Books - "history"
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The Maginot Line: History and Guide
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 308pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling ot spine & cover egdes, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2021
KEYWORDS: military history maginot line Europe fortifications ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG+ (sunning to spine and covers)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history exploration adventure Tuai Ngare Raumati Maori Bay of Islands
Flyers of Time: Pioneer Aviation in Country Victoria
Quarto, illus heavy boards, maroon letters to spine, illus title page & prelims, 407pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Kevin M O'Reilly 2012
KEYWORDS: civil aviaiton history Australia Australian Victoria flight transport flight
Gabriel's Gully and Dunedin in 1861
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, stapled light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 23pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & moderate chafing/scuffing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1957
KEYWORDS: signed A H Reed New Zealand Otago Dunedin history Gabriel's Gully
From East Cape to Cape Egmont: A Pictorial Record of an East-West Walk
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & soiling to covers, minor rusting to staples, closed tearing to spine)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1962
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history A H Reed
The Nazi Movement in the United States 1924-1941
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, black buckram boards, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, 380pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, minor tape residue to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor tanning & tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor closed tearing & yellowing tape repairs to rear)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: nazi movement extreme politics US America American history early 20th twentieth century Hitler hate speech infiltration
Brazilian Adventure
FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, octavo, brown cloth boards, yellow lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, frontispiece, 414pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading/rubbing to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to eps, heavy cracking to some gutters, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, plate to pgs 278/279 detached but present)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1933
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing exploration Brazil South America American first editions history culture
The National Bibliography of Indian Literature 1901-1953 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, patterned eps, vol 1- viii + 797pp, vol 2- x + 632pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling & tape staining to board edges, light tanning to page edges, tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in adhesive covers- probable staining to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, front flaps clipped)
PUBLISHER: Sahitya Akademi 1962-66
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies Indian literature early 20th twentieth century history
The Peoples of Malaysia
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained brown, illus eps, xiv + 354pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate insect damage & cracking to front & rear gutters, boards shaky, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of half title page, moderate tanning throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, price clipped, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: D Van Nostrand Company 1945
KEYWORDS: first editions Malaysia history culture anthropology social development
Indonesian Trade and Society: Essays in Asian Social and Economic History (Second Edition)
Super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to long title plate on spine, xvii + 388pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing & heavy tanning to page edges & eps, heavy tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sumur Bandung 1960
KEYWORDS: essays literature prose collection anthology Indonesia trade economics history
From East Cape to Cape Egmont: A Pictorial Record of an East-West Walk
DATED, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, white stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & curling to covers with light soiling & foxing, moderate closed tearing & scuffing to spine, minor rusting to staples)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1962
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand A H Reed history East Cape Egmont walking
Bernard Freyberg, VC: Soldier of Two Nations
FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF HISTORIAN MICHAEL BASSETT & EPHEMERA LOOSLEY ENCLOSED, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 627pp, illus/photos, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, considerable adhesion to photo pages, some minor underlining in ink, occasional foxing throughout) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1991
KEYWORDS: Bernard Freyberg military history biographies memoir New Zealand England
Shikar Sketches with Notes on Indian Field-Sports
CONTEMPORARY REBIND, octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, red speckling to page egdes, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 336pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, light to moderate scuffing/chafing to leatherwork, light soiling to marbled boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional cracking to gutters, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1887
KEYWORDS: India Indian sports culture games hobbies Shikar history
Russia: A History
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 478pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing & extrems) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light wrinkling & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history geopolitics
New Zealand and the Vietnam War: Politics and Diplomacy
ALSO LOOSELY ENCLOSED INCIDENTS RELATING TO THE AUCKLAND DEMONSTRATIONS, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xi + 443pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light crack to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Vietnam war politics foreign policy
The Flowering of Mysticism: Men and Women in the New Mysticism (1200-1350)
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 526pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (in tidy plastic protective wrapper, sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Crossroad Herder / Crossroad Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: mysticism history middle ages catholic church catholicism doctrines women
The Central Asian Art of Avicenna Epoch
Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp illus to front board, illus eps, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (sl discolouration to upper board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's sm label to ffep, light to moderate foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate peeling & soiling/chafing, light fading to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Irfon Publishing House 1980
KEYWORDS: central Asia Asian art history historical antiquity artefacts
Waiata
SCARCE, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR; Super octavo, stapled light card covers, 32pp, VG- (moderately heavy soiling/foxing to covers, moderate chipping & heavy creasing/folding to covers resulting in approx. 5cm closed tear at base of spine with archival tape repair, author's signature & inscription to inside front cover in black ink, heavy staining around staples from rust, otherwise only intermittent spots of soiling to text and light tanning to extrems) (Bagnall: SB1189a)
PUBLISHER: Queen City Press ca. 1945
KEYWORDS: scarce signed inscribed bryan bowles waiata bagnall collection sb1189a maori new zealand history folk music songs lyrics verses myths mythology legends
A History of the Sikhs (Volume I: 1469-1839 & Volume 2: 1839-1974)
2 VOL. SET, Fifth impression; Octavo, illus. light card covers, black lettering to spines, xiii+419pp (Vol. I) & xi+411pp (Vol. II), illus plates & maps (folding map at beginning of Part I, Vol. I), VG- (moderate rubbing, creasing, soiling & sun-fading to covers, moderate chipping and creasing to spines, bookseller's price stickers to rear covers & stamps to eps, light-moderate foxing/soiling & discolouration to pages, page edges, plates & folding map)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1984
KEYWORDS: history sikhs sikhism khushwant singh religion spirituality church kingdom faith indian punjab social religious political politics guru nanak gobind maharajah ranjit british empire
A History of Railways and Tramways on Tasmania's West Coast (Fourth Edition)
Fourth edition; Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, vii+212pp, illus - black & white photos & maps, VG+ (light scuffing, creasing & v. light soiling to covers & spine, light tanning/discolouration to page edges/extrems)
PUBLISHER: L. G. Rae 1986
KEYWORDS: history railways tramways tasmania west coast lou rae australian steam diesel engines trains locomotives trams trains transport