Books - "history"
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Marsden And The Missions - Prelude To Waitangi
FIRST EDITION, super octavo hardcover, grey buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 295pp., illus, TATTY (severe soiling to boards and spine, severe scuffing to boards and spine, severe wear to spine extrems, moderately severe cracking to rear hinge, mild browning to page edges, previous owners inscription in green ink to front pastedown, moderate browning and foxing to eps and prelims, light foxing to page interiors, moderate cracking to rear gutter.)
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1936
KEYWORDS: first edition history nz new zealand aotearoa biography
New Zealand Railways Illustrated - 80 pictures in full cover
oblong quarto soft cover, read faux leather covers, gilt lettering to front cover, gilt decorative stamp to front cover, 80pp., illus, VG- (severe soiling to rear cover, moderate scuffing to cover edges, light browning to page edges, severe splitting to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn 1937
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand aotearoa history railway railroad trains
Brum Rocked! The Story of the People and Places that Shaped Birmingham's Role in the History of Rock
Quarto black & while illus. light card covers, illus., 136pp, VG+ (v. sl. scuffing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: TGM 1999
KEYWORDS: rock history music birmingham brum brummie midlands england english british moody blues the move
Wired Up! Glam, Proto Punk, and Bubblegum: European Picture Sleeves 1970-1976
Oblong quarto illus. white heavy card covers, illus., pp, VG+ (some sl. soiling to boards, retail sticker to rear board; otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Wired Up Media 2012
KEYWORDS: music history record sleeves vinyl discography collecting rare european picture glam protopunk proto punk bubblegum pop wired up rock glamrock 1970s 70s seventies
Dexys Midnight Runners: Young Soul Rebels
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: Omnibus Press 2005
KEYWORDS: dexys dexy's midnight runners uk british rock soul music history pop come on eileen
Rural Englands - Labouring Lives In The Nineteenth Century
Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, xiii + 274pp., NEAR FINE (v. slight bruising to spine extrems, v. slight scuffing to boards.)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2004
KEYWORDS: history england labour labor 19th nineteenth century
Introduction To Transgender Studies - With The Participation Of Thatcher Combs
Super Octavo softcover, illus light card covers, white lettering to covers and spine, illus title page, xxx + 477pp., illus, VG+ (light curling to cover corners, v. slight scuffing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Harrington Park Press 2019
KEYWORDS: history trans transgender lgbt lgbtq culture politics
Flaming Creature Jack Smith, His Amazing Life And Times
Imperial Octavo Softcover, illus light card covers w/ french flaps, illus eps, frontipiece, 266 pp., illus, NEAR FINE (v. slight bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Serpents Tail 1997
KEYWORDS: biography history photography
The Libertine's Friend - Homosexuality & Masculinity In Late Imperial China
Super Octavo hardcover, red buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, yellow eps, xii + 296pp., NEAR FINE, in d/w, NEAR FINE
PUBLISHER: University Of Chicago Press 2011
KEYWORDS: history lgbtq homosexuality imperial china
Criminal Intimacy - Prison And The Uneven History Of Modern American Sexuality
Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, xi + 371pp., NEAR FINE, in illus d/w, NEAR FINE (v. slight curling to extrems)
PUBLISHER: University Of Chicago Press 2008
KEYWORDS: history america usa lgbt lgbtq prison
Popular Cultures In England, 1550-1750
Personally inscribed, dated, & signed by author to father, Super Octavo hardcover, black faux leather boards, silver lettering & decorative rule to spine, ix + 235pp., NEAR FINE (slight bruising to base of spine), in illus d/w (NEAR FINE)
PUBLISHER: Longman 1998
KEYWORDS: history culture england united kingdom britain
The World Of The Muggletonians
Date and ownership signature by author Barry Reay, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix +195pp., VG+ (slight bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate tanning to page edges and interiors), in illus d/w VG (moderate creasing to extrems, attached to boards with tape, modera, visible tape residue stains, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Maurice Temple Smith 1983
KEYWORDS: history england religion culture
Brum Rocked On!
Quarto softcover nr. FINE; 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: GSM Bestsellers 2007
KEYWORDS: 1960s 60s sixties birmingham british rock music history brum brummie
Memories of Sheffield's King Mojo Club: March 1964-1967 October
Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., vi+104pp, nr. FINE (light scuffing)
PUBLISHER: ALD Design and Print 2003
KEYWORDS: sheffield music history local regional british mojo club north northern england english pop
The Book of The Damned: The Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Official Biography
Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., 96pp, VG+ (light scuffing and creasing to covers, small retail price sticker to rear)
PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 1987
KEYWORDS: damnbed punk rock music history rat scabies captain sensible discography
Pioneering the Pumice
FIRST EDITION, octavo green cloth boards, illus. eps. (maps), illus., preliminary+304pp, VG (moderate bruising and chipping to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, sl. scuffing to boards, prev. owner's sign in ink to fep., light foxing to page edges & within)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1939
KEYWORDS: new zealand history modern first edition pumice area broadlands colonial colonisation settler pioneer north island tuhunatara
Budapest 1956: Locations of Drama
Super octavo white illus. heavy card laminated boards, illus., pp, nr. FINE in d/w VG+ (some sl. soiling, otherwise nr. FINE also)
PUBLISHER: Europa Konyvkiado 2006
KEYWORDS: hungaria revolution uprising 1956 european history communism eastern central europe warsaw pact cold war
Manual Of The New Zealand Mollusca - Includes Atlas Of Plates
2 Vol Set (Manual + Plates), Super Octavo + Quarto hardcover, full bound green boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxiii + 1120pp., 72 plates (second volume), VG (moderate bruising and scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges and end pages)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1913
KEYWORDS: natural history nz new zealand aotearoa shellfish molusca
Gender And Sexualities In History - Common Prostitutes And Ordinary Citizens - Commercial Sex In London, 1885-1960
Super Octavo hardcover, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to boards and spine, 4 maps, ix + 299pp., VG+ (moderate bruising to board corners and spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2012
KEYWORDS: history england uk london sex sexwork prostitution sociology
Re-dressing America's Frontier Past
Super octavo, maroon heavy card boards with black cloth spine, gilt decorations to spine, frontispiece, xii + 257 pp, illust, Near Fine ( annotation marks in pencil to margins ) in d/w VG+ ( v slight creasing to cover edges, slight foxing to inside rear cover )
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2011
KEYWORDS: history study frontier United States America cross dressing dressers sexual identity identities 20th century