Books - "history"
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Natural History in America 1609-1860
Tidy ex-library, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 287pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues American Philosophical Society Historical Society of Pennsylvania Library Company of Philadelphia natural history
A Bibliography of the Hungarian Revolution 1956
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 179pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate bruising to board corners, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1963
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Hungarian revolution politics history political
William Pitt the Younger 1759-1806: A Bibliography
FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 80pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Meckler 1989
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues first editions William Pitt the Younger Great Britain British statesmen politics government leaders history
Maiden Over: A Short History of Women's Cricket and a Diary of the 1948-49 Test Tour to Australia
FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate staining/discolouration to spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping & loss to edges with archival tape repairs, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1950
KEYWORDS: first editions sport history Cricket women Australia Australian
From Versailles to Locarno: Keys to Polish Foreign Policy, 1919-25
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 384pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing to edges with minor tape staining also, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Kansas Press 1984
KEYWORDS: Poland Polish history foreign policy early 20th twentieth century politics political
Cricket in the Fiji Islands
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 250pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & soiling to eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with loss & archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions sport cricket history Fiji Fijian pacific islands pasifika
Arts of Russia: From the Origins to the End of the 18th Century
Sm folio, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate wrinkling/peeling, light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Nagel Publishers 1976
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian art artefacts history
The Great '08: Blackball Coal Miners' Strike: 27 February - 13 May 1908
Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 230pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing & soiling to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Brian Wood 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history coal miners strike Blackball 1908 industrial labour labor
Liberator: America's Global Bomber
Lg quarto, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xii + 548pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pictorial Histories Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warplanes bombers design engineering aircraft
Bodies Beyond Borders: Moving Anatomies, 1750-1950
Super octavo, illus light card covers, red & grey lettering to spine, 304pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in pencil to text)
PUBLISHER: Leuven University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: anatomy medical science history
Later English Romanesque Sculpture 1140-1210
Sm octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 68pp + 133 b&w plates to rear, VG (moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with tidy archival taoe repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Alec Tiranti 1953
KEYWORDS: England English sculptures Roman ancient history
Historic Buildings of Northern New Zealand: An Artist's View
INCLUDES LETTER FROM AUTHOR'S MOTHER REGARDING PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK, square octavo, black cloth boards, 84pp, illus, VG (light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to enclosed letter, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cecilia Ediitons 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art sketches drawings historic buildings architecture history Peter Wells
Life of Mahomet
Hardcover (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: Temple 1949
KEYWORDS: literature biography history religion Islam Mahomet Muhammad
Theatre Country: Essays on Landscape & Whenua
Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 286pp, illus, VG (light rubbing, scuffing and soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Vicotria University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand essays literature prose collection human ecology history Geoff Park
Sons of Kentigern: A History of Saint Kentigern School 1959-2009
Lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, 303pp illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Saint Kentigern Trust Board 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand school history St Saint Kentigern alumni education
The Wanganui Maxwells: A Family History 1814-1966
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 141pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: David Harrop 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Wanganui John James Maxwell biographies
A Divine Legacy
Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, red & grey lettering to spine, 57pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & chafing/soiling to spine & boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Helen Smith / Evenstar Photography 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand church buildings churches Frederick de Jersey Clere Manawatu Rangitikei districts history historical
In the Wake of the Riverboats: Tales Told by Whanganui Riverboat Pioneers Joshua Harris and His Sons
LOOSELY ENCLOSED LETTER SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xx + 107pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Jim Parnell 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Joshua Harris anecdotes history Whanganui riverboat pioneers settlers nautical autobiography Wanganui
Paddlewheels on the Wanganui (Second Edition)
Octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to green faux leather spine, illus eps, 127pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Paddlewheels Press 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand anecdotes history Whanganui riverboat pioneers settlers nautical biographies paddlewheels Wanganui
Language Origins: A Bibliography (Second Revised and Enlarged Edition) 2 Vol Set
2 VOL SET, tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, 890pp total, VG (minimal library markings, ligh bruising & moderate sticky adhesive residue to board edges, moderate tape staining to eps of both vols, sl atnning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in adhesive plastic covers- probable staining to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Mouton & Co 1975
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues language history origins linguistcs anthropology