Books - "history"
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Sir George Grey KCB, 1812-1898: A Study in Colonial Government
Ex-library, octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 709pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, jacket taped to boards, tape residue to board edges & eps, light fading to boards edges, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, blurb from jacket glued in to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter) in d/w, VG- (jacket in protective plastic cover & taped to boards- staining to edges likely, moderate staining/soiling, front flap removed with blurb glued in to front pastedown, fore-edge of rear flap heavily trimmed but all text seems present)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history government Sir George Grey biography biographies memoir politics
The Harley-Davidson Motor Co: Archive Collection
HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, oblong quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 407pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling to boards, 2cm crack to base of spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional minor adhesion to pages) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & soiling to spine, light creasing to edges, light general soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks / MBI Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: motorbikes motorcycles history Harley-Davidson Harley Davidson design engineering hobbies
British Motorcycles 1945-1965: From Aberdale to Wooler
Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 599pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, spine sl cocked, minor soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, minor occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Herridge & Sons 2018
KEYWORDS: British motorbikes motorcycles history vintage classic design engineering hobbies
Battle for the Beetle
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, xii + 466pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bentley Publishers 2012
KEYWORDS: cars automotive classic vintage Beetles VW Volkswagon Adolf Hitler history
The Healey Story
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to spine)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2004
KEYWORDS: motorsport Donald Geoffrey Healey cars automotive history
British Leyland Motor Corporation 1968-2005: The Story From Inside
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The History Press 2015
KEYWORDS: car manufacturers manufacturing Leyland British car makers history automotive transport
The Works Triumphs: 50 Years in Motorsport, Including the Works Standards
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 296pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, tape remnants to board edges [remove at your peril!]) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover, tape remnants to edges of flaps, light creasing to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis / Haynes 1993
KEYWORDS: motorsport Triumph cars rally car driving history British Leyland
The Auckland Regiment, being an Account of the Doings on Active Service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment
Octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 323pp, illus/folding maps- all folding maps present, VG- (heavy bruising to spine, moderate chipping to spine extrems, minor rubbing & bruising to board edges & corners, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor water staining to top edges of prelims, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, foreword pages detached but re-fixed with tape, heavy crack to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZEF military history Auckland regiment 1st 2nd 3rd battalions
Formula 1: Car by Car 1970-79
THIS VOL ONLY, sm quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 304pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Evro Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: f1 formula one 1 past cars high performance racing motorsport 70s seventies modern history
Formula 1 in Camera 1980-89
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: f1 formula one 1 modern history automotive 80s eighties high performance racing cars
Triumph 2000 and 2.5PI: The Complete Story
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 1995
KEYWORDS: automotive classic vintage cars Triumph 2000 2.5pi history
Sports Car Racing in Camera 1960-69
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: f1 formula one 1 modern history automotive high performance racing cars 60s sixties
Sports Car Racing in Camera 1970-79
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 256pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: f1 formula one 1 modern history automotive high performance racing cars 70s seventies
Formula 1 in Camera 1970-79
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: f1 formula one 1 modern history automotive high performance racing cars 70s seventies
The Relief of Tobruk (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 566pp, illus, folding maps- all present, VG (moderate scuffing to spine extrems & board edges, moderate soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Gov't Printer 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand official history series histories ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Tobruk military
God's Englishman: Oliver Cromwell and the English Revolution
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, black heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, yellow front board with black lettering, illus eps, frontispiece, xxiv + 278pp, illus, VG+ (1cm minor split to base of front gutter, sl soiling to page fore-edges, minor vertical fold to prelims) in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2013
KEYWORDS: folio society English history civil war Oliver Cromwell revolution 17th seventeenth century
The Fall of Jerusalem and the Christian Church
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xx + 294pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate discolouration to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prize plate to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading & soiling to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: S P C K 1957
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Jewish Jerusalem early religion Christianity
A Soldier's Rest
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 123pp, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: A D W Muirhead / XLibris 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history McLeod family A D W Muirhead
The Story of V: Opening Pandora's Box
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 322pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2003
KEYWORDS: female genitalia genitals vaginas art history anthropology
Heterosyncrasies: Female Sexuality When Normal Wasn't
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xxviii + 178pp, VG+ (sl curling to cover edges, light soiling to spine & covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Minnesota Press 2005
KEYWORDS: queer lesbian female women history medieval lgbtq sexuality