Books - "history"
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Kiwi Saga: Memoirs of a New Zealand Artilleryman
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, sm octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 319pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light rubbing to extrems, sl staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & scribble in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to covers, prev. owner's creative attempt at reinforcement to internal sides with old calendar page!)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1943
KEYWORDS: signed Martyn Uren military history New Zealand Zealanders ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
A Spy in Damascus
Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus title page, unpaginated prelims + 248pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, sl scuffing to spine, minor chafing/soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters, minor foxing sporadcially throughout) in d/w, G+ (front flap messily price clipped- both corners, v heavy creasing & tearing to spine & edges- some loss with spine flapping, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: military history secret spies espionage Norman Vange secret service agents autobiography
The Culture of Cities
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xii + 530pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, G+ (bottom quarter of spine missing, moderate tanning & staining to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light to moderate general tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Martin Secker & Warburg 1946
KEYWORDS: history towns cities urban culture Lewis Mumford
South Africa and the Transvaal War (8 Vol Set)
8 VOL SET, imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spines & front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (varying degrees of tanning & chafing/soiling- mostly quite minor, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: T C & E C Jack N/D
KEYWORDS: South Africa military history Transvaal war 19th nineteenth century
New Zealand's Motor Cycle Heritage, Book Two: 1932-1962
THIS VOL ONLY (BOOK TWO), octavo, gold/shiny brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 248pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked & lightly bruised, light fading to spine & board edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to top edge, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Masterton Publishing House 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand motorbikes motorcycles hobbies history classic vintage
J A P The Vintage Years
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, light adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minro adhesive staining to front & rear eps, occasional light ink annotations) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & moderate adhesive staining to edges, sm adhesive label to base of front flap)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes Publishing Group 1985
KEYWORDS: transport history automotive engineering JAP engines motorcycles motorbikes
Motorcycles & Motorcycling in the USSR: A Social & Technical History
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black & orange lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2019
KEYWORDS: transport history Russia USSR Soviet Union motorcycles motorbikes hobbies travel
Journal of a Rambler: The Journal of John Boultbee
Ex-library, imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, lxxvii + 225pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate tanning to boards, moderate tape staining & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading ot spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: history journals diaries John Boultbee travel exploration adventures
A History and Encyclopedia of Country, Western and Gospel Music
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 380pp, VG (spine cocked, light rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling tp boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name & sm inscription in ink to ffep, minor cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Scholarly Press 1972
KEYWORDS: music history country western gospel
The Diary of a Country Parson, The Reverend James Woodforde 1758-1802 (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, copper gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, VG+ (minor rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, G (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some with yellowing tape repairs, heavy staining/soiloing to vol 1, moderate fading to spines, front flap of vol 1 detached but loosely enclosed- brown tape reinforcement to fore-edge, moderate to heavy general chafing & soiling with some level of surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: autobiography history Reverend James Woodforde 18th eighteenth century England English life
Kingdom of the Elephant
REPRINT, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 271pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl bruising to board corners, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor general soiling throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, top of spine missing, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1955
KEYWORDS: signed E Temple-Perkins history hunting travel big game
Waepo 44: The Flintock Musket: Brown Bess and Charleville 1715-1865
Super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 80pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Shire Publications / Bloomsbury 2020
KEYWORDS: history weapons weaponry guns rifles firearms muskets
Weapon 67: Sniping Rifles on the Eastern Front 1939-45
Super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing / Bloomsbury 2019
KEYWORDS: history weapons weaponry rifles firearms guns ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 eastern front
BSA Competition History
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 345pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & light adhesive staining to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl adhesive staining to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing & adhesive staining to edges, sl chafing, sm label to base of front flap)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes Publishing Group 1986
KEYWORDS: transport history motorcycles motorbikes hobbies BSA competition
Seventy-Five Years on Two Wheels: A History of the Auckland Motor Cycle Club Incorporated 1926-2001
Super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to spine & covers, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Polygraphia 2001
KEYWORDS: hobbies motorcycles motorbikes Auckland Motor Cycle Club history
J A P The End of an Era
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 252pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ink annotation) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration & moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes Publishing Group 1988
KEYWORDS: transport history automotive engineering JAP engines motorcycles motorbikes
The New World: The First Pictures of America
Ex-library, quarto, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/maps at eps, unpaginated prelims + 292pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate soiling/staining & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tape staining to front & rear eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy adhesive staining & minor creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading to spine & front cover edges, moderate loss to top edge of rear cover, moderate soiling, moderate tape staining to flaps, fore-edges of both flaps clipped- text unaffected)
PUBLISHER: Duell, Sloan and Pearce 1965
KEYWORDS: history US America American pictures art settlers settlements drawings engravings
Survivor: A Portrait of the Survivors of the Holocaust
Quarto, blue heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board corners, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light rubbing/scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 2017
KEYWORDS: Jewish holocaust survivors portraits history war crimes ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Armenia: A Year at Erzeroom, and on the Frontiers of Russia, Turkey and Persia
Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to red leather title plate with raised bands & decoration also to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece, illus title page, xiv + 253pp, map/sketch to rear, VG (moderate to heavy rubbing to leatherwork, moderate scuffing to board corners, moderate foxing/tanning to prelims & terminals, initials in ink to title page, moderate staining to prelims)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1854
KEYWORDS: history travel Armenia Russia Turkey Persia
The Great War With Russia: The Invasion of the Crimea: A Personal Retrospect of the Battles of the Alma, Balaclava and Inkerman, and of the Winter of 1854-55, &c
REBACKED, INCORPORATING ORIGINAL CLOTH, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 324pp, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to board corners, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & light soiling to boards, moderate soiling & light tanning to page edges, minor soiling to eps, minor foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1895
KEYWORDS: military history 19th nineteenth century Russia war battles