Books - "history"
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Wellington: In Verse and Picture.
Inscribed to Historian (and Wellingtonian) W.J Phillips by the Author, 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: A.H & A.W Reed 1955
KEYWORDS: new zealand history pat lawlor photography wellington te whanganui-a-tara
A Mirror of Medieval Wales: Gerald of Wales and His Journey of 1188
Imperial 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: Cadw: Welsh Histrical Monuments 1988
KEYWORDS: history wales
Hospital on the Avon: The History of the Christchurch Hospital 1862 - 1962
Ownership signature of Historian W. J Phillips, 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: North Canterbury Hospital Board 1962
KEYWORDS: new zealand christchurch otatahi hospital history
The Identity of France: Volume II: People and Production
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: Collins 1990
KEYWORDS: France culture identity politics persons commerce history
The Making of the Past: Italy Before Rome
Quarto 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: Elsevier-Phaidon 1979
KEYWORDS: history ancient rome archaeology italy
On Zealand's Hills Where Tigers Steal Along: Vignettes and Memoirs from the Exploration of New Zealand
Quarto 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: Steel Roberst 2008
KEYWORDS: new zealand history exploration
Palmyra
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: Chatto & Windus 1979
KEYWORDS: history archaeology palmyra
The Year of Salamis 480 - 479 BC
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained green, xv + 326pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light foxing to page edges & prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, circular price clipping to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970
KEYWORDS: ancient history illustrated antiquity Persia empire Persian Salamis Greek Greece Xerxes military war
Historical Survey of the Grey County 1877 - 1960
Super octavo, stapled illus light card covers, illus prelims, 80pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing to covers, light rusting to staples, moderate separation of staples to pgs at rear- pgs still present and attached)
PUBLISHER: Greymouth Evening Star (Printer) n/d (circa 1960)
KEYWORDS: Westland Grey County Greymouth New Zealand illustrated history
The Transvaal War Album: The British Forces in South Africa
Folio, quarter bound leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, illus prelims, 268pp- partially unpaginated, folding maps & illus throughout, illus, scruffy (heavy scuffing to spine, 8cm crack to front hinge, light bruising & heavy rubbing to board corners, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, cracks to gutters, binder's label to front pastedown, random closed tears sporadically throughout- some with tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: Geo. Newnes Ltd circa 1900
KEYWORDS: military history illustrated British forces army transvaal war South Africa
The Masonic Ladder: Or the Nine Steps to Ancient Freemasonry
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt masonic motif to spine & front board, blind stamp masonic motif to rear board, 274pp, tatty (heavy chipping to spine extrems, 3cm closed tear to spine hinge, 2cm gouge to front board, heavy chafing to board corners with some surface loss, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderately heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, 2cm loss to top of verso full title page, various ink markings/scribbles/stamps to eps & prelims)
PUBLISHER: R. W. Carroll & Co 1873
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history nine steps culture rituals
The 1937-38 Australasian Cycling Year Book
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus, tatty (heavy loss to spine, moderate foxing & creasing to covers, moderate tanning to page edges, inscription in ink & heavy insect damage to edges of fep, moderate rusting to staples & separation to rear ep)
PUBLISHER: A. G. Healing Ltd 1938
KEYWORDS: cycling sport illustrated history Australasia outdoor hobbies
Maoriland Stories
FIRST EDITION, ownership signature of historian W. J. Phillipps, octavo, blue heavy card boards, 206pp, illus, tatty (both boards completely detached but present, heavy scuffing with surface loss to boards & spine, moderate tanning to page edges, 12cm closed tear to full title page with archival tape repair, pg29/30 completely missing, 12cm open tear with heavy loss to pgs 107/108)
PUBLISHER: Alfred G. Betts 1895
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture history W J Phillipps
A History of Canterbury: Vol 1- to 1854, Vol 2- General History 1854-76 and Cultural Aspects 1850-1950, Vol 3- 1876-1950
3 VOLUME SET, octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps- except vol 1, xiv - xxv+ 287 - 547pp, illus, VG+ (vol 1- light staining to base of front board, light staining to top edges of prelims, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy creasing & chipping to edges- with some loss to vol 3, light discolouration to spines, light staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1957-1971
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury culture illustrated
Lore and History of the South Island Maori
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tiki motif to front board, frontispiece, 196pp, illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light bruising to board edges & corners with light scuffing, owner's name in pen to fep., light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, bookseller's label to front pastedown), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Bascands circa 1950
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture south island illustrated lore history
Past & Present, and Men of the Times
Super octavo, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 253pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, fep missing, owner's name in ink to dedication pg- W. J. Phillipps, light foxing to pgs throughout, light cracking to rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: McKee & Gamble 1897
KEYWORDS: Australia travel history colonies exploration culture illustrated
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum: Being The Transactions Of The Lodge Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076, London, Volume 98 for the Year 1985
this volume only; imperial octavo; deep blue cloth boards; gilt lettering & bands on spine; illus. title page; xiii+244pp; illus; VG+ (book in excellent condition: plastic protective cover has been sellotaped to eps, with sl. adhesive residue).
PUBLISHER: Council of Quatuor Coronatorum Correspondence 1986
KEYWORDS: Freemasonry freemasons proceedings records history transactions
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum: Being The Transactions Of The Lodge Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076, London, Volume 100 for the Year 1987
this volume only; imperial octavo; deep blue cloth boards; gilt lettering & bands on spine; illus. title page; xiii+244pp; illus; VG+ (book in excellent condition: plastic protective cover has been sellotaped to eps, with sl. adhesive residue).
PUBLISHER: Council of Quatuor Coronatorum Correspondence 1988
KEYWORDS: Freemasonry freemasons proceedings records history transactions
Ars Quatuor Coronatorum: Being The Transactions Of The Lodge Quatuor Coronati, No. 2076, London, Volume 101 for the Year 1988
this volume only; imperial octavo; deep blue cloth boards; gilt lettering & bands on spine; illus. title page; viii+278pp; illus; VG+ (last few pages have been folded back, at the bottom; plastic protective cover has been sellotaped to eps, with sl. adhesive residue).
PUBLISHER: Council of Quatuor Coronatorum Correspondence 1989
KEYWORDS: Freemasonry freemasons proceedings records history transactions
English Goldsmiths and Their Marks: A History of the Goldsmiths and Plate Workers of England, Scotland and Ireland
large quarto, blue cloth boards; gilt lettering & decoration on spine & front board, top edge black, frontis; illus. prelims; xv+747 pp; illus; VG- (mod. fading, rubbing & bruising to boards, with some surface loss; spine has faded; mod. browning to eps; sl. sunning & soiling to page edges; p.vii is loose: has been repaired with sellotape that has come off, leaving two, small brown marks; name of previous owner, in ink, on fep; sl. insect damage to three pages)
PUBLISHER: B. T. Batsford 1949
KEYWORDS: hall marks England English gold date letters plate history Scotland Ireland