Books - "history"
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Hazardous Waters: The Enterprising Life of the Good Merchant James Reddy Clendon in Early New Zealand
SIGNED LETTER FROM AUTHOR REGARDING REVIEWS LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, illus light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creaisng/curling to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Barbara Gawaith 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history James Reddy Clendon biographies pioneers settlers family genealogy
International Congress for the Study of the Qur'an: Australian National University, Canberra 8-13 May 1980 (Series 1)
Imperial octavo, patterned/illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxviii + 187pp, VG (sl creasing & curling to spine/cover edges, moderate chafing/soiling/fading to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims/terminals, light cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Australian National University 1980
KEYWORDS: Australia Islam Islamic history Koran Qur'an conference Muslim holy scriptures texts
Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes and Poetry for Children
NUMBERED & SIGNED LIMITED EDITION (#366/500), very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt whimsical character to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 116pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues children's literature nursery rhymes poetry history signed
Stone's Otago and Southland Directory
Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, directory ink stamps to page edges, printed eps, xii + 953pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, heavy cracking to rear hinge, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, minor cracking to some gutters, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Stone, Son & Co 1945
KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories 1945 Otago Southland businesses history
Miles Davis: The Complete Illustrated History
Sm quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Voyageur Press 2012
KEYWORDS: jazz music musicians history biographies Miles Davis
Up Jumped the Devil: The Real Life of Robert Johnson
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, ix + 326pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to board edges, sl staining to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light water staining to base of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 2019
KEYWORDS: music blues musicians Robert Johnson history biographies memoir
Windows on a Chinese Past: Volume 4 (Don's 'Roll of Chinese')
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 300pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Chinese community James Ng goldfields gold mining miners Alexander Don register roll
The West Riding Wool Textile Industry: A Catalogue of Business Records from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 560pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Pasold Research Fund Ltd 1975
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues history historical textile industry business records
Science Fiction and Fantasy Reference Index 1985-1991: An International Author and Subject Index to History and Criticism
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unused, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xxii + 677pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Libraries Unlimited 1993
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues scifi science fiction fantasy history criticism literature literary reference research
Waterloo: Myth and Reality
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 268pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, sl foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2014
KEYWORDS: first editions military famous battles Waterloo history Napoleon Bonaparte Duke of Wellington
The King's Dogge: The Story of Francis Lovell
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: Matador 2013
KEYWORDS: literature fiction Richard III history
Bibliotheca Belgica: Bibliographie Generale des Pays-Bas / Belgian Library: General Bibliography of the Netherlands (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS (1964), very tidy ex-library- possibly unused, quarto, red leather-textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, minor bruising & chafing/rubbing to spines & extrems- sl surface loss, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Culture et Civilisation, Royal Library of Belgium 1964
KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues Netherlands geography history Royal Library of Belgium
Juarez and Diaz: Machine Politics in Mexico
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 467pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Northern Illinois University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Mexico Mexican history politics government
The Arab-Israeli Conflict 1945-1971: A Bibliography
FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 419pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light scuffing & bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1978
KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues Arab-Israeli conflict modern history 20th twentieth century politics religion religious conflict Israel Palestine
Foreign Investment in the American and Canadian West, 1870-1914: An Annotated Bibliography
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, vii + 192pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1986
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues history finance foreign overseas investment America Canada
Romanian Military Bibliography (A 1944-1984 Selection)
Tidy ex-library, sm octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, 184pp, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & scuffing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Military Publishing House 1985
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Romanian military history
Japan and the World 1853-1952: A Bibliographic Guide to Japanese Scholarship in Foreign Relations
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 462pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (in easily removed protective wrapper, light creasing to edges, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Japan Japanese foreign relations history historical reference
Pictorial New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 301pp + unpaginated publisher's catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate chipping to spine extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep possibly missing, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1895
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history pictorial
George Grenville 1712-1770: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of British Statesmen, No. 3)
FIRST EDITION, very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxxiv + 227pp, VG+ (minimal library markings- none external, light bruising & soiling to spine & board edges)
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1992
KEYWORDS: first editions bibliography bibliographies catalogues George Grenville politics government history manuscripts British
Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein, Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design
Square quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, pink & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 216pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to edges, light chafing, sm gouge to spine)
PUBLISHER: Pointed Leaf Press 2003
KEYWORDS: fashion biographies Helena Rubinstein design history