Books - "history"
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Natural History in America 1609-1860
Tidy ex-library, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 287pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, sl staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1985
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues American Philosophical Society Historical Society of Pennsylvania Library Company of Philadelphia natural history
Goya
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 429pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to board extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: The Harvill Press 2003
KEYWORDS: first editions Goya art history biographies memoir
A Bibliography of the Hungarian Revolution 1956
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 179pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate bruising to board corners, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1963
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Hungarian revolution politics history political
William Pitt the Younger 1759-1806: A Bibliography
FIRST EDITION, tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 80pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Meckler 1989
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues first editions William Pitt the Younger Great Britain British statesmen politics government leaders history
Maiden Over: A Short History of Women's Cricket and a Diary of the 1948-49 Test Tour to Australia
FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate staining/discolouration to spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping & loss to edges with archival tape repairs, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks Ltd 1950
KEYWORDS: first editions sport history Cricket women Australia Australian
From Versailles to Locarno: Keys to Polish Foreign Policy, 1919-25
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 384pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & scuffing to edges with minor tape staining also, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Kansas Press 1984
KEYWORDS: Poland Polish history foreign policy early 20th twentieth century politics political
Cricket in the Fiji Islands
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 250pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & soiling to eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with loss & archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1949
KEYWORDS: first editions sport cricket history Fiji Fijian pacific islands pasifika
Arts of Russia: From the Origins to the End of the 18th Century
Sm folio, white heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate wrinkling/peeling, light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Nagel Publishers 1976
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian art artefacts history
The Great '08: Blackball Coal Miners' Strike: 27 February - 13 May 1908
Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 230pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl foxing & soiling to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Brian Wood 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history coal miners strike Blackball 1908 industrial labour labor
Liberator: America's Global Bomber
Lg quarto, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xii + 548pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pictorial Histories Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warplanes bombers design engineering aircraft
Bodies Beyond Borders: Moving Anatomies, 1750-1950
Super octavo, illus light card covers, red & grey lettering to spine, 304pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in pencil to text)
PUBLISHER: Leuven University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: anatomy medical science history
Later English Romanesque Sculpture 1140-1210
Sm octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 68pp + 133 b&w plates to rear, VG (moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with tidy archival taoe repairs, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Alec Tiranti 1953
KEYWORDS: England English sculptures Roman ancient history
A Record in Stone: The Study of Australia's Flaked Stone Artefacts
CD-ROM TO REAR, super octavo, illus light card covers, cream lettering to spine, xxiii + 376pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to spine & covers, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Museum Victoria / Aboriginal Studies Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Australia stone implements antiques antiquities Aboriginal Aboriginies ancient history artefacts
Historic Buildings of Northern New Zealand: An Artist's View
INCLUDES LETTER FROM AUTHOR'S MOTHER REGARDING PUBLICATION OF THIS BOOK, square octavo, black cloth boards, 84pp, illus, VG (light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to enclosed letter, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cecilia Ediitons 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art sketches drawings historic buildings architecture history Peter Wells
Life of Mahomet
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: Temple 1949
KEYWORDS: literature biography history religion Islam Mahomet Muhammad
Theatre Country: Essays on Landscape & Whenua
Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 286pp, illus, VG (light rubbing, scuffing and soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Vicotria University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand essays literature prose collection human ecology history Geoff Park
Sons of Kentigern: A History of Saint Kentigern School 1959-2009
Lg quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, 303pp illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Saint Kentigern Trust Board 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand school history St Saint Kentigern alumni education
The Wanganui Maxwells: A Family History 1814-1966
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 141pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: David Harrop 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Wanganui John James Maxwell biographies
Warship 1999-2000
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light staining to rear cover, sl tanning & foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1999
KEYWORDS: military history naval combat ships warships war design maritime
A Divine Legacy
Oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, red & grey lettering to spine, 57pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & chafing/soiling to spine & boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Helen Smith / Evenstar Photography 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand church buildings churches Frederick de Jersey Clere Manawatu Rangitikei districts history historical