Books - "history"
Showing 33721 to 33740 of 45229 results.
Hemi: A History of Chrysler's Iconic V-8 in Competition
Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soiling to page edges, minor adhesion to some pgs to rear) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: CarTech Inc 2015
KEYWORDS: motor sports automotive racing cars Chrysler v8 Hemi history engineering engines
The Classical Orders of Architecture (Second Edition)
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 228pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor chafing, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling & tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2005
KEYWORDS: architecture history buildings art classical styles orders
Panzer: The Illustrated History of Germany's Armored Forces in WWII
Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: MBI Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii German Germany panzer armoured armored vehicles war combat
The Templeton Years: Speedway in Christchurch
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 152pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Speedway Classics 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorsports history speedway Christchurch racing
Fat-Tire Flyer: Repack and the Birth of Mountain Biking
Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus/printed eps, 258pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Velo Press 2014
KEYWORDS: hobbies history mountain biking California
The Book of the Rudge: A Complete Guide For Owners and Prospective Purchasers of 1933-39 Rudge-Whitworth Motor Cycles (Fourth Edition)
Sm octavo, cream heavy boards, black lettering to boards, v + 108pp, illus, VG (light bruising, scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, eps & prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons 1948
KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles Rudge-Whitworth history 30s thirties guide Rudge
Our First Fifty Years: Pioneer Motor Club
Octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 116pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate internal rusting & separation to staples at gutters)
PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co (Printer) N/D (c.1964?)
KEYWORDS: Pioneer Motor Club history Christchurch New Zealand
Proposed Waitemata-Manukau Canal: Reports and Plans re Whau and Tamaki Routes
LACKS FOLDING MAPS- COPIES MAY BE AVAILABLE ON REQUEST, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 66pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, handpainted flag illus & prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Auckland Harbour Board 1908
KEYWORDS: New Zealand reports Auckland harbour Waitemata Manukau canal transport history
Scholarship and Fierce Sincerity: Henry D. A. Major: The Face of Anglican Modernism
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 245pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing & curling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Polygraphia Ltd 2006
KEYWORDS: religion theology Henry D A Major anglican modernism philosophy religious history New Zealand biographies settlers pioneers
The Maungatapu Mountain Murders
Octavo, illus light wrappers, blank spine, 158pp, VG- (moderate tanning & creasing/cracking to spine & cover edges with some minor creasing & closed tearing, light tanning & foxing to page edges, heavy rusting & cracking at gutters/staples)
PUBLISHER: R. W. Stiles & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand true crime murder homicide Burgess Levy Kelly Sullivan Nelson history historical convictions
By Bible, Hammer & Compass: Pacific Adventures of James and William Puckey, 1796-1827: Carpenters, Missionaries, Mariners
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, iv + 234pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor chafing & soiling, sl soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Sean Millar Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration south seas biographies memoir James William Puckey history pioneers settlers Pacific
St. Stephen's School: Missionary and Multiracial Origins
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 110pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light chafing to covers, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Brian Old 1994
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education schools history St Stephen's religious missionary
Chathams Resurgent: How the Islanders Overcame 150 Years on Misrule
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, xiii + 366pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chatham Islands Enterprise Trust history politics political government governance
Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were: Creatures, Places and People
Lg quarto, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & covers with considerable attempts at repairs with both tape & correction fluid- mostly internal, minor water staining & soiling to page edges, moderate creasing/curling to page corners, light cracking to gutters, moderate soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: Penguin Studio 1998
KEYWORDS: fantasy fantastical creatures supernatural magic magical encyclopedia encyclopaedia mythlogy legends culture cultural history
Worship: A History of New Zealand Church Design
Lg quarto, gold coloured heavy boards, white lettering to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems- minor surface loss, sl scuffing to spine) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing to spine extrems with 4cm closed tear & archival tape repair at base)
PUBLISHER: Godwit / Penguin Random House 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religious buildings architecture history churches design
The Greatest Movies You'll Never See
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & red lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & minor closed tearing to edges- some discreet tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: Aurum Press 2013
KEYWORDS: movies history cinema film studies unmade scrapped collection criticism
Reports or Causes in Chancery
Duodecimo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, page edges stained red, unpaginated prelims + 116pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & surface loss to spine & boards/extrems- gilt lettering to spine faded, heavy tanning to page edges, ffep missing, historic annotation & underlining in ink to text throughout, hand drawn map in pencil to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: W. Lee, D. Pakeman and G. Bedell 1650
KEYWORDS: law legal William Lambert Sir George Cary chancery history high court of justice Lord Chancellor's British Great Britain UK
Della Missione a Roma di Antonio Rosmini-Serbati Negli Anni 1848-49 Commentario
TEXT IN ITALIAN, super octavo, cream light card covers, red & black lettering to spine & front cover, clxxxiii + 510pp, VG (sl creasing & fading to spine, sl creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutters, considerable highlighting & underlining/annotation to text in places) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Edizione Rosminiane Sodalitas 1998
KEYWORDS: text in Italian Antonio Rosmini Serbati theology literature history religion religious rosminian
Census of New South Wales: November 1828
Lg quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 475pp, includes loosely enclosed corrigenda & addenda, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading & bending to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Library of Australian History 1985
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian census New South Wales nsw history settlers
Early History of New Zealand Part III; Brett's Historical Series
PART III ONLY, quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, pgs 377-560 only, illus/photos, tatty, (v heavy chipping & loss to cover edges & spine, light tape repairs to spine, moderate fading, tanning & foxing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate sporadic foxing to pages throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: H. Brett N/D
KEYWORDS: Brett's historical series early history New Zealand settlers pioneers