Books - "history"
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Costumes of Everyday Life: An Illustrated History of Working Clothes From 900-1910
Ex-library, 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: Plays Inc 1972
KEYWORDS: costumes clothing textiles history historical occupations work jobs
Southland Girls High School 100 Years 1879-1979
Oblong 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: Craig Printing Co (Printer) 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic history Southland Girls High School centennial centenary schools
Battleships of World War I
Square super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Arms and Armour Press 1972
KEYWORDS: military history battleships naval warfare the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1
The Austronesians: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & orange lettering to spine, viii + 359pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & creasing to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Dept. of Anthropology, Australian National University 1995
KEYWORDS: anthropology archaeology archeology ancient history antiquity Asia pacific customs culture
Sjahrir: Politics and Exile in Indonesia
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, x + 526pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling to cover edges, light soiling to page edges, moderate cracking & staining to front gutters- some prelim pages partially detached)
PUBLISHER: Southeast Asia Program 1994
KEYWORDS: Indonesia politics political history
The Late Colonial State in Indonesia : Political and Economic Foundations of the Netherlands Indies 1880-1942
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, vi + 295pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light fading to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: KITLV Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Indonesia late colonialism history historical politics economics Dutch Indies
Regents, Reformers, and Revolutionaries: Indonesian Voices of Colonial Days: Selected Historical Readings 1899-1949
Octavo, coloured light card covers, black lettering to spine, xx + 199pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: University Press of Hawaii 1978
KEYWORDS: Indonesia history essays addresses lectures 20th twentieth century colonial
Asian Trade and European Influence in the Indonesian Archipelago Between 1500 and About 1630
Super octavo, green light card covers with french flaps, green lettering to spine & front cover, viii + 471pp, VG- (moderate screasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to spine & covers, sm ink numbers/letterign to rear cover, light tanning & moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, numerous ink stamps & foxing to ffep with top 1.5cm loss to top edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Martinus Nijhoff 1962
KEYWORDS: Asia Asian trade business history historical Indonesia Indonesian archipelago sociology
The Politics of Colonial Exploitation: Java, the Dutch, and the Cultivation System
Imperial octavo, white light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 266pp, VG+ (light wrinkling & soiling to cover edges, light soiling to spine/covers & page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Southeast Asian Program 1994
KEYWORDS: history politics political colonialism colonial exploitation Indonesia Java Dutch
Strange Parallels Volume 1: Integration of the Mainland Southeast Asia in Global Context, c.800-1830
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & covers, xxiii + 484pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, sl wrinkling to spine, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: southeast asia historiography history
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 571pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2022
KEYWORDS: North America indigenous indians native Americans history
Frontier Society: A Social Analysis of the History of Surinam
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 441pp, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's mane in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Martinus Nijhoff 1971
KEYWORDS: Surinam history slave settlers colonies government politics political
Lake Ellesmere to Te Pirita: The Land and its People
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing/bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate soiling & foxing to covers, light tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Penny Ash Publications 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury Lake Ellesmere
New Zealand Today A Priceless Gem in the Imperial Crown
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 332pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising & heavy soiling/staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps, heavy cracking to rear gutter, single page at terminals detached but present, light folding to top corners of pages 241-248)
PUBLISHER: G W Russell 1919
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history internal affairs
A History of Otago
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO JUDITH & MICHAEL BASSETT (FELLOW HISTORIANS), imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl bruising & soiling to rear board, sl foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, occasional annotation in ink) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- tidy archival tape repairs to internal sides, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1984
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Otago Erik Olssen
The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1911 (Twentieth Year of Issue)
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, 2x sm coloured maps to prelims, viii + 1005pp, folding map, VG (moderate to heavy soiling/surface loss to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light cracking to gutters, inscription in ink to rear eps, minor water staining/wrinkling to lower page corners of prelims)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Gov't Printer 1911
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history 1911 yearbooks official land statistics
The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1945 (Fifty-Third Issue)
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, viii + 776pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor scuffing & bruising to spine & board corners, sl scuffing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, smatterings of foxing to some gutters throughout, no damage to folding map)
PUBLISHER: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1945
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history official yearbooks 1945 land statistics
The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1916 (Twenty-Fifth Year of Issue)
Octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, xii + 710pp, sm coloured maps to prelims, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris label to ffep, prev. ownership ink stamps & foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Marcus F Marks, Gov't Printer 1916
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history official yearbooks 1916 land statistics
Best Chess Games 1970-80
Octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine- faded, viii + 328pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutters- some prelims loosened)
PUBLISHER: Unwin Paperbacks 1983
KEYWORDS: games hobbies chess tactics strategy history
The Albert Memorial, Hyde Park: Its History and Description, With Numerous Illustrations Engraved on Steel
Lg quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black rule to boards, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guards, 70pp, illus, scruffy (v heavy scuffing & insect damage/surface loss to spine & boards, light soiling to eps, heavy cracking to some gutters, moderate foxing to prelims, light to moderate foxing & water staining to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Virtue and Company 1878
KEYWORDS: Albert memorial Hyde Park London history