Books - "history"
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Newspaper Cuttings Volume 7: 1908-1909
This volume only. 4to, pp. 189; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate, rubbing scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; volume & dates covered by work inscribed in blue ink to tp;
PUBLISHER: Dunedin Public Library 1975
KEYWORDS: Dunedin Public Library Otago newspaper cuttings obituaries 19th 20th century social history
Tuapeka County 1876-1926
Typed manuscript. Obl 4to, unpaginated; patterned heavy card bds, maroon cl spine, paper label to front board; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; bdg sloppy; price sticker to front board; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout);
PUBLISHER: n/p
KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Tuapeka 19th 20tu century
Printer and Playground: An Autobiography
Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 156; grey cl bds, blue label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stickers to front pastedown); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; price clipped to front flap, price drawn over with black ink; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1956
KEYWORDS: Simon Oliver printing printer typography type publishing history book arts design life lives biography autobiography
The Visual Index of Artists' Signatures and Monograms
Super 8vo, pp. 239; cream heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; signatures; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & moderate foxing).
PUBLISHER: W. Foulsham & Co. 1991
KEYWORDS: art artist signature monogram history identification index collection collector
Burrell Showman's Road Locomotives: The Study of Showman's Type Road Locomotives Manufactured by Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd.
Super 8vo, pp. 319; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; lg closed tear to spine & front cover fold; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Model & Allied Publications 1971
KEYWORDS: Chalres Burrell Showman road locomotives automobile vehicle history
Ploughing by Steam: A History of Steam Cultivation over the Years
Super 8vo, pp. 360; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Model & Allied Publications 1970
KEYWORDS: steam engine history application plough ploughing
Racing Voiturettes
Rebacked. 8vo, pp. 376; blue cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; some foxing throughout); lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1950
KEYWORDS: Kent Karslake car vehicle automobile racing race history 20th century
The Rome Escape Line: The Story of the British Organization in Rome for Assisting Escaped Prisoners-of-War 1943-44
LACKS D/W, octavo, red heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239p, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing & soiling to boards & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1960
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapees Rome British armed defence forces
Prisoner at Large: The Story of Five Escapes
LACKS D/W, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 305pp, VG- (moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling/staining & water damage to boards, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to prelims, heavy crack to rear gutter- rear board shaky, minor staining to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Victro Gollancz 1947
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war escapees ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Views on Air Defence
Ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 100pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/sioling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden N/D (c.1938)
KEYWORDS: military history raf royal air force British armed forces aerial defence defense aviation warfare
Les Naufrages ou Vingt Mois Sur un Recif des Iles Auckland
TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering/tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece, maps to prelims, xii + 374pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & boards with minor surface loss, moderate fading/tanning to spine, moderate fading & soiling to page edges, patches of moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Libraire Hachette et Cie 1882
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Auckland Island islands history historical accounts
My Russian Jailers in China
LACKS D/W, super octavo, green textured buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter)
PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war China Chinese
The Third Route
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, to ppage edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges & base, frontispiece, xv + 279pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining/discolouration to rear board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light rubbing & tanning to front eps, light foxing to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1929
KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft aeroplanes flight
The Russian Empire 1801-1917
REPRINT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 813pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in fully adhesive protective cover- fully affixed, price clipped, light creasing to edges, light soiling, minor bleeding of text from adhesive, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1967 (Reprint)
KEYWORDS: history Russia Russian 19th nineteenth century politics political
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume I (With an Introduction and Appendices)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xx + 442pp, folding map to rear pocket, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume III (With an Introduction and Appendices)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs787-1230, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume IV (With an Introduction and Appendices)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs1231-1752, illus/map, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century
Bentley: The Story
Lg heavy quarto, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 241pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Redwood Publilshing 2003
KEYWORDS: automotive car manufacturers Bentley history design engineering
The Diary of Hugh McKenzie of Martins Bay 1918-1919
Octavo, white stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 12pp, G+ (heavy creasing & closed tearing to covers- yellowing tape repairs to rear, moderate foxing & light soiling to covers, whole item with vertical fold, light to moderate foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: Timaru Herald Print (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers settlers diaries journals Hugh McKenzie Martins Bay
Beautiful Dunedin: Its Environs, and the Cold Lakes of Otago
Octavo, illus light card covers, unpaginated illus adverts to prelims, 140pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy cerasing & chipping/loss to spine, moderate creasing & light soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Evening Star Co 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical guides travel brochures Dunedin Otago