Books - "history"
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A History of Ancient Sculpture
Ex-library, rebacked incorporating original illustrated cloth, imperial octavo, teal & red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, aeg, xxxi + 766pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate scuffing to spine & boards, light tanning to pages throughout, light foxing to prelims, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co 1883
KEYWORDS: ancient history artefacts sculptures art antiquity archeology archaeology
The Anzac Book
Quarto, blue buckram boatrds, gilt lettering to spine, blue lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, xv + 170pp, illus, folding maps, VG- (heavy cracking to lower spine extrems, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges & pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1916
KEYWORDS: anzac military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war Gallipoli soldiers anecdotes stories collection
Representing Australian Aboriginal Music and Dance 1930-1970
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiv + 235pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Academic 2020
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian aboriginal music dance culture customs history indigenous identity
Photographic Record of the War: Reproductions of Pictures Taken by the Australian Official Photographers
SCARCE, THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, x + 753 photos, unpaginated index to rear, VG- (heavy bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, moderate staining to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1923
KEYWORDS: military history the great war ww1 first 1st world war 1 one i photography photos Australian records
Spengler Letters 1913-1936
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue/grey, frontispiece, 320pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1966
KEYWORDS: Oswald Spengler letters correspondence collection history philosophy
Myths & Legends of the Polynesians
FIRST EDITION, holograph letter from Andersen tipped in to d/w front flap; also inscribed to Elsdon Best from Andersen, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering with blue & green decoration to spine & front board, deckled/rough cut page edges, frontispiece, 512pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with tape staining also, some occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- some minor loss, heavy tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Company 1928
KEYWORDS: myths legends Polynesia Polynesian ancient history antiquity folklore lore signed first editions
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel with Studies of Man and Nature
OWNERSHIP OF JOHN HARRE- NZ ETHNOLOGIST/HISTORIAN, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 515pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & fraying to spine & extrems, moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky, light foxing & tanning to prelims, inscription in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1898
KEYWORDS: Malay archipelago nature natural history
Talent & Charisma: New Zealand's Champion Eventers
TIPPED IN NOTE SIGNED BY MARK TODD, quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG- (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, pgs 1-14 completely detached but present, light foxing to inside front covers, some cracking to other gutters)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand equestrian horse sport events riders history Olympics
La Contribucion Italiana en la Aviacion Paraguaya
TEXT IN SPANISH, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, yellow lettering to spine, 297pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate to heavy creasing & scuffing to spine & covers, light chafing to covers, heavy creasing to edge of pgs 107/108)
PUBLISHER: Asuncion 2007
KEYWORDS: text in Spanish aviation history signed Antonio Luis Sapienza Fracchia
De Legendarische Vlucht van de Uiver: London-Melbourne oktober 1934
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Teleboek BV 1983
KEYWORDS: text in Dutch aviation history civilian
De Nederlandse Vliegtuigen
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 143pp, illus photos, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling to covers with moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Romen Haarlem 1982
KEYWORDS: text in Dutch aviation history
Vlucht Door de Tijd: 75 Jaar Nederlandse Luchtmacht
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 440pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining to boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, various ephemera tipped in to ffep with white-out, newspaper clipping taped to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with som eminor tape repair, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Unieboek b.v. 1988
KEYWORDS: text in Dutch military aviation history
Family and Travel 1911
Modern bound photocopy of journal c.1911, oblong imperial octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to front board, unpaginated, VG+ (light scuffing/bruising & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some terminal pages removed, remaining terminal pages/rear eps heavily annotated in ink)
PUBLISHER: J G Bremner 1911 (Modern Photocopy)
KEYWORDS: Otago goldfields Dunedin New ZEaland history journal diary J G Bremner family genealogy
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia Vol. III
