Books - "history"
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Child of Calvary: Myrtyr of Satan: A Biography of Mother Marie-Therese Noblet
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/map to front eps, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Carmelite Fathers, National Scapular Headquarters N/D (c.1960?)
KEYWORDS: religion Pacific islands Papua New Guinea PNG religious biographies biography memoir Mother Marie-Therese Noblet catholic church missionaries history
The New Zealand Herald, Friday November 13, 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)
FACSIMILE REPRINT OF FIRST ISSUE OF NZ HERALD, elephant folio, facsimile reprint newspaper- folded, 6pp, VG+ (folded to size, occasional sl closed tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Herald 1863 (Facsimile Reprint)
KEYWORDS: printed news history NZ New Zealand Herlad facsimile reprints 1863 first issues past newspapers historical
The Merlin in Perspective - the Combat Years
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 204pp, folding table to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust 1995
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat rolls-royce engines merlin merlins ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fighter planes
Grand Prix Ferrari: The Years of Enzo Ferrari's Power, 1948-1980
LIMITED EDITION, heavy square imperial octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2015
KEYWORDS: limited editions automotive motorsports grand prix Enzo Ferrari f1 formula one 1 history racing
The Art of Heraldry: An Encyclopaedia of Armory
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 504pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing/bruising & discolouration to board edges, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light adhesion to page corners/edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/wrinkling to spine & edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Books 1986
KEYWORDS: heraldry family crests coats of arms history historical art
Lotus 49: The Story of a Legend
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters- binding a little shaky) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: motorsports car racing high performance Lotus 49 Ford engineering design history development grand prix f1 formula 1 one
Theodoric the Goth: The Barbarian Champion of Civilisation
Octavo, red/maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt rule to boards, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 442pp, illus, folding map to prelims, VG (light fading & rubbing to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling/discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, inscribed Howard Hodgkin, from his affectionate brother with date & signature to ffep)
PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1891
KEYWORDS: history historical literature Thomas Hodgkin ostrogoths early middle ages Theodoric ostrogoth
Eye Surgeons and Surgery in New Zealand
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, ALSO HOLOGRAPH SIGNED DATED LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENC., super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Wairau Press 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand medical history opthamology eye surgery surgeons healthcare signed O Bruce Hadden
From Powder Monkey to Governor: The Life of Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh, Kt RN 1785-1860, First Governor of South Australia; Lieut. Governor of Heligoland
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, unpaginated prelims + 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to edges/extrems, sl chafing to rear board, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Access Press 1995
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir biography Rear Admiral Sir John Hindmarsh Australian South Australia history early settlers pioneers Adelaide
Esoteric Anatomy (Part One): Volume Seven of The Seven Pillars of Ancient Wisdom (The Synthesis of Yoga, Esoteric Science and Psychology)
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 223pp + unpaginated index to rear, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising/creasing & tanning/soiling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges & inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Douglas Baker 1976
KEYWORDS: esoteric philosophy human anatomy body Dr Douglas Baker ancient history
Taming the Infinite: The Story of Mathematics
Super octavo, grey buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper & blue gilt decoration to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, xxii + 325pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012
KEYWORDS: folio society mathematics history geometry symmetry
Honour and Shame: The Values of Mediterranean Society
Super octavo, red light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 266pp, VG (light creasing/curling & moderate to heavy fading & soiling to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & inside covers, prev. owner's name in ink to top of half title page)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1974
KEYWORDS: social anthropology sociology history Mediterranean philosophy
Placing the Dead: Tombs, Ancestral Villages, and Kinship Organization in Madagascar
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 241pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to boadr & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate rubbing & creasing to edges with chipping/closed tearing also, minor tanning & staining to spine, light soiling & moderate discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Seminar Press 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions anthropology history culture Madagascar villages Merina society
The Life & Work of Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929
Imperial octavo, deep brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 72pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: GMP Publishers 1987
KEYWORDS: Henry Scott Tuke art history British artists biography biographies memoir
Architecture and Ideology in Eastern Europe During the Stalin Era: An Aspect of Cold War History
Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sm adhesive label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Architectural History Foundation Inc 1992
KEYWORDS: history Cold War Stalin architecture politics government 20th twentieth century eastern Europe ideology
Symbolic Domination: Cultural Form and Historical Change in Morocco
Octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated illus prelims + 107pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover egdes, moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Morocco history culture politics Zaouia Sidi Lahsene Islam religion civilization civilisation
The Drama of the Portrait: Theater and Visual Culture in Early Modern Spain
Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, xiv + 180pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Spain Sapnish art literature history theatre theater
Siouxsie and the Banshees Photo Book
Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus eps, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & chafing/rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, minor glue deterioration to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Symbiosis 1983
KEYWORDS: punk rock music musicians Siouxsie and the Banshees history photos photography
Auckland Weekly News 1908, Christmas Number
Folio, illus stapled light card covers, printed inside covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG- (v heavy scuffing to spine with surface loss, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to cover edges- some tape repairs to inside covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton 1908
KEYWORDS: Auckland weekly news issues past years New Zealand papers history historical
Faraday, Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books 2014
KEYWORDS: science physics history emf electromagnetic field Michael Faraday James Clerk Maxwell