Books - "history"
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The Agadir, Morocco Earthquake: February 29, 1960
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: American Iron and Steel Institute 1962
KEYWORDS: agadir morocco moroccan earthquakes history earthquake geology seismic seismics seismology 1960 american iron and steel institute building materials civil engineering
Dear Sibelius: Letters from a Junky
Imperial 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: Kennedy & Boyd 2008
KEYWORDS: jean sibelius finland finnish classical music musical composer history modern marshall walker memoir culture
Kanchanaburi: Spirit of the Death Railway and the River Kwai Bridge
Text in English and Thai (or possibly Burmese, photo's on request); Small 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: Indoor Design n/d
KEYWORDS: bridge river kwai world war two ww2 second military history kanchanaburi thailand myanmar burma
Kimono
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Japan Travel Bureau 1956
KEYWORDS: kimono kimonos fashion japan japanese history culture clothing textiles east asia asian
The Kabuki Theatre of Japan
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1955
KEYWORDS: kabuki theater theatre japan japanese east asia asian culture history performance drama costume a.c. scott
Australian Ghost Stories
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xiv + 177pp, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light to moderate tape staining/residue to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (in adhesive protective wrapper- edges probably stained, flaps clipped- some text missing, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1967
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian ghosts true ghost stories supernatural spectres apparitions history
The Ethnic Press in the United States: A Historical Analysis and Handbook
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxii + 437pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light soiling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional sm pencil markings to margins at prelims)
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1987
KEYWORDS: history ethnic press addresses essays lectures American newspapers journalism foreign language press
Ngamatapouri: An Account of the Early Settlers of the Upper Waitotara Valley
UNCOMMON, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, maroon lettering to front cover, 63pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bernard Annabell 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers Upper Waitotara Valley
Memoirs of an Old Chemist: An Autobiography
Quarto, illus stapled light card card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 90pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & soiling to covers, light to tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate foxing & soiling to eps, occasional light pencil markings to pages throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge Independent Ltd 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Edward Henry Leigh autobiography memoir pharmacies business
Fiji's Sugar Tramways: 1882-1982
Super octavo, illus stapled light card covers, red lettering to front cover, printed eps, 32pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling/fading & soiling to spine & covers with some light foxing also, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & inside covers)
PUBLISHER: Light Railway Research Society of Australia 1982
KEYWORDS: history Fiji pacific islands sugar cane trade tramways rail transport
Alfred Joseph Clarke 1885-1941: A Memoir
Imperial octavo, blue light card covers, light blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 61pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine & cover edges, light soiling to rear cover, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: C & J Clark Ltd 1985
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Alfred Joseph Clarke history pharmacology
A History of Christianity in Asia: Volume I: Beginnings to 1500
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, xxvi + 560pp, illus/maps to prelims, VG+ (light scuffing & curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page
PUBLISHER: Orbis Books 2001
KEYWORDS: religion religious ancient history antiquity Christianity Asia churches
A West Coast Engineman
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 251pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society Inc 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rail railways locomotives history West Coast south island steam transport
Behind the Dispensing Screen: Early New Zealand Pharmacists
SIGNED NUMBERED EDITION (#154/750), quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, iv + 218pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine & covers with light chafing also, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters- some pgs sl loosened but still attached & present)
PUBLISHER: Murray R Frost N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history healthcare pharmacies pharmacists pioneers settlers
Legacy of Faith: A Chronicle of the Parish of St Stephens & St Aidans Presbyterian Churches, Lower Hutt
SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine & front cover, 142pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & chafing to spine & covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Peggy Budge 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Lower Hutt St Stephens St Aidans Presbyterian churches parishes history signed Peggy Budge
Resettlement in Hokianga; a Maori Perspective
UNPUBLISHED THESIS, oblong quarto, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, Maori illus strip to front board, 208pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, binding sl loose/sloppy- boards shaky, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: School of Architecture, University of Auckland 1981
KEYWORDS: unpublished theses thesis Hokianga academic Hokianga Maori culture architecture history
A Scrapbook of History: Awarua Radio ZLB
Quarto, illus light card covers- in plastic protective cover, green & black lettering to front cover, 282pp, illus/photos, VG (heavy adhesive tape to spine, light chafing/soiling & creasing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Alex C Glennie 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand media Awarya radio zlb history broadcasting broadcast journalism
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Volume 1 A-Art
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp to front board, xxii + 903pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & board edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, heavy cracking to some gutters, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing throughout, heavy water damage to illus at rear, rear ep detached, minor ink markings throughout)
PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1908
KEYWORDS: encyclopedia encyclopaedia religion ethics history religious volume 1 i one
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Volume 2: Arthur-Bunyan
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp to front board, xxii + 901pp, VG (minor bruising to board corners, moderate fading & chafing to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, light to moderate chafing/scuffing & soiling to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1909
KEYWORDS: encyclopedia encyclopaedia religion ethics history religious volume 2 ii two
Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Volume 3: Burial-Confessions
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's blind stamp to front board, xvi + 901pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading & tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ffep stuck to board- sl water damage, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to verso of half title page, moderate cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate soiling & scuffing to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: T & T Clark 1910
KEYWORDS: encyclopedia encyclopaedia religion ethics history religious volume 3 iii three