976
KEYWORDS: history biography architecture house plans design text in german
An Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of Pistoia
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, upper edges stained red, xviii + 478pp + folding map, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1937
KEYWORDS: travels history Tibet
From Sketch-Book and Diary
Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, x + 177pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1909
KEYWORDS: Ireland travel history autobiography
Cawnpore
Octvao, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 366pp, VG- (heavy cracking to gutters - boards slightly loose, moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, very light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1865
KEYWORDS: Kanpur India History Siege military sepoy rebellion
The Marches of Hindustan, the Record of a Journey in Thibet, Trans-Himalayan India, Chinese Turkestan, Russian Turkestan, and Persia
Lacks folding map, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, teg, xvi + 521pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light dampstaining to eps, previous owner's name in ink to front pastedown, front gutter lightly cracked and repaired with cellotape leaving moderate residue stains, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1907
KEYWORDS: Asia travel India history Turkestan Tibet Persia Himalayas
Lhasa and its Mysteries with a Record of the Expeditionof 1903-1904
Some tidy underlining, octavo, grey cloth boards with red lettering to spine & front board, red illustrations to spine & front board, frontispiece, xx + 532pp, illus, VG (previous owner's name & inscription to fep, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, heavy tanning to spine, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing & light tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1929
KEYWORDS: Buddhism religion Tibet Autonomous Region China travel history expedition