Books - "history"
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Terra Australis 10: The Emergence of Mailu: as a Central Place in Coastal Papuan Prehistory
ONE PAGE LOOSE, SIGNED, quarto, illus light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, xx + 262pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing/scuffing & fading to spine, moderate scuffing to covers & edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover, sl soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- various chunks of page block partially detached, pg 88-89 detached)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Irwin / Australian National University 1985
KEYWORDS: signed Australia Australian prehistory prehistoric archeology archaeology ancient history anthropology excavations Mailu
The Encyclopaedia of Motor Sport
Quarto, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 656pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to front board, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ebury Press / Michael Joseph 1971
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport encyclopedia encyclopaedia car racing cars history
Zagato: Settant'anni Vissuti di Corsa / Seventy Years in the Fast Lane
TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, square quarto, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 182pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light soiling to rear board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Giorgio Nada Editore 1989
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH automotive history motoring Zagato Italian motorsport
Road Star Hat Trick: Being an Account of Two Seasons of B Bira the Racing Motorist in 1937 and 1938 (Fourth Edition)
FOURTH EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 183pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, heavy fading to spine, sl fading to board edges, light to moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeplight tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis 1948
KEYWORDS: birabongse bhanude B Bira biography biographies memoir automotive racing motorists drivers history
Specials
LACKS D/W, octavo, peach buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 170pp, illus/photos, VG (spine sl cocked, light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedownlight foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1949
KEYWORDS: motorsport automotive cars racing history
Targa Florio: An Authentic History of the Famous Motor Race
LACKS D/W, octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 164pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing/scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning to half title page, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: automotive history motorsport Targa Florio races
The History of the Geelong Speed Trials 1956-1985
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#20/1000), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 291pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to top edges of boards & spine, sl soiling to page egdes) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate chafing, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Gary Grant 1986
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions automotive motorsport Geelong races history speed trials
Riley: The Production and Compettition History of the Pre-1939 Riley Motor Cars
SECOND EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 272pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading ot spine, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1974
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Riley history motor cars design development production
Brooklands Giants
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1995
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport brooklands racing circuit drivers cars history
Historic Racing Cars of New Zealand
SIGNED, quarto, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 328pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & soiling to board edges, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with minor archival tape repairs to top edge, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Graham Vercoe automotive motoring motorsport New Zealand history cars racing
Napier: The First to Wear the Green
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1998
KEYWORDS: British Napier design automotive motorsport motoring engineering history
Fear in the Night
SECOND IMP., 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: The Caxton Press 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand soldiers military war history aviation pilots autobiography autobiographies memoir
Little Cyclone
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1954
KEYWORDS: war military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapes escapees escape true stories Airey Neave
Against the Evidence: The Becker-Rosenthal Affair
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 1971
KEYWORDS: true crime murder homicide New York Becker-Rosenthal affair history
Burton: A Biography of Sir Richard Francis Burton
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: Penguin 1990
KEYWORDS: Sir Richard Francis Burton biography biographies memoir history
Of Their Own Choice
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G) jacket v tatty; 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1952
KEYWORDS: Captain Peter Churchill war military history France French ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 autobiography autobiographies memoir
Around the World in Eighty Years: Memoirs of Hugh Clark
SIGNED, 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: Hugh Clark 2004
KEYWORDS: signed Hugh Clark New Zealand history autobiography autobiographies memoir
The English Pre-Raphaelite Painters, Their Associates and Successors
Tidy ex-library- rebacked incorporating original boards, 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 & Sons 1905
KEYWORDS: art history English pre-raphaelite painters artists
Marco Polo
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: Tony Armit 2022
KEYWORDS: exploration round the world voyages adventure New Zealand Zealanders history
Searching for Charlie: In Pursuit of the Real Charles Upham VC & Bar
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, 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: Upstart Press 2020
KEYWORDS: signed Tom Scott military history soldiers New Zealand biography biographies memoir Charles Upham vc victoria cross recipients