Books - "history"
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Annotated Bibliography for the History of Medicine & Health in New Zealand
Super octavo, glossy illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xx + 322pp, VG+ (light scuffing to dges of covers, sl soiling to covers, prev owners name in ink to fep, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago 1994
KEYWORDS: bibliography biblioghraphies catalogues history health medicine New Zealand
Southern Lights: The Official Account of the British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, x + 298pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Scott Polar Research Institute 2012
KEYWORDS: Graham Land expedition exploration history south pole antarctica observations
Color Profiles of World War 1 Combat Planes
Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Crescent Books 1974
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war i 1 one the great war combat aerial combat planes fighter aviation design identification markings
Germany Under Three Emperors
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, x + 379pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine, moderate fading to board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front & rear pastedowns, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light occasional cracking to some gutters, moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1917
KEYWORDS: first editions Germany German history rulers leaders empire Prussia Austria Russia government
Wanderings in the Middle East
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower page edges, frontispiece, 318pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine &edges with loss & tidy archival tape repairs, moderate staining & discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Middle East A Sloan Palestine Syria Iraq culture customs first editions history
The Memoirs of the Crown Prince of Germany
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 299pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate scuffing & tanning to spine, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters throughout, moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1922
KEYWORDS: first editions history Germany German crown prince Wilhelm ii 2nd second memoirs autobiography Kaiser Prussia
Observations on the State of the Aboriginal Inhabitants of New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, SCARCE, quarto, blue stiff card boards, black handwritten lettering to title plate on front cover, blue buckram spine, unpaginated prelims, 44pp, folding appendices, VG- (heavy creasing & scuffing to spine & covers with heavy staining & loss also, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to front & rear gutter/hinge- front cover shaky/partially detached, heavy staining to top page edges)
PUBLISHER: W C Wilson, Gov't Printer 1859
KEYWORDS: anthropology New Zealand Australia Australian Aboriginal population history tribes first editions
Ralph Lauren: In His Own Fashion
Quarto, black heavy boards, black glossy lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 351pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing to boards, sl wrinkling to pages) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Abrams 2019
KEYWORDS: fashion design designers Ralph Lauren history clothing
The Modernist Muslim Movement in Indonesia 1900-1942
Octavo, illus purple light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps, x + 390pp, VG- (heavy chafing/surface loss & soiling to spine & covers, heavy fading to spine, moderate tanning & staining to page edges, moderate creasing & chafing/scuffing to eps & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: Indonesia Indonesian history religion religious Muslim Islam Islamic early 20th twentieth century
Now Showing: A History of the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery
Lg quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, grey lettering to spine, printed eps, 300pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & creasing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Govett-Brewster Art Gallery 2016
KEYWORDS: art history New Zealand Govett-Brewster art gallery
The Malays
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 293pp, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers/edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Wiley-Blackwell 2011
KEYWORDS: Asian history culture Malay civilisation civilization
Every Spy a Prince: The Complete History of Israel's Intelligence Community
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: Houghton Mifflin 1991
KEYWORDS: Israel idf military espionage history spies intelligence
Beyond the Blue Horizon: On the Track of Imperial Airways
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: Charles Scribner's Sons 1987
KEYWORDS: commercial aviation air travel history aeronautics Imperial Airways passenger transport
The Long Yarn of the Law: A Brief History of Policing in New Zealand
Super 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: P D Hasselberg, Gov't Printer 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand law enforcement police history
Death, Desire and Loss in Western Culture
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: Allen Lane / Penguin 1998
KEYWORDS: death mortality culture beliefs history
SAS Band of Brothers: The Last Stand of the SAS and Their Hunt for the Nazi Killers
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: Quercus 2020
KEYWORDS: military history SAS nazi ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 elite forces war criminals
Through the Brazilian Wilderness
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG+) minimal library markings; 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: Heron Books N/D (c.1980s?)
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Brazil South America Theodore Roosevelt history culture
Knights of the High Toby: The Story of the Highwaymen
LACKS D/W, 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: Peter Davies 1962
KEYWORDS: history crime criminals highwaymen
Troy
Super 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: Michael Joseph 2020
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek Greece history Troy Stephen Fry antiquity
The Illustrated Chronicles of Matthew Paris: Observations of Thirteenth-Century Life
Quarto 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: Alan Sutton Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: history historical texts Matthew Paris 13th thirteenth century chronicles monastic life religious religion middle ages