Books - "history"
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A History of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Vol 1, 1903-7
Reading copy only, very scruffy, gutters sloppy, extensive annotations, etc. Super octavo (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 costs
PUBLISHER: G. T. Foulis & Co. 1964
KEYWORDS: rolls royce motor cars automobiles history of business
The Chief of Hawke's Bay
Octavo staplebound 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 costs
PUBLISHER: School Publications Branch , Department of Education 1960
KEYWORDS: hawke's bay hawkes aotearoa new zealand history donald mclean settling settler colonialism scottish maori
Early New Zealand Families
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1956
KEYWORDS: new zealand settler history aotearoa genealogy
The Motor Car Lover's Companion
Lacks d/w. 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 costs
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1965
KEYWORDS: car vintage classic automobile automotive history ford renault jaguar rolls-royce
A Dictionary of Modern Ballet
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Methuen and Co. 1959
KEYWORDS: ballet history dictionary guide reference dance
J. S. Bach (in Two Volumes)
TWO VOLUME SET, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spines, frontispiece to vol 1, vol 1- xiv + 428pp, vol 2- v + 498pp, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to top spine extrem of vol 1, moderate tanning to rear covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1966
KEYWORDS: classical music composers biography J S Bach history
Rambles in New Zealand 1839
Octavo, teal heavy boards with green cloth spine, green lettering to front board, 128pp, VG (moderate foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (heavy tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to edges with some light chipping & creasng)
PUBLISHER: The Pegasus Press 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration travel John Carne Bidwill history
Myanmar in Asean: A Tourism Treat 2014
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, lxiv + 320pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated 2014
KEYWORDS: travel Myanmar ASEAN heritage history
Myanmar Today: Myanmar in Style
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Myanmar Tourism Federation c.2013
KEYWORDS: travel Myanmar heritage history economy East Asian
Archaeology: Original Readings in Method and Practice
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, ix + 422pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers, sl soiling to covers & page edge
PUBLISHER: Prentice-Hall/Pearson 2002
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology methodology research case studies history ancient
The Other Side of Nowhere: Jazz, Improvisation, and Communities in Dialogue
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xvi + 439pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Wesleyan University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: music cultural studies jazz criticism history improv improvisation
True Tales of Great Barrier Island 2016
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to extrems, light sticker residue to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Don Armitage 2016
KEYWORDS: Great Barrier Island Auckland New Zealand Aotea Don Armitage history anecdotes
Venice and the Veneto: Artistic Centers of the Italian Renaissance
Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 354pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to extrems, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: art Venice renaissance Italian Italy history
The Origins of Pottery and Agriculture
Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow & white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 400pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light soiling to board & page edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Roli Books/Lustre Press 2002
KEYWORDS: pottery ancient history antiquity east west cultures civilisation civilization Japan archaeology archeology
Automobile Year 1957-1958
DAMAGE TO PGS 139/140- ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS, lg quarto, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, light bruising to board extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to boards, moderate foxing to pages throughout, light folding to some lower pg corners)
PUBLISHER: Edita S.A. 1957
KEYWORDS: cars transport automobiles history 50s fifties racing car engineering mechanics engines
Turkey Crossroads of Civilisations
Lg quarto, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, lg gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing, chipping & soiling to spine & edges) in slipcase, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Marmara Bank/Creative Publishing Ltd 1993
KEYWORDS: Turkey Anatolia architecture ancient history antiquity anthropology Ottoman empire
Green, White and Black: The Story of Oxford Rugby Football Club: The First Fifty Years 1909 to 1959
LENGTHY SIGNED & DATED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, iv + 244pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers, sl foxing to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Stray Cat Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: sport rugby union Richard Tubby Tyrrell Oxford history autobiography memoir
Mud, Men & Memories: The Continuing Story of Oxford Rugby Football Club: The Middle Years: 1960 to 1987
UNCOMMON, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 268pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Stray Cat Publishing 2017
KEYWORDS: sport rugby union Richard Tubby Tyrrell Oxford history autobiography memoir
The River War: An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan
Octavo, light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 381pp, folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & staining to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1951
KEYWORDS: war history military Churchill Sudan Africa
Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer
Imperial octavo, illus soft boards, grey, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 493pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to boards, light fading to edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, ligth creasing & soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2013
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand art history dealers Peter McLeavey autobiography memoir