Books - "history"
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L'Auberge de Secheron: Au Temps des Princesses et des Berlines
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#370/800), TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, cream textured heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, frontispiece, viii + 181pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate foxing to spine & boards, light tanning to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Editions du 'Journal de Geneve' 1934
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH secheron inn princesses sedans history
Fun & Fantasy: A Book of Drawings
FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 87pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy warping & bruising to extrems, moderate foxing & tanning to lower board edges, light water staining to lower edge of rear board, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to edges with tidy archival tape repairs, moderate foxing, heavy tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co/Punch 1927
KEYWORDS: first edition Punch drawings comic strips history humour humor
The Protracted Game: A Wei-Ch'i Interpretation of Maoist Revolutionary Strategy
SCARCE! Octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, 242pp, illus/maps, VG- (moderate scuffing & curling to covers, heavy fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, light to moderate foxing to page edges, annotations in ink to inside front cover, occasional underlining to text)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: social political science politics revolution Mao Maoist philosophy wei-ch'i communism geopolitics 20th century twentieth history
The Reign of Elizabeth I: Court and Culture in the Last Decade
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, light brown lettering to spine, xiv + 313pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: British royal family history Elizabethan queens Elizabeth 1st first i politics the virgin queen political culture court
Into the Frozen South
Octavo, grey buckram boards, dark green lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 246pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy soiling/staining to rear board, moderate soiling & discolouration to spine & front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light cracking to some gutters, light to moderate foxing to pages, moderate soiling to index at rear)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1923
KEYWORDS: quest expedition exploration travel literature history Scout Marr south
A Very Gallant Gentleman
FIRST EDITION, octavo, purple buckram boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, heavy fading to spine & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, moderate cracking to some gutters, item between pgs 10-11 missing)
PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1933
KEYWORDS: first edition biography memoir L E G Oates military history
Memoirs of a Slave-Trader
Octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 248pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: George Newnes N/D
KEYWORDS: Theodore Canot autobiography memoir slavery slave trade history traders
In Darkest England and the Way Out
Super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding colour chart/frontispiece, 285pp + xxxi appendices, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's embossed name to ffep, light foxing to prelims, some minor closed tearing to folding frontis/chart at gutter, sl water staining to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army N/D (c.1890?)
KEYWORDS: history Salvation Army England religion religious organisations charity charities Christianity
Under the Bloody Flag: Pirates of the Tudor Age
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus, VG+ (sl soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The History Press 2009
KEYWORDS: first edition piracy pirates tudor English history maritme nautical crime British Isles
The Building of Britain and the Empire: A Record of the Progress of the People in Religion, Laws, Learning, Arts, Industry, Commerce, Science, Literature and Manners, from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Illustrated Edition
LOVELY 6-VOLUME SET WITH OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF SIR JOSEPH G. WARD, 17TH PRIME MINISTER OF NEW ZEALAND; imperial octavo, black leather boards, gilt lettering + gilt stamped decoration + gilt bands w/ raised leather bands to spine, gilt + blind stamped rule to both boards + gilt decoration to internal board edges, aeg, coloured eps, frontispiece, vol. 1: xcvi + 702pp, vol. 2: liii + 800pp, vol. 3 liv + 800pp, vol. 4: lv + 804pp, vol. 5: lii + 864pp, vol. 6: lix + 1059pp, illus + plates, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine + extrems w/ some surface loss/, fading to spines, mild rubbing to boards, prev owner's stamps to fep and/or prelims, prev owner's name in ink to prelims, cracking to front gutter of vol. 1, 1 plate from vol. 1 detached but present, 1 illus. from vol. 5 cut out, mild foxing to tissue guards throughout
PUBLISHER: The Waverley Book Company 1909
KEYWORDS: history england english britain british empire joseph g ward
They Gave Us Rugby: The beginning of New Zealand rugby and New Zealand secondary school rugby from its origins at Nelson College
Super octavo softcover w/ french flaps (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: Nelson College 1996
KEYWORDS: rugby football sport sports history new zealand nelson college
Grafton Cemetery
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, octavo stapled wrappers (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: Michael O'Leary / Parks & Recreation Dept. of Auckland City Council, undated
KEYWORDS: signed grafton cemetery history new zealand auckland
The Anti-Capitalist Dictionary: movements, histories & motivations
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Fernwood Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: anti-capitalism anticapitalism marxism marxist anarchism anarchist decolonisation decolonization politcs political history anti-imperialism antiimperialism anti-imperialist
1st Battalion, The New Zealand Regiment (1957-1959) Association: The First of the First, 50th Anniversary
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Class Printers, undated [ca. 2007]
KEYWORDS: 1st battalion new zealand regiment assosication military history RNZIR cold war malaya
The Day Guernica Died
FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1975
KEYWORDS: guernica spanish civil war military history first edition
Travelling to New Zealand: An Oxford Anthology
Small 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: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: new zealand travel writing travelling traveling anthony trollope mark twain paul theroux history
Mapping My Way Home: Activism, Nostalgia, and the Downfall of Apartheid South Africa
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Monthly Review Press 2017
KEYWORDS: apartheid south africa stephanie urdrang activism women's movement colonialism decolonisation decolonization history
The Monkey Puzzle: A Family Tree
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: The Bodley Head 1982
KEYWORDS: anthropology human history apes biology monkeys
Further Maoriland Adventures of J. W. and E. Stack
FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY, 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: A. H. and A. W. Reed 1938
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maoriland J W E Stack history
The Trial of Jesus of Nazareth
EX-LIBRARY, 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: B. T. Batsford 1968
KEYWORDS: religion religious history Jesus Christianity trial Pontius Pilate Romans