Books - "history"
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Railway Houses of New Zealand
SCARCE; Oblong super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 142pp, illus photo plates, VG (boards slightly cocked with corresponding light vertical crease along front board, light sun-fading to board edges & spine)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc. 2017
KEYWORDS: scarce rare pictorial photographic illustrated history new zealand railways and locomotives society steam trains rails houses architecture architectural building design
The Great '08; Blackball Coal Miners' Strike; 27 February - 13 May 1908
Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to white spine, 230pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing, creasing & discolouration to covers/flaps, light discolouration to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Brian Wood 2008
KEYWORDS: new zealand south island west coast greymouth history trade unions workers blackball coal company miners strike industrial actions industry labour employment rights politics illustrated
About Russia
Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's dolphin motif to front board, unpaginated, illus: 141 photo plates, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, occasional light soiling & discolouration to pages/page edges, prev. owners name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (light soiling & discolouration, moderate sun-fading to spine, light chipping to edges/corners, heavier to spine)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson Ltd 1974
KEYWORDS: photography collections anthologies art russian soviet union henri cartier bresson portaits social cultural pictorial history
Humankind: A Hopeful History
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: Bloomsbury 2020
KEYWORDS: history literature Rutger Bregman
Dear Pal, A Kiwi Battler in the South Island Outback
Octavo softcover (VG+) gift inscription in ink to ffep; 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: Square One Press 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history south island Barrie Mann
The Sea and Civilization: A Maritime History of the World
Tidy ex-library, imperial 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: Alfred A Knopf 2013
KEYWORDS: exploration maritime history navigation voyages naval navy ocean
The Korean War
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: Michael Joseph 1987
KEYWORDS: military history war Korean Korea Max Hastings
German Air Attache
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: Airlife Publishing 1997
KEYWORDS: military history aviation Germany German luftwaffe ace pilots Peter Riedel biographies memoir
Men of Mark, in the World of Sport in New Zealand
Super octavo, maroon leatherette boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, red speckling to page edges, patterned eps, viii + 512pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, G (7cm heavy crack to top spine extrem- flapping with unsuccessful attempt at tape repair by prev. owner, heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate rubbing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to eps, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional library ink stamp to pages- none external)
PUBLISHER: The Brett Printing and Publishing 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history
Teutonic Myth and Legend
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xlvii + 469pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, minor rubbing to spine, light staining to rear board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional plate loose)
PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D (c.1900s?)
KEYWORDS: teutonic myths legends literature ancient history
Romance & Legend of Chivalry
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xii + 439pp, illus/plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, minor rubbing to spine, sl staining to rear board, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- some prelims loose, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D (c.1900s?)
KEYWORDS: ancient folklore lore literature romance legends myths chivalry history
Visions of Japan
Quarto, illus glossy card covers, various files & folders/collection of art work, posters & items together in slipcase, VG+ (some minor bruising to some extrems, occasional light foxing to some items, minor fading & scuffing/bruising to slipcase)
PUBLISHER: The Japan Festival Committee c.1991
KEYWORDS: V&A museum victoria albert exhibitions Japan Japanese culture art artefacts history
Indian Myth and Legend
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus/decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xlviii + 463pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, sl staining to rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing throughout, some pages loose)
PUBLISHER: The Gresham Publishing Company N/D (c.1900s?)
KEYWORDS: India Indian myths legends folklore lore ancient history literature
The Gazette Law Reports, Consolidated Digest, Being a Digest of All the Cases Determined by the Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, and Arbitration Court of New Zealand Reported in The Gazette Law Reports Volumes 1-1928 (1898-1928)
HEAVY - EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to title plates to spine with raised bands also, mixed pagination - numbered columns, VG (heavy scuffing/rubbing to spine & board edges- some minor surface loss, moderate chafing/scuffing & discolouration to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate creasing to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: The Trade Auxiliary Company of New Zealand Ltd N/D (c.1928?)
KEYWORDS: law legal history court cases New Zealand gazette reports
The Battle of Anzac Ridge 25 April 1915
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 222pp, illus/photos, VG (minor soiling to board edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & damp wrinkling to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Australian Military History Publications 2007
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war battles campaigns Anzac Ridge Australia New Zealand army corps
Argentina: A Modern History
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 317pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tape residue to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light tanning to flaps, no library markings)
PUBLISHER: I B Tauris and Co 2011
KEYWORDS: South America Argentina history latin
The Bronze Age: Computer Disc
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Quantum 1999
KEYWORDS: history ancient Bronze age computer disc mythology geometry
Trials of an Ordinary Doctor: Joannes Groenevelt in Seventeenth-Century London
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 301pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in removable protective plastic cover, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The John Hopkins University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Joannes Groeneveld Netherlands Dutch medicine medical history 17th seventeenth century biographies memoir
Plain Tales From the Raj
Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Owl / Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1985
KEYWORDS: India travel writing literature history photography photos
Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition (Third Edition, Enlarged)
LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG-) board corners heavily bruised; 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: Oxford University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: buildings architecture history design