Books - "history"
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The Legacy of the Malay Letter: Warisan Warkah Melayu
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The British Library / National Archives of Malaysia 1994
KEYWORDS: illumination illustration literature letters calligraphy lettering Malay Malaysia history signed
Kretek: The Culture and Heritage of Indonesia's Clove Cigarettes
Lg quarto, black heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xviii + 203pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims, light to moderate adhesion to some pages- minor tearing to pg203) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Equinox Publishing 2003
KEYWORDS: Indonesia Indonesian customs culture smoking clove cigarettes kretek heritage history
A Short History of Japanese Architecture
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 140pp + 122 plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate fading & tanning/discolouration to spine & board edges, light foxing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, moderate tanning & sporadic light foxing throughout, occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & loss to edges with tidy archival tape repairs, moderate discolouration & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1941
KEYWORDS: first editions history Japan Japanese buildings design architecture
The Travels and Controversies of Friar Domingo Navarette 1618-1686
2 VOL SET, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif & blind rule to front boards, deckled page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to spines, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press / Hakluyt Society 1962
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration voyages travel literature history Friar Domingo Navarette 17th seventeenth century
The Art of the Netsuke Carver
Quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 80pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling/paper residue to boards, heavy crease to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & closed tearing to edges & spine with heavy loss & tidy archival tape repairs, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1956
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art small carvings netsuke history
Subject Index to the Economic and Financial Documents of the League of Nations 1927-1930
Ex-library, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 190pp, VG- (minimal library markings, light bruising & light to moderate discolouration to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, unfortunate v heavy closed tearing to base of pgs 129-134 & pgs 147-160- otherwise looks to be unread)
PUBLISHER: World Peace Foundation 1932
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues politics government alliances history league of nations economics economy finance financial
The Prester John of the Indies: A True Relation of the Lands of the Prester John, Being the Narrative of the Portuguese Embassy to Ethiopia in 1520 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt nautical motif to front boards, deckled/rough cut page edges- some remain uncut, frontispieces, 617pp total, illus, folding map in pocket to rear pastedown of vol 2, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to spines/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press / Hakluyt Society 1961
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration voyages Prester John Indies Ethiopia Portugal Portuguese embassy history
Craigavon: Ulsterman
FIRST EDITION, HEAVY ARCHIVAL REPAIRS TO JACKET, super octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained orange- faded, frontispiece, xxiv + 676pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink marks to ffep, newspaper clipping glued to half title page, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, tatty (heavy chipping & loss to spine & edges with heavy but tidy tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions biographies memoir James Craig Viscount Craigavon of Stormont former Irish Ireland prime ministers Ulster history politics government
The Viking Legacy: The Scandinavian Influence on the English and Gaelic Languages
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 225pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions history vikings Scandinavia scandinavian linguistics language English Gaelic
Kraton Jogja
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to lower page corners) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/bruising to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat & Indonesia Marketing Association 2002
KEYWORDS: history culture Kraton Jogja Indonesia Indonesian
Shiba Kokan: Artist, Innovator and Pioneer in the Westernization of Japan
Imperial octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 200pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, light tanning to page edges, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: John Weatherhill 1974
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Shiba Kokan Japan Japanese history art artists
Japanese Cloisonne: History, Technique and Appreciation
Imperial octavo, grey cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, xii + 323pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light plucking to cloth of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some surface loss, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: John Weatherhill 1982
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art cloisonne history decoration decorative enamels
A History of Japan: Early to 1867 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- x + 500pp, vol 2- xix + 442pp, vol 3- xii + 258pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, moderate discolouration to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris labels to front pastedown of each vol) in d/w, vols 1 & 3 only- vol 2 jacket missing, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate fading to spines, light soiling, moderate foxing to vol 1)
PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1958-1966
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese ancient history antiquity
The Rural Life of England (Second Edition, Corrected and Revised)
Super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling with raised bands to spine, gilt rule to boards, aeg, illus full title page, xxiv + 615pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & boards, light tanning to spine, moderate scuffing to gilt on page edges, light to moderate soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters, minor foxing & staining to some pages, prev. owner's name/inscription in ink to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans 1840
KEYWORDS: England English rural life customs history country life
Naval Power in the Twentieth Century
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 273pp, VG+ (sl bruising & staining to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & water staining to edges, light chafing, light fading)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1996
KEYWORDS: military history navy naval power 20th twentieth century maritime warfare
Dennistoun Past and Present
Duodecimo, grey light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, printed eps, 67pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Dennistoun Press N/D (c.1922)
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish Glasgow towns Dennistoun history
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XII Rome to Birmingham January 1847 to December 1848
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 441pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1962
KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XIII Birmingham and London January 1849 to June 1850
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 520pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1963
KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious
Even the Dogs Have Forgotten to Bark: The Events and the People of Lepperton, Sentry Hill and Waiongona
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 284pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: PT & LM Wilson 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lepperton Sentry Hill Waiongona pioneers settlers
Reconstructing Faces: The Art of Wartime Surgery of Gillies, Pickerill, McIndoe & Mowlem
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, dvd to rear pocket, frontispiece, 262pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate chafing/soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, disc to rear pocket may not work- lightly scratched & soiled) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to spine & rear)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: military history medical New Zealand plastic surgeons plastic surgery ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Gillies Pickering McINdoe Mowlem