Books - "history"
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Shadow Play
Sm octavo, red buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, 154pp + unpaginated catalogue to rear, illus, VG (minor bruising to spine extrems, moderate discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing with some sl loss to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co 1950
KEYWORDS: puppets puppetry shadows history culture shadow plays theatre theater
The Bankside Stage-Book
Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xx + 256pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & staining to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some sl loss, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Wells Gardner, Darton & Co N/D (c.1950s?)
KEYWORDS: theatre theater stage models figures Tudor Elizabethan history stages
Birmingham and the Black Country
Slim octavo, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 884pp, illus/photos, map to prelims, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2022
KEYWORDS: English British England Great Britain industrial cities Birmingham history buildings architecture historical
Forty Years of Airfix Toys
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2019
KEYWORDS: toys construction leisure hobbies airfix meccano history
Isabella Bird: A Photographic Journal of Travels Through China 1894-1896
Quarto, grey cloth boards, grey lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 239pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Ammonite Press 2015
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing China history photos photography culture Isabella Bird
Papermaking: The History and Technique of an American Craft
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 611pp + xxxvii index to rear, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG (spine sl cocked, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. ownership markings/labels to front eps & sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Pleiades Books 1947
KEYWORDS: paper crafts papermaking history materials
Aleister Crowley in America: Art, Espionage, and Sex Magick in the New World
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 749pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to base of spine), in d/w, Near FINE (in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired)
PUBLISHER: Inner Traditions 2017
KEYWORDS: Aleister Crowley magick occult occultism mysticism history biography biographies memoir
Aleister Crowley: The Biography: Spiritual Revolutionary Romantic Explorer, Occult Master - and Spy
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, silver lettering to spine, xxi + 474pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Watkins Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: Aleister Crowley magick occult occultism mysticism history biography biographies memoir
The Radical Vision of Edward Burne-Jones
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, xii + 332pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 2022
KEYWORDS: art history Edward Burne-Jones appreciation interpretation criticism
Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars
Super 8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Grant Central Publishing 2017
KEYWORDS: New York Times bestseller Apache Wars 19th century North America history Native American
On Otago Harbour
REBOUND EXTRACT FROM TRANSACTIONS. Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: n/p
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago habour fish hatchery Portobello natural history
The Portobello Marine Fish-hatchery
REBOUND EXTRACT FROM TRANSACTIONS. Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: n/p
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago habour fish hatchery Portobello natural history
The Advance Guard Series 1
Ex-library. 8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times 1973
KEYWORDS: Otago Daily Times New Zealand Otago settlers emigrants history
The Port of Otago
SIGNED. LIMITED NUMBER EDITION. 8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1951
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago port Port of Otago history 19th century South Island
St Petersburg: A History
Super 8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history St Petersburg city cities
The Centennial History of Lodge Otago Kilwinning No. 417, S. C.
8vo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Budget Ltd., Printers and Stationers [1962]
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Masonic lodge centennial history
Port Chalmers Borough 1866 - 1966: A Short History on the Occasion of the Centennial of Municipal Government
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Borough of Port Chalmers 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Port Chalmers Dunedin centennial history
Port Chalmers: 100 Years of Rowing
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Port Chalmers United Rowing Club 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Port Chalmers Dunedin history rowing club
A History of the Port Chalmers Fishermen's Co-operative Society Ltd 1909 - 1984
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: D. J. & P. J. Munro 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin Port Chalmers fishing fishermen society history
'My Brother and I...' : Glimpses of Childhood in our Colonial Past
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Hocken Library, University of Otago 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hocken Library lecture University of Otago colonial