Books - "history"
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The Theory of Proportion in Architecture
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xi + 156pp, illus, VG+ (v sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (front flap clumsily clipped, light creasing to edges, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1958
KEYWORDS: first editions architecture theory proportion buildings history historical philosophy renaissance P H Scholfield
The Book of the Dead: The Heiroglyphic Transcript and Translation into English of the Ancient Egyptian Papyrus of Ani
Super octavo, light brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xiv + 704pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Gramercy Books 1999
KEYWORDS: ancient history histprical texts papyrus Egypt Egyptian Egyptians book of the dead heiroglyphs heiroglyphics language translations incantations
New Zealand's Naval Story: Naval Policy and Practice, Naval Occasions, Visiting Warships
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 337pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to rear cover & flap)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1948
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history maritime navy naval defence forces
Dumont d'Urville: Explorer & Polymath
FIRST EDITION, HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 671pp, illus, Nr. FINE in d/w Nr FINE
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: first editions exploration biographies memoirs explorers Dumont d'Urville France French history
Proof: Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand: Two Decades of Printmaking
Square super octavo, grey cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to black spine, black & copper gilt lettering to front board, marbled eps, 211pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art printing printmaking history
Minotaure: 65 Articles Importants Signes (Vol 3 - Nos. 9-13)
TEXT IN FRENCH, THIS VOL ONLY, lg quarto, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, blind stamp bull motif to front board, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board edges, sl soiling to boards, minor occasional foxing to some pages) in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & creasing to edges, moderate tanning & soiling, light to moderate chipping/closed tearing with minor archival tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: Editions Albert Skira / Rizzoli 1981
KEYWORDS: text in French Minotaure articles writings prose art history surrealist surrealism avant garde ethnography 1936 1939
Rails Through the Bush
Oblong super octavo, illus stapled light card covers, green lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, moderate tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: Southern Press 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport trains rail travel steam locomotives history
Kett's Rebellion: The Norfolk Rising of 1549
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 165pp, includes ex library pamphlet, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 1977
KEYWORDS: Robert Kett rebellion Norfolk English England history
To Katanga and Back: A UN Case History
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: Hutchinson & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: politics political conflict Africa UN history
Shotover Jet: The Story of Queenstown's Adventure Tourism Pioneer
Imperial 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: Shotover Jet Ltd 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand tourism Queenstown shotover jet autobiography history
Bamboo Palace: Discovering the Lost Dynasty of Laos
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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 2003
KEYWORDS: Laos history politics government travel literature
The Perkin Warbeck Conspiracy: 1491-1499
FIRST EDITION THUS, imperial 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: Alan Sutton Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: first editions THUS Perkin Warbeck history conspiracy theories politics English French
Stranger in the Shogun's City: A Woman's Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan
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: Chatto & Windus 2020
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese women 19th nineteenth century history biographies
The Great Archaeologists
EX-LIBRARY, quarto stiff card covers (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: Martin Secker & Warburg 1976
KEYWORDS: ancient history archaeological discoveries archaeology illustrated London News
TAC: A Pictorial History of the USAF Tactical Air Forces 1970-1977
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Squadron/Signal Publications 1978
KEYWORDS: military aviation USAF US America American tactical air forces history air warfare combat fighter jets planes
Modern Military Aircraft: Intruder
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Squadron/Signal Publications 1991
KEYWORDS: military aviation history Grumman a-6 intruder aircraft fighter planes
A Study of Maya Art: Its Subject Matter and Historical Development
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1975
KEYWORDS: ancient history cultures Maya Mayan art study culture
Messerschmitt Me 262
Quarto stapled glossy light card covers (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: Nakladatelstvi Publishing House 1995
KEYWORDS: military aviation history fighter planes messerschmitt me 262 German luftwaffe
Reflections on the Colony of New South Wales
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: Lansdowne Press 1966
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian nsw New South Wales plants botany settlers pioneers exploration history Sir Joseph Banks
The Westminster Review: No LXXXVI - Sept. 1845
Octavo softcover (scruffy); 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: Samuel Clarke 1845
KEYWORDS: westminster review art culture history