Books - "history"
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Le Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco: Story of a Legend 1929-1960
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#269/500), heavy lg quarto, beige cloth boards, no external lettering, 347pp + summary to rear, illus/photos, Near Fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & closed tearing to edges, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Editions Automobilia N/D (c.1990)
KEYWORDS: automotive history grand prix Monaco motorsport racing signed limited editions
The Discovery of Tahiti: A Journal of the Second Voyage of HMS Dolphin Round the World, Under the Command of Captain Wallis, RN, in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768
LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, folding frontipiece, illus/folding maps, lii + 292pp, illus, VG- (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl chafing to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, minor scuffing & surface loss to front pastedown, heavy crack to gutter nr front, light cracking occasionally throughout, rear index page lightly torn at top with some minor loss, some terminal pages potentially missing)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1948
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration voyages history historical accounts HMS Dolphin Tahiti 18th eighteenth century journals Captain Wallis
The Travels of Ibn Battuta AD 1325-1354 (5 Vol Set)
5 VOLS, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt ship motif to front boards, base & fore-edges of page block deckled to vols 1 & 2, frontispieces to vols 1, 2 & 4, illus & maps, mixed pagination, mostly VG+ (light bruising & tanning to spine & board edges, light staining/soiling to boards of vols 1 & 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's info tipped in to front eps of vol 1) vols 3-5 in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1958-2000
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society Ibn Battuta exploration 14th fourteenth century history historical voyages
The Levant Voyage of the Blackham Galley (1696-1698): The Sea Journal of John Looker, Ship's Surgeon
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, xvi + 248pp, illus/maps, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Routledge 2022
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society Levant voyage Blackham Galley exploration voyages John Looker 17th seventeenth century journals diaries history
The Voyages and Manifesto of William Fergusson, a Surgeon of the East India Company 1731-1739
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 185pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Routledge 2021
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages East Indai Company William Fergusson ship surgeons 18th eighteenth century
The Arctic Whaling Journals of William Scoresby the Younger 1811-1820 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp bands to spines, gilt ship motif to front boards, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Ashgate 2003-2009
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration voyages Arctic north pole whaling journals history historical 19th nineteenth century William Scoresby the Younger
Joao Rodrigues's Account of Sixteenth-Century Japan
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xli + 428pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2001
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration Joao Rodrigues 16th sixetenth century Japan voyages
English Travellers to Venice 1450-1600
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xxxiv + 433pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Routledge 2022
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration adventures English Venice 15th 16th fifteenth sixteenth century Italy
Labour of Love: Childbirth at Dunedin Hospital 1862-1972
Quarto, illus brown light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 294pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, sm newspaper clipping & prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Adelheid Wassner 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dunedin Hospital childbirth birthing units medical
The Doctrine of the Nerves: Chapters in the History of Neurology
Imperial octavo, bue buckram board, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 467pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (lighto to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, sl chafing, sl tanning to flaps, sm adhesive labels to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: medical neurology history nerves
When the Smoke Clears: A History of the Timaru Fire Brigade 1864-1995
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#95/500), octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 145pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading)
PUBLISHER: The Timaru Fire Brigade Club 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand emergency services fire service brigade Timaru history
Rural Sports, Volume 2 (Parts I + II) and Supplement Volume (3 Vol Set)
REBOUND 3 VOL SET- volume 2 only- bound as 2 vols plus supplement volume, super octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, red speckling to page edges, modern eps, part 1- (6) + 378pp, part 2- (10) + 354pp, supp. vol- (14) + 742pp + index to rear, frontispiece to supplement vol, illus, VG (moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to spines & board edges & extrems- some surface loss, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front gutters of parts 1 & 2, moderate foxing throughout, light chafing to boards- minor surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Philanthropic Society (Printer) 1812-13
KEYWORDS: rural sports angling fly fishing flyfishing hobbies historical history
Dunedin: Early Photographs (First Series from the Hardwicke Knight Collection)
FIRST SERIES, tidy ex-library, oblong quarto, illus spiral bound light card covers, red lettering to covers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate creasing & soiling to covers, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand heritage Dunedin Hardwicke Knight art photos photography history historical
The Story of the Arab Legion
Octavo, orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt military insignia to front board, to ppage edges stained red, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, 371pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate fading to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. booksellers' markings to front eps) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping/tearing & loss to spine & edges- clear tape repairs, minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1948
KEYWORDS: military history Arab legion middle east
Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, octavo, blue leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, top page edges stained blue- faded, frontispiece, 160pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, moderate fading to spine extrems, light chafing & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional foxing throughout, jacket taped to front board) in d/w, G+ (jacket taped to front board with front flap detached but present, heavy loss & tape repair/reinforcement to edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D (c.1937?)
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions G H Cunningham biography biographies memoir Squadron-Leader McGregor military history aviation New Zealand
Chinese Art Motives
LACKS D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 110pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1915
KEYWORDS: art history China Chinese interpretation criticism
Pfaltzgraff: America's Potter
Square super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 128pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- sl loss, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Pfaltzgraff Co 1989
KEYWORDS: Pfaltzgraff pottery potters art history crafts
Life and Works of Robert Burns: Critical and Analytical Edition
Heavy quarto, half leather bound green buckram boards, gilt lettering/tooling & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & illus to front board, aeg, marbled eps, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to leatherwork with some surface loss, light chafing & soiling to boards, heavy cracking at front gutter, light to moderate soiling throughout, frontis tissue guard & rear ep missing, heavy cracking to rear gutter, annotation in ink to terminal page)
PUBLISHER: David Wilson 1881
KEYWORDS: Robert Burns literature poets poetry verse poems Scotland Scottish literary biography criticism history historical
Alonso Victor de Paredes' Institution, and the Origin of the Art of Printing, and General Rules for Compositors [Madrid: ca. 1680]
Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 449; black buckram bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Legacy Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Alonso Victor de Paredes Pablo Alvarez 18th century printing publishing history methods techniques book arts design letterpress bibliography
The History of England from 1485 to 1685
Super 8vo, pp. xxxiv + 337; green buckram bds, gilt panel spine, front board paneled & decorated in gilt; top edge stained green, frontis., plates; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems); in slipcase; VG+ (minor scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1985
KEYWORDS: Thomas Babington Macaulay England English history 15th 16th 17th century Folio Society