Books - "history"
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Alchemy: The Secret Art
Imp. 8vo, pp. 128; green 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; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Bounty Books 1973
KEYWORDS: Stanislas Klossowski de Rola alchemy science philosophy nature history
The Flowering of a Waratah: Neurology in Australia: A History
Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 350; illus. heavy card boards; photos; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges) ; in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Australian Scholarly Publishing 2024
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand neurology neurologists history
Indian Hemp: A Social Menace
Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. 112; red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine & eps; light to moderate cracking to front & rear hinge).
PUBLISHER: Christopher Johnson 1952
KEYWORDS: Donald McI Johnson H Pullar-Strecker Indian hemp marijuana cannabis drugs drug use history marihuana
Film and the Shoah in France and Italy
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 244; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising, curling & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Vallentine Mitchell 2008
KEYWORDS: Giacomo Lichtner film cinema Shoah France Italy history
The Samoa (N.Z.) Expeditionary Force 1914-1915: An account based on official records of the Seizure and Occupation by New Zealand of the German Islands of Western Samoa
Scarce. 8vo, pp. 218; green/blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in black; photos; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in black ink to front pastedown & in blue ink to rfep; light cracking to front gutters; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Samoa occuption military history 20th century
24 Battalion
First edition. 8vo, pp. xvi + 261; red buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., plates, foldout maps; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to central gutters); in facsimile d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, some loss to spine at head and tail; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Department of Internal Affairs 1953
KEYWORDS: R M Burdon New Zealand war warfare military history first edition
Orsogna: New Zealand's First Italian Battle
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, 168pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Willsonscott Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Italy Italian battles Orsogna
The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820 (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl soiling to page edges, occasional black ink marking to margins- minor, yellow post-it notes to page edges of vols 4 & 5)
PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 2008-12
KEYWORDS: Sir Joseph Banks letters correspondence history historical records Indian Pacific British naturalists
A Checklist of The Hogarth Press 1917-1946
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxiv + 250pp, illus, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (single library label, light creasing to edges, sl soiling to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Woolmer/Brotherson 1986
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues The Hogarth Press history historical
The Nepalese Dilemma 1960-74
Tidy ex-library, octavo, brown heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xvi + 528pp, VG (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate scuff & loss to base of rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate chiping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishers 1975
KEYWORDS: Nepal geopolitics kingdoms politics political conflict modern history King Tribhuvan
The Banks Letters: A Calendar of the Manuscript Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, Preserved in the British Museum, the British Museum (Natural History) and Other Collections in Great Britain
LACKS D/W, HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xlii + 965pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to edges, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) to ffep)
PUBLISHER: British Mueum 1958
KEYWORDS: naturalists Sir Joseph Banks letters correspondence collections history historical British Museum bibliography bibliographies catalogues
Scientific Correpsondence of Sir Joseph Banks 1765-1820 (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, super ocatvo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to some ffeps, occasional ink markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 2007
KEYWORDS: Sir Joseph Banks history historical letters correspondence naturalists science scientists
Sir Joseph Banks and the Transfer of Plants To and From the South Pacific 1786-1798
Quarto, marbled light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to title plate to front cover, viii + 62pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: The Colony Press 1993
KEYWORDS: expeditions Sir John Banks plants naturalists botany South Pacific 18th eighteenth century history geography breadfruit plant introduction Australia
The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 375pp, folding map to prelims, illus/maps, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 10cm closed tear & moderate creasing to rear, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: Abel Janszoon Tasman south pacific exploration history historical voyages Australia 17th seventeenth century
A Mongraph of the British Lichens: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Species in the Department of Botany, British Museum Part II (Second Edition Revised)
THIS VOL ONLY, SECOND EDITION REVISED, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to spine & board edges, ix + 447pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edgesprev. owner's (David Galloway) ink stamp to prelims)
PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1926
KEYWORDS: British lichen lichens lichenology British Museum Natural History botany species catalogues
The Jemima Code: Two Centuries of African American Cookbooks
Quarto, light blue cloth boards, red lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, xviii + 246pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press 2020
KEYWORDS: cookbooks cookery cooking history African American heritage culture cultural cuisine bibliography
Sir Francis Drake and the Famous Voyage, 1577-1580: Essays Commemorating the Quadricentennial of Drake's Circumnavigation of the Earth
Quarto, blue marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, frontispiece, xix + 214pp, illus, folding map, VG+ (sl rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional light pencil marking to margins) in d/w, VG (light creasing/curling to edges, 4cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: University of California 1984
KEYWORDS: exploration history famous voyages explorers Sir Francis Drake maritime nautical essays prose adventure circumnavigation
Images of Science: A History of Scientific Illustration
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, viii + 208pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev, owner's name (David Galloway) in pencil to half title page, binding sl sloppy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The British Library 1992
KEYWORDS: history science discoveries anthropology animals humans botany plants
History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne 25-27 May 1988
Quarto, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, v + 326pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine, light fading & chafing to boards, light tanning to board edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990
KEYWORDS: systematic botany Australasia history past proceedings plants nature
Report on a Botanical Examination of the Higher Waimarino District
Slim quarto, marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to maroon buckram spine, 14pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges & eps, blue pencil underlining to title page)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Govt Printer 1909
KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany botanical reports Waimarino District nature history historical