Books - "history"
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The Chinese Theory of Art: Translations from the Masters of Chinese Art
Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 244pp., ilus., VG- (heavy soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning and soiling within and to edges (heaviest at prelims)) in d/w VG (price-clipped, light scuffing chipping and tanning, moderate soiling & foxing to reverse)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1967
KEYWORDS: Lin Yutang Chinese China art theory history criticism classical Confucius Shih-t'ao Shen Tsung-chi'en
Eye for Colour
Oblong octavo oatmeal cloth boards, gilt lettering to front & spine, illus. endpapers, illus., 136pp, VG- (heavy water stain to boards, affects contents mostly at prelims only, with sl. crinkling to other pages, light tanning to edges) in d/w VG (plastic covered, light scuffing soiling & curling)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1965
KEYWORDS: color colour theory optics art history theory criticisim science perception design
Manual of Universal Church History (4 volume set)
4x VOLUME SET, super octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi+547pp / xi+600pp / viii+529pp / vii+444pp, VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings (but exteriors clean, only interior), moderate tanning, v. sl. scuffing to boards, rough edges to vol 3.)
PUBLISHER: M. H. Gill and Son 1900
KEYWORDS: church history christian christianity theology theological
Official Souvenir of the New Zealand & South Seas International Exhibition Dunedin, N.Z. 1925 - 26
Oblong octavo stapled wrappers, VG- (some pages loose but present); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hugh & G. K. Neill [n/d, c. 1926]
KEYWORDS: Dunedin New Zealand local regional history Official Souvenir South Seas International Exhibition 1920s photography
The Orpheus Disaster
SIGNED BY AUTHOR; quarto illus. red light card covers, illus., 243pp, VG- (binding delicate but intact, moderate creasing and light fading to covers, occassional soiling & foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Western Publishing Company / Carters Crafts & Books 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical history shipwreck wrecks ships shipping wreck Orpheus signed
The Art of Zandra Rhodes
Oblong quarto sofctover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1984
KEYWORDS: Zandra Rhodes fashion art history textiles shawls knitting silks fabric design
Australia's Heritage Sketchbook
Oblong 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Books for Pleasure / Paul Hamlyn 1976
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian architecture heritage buildings art Keith Norris history settler pioneer colonial
Rocky Shore Ecology of the Leigh Area North Auckland
Oblong octavo stapled covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Auckland 1968
KEYWORDS: rocky shore ecology maritime marine biology science natural history Leigh North Auckland New Zealand
Black Studies: A Bibliography
Super octavo yellow cloth boards, black lettering to front & spine, viii+122pp, VG (very tidy ex-library (unread?), usual stamps and markings thus; v. light tanning within)
PUBLISHER: McKinley Publishing Co 1973
KEYWORDS: black african american studies bibliography american US USA united states history
S. P. G. Papers in the Lambeth Palace Library: Calendars and Indexes
Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1974
KEYWORDS: S. P. G. SPG religious history missionary genealogy special collections Lambeth Palace calendar calendars indexes indices
Poor Carolina: Politics and Society in Colonial North Carolina, 1729-1776
Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of North Carolina Press 1981
KEYWORDS: North Carolina colonial history US USA united states america american
Carleton Beals: A Radical Journalist in Latin America
Octavo hardcover (VG, very tidy ex-library (unread?) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of New Mexico Press 1987
KEYWORDS: Carleton Beals journalist journalism biography Latin South Central America American history Mexico Mexican revolution revolutionary
Emancipation in the West Indies
Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-libray); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Arno Press / New York Times 1969
KEYWORDS: slavery British history imperial slave trade West Indies Atlantic abolition abolitionism empancipation politics
Country Life in Classical Times
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Paul Elek 1977
KEYWORDS: Ancient Greek Greece Rome Roman Empire classics classical studies agriculture rural farming country sociology culture history
The Weald
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1953
KEYWORDS: New Naturalist series British natural history biology ecology weald modern first edition geology soil
New Zealand Parlimentary Debates: Second Parliment: Legislative Council and House of Representatives 1858 to 1860
VERY SCRUFFY reading copy (spine and rear board coming loose, lacks fep., index page loose), super octavo hardcover (G, ex-library); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: G. Didsbury, Government Printer 1886
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history politics legal parliment parlimentary debate debates papers house representatives legislative council government colonial
Life in Lakes and Rivers
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1951
KEYWORDS: New Naturalist series British natural history biology science marine lakes rivers hydrology water fresh freshwater ecology
The Broads
FIRST EDITION; Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G, very tatty: large segements missing, photograph of boat on front of jacket); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1965
KEYWORDS: The New Naturalist series British natural history biology science Norfolk Broads wetlands maritime ecology
The Art of Grahame Sydney
Oblong quarto blue cloth boarts, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 191pp, Near Fine in d/w VG (light fading and v. sl. soiling)
PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history criticism Grahame Sydney painting Brain Turner Otago landscape
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1918-58
Octavo hardcover (VG, lacks d/w); 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1958 (revised edition)
KEYWORDS: royal air force military history aviation air combat Battle Britain British planes RAF