Books - "history"
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Carved Maori Houses of Western and Northern Areas of New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 291pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light scuffing to board edges, light soiling & indentations to front board, light creasing to page edges) in d/w, tatty (v heavy chipping to edges with some loss, heavy creasing to edges, moderate chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen 1955
KEYWORDS: first edition signed New Zealand Maori culture houses carving ethnology history illustrated architecture
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
World Travels: A Full Descriptive Narrative of Personal Travels in Almost Every Land and Sea and Among Most of the Peoples Both Civilised and Savage of the Entire World
five volume set, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & illustrations to spine & cover; xvi+264/xi+256/xi+276/x+246/xi+245pp; illus, well read so a little scruffy but complete (mod. rubbing & scuffing to boards, with some surface loss; mod. foxing to page edges & eps; spines sl. shaky; vol 3: fr. gutter detached; vols 3 & 4 have name of previous ower, in ink, on feps; all are a little cocked)
PUBLISHER: Virtue & Co.
KEYWORDS: autobiography world travels history culture
The Sailor King: William the Fourth, His Court and His Subjects
two volume set; imperial octavo with blue cloth boards; gilt lettering & illustrations to spine & cover; both vols have frontis with tissue guard; gilt top page edges; 321pp & 294pp; illus, VG- (mod. rubbing & scuffing to boards, with some surface loss; spines faded; sl. foxing to eps; sl. sunning to page edges; both have small, red Day's Library labels on front boards)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1903
KEYWORDS: history William 4 IV fourth England politics mistresses fashion navy
Beginnings: Volume 1. A History of the North Shore of Auckland
SIGNED, THIS VOL ONLY, quarto stapled wrapper (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: Paul Titchener Publications 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand history auckland north shore
Beginnings: Volume three. A History of the North Shore of Auckland
This Vol. (3) Only, quarto stapled wrapper (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: Paul Titchener Publications 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand history auckland north shore
Marion's Miscellany: Adventures, Ideas, Events, Family & Fun
Oblong 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: Water Under the Bridge Publications 2016
KEYWORDS: family history memoir new zealand dunedin invercargill southland
Mahoe Leaves; Being a Selection of Sketches of New Zealand and its Inhabitants, and Other Matters Concerning Them
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: Capper Press 1974
KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori colonisation
The Mathematical Universe: An Alphabetical Journey Through the Great Proofs, Problems, and Personalities
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: John Wiley & Sons 1994
KEYWORDS: mathematics theorys history maths
St. Kilda. The Final Years 1976-1989
Octavo stapled wrapper (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: Borough of St. Kilda 1989
KEYWORDS: dunedin new zealand history otepoti st kilda otago
The First Fifty Years of the Auckland Institute and Museum and Its Future Aims: A Jubilee Sketch
Octavo softcover (scruffy); 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: Wilson & Horton (printers) 1917
KEYWORDS: new zealand history auckland museum
Over the Top with the Best of Luck: The Making of A New Zealander. Roy Gipson Millen 1890 - 1962
Signed by Author, 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: Serpent Press 1992
KEYWORDS: new zealand family history roy millen war canterbury christchurch
Israel: Its Life and Culture. I-II and III-IV
2 Vol. Set, ooctavo 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: Oxford University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: history israel culture
The Later Stuarts 1660-1714
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: Oxford University Press 1949
KEYWORDS: history england united kingdom
The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pusuit of Power
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: Oxford University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: history biography cecil rhodes
The Structures of Everyday Life: The Limits of the Possible. Civilization and Capitalism 15th - 18th Century Volume 1.
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: Collins 1981
KEYWORDS: history england middle ages industrial revolution
History and Traditions of Tikopia
Ex Library, 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: Polynesian Society 1961
KEYWORDS: new zealand polynesia history anthropology
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