Books - "history"
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Monza 1922-72: Cinquant'anni di Storia / Fifty Years of History
TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, quarto, illus heavy boards, green lettering to grey buckram spine, 164pp + appendices to rear, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: SIAS 1972
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH automotive motorsport monza racing motor cars history
The Enthusiast's Guide to Vintage Specials
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing/fading to extrems, sl staining to rear board, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling, prev, bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1994
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport racing vintage classic cars British history
Il Tridente: Storia Della Maserati
TEXT IN ITALIAN, quarto, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 259pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Terza Edizione 1970
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN cars automotive Maserati motorsport racing history
Maserati Road Cars: The Postwar Production Cars 1946 to 1979
Square quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Osprey 1979
KEYWORDS: automotive high performance Maserati history cars design engineering
The Golden Reign: The Story of my Friendship with 'Lawrence of Arabia'
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl foxing thorughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chpiing/fading to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1978
KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir
338171 T E (Lawrence of Arabia)
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, VG (minor fading to spine extrems, moderate tanning & heavy foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate to heavy foxing throughout, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1963
KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir
T E Lawrence: An Arab View
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 301pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light discolourtion to board edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm patch of label residue & prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions TE Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir Arabs middle east
New Zealand at the Front
REBOUND & RECASED, quarto, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, patternend eps, frontspiece, xvi + 180pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems- minor loss to spine extrems, heavy cracking to front hinge/gutter, moderate chafing & fading to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy tanning & light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1917
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war soldiers
Marshal Ney: A Dual Life
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 318pp + 16pp adverts/publisher's catalogue to rear, VG (minor fraying & rubbing/bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light fading & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front & rear eps, prev, bookseller's sm label to rear pastedowns, sl foxing throughout, minor chipping to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1937
KEYWORDS: first editions Marshal Ney biography biogarphies memoir history
Jim Crow Guide to the USA
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 230pp, VG+ (light curling & chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges, sm inscription in pencil to title page)
PUBLISHER: University of Alabama Press 2011
KEYWORDS: US America American history social customs culture race racial discrimination minorities ethnicity segregation
Archaeology in China: New Light on Prehistoric China (Supplement to Volume One)
Imperial 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: W Heffer & Sons / University of Toronto Press 1966
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity China Chinese archeology archaeology prehistoric excavations anthropology
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates: Second Session, Twenty-Fifth Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives: November 2 to December 10, 1937
Imperial 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: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1938
KEYWORDS: New Zealand past parliamentary debates government politics political history 1937 historical
War Birds: Diary of an Unknown Aviator
Sm 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: Cornstalk Publishing 1928
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war aviation pilots dairies journals
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates. First Session, Twenty-Sixth Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives: June 27 to August 3, 1939
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) cracking to front hinge; 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: E V Paul, Gov't Printer 1940
KEYWORDS: New Zealand past parliamentary debates 1939 government politics political history parliament
Royal Worcester Porcelain: From 1862 to the Present Day
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, imperial 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: Barrie & Jenkins 1973
KEYWORDS: signed antiques china porcelain royal worcester history identification
Pierre Toussaint
Tidy ex-library, 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: Doubleday 2003
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir history Pierre Toussaint
The House of Reed: Fifty Years of New Zealand Publishing 1907-1957
PROOF COPY, 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: A H & A W Reed 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature publishing houses Reed history proof copies
A Century of Australian Song
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: The Walter Scott Publishing N/D
KEYWORDS: literature song verse Australia Australian history historical
Diary of Andrew Boyes on a Voyage from Edinburgh to Dunedin 1849
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: Gary Blackman 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Scottish Scotalnd settlers pioneers emigration history Andrew Boyes diaries journals
Runes
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: British Museum Publications 1987
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity spirituality markings runes anglo-saxon vikings scandinavian Great Britain British isles