Books - "history"
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Singing Coral
Super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 292pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, minor bruising & rubbing/fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minro tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: James Barrie 1951
KEYWORDS: exploration anthropology polynesia polynesian people history Pacific islands culture customs
Eighty Years in New Zealand, Embracing Fifty Years of New Zealand Fishing
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, illus/plate to rear detached but present) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping to spine & edges with tearing & loss also, heavy fading to spine & front cover, failing mysterious reinforcement affixed to inside covers, heavy wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams 1943
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history fishing autobiography autobiographies memoir G E George Edward Mannering leisure first editions
South Africa and the Transvaal War (7 Vol Set)
7 VOL SET- 6 MAIN VOLS & 1 SUPPLEMENT VOL, imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spines & front boards, frontispieces, illus/plates- presumed all present, mixed pagination, VG- (moderate to heavy rubbing & bruising to edges & extrems, heavy soiling to spines & boards, spines cocked, moderate soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, minor cracking to gutters, occasional underlining to text, occasional loose page)
PUBLISHER: T C & E C Jack 1900-01 (Supplement by Caxton Publishing)
KEYWORDS: military history South Africa transvaal war
The Story of E R A
Quarto, illus stiff card covers, spiral bound, 46pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining & ink annotation to rear eps, sm adhesive label to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1949
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport motoring racing cars E R A high performance cars history
Monza 1922-72: Cinquant'anni di Storia / Fifty Years of History
TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, quarto, illus heavy boards, green lettering to grey buckram spine, 164pp + appendices to rear, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: SIAS 1972
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH automotive motorsport monza racing motor cars history
The Enthusiast's Guide to Vintage Specials
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing/fading to extrems, sl staining to rear board, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling, prev, bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1994
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport racing vintage classic cars British history
Il Tridente: Storia Della Maserati
TEXT IN ITALIAN, quarto, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 259pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Terza Edizione 1970
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN cars automotive Maserati motorsport racing history
Maserati Road Cars: The Postwar Production Cars 1946 to 1979
Square quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Osprey 1979
KEYWORDS: automotive high performance Maserati history cars design engineering
The Golden Reign: The Story of my Friendship with 'Lawrence of Arabia'
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl foxing thorughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chpiing/fading to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1978
KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir
338171 T E (Lawrence of Arabia)
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, VG (minor fading to spine extrems, moderate tanning & heavy foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate to heavy foxing throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1963
KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir
T E Lawrence: An Arab View
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 301pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light discolourtion to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm patch of label residue & prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions TE Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir Arabs middle east
New Zealand at the Front
REBOUND & RECASED, quarto, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, patternend eps, frontspiece, xvi + 180pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- minor loss to spine extrems, heavy cracking to front hinge/gutter, moderate chafing & fading to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy tanning & light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1917
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers
Marshal Ney: A Dual Life
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 318pp + 16pp adverts/publisher's catalogue to rear, VG (minor fraying & rubbing/bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev, bookseller's sm label to rear pastedowns, sl foxing throughout, minor chipping to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1937
KEYWORDS: first editions Marshal Ney biography biogarphies memoir history
Jim Crow Guide to the USA
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 230pp, VG+ (light curling & chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges, sm inscription in pencil to title page)
PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press 2011
KEYWORDS: US America American history social customs culture race racial discrimination minorities ethnicity segregation
Archaeology in China: New Light on Prehistoric China (Supplement to Volume One)
Imperial 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: W Heffer & Sons / University of Toronto Press 1966
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity China Chinese archeology archaeology prehistoric excavations anthropology
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates: Second Session, Twenty-Fifth Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives: November 2 to December 10, 1937
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: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1938
KEYWORDS: New Zealand past parliamentary debates government politics political history 1937 historical
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
Sm 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: Cornstalk Publishing 1928
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war aviation pilots dairies journals
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates. First Session, Twenty-Sixth Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives: June 27 to August 3, 1939
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) cracking to front hinge; 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: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand past parliamentary debates 1939 government politics political history parliament
Royal Worcester Porcelain: From 1862 to the Present Day
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, imperial 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: Barrie & Jenkins 1973
KEYWORDS: signed antiques china porcelain royal worcester history identification
Pierre Toussaint
Tidy ex-library, 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: Doubleday 2003
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir history Pierre Toussaint