Books - "history"
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The Kaiapoi Woollen Manufacturiing Company Ltd,
Oblong quarto, dark blue illus stapled light card covers, red and light blue lettering to front cover, illus title page, 24pp, illus - photog throughout, VG- (sporadic chipping to cover edges, binding shaky (staples), light dampstaning to prelims)
PUBLISHER: 1919
KEYWORDS: kaiapoi woollen manufacturing christchurch woolston vintage history nz new zealand
Library of Chinese Classics - Selections from Records of the Historian - Volume 1, 2 & 3
THREE VOLUME SET. Super octavo, royal blue heavy cards boards, black title plate to spine, gilt lettering to spine and title plate, blind stamp decoration to front board, grey eps, illus title page, V1 - 413pp, (V2 & 3 still in wrappers unable to count pages), V1 - FINE in d/w Near FINE (very slight bruising to top edge), V2 , and V3 FINE in d/w FINE
PUBLISHER: Foreign Language Press 2008
KEYWORDS: chinese history china han dynasty sima qian
The Air Battle of Imphal
Super octavo, light blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 223pp, illus - plate heavy, Near FINE (light bruising to spine extrems) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1985
KEYWORDS: history imphal kohima india japanese army raf r.a.f. 14th army
A History of the Royal Sussex Regiment: A History of the Old Belfast Regiment of Sussex 1701-1953
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to read leather title plate to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, top page edges stained blue, 324pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising to board extrems, light sun fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Chichester Moore & Tillyer n/d (circa 1955)
KEYWORDS: military history Royal Sussex regiment line infantry British Army maps
Official Record: New Zealand Industrial Exhibition, 1885
Ex-library, super octavo, royal blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & black stamp decoration to spine & front board, gilt embossed motifs to front board, xii + 230pp + 123pp prize essays to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing to extrems & boards with some surface loss, usual library markings, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to gutter with loose but attached prelims, folding map in delicate condition with some closed tears & foxing but still firmly attached)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1886
KEYWORDS: New Zealand industrial exhibition history 1885 records industry essays
Waikanae
SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, quarto, navy blue heavy card boards, mauve lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 255pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Whitcombe Press 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waikanae signed history settlement
Folio 60: A Bibliography of The Folio Society 1947-2006
Quarto, grey buckram boards, gilt decorative lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 472pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to case)
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2007
KEYWORDS: folio bibliography history illustrated essays collection anthology
For King and Country and the Scottish Borderers: The Story of the 1/4th (Border) BattalionThe King's Own Scottish Borderers on the Gallipoli Peninsula, 1915
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to front cover, iv + 100pp + unpaginated adverts to rear, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to covers, prev. bookseller's price label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Gavin Richardson 1987
KEYWORDS: military history Gallipoli illustrated Scottish Borderers battalion
Bury Grammar School: A History c.1570 to 1976
Tipped in postcard at front, imperial octavo, glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, viii + 547pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing & soiling to covers with light creasing to edges, unobtrusive ink annotations sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Estate Governors of the Bury Grammar Schools 2001
KEYWORDS: Bury school history academia illustrated biographies
Sarawak: Mini Episodes of the Past
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white letetring to spine, v + 181pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl soiling to covers, sm adhesive label to base of rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Vincent Foo Hiap Khian 2006 (approx.)
KEYWORDS: Malaysia history illustrated Sarawak
Life Lessons From Blessed Joan of Arc
Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & fleur de lis decoration to spine & front board, gilt tooling illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 141pp, plates/illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to fep, some plates detached but present, plates not counted but presumed all present, some cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Sons 1910
KEYWORDS: religion history Joan of Arc illustrated Christianity
V2
LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt bomb motif to front board, top page edges stained blue, printed maps to eps, frontispiece, 264pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems & boards, light fading to spine, light foxing to page edges, small numbers in ink to fep & half title page, discreet tape repairs to gutters of prelims)
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1954
KEYWORDS: rockets aircraft missiles aviation military history illustrated bombs artillery v2 der schuss ins weltall
A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years' Captivity at Omdurman
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, embossed insignia to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 365pp, deckled page edges, plates with tissue guards (not counted, presumed all present) VG- (heavy chafing & scuffing to boards & extrems with moderate soiling & discolouration, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to frontpastedown, age appropriate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1899
KEYWORDS: history Omdurman Charles Neufeld autobiography memoir middle east
Letters on the Study and Use of Ancient and Modern History
Small octavo, marbled half leather bound boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plate, gilt rule to spine, marbled page edges, 537pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to extrems & boards with some surface loss, moderate cracking to leather on spine, 1cm loss to title plate on spine, page edges faded, fep missing, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, age appropriate tanning & foxing to pages, light cracking to gutters, light & discreet pencil annotations & markings to text and margins sporadically throughout, light insect damage to terminals- inactive)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme 1805
KEYWORDS: history literature study modern ancient antiquity human affairs anthropology sociology
Rome and China: A Study of Correlations in Historical Events
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine, xvii + 283pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (small gouge to spine, sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, previous owner's name in ink to full title page) in d/w, VG- (heavy chippping to edges with some loss, light discolouration to spine, 1cm loss to mid-spine, light staining to covers)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1939
KEYWORDS: Rome China history ancient antiquity empire emperors 1st first century ad bc Asia
The New Temple: The Church in the New Testament
Ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 238pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, usual but minimal library markings, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, light and unobtrusive markings in ink & pencil to some text and margins) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with considerable but tidy tape repairs, library labels, price clipped, moderate tanning & foxing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: religion antiquity history ancient temple new testament bible Jewish Christianity messiah God eschatology
Elizabeth Inchibald And Her Circle - The Life Story of a Charming Woman (1753 - 1821)
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: Daniel O'Connor 1921
KEYWORDS: biography history elizabeth inchbald
The Church - It's Changing Image Through Twenty Centuries Volume 1. The First Seventeen Centuries & Volume 2 1700 to Present Day
2 VOLUME SET, exlibrary, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: SPCK 1977
KEYWORDS: the church imagery theology religion history
A History of the Catholic Church in Victoria
Tidy ex-library, 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: Catholic Bishops of Victoria 1988
KEYWORDS: history catholic church bishop vic victoria melbourne australia catholicism
Abel Tasman National Park - A Handbook for Visitors
Ex-library, super 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Abel Tasman National Park Board 1965
KEYWORDS: abel tasman national park hand book guide travel NZ New Zealand history nelson