Books - "history"
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Kicking On: Through the History of Hunting in New Zealand
Oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, illus eps, 333pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems & board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges & chipping)
PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Hunts' Association Incorporated 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand hunting history hounds Theo Herbert
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 1879 Vol XII
Super octavo, pink stiff card covers, blank brown cloth spine, black lettering to front board only, lxvi (total) + 472pp, illus/folding maps, VG- (heavy peeling to paper cover on heavy boards- cover paper completely missing to rear board, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, many page edges remain uncut, moderate tanning & soiling to eps, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers 1880
KEYWORDS: New Zealand institute transactions proceedings history historical reports 1879 19th nineteenth century
White's Air Directory, and Who's Who in New Zealand Aviation: Volume No 12, 1961
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, 156pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing, scuffing & soiling to spine & covers with some foxing also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout, loss of adhesion to glue at rear gutter- rusting to staples)
PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Ltd 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand flight aviation directories history past issues White's 60s sixties companies businesses
Rugby League Annual 1933, Volume No 1
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, printed eps, 224pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine, moderate soiling & creasing to covers, moderate staining at binding/string, light foxing throughout, gutters v delicate & heavily cracked- some pages detached but still present)
PUBLISHER: NZ Newspapers 1933
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby league sport history annuals 1930s thirties past issues years data statistics
Whites Air Directory and Who's Who in New Zealand Aviation: Volume No 13, 1962
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, illus/printed eps, 160pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor rusting to staples)
PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Ltd 1962
KEYWORDS: New Zealand flight aviation directories history past issues White's 60s sixties companies businesses
The Illustrated London News: An Eightieth Year Tribute to Winston Churchill 1954
Folio 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: The Illustrated London News 1954
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill former British prime ministers politics political leaders history historical tribute London News
Mururoa Protest: The story of the voyages by HMNZ Ships OTAGO and CANTERBURY to protest against the French atmospheric nuclear tests at Mururoa Atoll in 1973
8vo, illus light card covers, xiv + 248 pp., VG (moderate scuffing & rubbing to covers, light bruising & creasing to edges/joints & extrems, light tanning & foxing to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Zenith Print n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand France nuclear experiments weapon testing 1973 20th century protest history
The Registers of the Parish Church of Rochdale in the Country of Lancaster, from October, 1582, to March, 1616
8vo, green buckram blind panelled bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt, emblem in blind to front & rear board, fore-edge deckled, viii + 370 + [1 (errata)] pp., VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, lg tear to cl at fore-edge of front board, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, cracking to front hing & central gutters, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: James Clegg 1888
KEYWORDS: Parish register population social history custom habits 16th 17th century
Richard Wagner: Die Walkure, Gotterdammerung, Siegfried, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Das Rheingold
5 VOL SET. 8vo, light card covers, french flaps, frontis., Die Walkure: 198 pp., Gotterdammerung: 208 pp., Siegfried: 230 pp., Der Ring: 254 pp., Das Rheingold: 183 pp., illus., scores, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling/fading to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems, light creasing to joints (esp Das Rheingold), sl soiling & tanning to pg edges), in plastic slipcase, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1997
KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner Ring cycle Opera literature music history libretto
Heresies of the High Middle Ages: Selected Sources Translated and Annotated
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 865pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards & spine, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris blind stamp/embossed to title page)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: heretics heresies middle ages history historical Europe translations
Consuming Traditions: Modernity, Modernism and the Commodified Authentic
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 214pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising & fading to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: first editions history criticism modernism English literature consumption economics psychology commerce marketing
The Risen Lord: The Jesus of History as the Christ of Faith
Octavo, illus light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, xvii + 166pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, blind ex-libris stamp/embossed to half title page)
PUBLISHER: T&T Clark 1996
KEYWORDS: theology reilgion religious literature writings history Jesus Christianity
Whaling in the Antarctic
FIRST EDITION, INSRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 222pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning to spine, spine sl cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Wm Blackwood & Sons 1931
KEYWORDS: zoology hunting maritime whales whaling south pole antarctic history stations anatomy signed first editions
Coffee, Sex & Health: A History of Anti-Coffee Crusaders and Sexual Hysteria
Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red & white lettering to spine, viii + 197pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: Helian Books 1999
KEYWORDS: history coffee culture humour humor caffeine harmful substances sex virility
Founding Finance: How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation
Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 274pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 2012
KEYWORDS: finance history economics debt public politics political government
King Arthur's Raid on the Underworld: The Oldest Grail Quest
Square super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus plate to front board, 172pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, prev. owner's ex-libris embossed/stamp to title page)
PUBLISHER: Gothic Image Publications 2008
KEYWORDS: King Arthur arthurian legends holy grail medieval literature historical history
The Book of the A4 Pacifics
Tidy ex-library, quarto, illus heavy boards, beige lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges/extrems, light soiling to page edges & eps, occasional light soiling to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Irwell Press 2005
KEYWORDS: transport trains rail steam locomotives a4 pacifics design engineering history
Puppets
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket 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: Macdonald 1971
KEYWORDS: art crafts hobbies puppets puppetry history illustrated entertainment
Poor Richard's Almanack
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: Peter Pauper Press N/D
KEYWORDS: Benjamin Franklin wisdom quotations history historical
A Printer and His World
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 1944
KEYWORDS: printing history typography trade industry