Books - "history"
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Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE - ASSOCIATION COPY! Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xvii + 398pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO 2005
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian New Zealand Pacific environmental history anthropology geography human ecology oceania nature environment signed association copy
Continent of Hunter-Gatherers: New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory
OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 390pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light creasing, curling & tanning/discolouration to spine & covers with some sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian prehistory ancient history antiquity archaeology archeology anthropology hunting prehistoric Aboriginals Aborigine
A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? England 1783-1846
Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 757pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: England English history culture politics ideology
We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown nautical illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xviii + 345pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to extrems, sl fading to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name (K R Howe) in ink to front pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: exploration Pacific landfinding nautical maritime naviagation history voyages voyaging
The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania
ASSOCIATION COPY - WARM & LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, super octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 292pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edgeslight fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2006
KEYWORDS: association copy Oceania Pacific history social life customs culture navigation maritime anthropology environmental conditions environment nautical
French Explorers in the Pacific: the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- vi + 356pp, vol 2- 428pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & scuffing/surface loss to spine & edges, vol 2 price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965-69
KEYWORDS: exploration Pacific ocean islands French explorers history anthropology 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century
Football Grounds of Britain (Third Edition)
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, 480pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: CollinsWillow 1996
KEYWORDS: English soccer football grounds history sport
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 592pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light creasing & soiling with pen markings, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2007
KEYWORDS: Pablo Picasso art history biographies memoir criticism appreciation
The History of Preston North End Football Club: The Power, the Politics and the People
Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 303pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: PNE Publications 2000
KEYWORDS: English soccer football Preston North End fc pne sport history
A Time of Transition: Whakarongo School District Twelve Decades On
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, vi + 118pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing, curling, tanning & soiling to spine & covers, heavy crack to gutter of pgs 2-3 with some pgs loose but still attached)
PUBLISHER: Whakarongo School & District 120th Jubilee Committee 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education school history Whakarongo 120th jubilee
Take Me Out to the Ballpark: An Illustrated Tour of Baseball Parks Past and Present
Revised and Updated
Rounded 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Black Dog & Leventhal 2011
KEYWORDS: america american baseball field parks fields stadiums ballpark ballparks history sport sports major minor negro league leagues
Christ's College Canterbury: A Record of the Centenary 1950
Octavo stapled wrappers (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Christ's College Canterbury 1950
KEYWORDS: christ's college canterbury centenary education history new zealand
Among the Cinders: Speedway Racing in Christchurch 1929-1938
Octavo stapled wrappers (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Allan Batt 1993
KEYWORDS: speedway racing christchurch new zealand motorsport motorsports motorcycle motorcycles motoring history
Spoon
Oblong super octavo softcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Phaidon 2004
KEYWORDS: phaidon design industrial product commercial visual culture history products
Richard Pearse and his Flying Machines: An Anthology of Research Notes, Essays and Ideas
Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Geoff Rodliffe 2007
KEYWORDS: richard pearse flying machine machines design new zealand aviation aeroplane airplane aeronautics history technology air travel
The School History and List of St. Margaret's College From 1910 to 1975
Octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 271pp, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine & extrems, minor soiling to rear board, light staining & tanning to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: St. Margaret's College Old Girls' Association Incorporated 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education St Margaret's College history teachers prefects alumni
The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising to edges/corners, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012
KEYWORDS: folio society exploration south pole Antarctic expeditions history polar Robert Falcon Scott
Art as Existence: The Artist's Monograph and Its Project
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to silver buckram spine, xiii + 378pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl creasing to eps)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 2006
KEYWORDS: first editions art criticism authorship history artists biographies philosophy
Renaissance Rivals: Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, Titian
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 521pp, illus/photos, VG (sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl scuffing & briusing to extrems, sl foxing & tanning to page edges, occasional ink marking to text- v unobtrusive, v heavy crack to rear gutter- rear board shaky, 2cm crack to rear hinge, spine cocked) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: art history renaissance competition psychology Michelangelo Leonard da Vinci Raphael Titian criticism appreciation philosophy
Suppressed Murder of Wyatt Earp
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 135pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to top spine edge & rear board, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with archival tape repairs to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate damp wrinkling to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Naylor Company 1967
KEYWORDS: first editions wild west Wyatt Earp crime US American America history justice biography