Books - "history"
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Music in Dunedin
Ex-library, 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: Charles Begg & Co 1945
KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history Otago Dunedin
The Bases of Design
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: George Bell and Sons 1904
KEYWORDS: buildings design architecture architectural design Walter Crane history historical
Forgotten Fads and Fabulous Flops
Super octavo softcover (VG-) minor water damage to base of page block; 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: General Publishing 1995
KEYWORDS: America American Americana popular culture history fads trends
The Story of New Zealand
LACKS D/W, 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: Faber and Faber 1963
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers W H Oliver
Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (TOTC) Volume 18: Ecclesiastes
Octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: IVP 2009
KEYWORDS: religion religious history scripture old testament commentaries Ecclesiastes
Camp Life and Sport in South Africa: Africana Reprint Library Volume Two
THIS VOL ONLY, FACSIMILE EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to boards, top page edges stained brown, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 258pp, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate rubbing & creasing/chipping to spine & edges, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Africana Book Society 1975
KEYWORDS: South Africa military history conflict Cape Mounted Riflemen colonialism Eastern Cape soldiers anecdotes
The Wild Sports of Southern Africa (Facsimile Edition)
FACSIMILE EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 359pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & surface loss to board edges, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm loss to top edge of rear cover, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: C Struik 1987
KEYWORDS: Captain Sir William Cornwallis Harris hunting history facsimile editions Africa African animals wildlife colonialism autobiography autobiographies memoir
African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine- detached, black lettering & coloured illus to front board, frontispiece, xxiii + 583pp, illus/photos, G+ (spine detached- tucked in to front, v heavy chipping & scuffing to remainder of spine, moderate scuffing & fraying to board extrems, light to moderate rubbing & soiling to boards, heavy tanning & light foxing tio page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, heavy cracking to front gutters- prelim pages partially detached & loosenedlight to moderate cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Syndicate Publishing 1910
KEYWORDS: history hunting Africa African Theodore Roosevelt autobiography autobiographies game trails travel writing literature
Kloof and Karroo: Sport, Legend and Natural History in Cape Colony (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FACSIMILE EDITION, octavo, patterned light card covers, black lettering to spine, xiii + 435pp total, illus, VG (light to moderate curling & rubbing & fading to spines & cover edges, minor dog-earring to rear cover of vol 2, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Not Available (Modern facsimile edition)
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history Africa Cape Colony hunting game birds
Women's Work in Modern England
LACKS D/W, ex-library, sm octavo, blue cloth boards, white lettering to spine, ix + 222pp, VG- (usual library markings, moderate to heavy fading & rubbing/fraying to spine, light rubbing/scuffing to board extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Noel Douglas 1928
KEYWORDS: England English women history work labour force industry gender
House Industries
DISC TO REAR POCKET, SLIPCASE COMING APART, quarto, orange cloth boards, building illus to spine & boards, printed eps, illus prelims, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (light foxing/soiling to page edges, collection of signatures to prelims) in slipcase, VG (minor rubbing to edges, one side unglued- adhesive exposed)
PUBLISHER: Die Gestalten Verlag 2004
KEYWORDS: art design history House Industries business graphics
Zoo: A History of Zoological Gardens in the West
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 400pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing/bruising & soiling to board edges, sl soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2002
KEYWORDS: zoo zoological history animals animal enclosures gardens zoos
A History of Chinese Civilisation (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt illus to front boards, printed eps, xxii + 851pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2003
KEYWORDS: folio society ancient history antiquity China Chinese civilisation civilization anthropology culture
Maharajas, Emperors, Viceroys, Borders: Nepal's Relations North and South
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 269pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl rubbing to spine)
PUBLISHER: FinePrint 2024
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history Nepal politics political foreign relations General Sir Sam Cowan
General History of Africa IV: Africa from the Twelfth to the Sixteenth Century
THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 751pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, minor tape residue to spine & board edges, light bruising & scuffing to base of boards & spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy chafing & creasing/wrinkling all over, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: UNESCO / Heinemann Educational Books 1984
KEYWORDS: history Africa African unesco anthropology culture politics
Along the Banquette: French Quarter Buildings and Their Stories
SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR, oblong quarto, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, xii + 116pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Vieux Carre Property Owners, Residents & Associates 2004
KEYWORDS: US American cities New Orleans french quarter buildings architecture history
Sites of Gender: Women, Men and Modernity in Southern Dunedin, 1890-1939
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 434pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl fading to spine, light adhesive residue to verso of title page)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand history Otago Dunedin women gender suffrage modernity feminism
Green Dust: Ireland's Unique Motor Racing History 1900-1939
Imperial octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. booksellers' labels to flaps, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Portobello Publishing 1988
KEYWORDS: automotive motoring cars history Ireland Irish motor racing early 20th twentieth century
A Racing History of the Bentley (1921-31)
Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt Bentley motif to front board, frontispiece, 143pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy creasing & tearing to edges, light rubbing & moderate soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1956
KEYWORDS: cars automotive motoring Bentley history racing engineering design
W O Bentley
Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, frontispiece, 366pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to lettering on spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Haynes 1978
KEYWORDS: cars automotive motoring W O Bentley history racing engineering design biography biographies memoir