Books - "history"
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Diatto
TEXT IN ENGLISH & ITALIAN, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 115pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to top of spine, sl chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Publicar 1999
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH cars automotive history Diatto
The Le Mans 24-Hour Race 1949-1973
Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 210pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/discolouration, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Edita SA / Automobile Club 1974
KEYWORDS: automotive Le Mans car races racing motorsport history
Spyker Made in Holland
Sm folio, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to maroon cloth spine, silver gilt lettering to front board, 120pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Instituut Trompenburg Foundation 1998
KEYWORDS: Hendrik-Jan Jacobus Spijker history Spyker automotive cars
As Old as the Industry: Riley 1898-1969
Imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, x + 489pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, moderate soiling to front eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading to spine, moderate chafing/wrinkling & fading to covers)
PUBLISHER: David G Styles 1982
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport history Riley car racing cars
Delahaye: Le Grand Livre
TEXT IN FRENCH, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 432pp, illus/photo, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light fading & rubbing to board & spine extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, 2-3cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, minor chafing & wrinkling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: E/P/A Editions 1995
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH automotive cars history Delahaye manufacturers
Piloti, che Gente.... (Racers, What a People...)
ENGLISH TRANSLATION, LIMITED EDITION, LACKS D/W, quarto, illus heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, embossed horse motif to ffep, 359pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Enzo Ferrari 1984
KEYWORDS: automotive cars car racing Enzo Ferrari autobiography autobiographies memoir history english translations limited editions
815 The Genesis of Ferrari
Quarto, white glossy heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hyde Park Group 1990
KEYWORDS: automotive cars Ferrari 815 history manufacturers design
The History of Brooklands Motor Course 1906-1940
FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMP., imperial octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 368pp, illus/photos, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & prev. bookseller's stamp in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & throughout) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, v heavy creasing & chipping/loss to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Grenville Publishing 1957
KEYWORDS: first editions automotive history Brooklands racing motor course courses
Pay-it-Yourself The Story of the Teams from the MG Car Club, North West Centre Le Mans 1959 to 1961
Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, printed eps, disc to rear, 88pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to rear board, light chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: The MG Car Club North West Centre Ltd 2009
KEYWORDS: automotive cars MG car club Le Mans road racing races history
Narrative of a Voyage to New Zealand, Performed in the Years 1814 and 1815, in Company with the Rev Samuel Marsden (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, brown heavy half leather bound boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, red speckling to page edges, frontispieces, vol 1- xx + 431pp, vol 2- xii + 397pp, illus/maps, VG (moderate rubbing to spines & extrems- minor surface loss to leather, moderate chafing & soiling/staining to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate adhesive staining to eps of both vols, sm blank labels to ffeps, prev. embossed ownership stamp to ffep & prelims of vol 1, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims of both vols, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- mostly minor, moderate but age appropriate foxing throughout, light to moderate water staining to frontispiece of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: James Black and Son 1817
KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration history voyages logs John Liddiard Nicholas early settlers pioneers antique books
Ferrari: Catalogue Raisonne 1946-1981 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, quarto, red heavy boards, white lettering to spines, white Ferrari horse motif to front board, vol 1- 199pp, vol 2- 285pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing) in VG+ slipcase
PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1981
KEYWORDS: automotive cars high performance Ferrari history
Beyond Geography: The Western Spirit Against the Wilderness
Super octavo softcover (VG) occasional pen underlining; 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: Rutgers University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: America discovery exploration Europeans Europe geography history
The New Zealand Student Christian Movement 1896-1996
Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Outreach Press (Printer) N/D (c.1996?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion religious Christians Christianity students student movement centennial centenary
Education and the Rise of the Corporate State
Ex-library, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) annotation & underlining; 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: Beacon Press 1973
KEYWORDS: education politics corporate community history
Foreign Devils on the Silk Road
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: University of Massachusetts Press 1984
KEYWORDS: trade history business silk road Asia routes
The Worm in the Bud: The World of Victorian Sexuality
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: Pimlico 1993
KEYWORDS: Victorian history sex sexuality sexual behaviour behavior
In Search of the Cradle of Civilization
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: Quest Books / The Theosophical Publishing House 2001
KEYWORDS: ancient history archeology archaeology India anthropology civilisation civilzation antiquity
Warriors of the Steppe
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: Da Capo Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Central Asia ancient history antiquity military war
Floods, Famines and Emperors: El Nino and the Fate of Civilizations (Revised Edition)
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: Basic Books 2009
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity civilisations civilizations el nino weather events science climate archeology archaeology
The Mongol Warlords
ILLUSTRATED, 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: Firebird Books 1990
KEYWORDS: Mongol warlords military war Genghis Khan Kublai Khan Hulegu Tamerlane mongols history