Books - "history"
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Tinwald: A Canterbury Plains Settlement
Ex-library, octavo, orange buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate scuffing & soiling/taoe residue to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective covers with adhesive edges- edges likely stained, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: E R Bayliss 1970
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tinwald Canterbury plains settlers pioneers settlements
The Voyages of Cadamosto, and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship illus & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xlv + 159pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1937
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages Cadamosto Western Africa African 15th fifteenth century first editions
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