Books - "history"
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Index, A History of the: A Bookish Adventure
Super octavo 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: Allen Lane / Penguin 2021
KEYWORDS: literature language linguistics history historical index
Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
Octavo 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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1958
KEYWORDS: social history economics medieval Europe European commerce trade business
Reels: New Zealand Women's Suffrage Centenary Issue
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, octavo 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: The Griffin Press 1993
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand women voting suffrage history centenary centennial women's rights activism activists
Philosophy in the Mid-Century: A Survey
TEXT IN ENGLISH & FRENCH, imperial octavo 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: Firenza / La Nuova Italia Editrice 1967
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ENGLISH & FRENCH philosophy history philosophical theory
The Golden Jubilee Bookof the Auckland University College 1883-1933
PRINTED BY LEGENDARY PRINTER BOB LOWRY, imperial octavo 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: University College Students' Association 1933
KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic history Auckland University College Bob Lowry
A Short History of the Printed Word
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) tanned copy; 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: Dorset Press 1989
KEYWORDS: printing history literature Warren Chappell
Understanding American Judaism: Toward the Description of a Modern Religion, Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo 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: Ktav Publishing 1975
KEYWORDS: religion religious history Jews Jewish communities Judaism US America American
This is Cricket: In the Spirit of the Game
Heavy quarto, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, white cricket illus to front board, illus prelims, 368pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising & scuffing/surface loss to board edges/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 1cm scuff to edge/fold at rear)
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 2020
KEYWORDS: sport cricket history grounds photos
Metamorphoses: Greek Photographs
Square imperial octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, 180pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, s foxing to prelims & terminals, sl creasing to edges of photographic pages) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1986
KEYWORDS: Greek Greece history heritage photos photography Daniel Schwartz culture art
Trees of New Zealand: Stories of Beauty and Character
Quarto, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa / Hachette 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature trees heritage history historical
The Pollards: A Family and its Child and Adult Opera Companies in New Zealand and Australia 1880-1910
Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, pink lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2002
KEYWORDS: opera companies history historical New Zealand Australia Pollard Opera Company travelling theaters theatres music musical
Early Lithographed Books: A Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press, with a Catalogue
Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt press illus to front board, frontispiece, 374pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising/warping to top spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ex-libris plate to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Farrand Press / Private Libraries Association 1990
KEYWORDS: printing history hand press design art catalogue
Britain and the West New Guinea Dispute, 1949-1962
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus green cloth boards, blue lettering to spine & boards, (14) + vi + 555pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light soiling & foxing to spine, sl bruising to board edges, light foxing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Edwin Mellen Press 2008
KEYWORDS: signed Nicholas Tarling Great Britain British politics geopolitics West New Guinea 20th twentieth century modern history
Vietnam Task: The 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, 1966/67
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, xvi + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (boards sl warped & bruised, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & verso of title page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cassell Australia 1968
KEYWORDS: first editions military history Vietnam war Australia Australian 5th fifth battalion royal australian regiment
Functional Newspaper Design
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 340; black buckram bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1956
KEYWORDS: printing publishing history newspaper periodical book arts design typography
Government Printing in New Zealand, 1840 to 1843
Super 8vo, xiv + 207; illus. light card covers; VG (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Elibank Press 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand 19th century printing publishing history Government printer 1840
Ancient People and Places: The Canaanites
8vo, pp. 244; red cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, printer's device in gilt to front board; plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1964
KEYWORDS: Canaan Canaanites anicent classical history anthropology Hebrew Palestine Syria Egypt Mesopotamia Asia
Reason and Goodness
8vo, pp. 451; red cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading, scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1966
KEYWORDS: Brand Blanshard philosophy reason moral ethics good right history
William Blake's Jerusalem
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 264pp, illus/plates to rear, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: The Trianon Press 1953
KEYWORDS: art history William Blake appreciation criticism interpretation
Highway 4: The Border Campaign 1947-1950
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 169pp, VG- (moderate to heavy wrinkling & soiling/staining to covers, light scuffing to rear cover, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, moderate damp staining to front gutter- page block partially detached)
PUBLISHER: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1990
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography autobiographies memoir Colonel Dang Van Viet Hanoi Vietnam border campaigns China Chinese first editions