Books - "history"
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The Earliest Wheeled Transport: From the Atlantic Coast to the Caspian Sea
Quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 272pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, odd makeshift tape repairs to internal sides, moderate creasing to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1983
KEYWORDS: transport history wheels wheeled wagons carts horses vehicles ancient iron age bronze age
The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, to page edges stained red- faded, xiv + 465pp, VG (light scuffing/chafing to board edges & extrems, 1cm crack to top of rear hinge, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in reversible d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, moderate foxing/soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1967
KEYWORDS: literature philosophy history Ibn Khaldun
Academies and Society in Southern Sung China
Ex-library, super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, x + 309pp, VG (minimal library markings, boards sl warped, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor scuff to front pastedown, moderate creasig to top edges of pgs 195-208, jacket affixed to rear board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & peeling to edges, sl soiling, rear flap affixed to rear board)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 1999
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity China southern Sung dynasty academic education
The History of Changi
Octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, xviii + 132pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing to cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Changi University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: southeast Asia Changi history military Singapore Henry Probert
Bruce McLaren: Racing Car Constructor
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Begg & Allen 2019
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport Bruce McLaren car racing high performance history biography biographies memoir
Can-Am 50th Anniversary: Flat Out With North America's Greatest Race Series 1966-74
Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, orange lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extremw, light chafing & soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks / Quarto Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports North America can-am race history car racing
The Road to Monaco: My Life in Motor Racing
SIGNED, square super octavo, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Denley Publications 2015
KEYWORDS: signed Howden Ganley motorsports automotive history autobiography autobiographies memoir f1 formula one 1 New Zealand Zealanders
The Venture of Islam (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & coloured lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press N/D (c.2010s?)
KEYWORDS: history Islam Islamic culture empires
The Second World War, Illustrated & Abridged
Heavy folio, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Grange Books 2003
KEYWORDS: Winston S Churchill military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Skateboarding and the City: A Complete History
Imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, illus prelims, xii + 369pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to cover edges/extrems)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Visual Arts 2021
KEYWORDS: urban hobbies sport skateboarding history culture development
240: Two Hundred and Forty Years of New Zealand Painting
Lg quarto, illus glossy boards, black lettering to spine, 279pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light chafing/soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history paintings appreciation
Sleepers: In Search of Lost Old Masters
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, sm patch of label residue to spine, sl tanning & foxing to flap edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 1995
KEYWORDS: art history old masters
The First World War: Volume I: To Arms
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xix + 1227pp, VG (moderate creasing & peeling to cover edges, 1cm scuff to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: military history first 1st world war one i 1 the great war
The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas: A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companies
TITLE PAGE MISSING, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, xxvii + 403pp, illus, folding map to prelims, G+ (heavy scuffing/rubbing/chipping to spine, moderate bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, title & copyright page completely missing, moderate chipping to edges of prelim pages, light soiling throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: John Murray c.1859/1860
KEYWORDS: Sir John Franklin exploration maritime history Arctic Sea The Fox north pole
Solomon's Temple: Its History and its Structure
FOLDING MAP TO FRONT POCKET, octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & decoration to spine & front board, foldin gmap to front pocket, frontispiece, xvi + 366pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & fading to spine with moderate scuffing to extrems, sl bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to front eps & prelims, v heavy crack & scuffing to front gutter- some surface loss with ffep potentially missing, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1908
KEYWORDS: ancient history structures King Solomon temples Solomon's temple architecture design maps plans biblical antiquity
Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories
Octavo, illus light card covers, pink & blue lettering to spine, xx + 282pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to covers, sl soiling & minor creasing/curling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: erotica sex art literature literary criticism history research
Old Marlborough, or, The Story of a Province
FIRST EDITION, HEAVY ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIR, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 478pp + adverts to rear, illus, G (boards likely completely detached but re-affixed with archival tape at hinges & gutters, heavy scuffing to board edges- some minor surface loss, moderate soiling to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to spine/boards/eps & preface page, spine is tanned & cracked, moderate tanning to page edges, ffep missing, moderate soiling to eps & lightly throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hart and Keeling 1900
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Old Marlborough pioneers early settlers
With Flying Colours: The Pirelli Album of Motor Sport
FIRST EDITION, obloing quarto, black heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine & front board, 253pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing/soiling & fading to boards/edges, light tanning & sioling to page edges, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (ligh tto moderate creasing to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1987
KEYWORDS: first editions motorsports pirelli high performance cars racing history
Fifty Years of Primitive Methodism in New Zealand
Octavo hardcover (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: Primitive Methodist Book Depot 1893
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history primitive methodist methodism
The Basis of Prosperity in New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (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: Coulls Somerville Wilkie 1939
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history economics business