Books - "history"
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The Art of Porcelain: How Spanish Porcelain Became World Famous
DATED & SIGNED BY J LLADRO, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 198pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board extrems, light chafing to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Salvat Editores 1984
KEYWORDS: signed J Lladro antiques porcelain Spain Spanish artefacts fine china history crafts
Crossfire Hurricane: 25 Years of The Rolling Stones in the USA: The Photographs of Bob Gruen
AUTOGRAPHED BY BOB GRUEN, LIMITED SIGNED EDITION (#731/1750), quarto, illus heavy leather-feel boards, white & black lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 136pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine/hinges, sl foxing to page edges) in VG+ slipcase (light bruising & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1997
KEYWORDS: signed special editions Bob Gruen The Rolling Stones rock bands photography photos collection American tours British history music musicians photographers
Generals of the Rugby World Cup
SIGNED BY PAUL VERDON & AUTOGRAPHED BY VARIOUS PLAYERS, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#66/590), quarto, illus cushioned heavy boards, light brown lettering to spine, patterned eps, autograph/signatory pages to prelims, 277pp + 3pp to rear, illus/photos, Near FINE, in VG+ clamshell presentation case (sl bruising to extrems, corners/joins of box lightly cracked/split- still very sturdy)
PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: signed special editions sport history rugby union world cup flyhalves players profiles first five-eighths number 10 jersey
Golden Dreams / Liverpool Days (Boxed 2 Vol Set)
AUTOGRAPHED BY ASTRID KIRCHHERR & MAX SCHELER, NUMBERED LIMITED EDITIONS (#1699/2500 & #1770/2500), imperial octavo, Golden Dreams- black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, Liverpool Days- beige cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, both vols have sm illus/photos plate to front boards, illus eps & prelims, both vols are 122pp each, illus/photos, Near FINE (minor foxing to spine of Liverpool Days) in individual illus Near FINE slipcases, both presented in VG+ single box (light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1994-96
KEYWORDS: signed special editions Astrid Kirchherr Max Scheler photos photography British pop memorabilia bands The Beatles history music musicians Britpop biography biographies biographical
Fifty Years Adrift
SIGNED BY DEREK TAYLOR & GEORGE HARRISON, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, super octavo, brown buckram half leather bound boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine with gilt lettering & tooling/decoration with raised bands to spine, gilt rule with gilt & red illus to front board, gilt rule & author signature to rear board, aeg, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 541pp + 3pp to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor discolouration to leatherwork- otherwise a beautiful specimen) in slipcase, Near FINE (sl soiling to title plate)
PUBLISHER: Genesis Publications 1984
KEYWORDS: signed special editions Derek Taylor George Harrison The Beatles memorabilia British pop bands press agents officer media history Britpop tours
Marching Onward: A History of The 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment 1845-1992
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 336pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history The 2nd Battalion (Canterbury, Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast) Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment autobiography autobiographies biographies memoirs Brigadier E Edward G Latter signed
The Journals of Captain James Cook: Volume IV: The Life of Captain James Cook
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait of James Cook to front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, xi + 760pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to top corner of ffep, sl foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: A & C Black 1974
KEYWORDS: exploration history voyages Captain James Cook The Endeavour 18th eighteenth century discovery biography biographies memoir maritime nautical
Express to Hindustan: An Account of a Motor-Car Journey from London to Delhi
FIRST EDITION, ex-library- minimal markings, octavo 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: John Lane / Bodley Head 1929
KEYWORDS: first editions travel writing literature car road trips M H Ellis history historical
The Ghost Tattoo
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: Allen & Unwin 2022
KEYWORDS: war history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 holocaust Jewish persecution nazi Germany survivors pows prisoners of war Auschwitz Poland Polish
The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1961 (Fourteenth Year of Issue)
Octavo softcover (VG-) heavy rusting at gutters/staples; 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: Sporting Publications 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket almanacks past years 1961 games game statistics
The Cricket Almanack of New Zealand 1963 (Sixteenth Year of Issue)
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, octavo softcover (VG-) heavy rusting at gutters/staples; 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: Sporting Publications 1963
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket almanacks past years 1963 games game statistics signed Arthur H Carman
The Hakluyt Society: Continental Travel and Journeys Beyond Europe in the Early Modern Period: An Overlooked Connection: Annual Lecture 2008
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: The Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2009
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2008 exploration voyages history historical
The Hakluyt Society: Invented and Apocryphal Narratives of Travel from Ancient Egypt to the Present Day: Annual Lecture 2010
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: The Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2010
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2010 exploration voyages history historical ancient Egypt
The Hakluyt Society: 'A Just and Honourabel Commerce' Abolitionist Experimentation in Sierra Leone on Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries: Annual Lecture 2013
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: The Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2014
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2013 exploration voyages history historical Sierra Leone
The Hakluyt Society: Pedro Paez's History of Ethiopia: On Exploration, Refutation and Censorship: Annual Lecture 2011
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: The Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2012
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2011 exploration voyages history historical Ethiopia Pedro Paez
The Hakluyt Society: Richard Hakluyt as Editor: Annual Lecture 2012
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: The Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2013
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2011 Richard Hakluyt past editors history
Fire in the Night: Wingate of Burma, Ethiopia and Zion
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: Macmillan 2000
KEYWORDS: military history commanders Orde Charles Wingate ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography biographies memori
The Hakluyt Society: The Voyage of Alejandro Malaspina to the Pacific, 1789-1794: Annual Lecture 1999
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: The Hakluyt Sociey c/o Map Library 2000
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 1999 history historical exploration voyages late 18th eighteenth century Pacific ALejandro Malaspina
The Hakluyt Society: Before Empire, The English World Picture in the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries: Annual Lecture 2000
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: The Hakluyt Sociey c/o Map Library 2001
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2000 history historical exploration British empire
The Hakluyt Society: English Civil War Travellers and the Origins of the Western European Grand Tour: Annual Lecture 2001
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: The Hakluyt Sociey c/o Map Library 2002
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 2001 history historical English civil war