Books - "history"
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Bragge's Wellington and the Wairarapa: Images of a city and its provinces from the 1860s to the 1890s as recorded by photographer James Bragge 1833-1908
Lacks d/w Oblong super octavo hardcover (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: Millwood Press 1974
KEYWORDS: James Bragge photographic history
Pioneering in Poverty Bay (N.Z.)
First edition, ex library, octavo hardcover (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: John Murray 1928
KEYWORDS: Biographical Kenway Poverty Bay New Zealand history
100 Year History of the Napier Cosmopolitan Club Inc. 1877 - 1977
Tidy ex library, octavo hardcover (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: Daily Telegraph (1977) ???
KEYWORDS: Napier New Zealand Cosmopolitan Club history
The Auckland Story: New Zealand's Queen City and its Citizens Through the Years
Ex library, signed by Pat Lawlor (NZ author), (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 1953
KEYWORDS: Auckland history New Zealand
Coromandel in the Golden Days
Signed and dated by author, octavo stapled light card cover (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: Sam Chapman (?)
KEYWORDS: Coromandel history Sam Chapman New Zealand
Almost Everyone's Guide to Science: The Universe, Life and Everything
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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1988
KEYWORDS: Science overview potted history
The Extinct Lodges of New Zealand
Small octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 203pp, VG- (light creasing/fading to spine & extrems, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, fep missing, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, front board sl warped)
PUBLISHER: Blundell Bros (Printer) 1935
KEYWORDS: freemasons masonic freemasonry New Zealand history lodges extinct defunct
The Keys of Freemasonry
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 208pp + 18pp index, VG- (heavy fading to spine, moderate fraying & creasing to spine extrems, moderate fading & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, ex libris & date stamp to fep, also sporadically through out pages, full crack to gutter pgs 30-31)
PUBLISHER: R. S. Sampson Brokensha Co (Printer) 1932(circa)
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic Australia history culture
Notes on the Customs of Cambodia
Square super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 41pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing/soiling to board edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (light creasing to edges, light soiling to covers, 1cm closed tear to spine, 3cm closed tear to bottom, moderate scuffing to front, archival tape to top spine area)
PUBLISHER: Social Science Assoc. Press 1967
KEYWORDS: Cambodia travel illustrated history culture
The Rise and Development of Organised Freemasonry
Super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, v sl bruising to board corners, ex libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (in clear contact, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: A Lewis 1986
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history illustrated
Israel: Its Life and Culture: I-II
Super octavo, gilt lettering to spine, green buckram boards, x + 578pp, VG (moderate creeasing/chipping to spine extrems with sl surface loss & fraying, light rubbing to spine, light scuffing to board corners, light soiling to boards, boards lightly shaky, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, book seller's label & previous owner's name in ink to fep, partial cracks to gutters)
PUBLISHER: V. Pio.Povl Branner 1926
KEYWORDS: Israel culture history anthropology Jewish antiquities
The History of Freemasonry in Leeds 1754-1954: With a Short Account of All Existing Leeds Lodges, Chapters and Other Masonic Institutions
Octavo, bright blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, folding map of Leeds to rear, 239pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy loss to spine & extrems, moderate scuffing to boards & corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Leeds Bi-Centenary Council/Installed Masters' Assoc. 1954
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture illustrated Leeds England UK
Victoria Lodge No. 147: The First Hundred Years
Octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to front board, illus prelims, 98pp + unpaginated appendices, illus, Nr FINE
PUBLISHER: Victoria Lodge No. 147 1983?
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture illustrated
Records of the Hole Crafte and Fellowship of Masons: With a Chronicle of the History of the Worshipful Company of Masons of the City of London
Imperial octavo, half bound heavy card & buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt crest motif to front board, illus title page, vii + 312pp, illus, VG (light soiling to spine, light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 1.5cm crack to gutter)
PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1894
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture London UK illustrated
A History of the Scottish Highlands: Highland Clans and Highland Regiments: With an Account of the Gaelic Language, Literature and Music: Volume 1
This vol only (Vol 1), a restorer's delight! imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxxvi + 776pp, illus, beautiful but needs a lot of TLC (much archival tape repair to spine, binding completely loose, sporadic clumps of pages loose but mostly present, age appropriate wear and tear to boards) photos recommended before purchase
PUBLISHER: Thomas C Jack/A Fullarton & Co 1883
KEYWORDS: highlands clans tartans illustrated history Scottish Scotland culture literature
Captain Bligh the man and his mutinies
Ex library 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: Duckworth 1989
KEYWORDS: Naval history mutiny Captain Bligh Bounty
Pushing the Envelope: The American Aircraft Industry
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 Michigan Press 2001
KEYWORDS: history aircraft American industry military economic
Eyewitness in Zululand: The campaign reminiscences of Colonel W A Dunne, CB South Africa, 1877-1881
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: Greenhill 1989
KEYWORDS: account military history zulu wars Kaffir Zulu Sekukuni Boer Colonel Dunne
The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes 1685 - c.1712
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: MacDonald & Co 1982
KEYWORDS: History biography Celia Fiennes English England social castles stately homes
Picture of a Province
Octavo stapled light card cover (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: Swailes (1958) ???
KEYWORDS: Hawke's Bay New Zealand centennial history pictorial