Books - "history"
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One Kiwi Sailor's War: The Story of Lieutenant Douglas Hazard RNZNVR 1939-45
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 542pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Printstop (Printer) 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history navy naval officers Lieutenant Douglas L Hazard ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 biography memoir biographies signed Gerry Wright
Brothers at War
SIGNED BY TWO OF THE BROTHERS (JIM & JACK), octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, iv + 168pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine & covers/edges, moderate fading & light chafing & soiling to spine & covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Jim Rolfe 1995
KEYWORDS: signed Jim Jack Rolfe New Zealand soldiers ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history
Shackleton's Whiskey
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 314pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v sl soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Preface 2013
KEYWORDS: Ernest Shackleton whiskey cases MacKinlay scotch exploration history expeditions South Pole Antarctica famous explorers
Soviet Submarines: 1945 to Present
Square super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor scuffing to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arms & Armour Press 1989
KEYWORDS: military history Russia Russian Soviet navy naval submarines late 20th twentieth century
Kings Cross: Pictorial History
Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white & orange lettering to spine, (4) + 123pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sm gift inscription in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Kingsclear Books 2012
KEYWORDS: Australian cities suburbs Kings Cross Sydney history illsutrated Australia
Theological Investigations, Volume V: Later Writings
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, black/brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 525pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Darton, Longman & Todd / Helicon Press 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions religion theology literature writings prose history
The Decorations for the Pompa Introitus Ferdinandi (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard: Part XVI)
Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, (11) + 278pp, plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & foxing, prev. bookseller's labels to front flap) in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1972
KEYWORDS: art history Rubens
The Arctic World: Its Plants, Animals and Natural Phenomena
SPINE MISSING, lg quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to front board, aeg, frontispiece, 339pp, illus, G+ (spine missing, moderate scuffing & surface loss to board edges & extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate chafing to eps, moderate cracking to front gutter- board shaky, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: T Nelson and Sons 1876
KEYWORDS: North Pole Arctic nature natural history zoology botany exploration expeditions British polar expedition 19th nineteenth century
The American Cowboy
WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY DANIEL BOORSTEIN & HIS WIFE- Daniel Boorstein wrote the foreword to this book, folio, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 228pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to top edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, moderate wrinkling to rear)
PUBLISHER: American Folklife Centre, Library of Congress 1983
KEYWORDS: wild west cowboys art exhibitions US American history signed Daniel Boorstein
The Ceiling Paintings for the Jesuit Church in Antwerp (Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard: Part I)
Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + (4) + 241pp, b&w plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling, sl fading to spine/front cover crease) in slipcase, VG (moderate scuffing, bruising & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arcade Press 1968
KEYWORDS: art history Rubens Antwerp jesuit church
Infantry Brigadier
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, x + 371pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & ex-libris plate to ffep, light foxing to prelism & terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate soiling & foxing, price clipped, light to moderate fading & cracking to spine)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger 20 NZ Battalion 2 NZ Division
Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History
FOLDING MAP AT FRONT, octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, folding map to frontipsiece, 288pp + catalogue to rear, folding genealogy chart to rear, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate & minor wrinkling to ffep, minor creasing & closed tearing to folding map, moderate crack to front gutter, moderate crease to index pages, light soiling to folding genealogy chart to rear, moderate crack to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1921
KEYWORDS: Hawaiki anthropology history Maori Polynesia Polynesian
New Zealand's Record in the Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century
Super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, vi + (2) + 362pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1969
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pacific region islands records 20th twentieth century historical modern history
Jutland to Junkyard: The Raising of the Scuttled German High Seas Fleet from Scapa Flow - the Greatest Salvage Operation of All Time
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges, light to moderate foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp & name in ink to ffep, minor patches of foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & adhesive staining to edges, minor wrinkling & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1973
KEYWORDS: military history maritime naval German high seas fleet Scapa Flow salvage operations disasters first editions
Rulers of India: Aurangzib
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding map to prelims, frontispiece with tissue guard, 212pp + catalogue to rear, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, minor water damage & staining to base of spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, top edges of catalogue pages at rear remain uncut)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1893
KEYWORDS: rulers of India series history pre-colonialism biographies Aurangzib
Rulers of India: Ranjit Singh
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, folding map/frontispiece, 223pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps & prelims/terminals, 4cm closed tear to folding map)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1892
KEYWORDS: rulers of India series history biographies Maharaja Ranjit Singh first editions
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs and Other Principal Saints (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET (4 VOLS + SUPPLEMENT VOL), quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines & front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to spines, light to moderate rubbing & bruising to board extrems/edges, moderate chafing & wrinkling to boards of vols 1-3, light chafing & soiling to boards of vols 4-5, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate wrinkling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of all vols, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters- some prelim pages partially loose, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Virtue & Co N/D (c.1920s)
KEYWORDS: theology religion religious history saints fathers martyrs biographies profiles biblical Christianity
German Warships 1815-1945, Volume One: Major Surface Vessels
THIS VOL ONLY, lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 243pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1990
KEYWORDS: military history Germany German warships vessels war surface design engineering kriegsmarine battleships cruisers
The Napoleonic Wars
Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 168pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2018
KEYWORDS: military history art J J Jenkins Napoleonic wars Napoleon
Those Who Speak to the Heart: The Nova Scotian Scots at Waipu 1854-1920
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, hand-typed genealogy chart tipped in to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand early settlers pioneers history Nova Scotia Scottish