Books - "history"
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Select Documents Illustrating the Four Voyages of Columbus, Including Those Contained in R H Major's Select Letters of Christopher Columbus (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt ship illus & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some may remain uncut, frontispieces, vol 1- clv + 188pp, vol 2- lxxxix + 164pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, moderate to heavy tanning & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1930-33
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration adventures history travel Christopher Columbus documents
Handbook for Australia & New Zealand (Including Also the Fiji Islands) with New Map of the Colonies (Second Edition)
LACKS FOLDING MAP, sm octavo, red buckram soft boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, x + 449pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, folding map at front missing, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters, some pgs loose and/or out of order)
PUBLISHER: S W Silver & Co / Office of 'The Colonies' 1874
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand travel writing guides literature history historical
Maori Prisoners of War in Dunedin 1869-1872: Deaths and Burials and Survivors
UNCOMMON, quarto, illus stapled light card covers, 21pp, illus, VG+ (tidy red adhesive reinforcement to spine, light creasing to covers, light staining to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Hexagon 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history prisoners of war Dunedin late 19th nineteenth century death sburials survivors
The Railway Problem in New Zealand
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF HISTORICAL FIGURE & AUTHOR E E VAILE, SON OF SAMUEL VAILE, ex-library, octavo, cream stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, various pagination, VG- (tidy red reinforcement to spine, heavy tanning, creasing & staining to front cover, light chafing & soiling to rear cover, various ink stamps to front eps, minimal library markings, heavy tanning to ffep- brittle edges with chipping/loss)
PUBLISHER: Railway Reform League 1891
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport railway reform league history Samuel Vaile
North to Kimbolton (Birmingham)
UNCOMMON, octavo, stapled illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 133pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers & edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: D Thomas Waugh N/D (c.1986)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Kimbolton history settlers pioneers
The Animals of New Zealand: An Account of the Colony's Air-Breathing Vertebrates
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & illus front board, frontispiece, 375pp, illus, VG- (heavy foxing and sunning to spine, moderate bruising and soiling to spine extrems and board corners/edges, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges and eps, light soiling page extrems throughout, 3 different owners signs to fep in pen and pencil)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1905
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history animals nature wildlife identification
The Complete Greek Temples
Imperial octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2006
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek temples history antiquity gods architecture buildings
One Small Finger: Overseas Mission in a Changing World, 1949-69
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, ii + 153pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing/curling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Church of New Zealand N/D (c.1988)
KEYWORDS: prebysterian church New Zealand religion Asia pacific history missionaries
The Exeter Book
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, cxvii + 382pp, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board corners, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1936
KEYWORDS: anglo-saxon poetry literature Exeter book historical history verse poems
Gout: The Patrician Malady
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 393pp, VG+ (light bruising/scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: health maladies sickness gout culture history pain
A History of the Gregynog Press
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread with no external markings, imperial octavo 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: Private Libraries Association 1980
KEYWORDS: literature literary history Gregynog Press
Check-list of Works of British Authors Printed Abroad, in Langauges Other Than English, to 1641
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial octavo 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: The Bibliographical Society of America 1975
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues British authors literature literary foreign langauges history historical
A Bibliography of Regimental Histories of the British Army
Ex-library, imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (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: The Society for Army Historical Research 1965
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues regimental military history historical British Army
A Descriptive Bibliography of Montaigne's Essais 1580-1700
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo 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: Oxford University Press / Bibliographical Society Publication 1983
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues literary history Montaigne
A History of Petts Wood (Millenium Edition)
Square octavo softcover (VG) gift inscription in ink to title page; 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: Petts Wood and District Residents' Association 2000
KEYWORDS: Petts Wood history stately homes houses UK England English
Under the Aegis: The Virtues
Quarto 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: Fortuna Press 1997
KEYWORDS: art history criticism essays prose literature literary New Zealand artists collages photos photography women
The Mystery of the Bayeux Tapestry
Quarto 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: BCA 1986
KEYWORDS: history tapestries crafts Bayeux Tapestry art
Mana Tangata: People of Action
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: Point Publishing 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rotary clubs history communities community action groups
Americans and Chinese: A Historical Essay and a Bibliography
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: Harvard University Press 1963
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues China America Chinese Americans history
Bibliography of the History of Technology
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: The Society for the History of Technology / The MIT Press 1968
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues history technology