Books - "history"
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Continent of Hunter-Gatherers: New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory
OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 390pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light creasing, curling & tanning/discolouration to spine & covers with some sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian prehistory ancient history antiquity archaeology archeology anthropology hunting prehistoric Aboriginals Aborigine
A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? England 1783-1846
Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 757pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: England English history culture politics ideology
The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania
ASSOCIATION COPY - WARM & LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, super octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 292pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edgeslight fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2006
KEYWORDS: association copy Oceania Pacific history social life customs culture navigation maritime anthropology environmental conditions environment nautical
French Explorers in the Pacific: the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, first editions, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- vi + 356pp, vol 2- 428pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & scuffing/surface loss to spine & edges, vol 2 price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965-69
KEYWORDS: exploration Pacific ocean islands French explorers history anthropology 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century
Football Grounds of Britain (Third Edition)
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, 480pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: CollinsWillow 1996
KEYWORDS: English soccer football grounds history sport
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 592pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light creasing & soiling with pen markings, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2007
KEYWORDS: Pablo Picasso art history biographies memoir criticism appreciation
The History of Preston North End Football Club: The Power, the Politics and the People
Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 303pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: PNE Publications 2000
KEYWORDS: English soccer football Preston North End fc pne sport history
A Time of Transition: Whakarongo School District Twelve Decades On
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, vi + 118pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing, curling, tanning & soiling to spine & covers, heavy crack to gutter of pgs 2-3 with some pgs loose but still attached)
PUBLISHER: Whakarongo School & District 120th Jubilee Committee 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education school history Whakarongo 120th jubilee
Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present
Revised and Updated
Rounded quarto 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: Black Dog & Leventhal 2011
KEYWORDS: america american baseball field parks fields stadiums ballpark ballparks history sport sports major minor negro league leagues
Christ's College Canterbury: A Record of the Centenary 1950
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Christ's College Canterbury 1950
KEYWORDS: christ's college canterbury centenary education history new zealand
Spoon
Oblong super octavo softcover (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: Phaidon 2004
KEYWORDS: phaidon design industrial product commercial visual culture history products
Richard Pearse and his Flying Machines: An Anthology of Research Notes, Essays and Ideas
Oblong 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: Geoff Rodliffe 2007
KEYWORDS: richard pearse flying machine machines design new zealand aviation aeroplane airplane aeronautics history technology air travel
The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising to edges/corners, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012
KEYWORDS: folio society exploration south pole Antarctic expeditions history polar Robert Falcon Scott
Art as Existence: The Artist's Monograph and Its Project
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to silver buckram spine, xiii + 378pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl creasing to eps)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 2006
KEYWORDS: first editions art criticism authorship history artists biographies philosophy
Suppressed Murder of Wyatt Earp
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 135pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to top spine edge & rear board, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with archival tape repairs to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate damp wrinkling to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Naylor Company 1967
KEYWORDS: first editions wild west Wyatt Earp crime US American America history justice biography
Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground: An Authentic Account of the Sanguinary Pleasant Valley Vendetta That Swept Through Arizona's Cattleland in the Latter Eighteen-eighties - the Graham-Tewksbury Feud
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate chafing & surface loss to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 2x10cm block removed from ffep, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with tape repairs to edges, moderate tanning & soiling, price clipped, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1953
KEYWORDS: first editions Graham Tewksbury feud Arizona US America American history Pleasant Valley
New Zealand in the Pacific War: Personal Accounts of World War II
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, x + 233pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company 2008
KEYWORDS: signed Bruce M Petty New Zealand military history anecdotes accounts ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii
Story and Space in Renaissance Art: The Rebirth of Continuous Narrative
FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF ART CRITIC FRANCIS POUND, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 188pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl warped front board, light foxing to page edges, occasional annotation in pencil) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: first editions art history renaissance criticism appreciation philosophy Italian narrative perspective
Paddy: The Life and Times of Wing Commander Patrick Barthropp: An Autobiography
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 150pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, 2cm open tear to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & fading)
PUBLISHER: Howard Baker Press 1987
KEYWORDS: military history Wing Commander Patrick Barthropp autobiography memoir Battle of Britain fighter pilots raf royal air force British armed forces
Crazy Horse and Custer: The Parallel Lives of Two American Warriors
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 486pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with discreet reapirs, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, lower corner of front flap torn out)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers 1976
KEYWORDS: first editions General Custer Crazy Horse US America American history Little Bighorn 7th Cavalry