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 309pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, light discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light cracking to some gutters, light soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1888
KEYWORDS: Australia Australasia New Zealand travel writing literature history culture
How To Farm Profitably; Or, The Sayings & Doings of Mr. Alderman Mechi.; with illustrations from photographs by Mayall (A New Edition, with Additions)
Sm. octavo green cloth boards with red leather spine, gilt lettering and blind-stamped decoration to spine, frontispiece, 316pp, illus plates, VG- (lower spine and hinges heavily cracked, otherwise slight cracking to spine and front hinge, moderate rubbing to spine decorations, heavy scuffing to spine extrems with some surface loss, light-moderate browning, foxing and soiling to pages and frontispiece, some creasing/folding and heavy browning to page edges, moderate mixed soiling to external boards, light-moderate scuffing and bruising to board edges and corners, owner's name in partially-erased pencil to fep, bookseller's blind-embossed stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge 1859
KEYWORDS: alderman mechi farming agriculture agricultural guide profitably profitable business history growing cultivation irrigation land development crops sowing animals cattle pigs feeding
Ashburton; New Zealand; Its Pioneers and Its History 1853 - 1939
EX-LIBRARY, REBACKED; Octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine from library rebacking, illus prelim, x+766pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings/pocket to spine/rear board/eps/prelims, spine v. slight cocked and binding slightly weakened from rebacking but still intact, light staining to spine where library labels taped, moderate rubbing/scuffing to spine and board extrems, light mixed soiling to external boards, light tanning and staining to pages/page edges, approx. 15cm closed tear to pp13-14 with tape repair, approx. 13cm closed tear to pp83-84 with tape repair, approx. 3x6cm open tear to fore-edge of pp647-648 with small section of bottom corner text missing as a result)
PUBLISHER: A. H. and A. W Reed 1940
KEYWORDS: ashburton guardian new zealand south island history council centennial memorial ex-library john brown lowcliffe pioneers colonial industrial farming agricultural
Travels of Fray Sebastien Manrique 1629-1643; A Translation of the Itinerario de Las Missiones Orientales; In Two Volumes (Vol. I: Arakan; Vol. II: China, India, Etc.)
FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET, VOL. I LACKS D/W; Super octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decorative motif and blind decorative rule to boards, deckled page edges with many resulting unopened pages throughout, frontispieces, lxvi+450pp (Vol. I), ix+481pp (Vol. II), illus plates/maps/plans, publication note from Hon. Secretary F. P. Sprent loosely enclosed in Vol. II, VG+ (light soiling and dampstaining to spine and boards of Vol. I, v. light rubbing and scuffing to spine/board extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (Vol. II only, small approx. 5mm open tear to spine from rubbing, heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate browning to extrems, heavy to spine with additional heavy dampstaining)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1926 (Vol. I) & 1927 (Vol. II)
KEYWORDS: fray sebastien manrique itinerario de las missiones orientales translations hakluyt society first editions missions missionary missionaries voyage travel exploration expeditions history portugal portuguese india arakan china
Diary of Richard Cooks; Cape-Merchant in the English Factory in Japan; 1615-1622; With Correspondence
FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt decorative motif and blind decorative rule to boards, deckled page edges, liv+349pp (Vol. I), 368pp (Vol. II), VG- (moderate cracks to gutters in Vol. I, boards slightly shaky but still attached, rear board detached from text block in Vol. II, front board slightly shaky from moderate cracks to gutter but still attached, both volumes hinges still intact, all pages present but some starting to come loose in Vol. I, a few pages just barely still attached, moderate-heavy soiling to spines and boards, moderate sun-fading to spines, light rubbing and scuffing to spine/board extrems, light-moderate tanning and foxing to page edges, v. light pencil annotation to page ix of preface in Vol. I), both volumes lack d/w
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1883
KEYWORDS: first edition diary richard cocks english factory japanese england trade merchant mercantile industry industrial history colonialism
About The House; Levi-Strauss and Beyond
Super octavo illus light card covers, xiv+299pp, illus plates & figures, VG+ (v. light rubbing, scuffing and creasing to spine and extrems, moderate sun-fading to spine and covers near spine, bookseller's price/barcode sticker partially attached to bottom rear cover, attempted removal by prev. owner)
PUBLISHER: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge 1995
KEYWORDS: houses homes dwellings residences residential buildings family families kinship social history essay anthologies anthropology architecture claude levi strauss janet carsten stephen hugh-jones asia madagascar sarawak kelabit langkawi sulawesi ara lio moluccan guiana brazil amazonia mebengokre kayapo
Ordeal by Water
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1957
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir marine warfare combat Peter Keeble navy ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2