Books - "history"
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Mawson's Huts: The Birthplace of Australia's Antarctic Heritage
INSCRIBED & SIGNE DBY AUTHOR, square quarto, illus light card covers, beige & white lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2014
KEYWORDS: signed David Jensen south pole antarctica Mawson's huts Australia Australian expeditions exploration Dr Douglas Mawson history historical
The World Through the Eyes of Folk Artists: Ukrainian Folk Painting of the 13th-20th Centuries
TEXT IN CYRILLIC, WITH BOOKLET OF FRENCH & GERMAN TRANSLATIONS, lg quarto, brown heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to base of spine, numerous page corners folded) in d/w, VG (light creasing & occasioanl closed tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Mystetskvo, Kiev 1991
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC Ukraine Ukrainian art history folk painting
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker: Traveller and Plant Collector
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 286pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name (Davd Galloway) in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front cover, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Antique Collector's Club / Royal Botanic Gardens 2006
KEYWORDS: plants botany explorers Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker exploration travel history
The Correspondence of Julius Haast and Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1861-1886
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, white light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 219pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to covers, minor annotation to text/margins)
PUBLISHER: Geoscience Society of New Zealand 2013
KEYWORDS: signed letters correspondence history historical 19th nineteenth century Julius Haast Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker geoscience nature plants botany botanical
Theories of the Earth and Universe: A History of Dogma in the Earth Sciences
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 413pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: science theory natural history geology planet earth
La Folie Baudelaire
Super 8vo, pp. [10] + 337; grey heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2012
KEYWORDS: Roberto Calasso poets authors 19th century Paris Charles Baudelaire literary social history
Greymouth Street Names: A Short History
4to, 57; illus. light card covers, spiral bound; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Grey District Library 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Greymouth street names Frances Buckley
Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books
Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 189pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1990
KEYWORDS: botany botanical books flowers history historical bibliography bibliographies catalogues
The Birth of a District: A History of Otapiri, Lora Gorge, Benmore and Kuana
NO D/W, SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/maps to eps, 211pp, illus, VG (binding a little sloppy, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, vertical creasing to half title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Mr J Nigel Overton 1984
KEYWORDS: signed J Nigel Overton New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Otapiri Lora Gorge Benmore Kuana
Seeking a New Land: Quakers in New Zealand: A Volume of Biographical Sketches
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, 200pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & curling to covers/edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Beechtree Press 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion religious settlers quakers
Reminiscences of a New Chum in Otago (New Zealand) in the Early 'Seventies
In tidy blue home-made sleeve/jacket with stiff board inserts by a prev. owner, octavo, brown light card covers, black lettering to front cover, decorated border to title page, 86pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to brown covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor rusting & tearing at staples, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to title page, page removed from prelims, minor cracking at rear gutter, minor vertical creasing to whole page block)
PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co 1922
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago 19th nineteenth century Henry Scott
The Lost Ruby Mine
FIRST EDITION, octavo, yellow light card covers- stapled with black reinforcement tape at spine, black lettering to front cover, (2) + 62pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to copyright page)
PUBLISHER: Tall Stories Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: first editions geology geological New Zealand semi-precious stones gold rubies emeralds sapphires mining history historical
Wise's New Zealand Post Office Directory Volume 1: Auckland City-Province
Imp. 8vo, pp. xx + 1406; red cl boards, spine lettered in black, front & rear board lettered in gilt; advt eps & prelims, coloured plates, illus. advts; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chiping, esp to spine; 3cm tear to front joint; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; heavy cracking to front gutter, after p. xviii, boards detatched from textblock; Errors & Ommission & calendar pg cutout to rear loose; moderate tanning, foing & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: H. Wise & Co. 1956
KEYWORDS: Wise's New Zealand post office directory social history Auckland North Island 20th century
The Early History of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East to the End of A.D. 1814
First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xxxviii + 677; red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; centrepiece in blind to boards; some illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; mdoerate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep).
PUBLISHER: Church Missionary Society 1896
KEYWORDS: Rev Charles Hole Church Missionary Society Africa Asia missionaries Christian Christianity religion religious history
The Annals of Inisfallen (MS. Rawlinson B. 503)
Super 8vo, pp. lii + 596; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; some annotations in pencil to rear).
PUBLISHER: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1988
KEYWORDS: Sean MacAirt Old Irish celtic language history annals of Innisfallen manuscripts
The Annals of Ulster (to A.D. 1131) Part I: Text and Translation
Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 597; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; some annotations in pencil to rear).
PUBLISHER: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies 1983
KEYWORDS: Sean MacAirt Gearoid MacNiocaill Old Irish celtic language history annals of Ulster manuscripts
In the Shadow of the Takitimus: The Story of Ohai and the Coalfields
Oblong octavo, illus light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine, xi + 264pp, illus/photos, folded photo at rear, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Walter T Guttery 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ohai rural communities coalfields coal companies pioneers
The Platypus Papers: Fifty Years of Powerless Pilotage
Quarto 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: Platypus Publications 2000
KEYWORDS: aviation aeronautics sailplanes gliding gliders history
Private Owner Wagons: Volume Three
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto 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: Oxford Publishing Company 1984
KEYWORDS: transport history wagons industry carts designs
The Sketches of Turner, R A: 1802-20: Genius of the Romantic
Quarto 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 1974
KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation Turner 19th nineteenth century romantics