Books - "history"
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New Zealand at the Front 1918
Ex-library, bound in library brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, xiii + 145pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to page edges, binding very tight with heavy 7cm crack to front gutter, pg missing with heavy remnats of paper to verso frontispiece)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1918
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history illustrated humour ww1 first world war one literature
Chronicles of the Garden of New Zealand, Known as Taranaki
ORIGINAL BINDING, ex-library, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 222pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to extrems & board edges, usual library markings, ligth discolouration to spine, moderate chafing to boards, heavy tanning to page edges & eps, heavy creasing to frontis edges, list of illus pg completely detached but present, moderate cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Taranaki Herald 1896
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Taranaki anthropology culture
Between the Rivers
TIDY ex-library, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 244pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tape residue to boards, minimal library markings, light foxing to page edges) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, VG (light creasing to edges, light library markings, front flap partially removed)
PUBLISHER: Central Hawke's Bay Printers & Publishers circa 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Hawkes Hawke's Bay
Royal Commission to Inquire Into Napier Harbour: Expert Evidence Tendered Before the Royal Commission
Rebound utilizing original cover, new eps, ex-library, super octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, 270pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate creasing/wrinkling to pgs throughout, complete separation of pg 4 to staples at gutter- pg still firmly attached)
PUBLISHER: The Daily Telegraph 1927
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Napier harbour inquiries
The History of Taranaki
FIRST EDITION, octavo, half leather bound turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, red speckled colouring to page edges, marbled eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 311pp, VG- (heavy scuffing with surface loss to spine & board corners, moderate chafing to boards, moderate discolouration to page edges, ex-libris plate tofront pastedown, moderate scuff to fep with sl loss, minimal ex-library stamps, heavy crack to gutter of preface pg, light underlining in ink sporadically to a few pgs)
PUBLISHER: Edmondson & Avery 1878
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history Taranaki
Journey to a Hanging
octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 412pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Vintage/Random House 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history race relations Carl Sylvius Kereote Rau Kaiwhatu murder justice law crime signed
The Colonisation of New Zealand
Ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 384pp, tatty (heavy creasing/bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, usual library markings, heavy cracking to gutters with bizarre attempts at repair using mesh/cloth, moderate annotations & underlining in both ink & pencil to text throughout)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1927
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonisation colonization pioneers politics
Association Football in New Zealand: Jubilee Yearbook
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 120pp, illus, scruffy (heavy chipping to spine extrems, heavy creasing to cover edges, moderate tanning & staining to covers, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport soccer football history illustrated
Murihiku and the Southern Islands: A History of the West Coast Sounds, Foveaux Strait, Stewart Island, The Snares, Bounty, Antipodes, Auckland, Campbell and Macquarie Islands From 1770 to 1829
Octavo, teal buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 377pp, map of NZ & surrounding islands to prelims, VG+ (tidy copy, prev. owner's ownership inscrp. in ink to fep., moderate creasing & light chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate staining to boards, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: William Smith (Printer) 1907
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration pioneers colonisation colonization
No Fixed Abode: A Jewish Odyssey to Africa
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 249pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems & board edges, light soiling to rear board, previous owner's name in ink to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chippping to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris 2005
KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history anthropology Africa autobiography memoir Peter Fraenkel diaspora holocaust persecution
Notes on the Country I Live in
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps, 124pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing to spine & covers with light chafing, light tanning & foxing to page edges, top corner heavily scuffed chipped)
PUBLISHER: Alister Taylor Publishing 1972
KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture contemporary history illustrated pictorial collection anthology photos photography
The Curiosities of Heraldry: With Illustrations From Old English Writers
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt tooling to spine & boards with blind stamp decoration, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 319pp + 24pp adverts, illus, tatty (heavy cracking to spine & hinges, rear board almost completely detached, heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter with failed attempt at tape repair)
PUBLISHER: John Russell Smith 1845
KEYWORDS: heraldry genealogy family history illustrated coats coat of arms England English
Historic Canterbury
Square imperial octavo, brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 160pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & discolouration to covers)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman Ltd 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Canterbury south island
From Hollow Estate to Hokianga
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine, viii + 264pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine with some surface loss, moderate creasing to covers & corners, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: O. B. Harris 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Hokianga Hawkins family signed
The Law and Practice of Heraldry in Scotland
Super octavo, quarter leather bound and red buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with gilt rule & decoration to spine, gilt coat of arms motif to front board, top page edges stained deep red, xxvii + 548pp + unpaginated lists to rear, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing with surface loss to board extrems, heavy cracking to leather on spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, multiple ex-libris plates to eps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Edmonston and Douglas 1863
KEYWORDS: heraldry genealogy family law legal use Scotland illustrated coat coats of arms history
Island Kingdom Strikes Back: The Story of an Independent Island Newspaper, Taimi 'o Tonga
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 304pp, VG (light creasing to cover edges & corners, moderate foxing & staining to page egdes)
PUBLISHER: Pacmedia Publishers 2002
KEYWORDS: Tonga Pacific islands media journalism Taimi 'o Tonga newspaper history
Historical Record of the King's, Liverpool Regiment
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule & regimental insignia to boards, page edges speckled red, frontispiece, xl + 361pp, illus, colour plates (all present), VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, ligth discolouration to spine, heavy bruising to board corners, moderate tanning to page edges, full title page completely missing, frontispiece completely detached but re-attached with heavy tape repairs, heavy cracking to gutter at half title page)
PUBLISHER: Harrison & Sons circa 1882
KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army 8th regiment king's Liverpool illustrated
The D. L. I. at War: The History of the Durham Light Infantry 1939-1945
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 352pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light creasing to spinee xtrems, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: The Durham Light Infantry 1945
KEYWORDS: military history Durham light infantry British army illustrated maps ww2 second world war two 2
Wilton Connecticut: Three Centuries of People, Places and Progress
Super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 592pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (ligth creasing to edges, light discolouration to spine)
PUBLISHER: Wilton Historical Society 2007
KEYWORDS: Connecticut history US America illustrated culture
The Coldstream Guards 1920-1946
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt rule & decoration with regimental insignia to front board, blind rule to rear board, xvii + 593pp, illus, folding maps to rear, VG (moderate bruising & light scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavycreasing & chipping to edges, heavy tanning to spine & cover edges, moderate water staining to spine)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press 1951
KEYWORDS: military history British army coldstream guards lilywhites maps illustrated