Books - "history"
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The Strangest War: The Story of the Maori Wars 1860-1872
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G) jacket scruffy with considerable archival repair; 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: Putnam & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history wars 19th nineteenth century
Stories From the Marketplace
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, 396pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked/warped, light soiling & fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page egdes)
PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand stock market exchange finance financial capitalism capitalist history
The Second World War (2 Vol Set & Vinyl Record)
2 VOL SET IN SLIPCASE, ILLUSTRATED WITH VINYL RECORD, sm folio, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration to coloured spines & black boards, 615pp total, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to boards, minor glue damage to page edges of vol 1, light tanning to page edges, sl staining to ffep of vol 1) in slipcase, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to front side, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Time Life / Houghton Mifflin 1960
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Winston Churchill vinyl record illustrated military history special editions box sets
The Ruins of Mexico, Volume 1 (Only Volume Ever Issued)
Lg quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & motif to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, vii + 153pp + blank memoranda to rear, illus/photos- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate smatterings of foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: H E Shrimpton 1910
KEYWORDS: ancient history Mexico archeology archaeology ruins old buildings
Pink Floyd: Behind the Wall
Quarto, illus heavy boards, blue & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, Near FINE (sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Race Point Publishing 2013
KEYWORDS: rock music musicians bands Pink Floyd biography biographies memoir history
With the Cameliers in Palestine
LACKS D/W, octavo, blu ebuckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 244pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light to moderate scuffing to board & spine edges, black lettering & rule heavily faded on front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1938
KEYWORDS: military history war Palestine New Zealand
Arnhem Land: Its History and Its People
LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, vii + 243pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to board extrems, light staining to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light water staining to top edges of prelims)
PUBLISHER: F W Cheshire 1954
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history arnhem anthropology
Amateur Racing Driver
LACKS D/W, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co N/D (c.1950s?)
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports amateur racing cars grand prix history
Lords' Dreaming: The Story of the 1868 Aboriginal Tour of England and Beyond
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 221pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 2002
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket Australia Australian Aborgines Aboriginal
A Narrative of the Boer War: Its Causes and Results
LIMITED EDITION (#642/1000), quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering tp spine & front board- raised bands at spine, illus eps, 574pp, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Scripta Africana 1985
KEYWORDS: Boer war history Africa military politics
Renaissance Women
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, lx + 338pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, occasional markings to margins) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 1994
KEYWORDS: first editions renaissance women plays poems drama poets poetry verse literature Elizabeth Cary Aemilia Lanyer history historical
Race
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 625pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & wrinkling/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: first editions zoology anthropology John R Baker biology history
The Durban Light Infantry 1854 to 1960 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering & rule to spines, silver gilt military insignia to front boards, vol 1- xx + 368pp, vol 2- xxi + 487pp, illus, VG (light to moderate rubbing & surface loss to board edges, light rubbing to gilt on spine to vol 1, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing & loss with archival tape repairs to edges, moderate tanning to spines, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: The Headquarter Board of the Durban Light Infantry 1969
KEYWORDS: military history Durban light infantry sixth 6th south african infantry war
Balfour and Foreign Policy: The International Thought of a Conservative Statesman
Super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, ix + 323pp, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers, light tanning & staining to page edges, publisher's label to inside front cover, occasional light annotation to margins- unobtrusive & v minor)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: politics political history foreign policy Arthur James Balfour British foreign relations conservatism
George IV: Memoirs of His Life and Reign, Interspersed with Numerous Personal Anecdotes
Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering/decoration & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, frontispiece, cviii + 484pp, G+ (v heavy rubbing & surface loss/damage to boards, heavy rubbing to spine, rear board heavily soiled/stained with leather segments flapping loose, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, v heavy cracking to gutters with prelims flapping loose, spine/binding detached at rear gutter, error in pagination to last page, occasional pencil markings to pages)
PUBLISHER: Treuttel and Wurtz, Treuttel Jun. and Richter 1830
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir George 4th fourth iv British royal family history monarchy
Titirangi: Fringe of Heaven
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, maroon & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 244pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: West Auckland Historical Society 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history north island Auckland Titirangi suburbs
Trespassers on the Roof of the World: The Race for Lhasa
FIRST EDITION, octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 274pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light foxing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps, light tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate partial fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1982
KEYWORDS: first editions central asia Lhasa travel writing literature history
The Art of Maori Carving
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-) water damage & cracking at gutters; 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: A H & A W Reed 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand indigenous art carvings culture Maori history
Pakeha Maori
Super octavo softcover (VG) warped; 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: Penguin 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture history Maori pakeha white Europeans colonialism communities settlers
The Rosenberg File: A Search for the Truth
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1983
KEYWORDS: Julius Ethel Rosenberg capital punishment espionage history spies nuclear atomic weapons weaponry FBI investigations