Books - "history"
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SHIPS AND SAILORS
Tales of the Sea
reprint, blue cloth, 303pp illus, VG-(sl cocked, v sl edgeweawr, v sl bumped spine head & foot, boards v sl rubbed & soiled, prev owners inscr to ffep, ep's browned, v sl internal seperation at rear hinge, sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co London 1929
KEYWORDS: nautical history ships sailors mutinies pirates shipwrecks
THE PILGRIMAGE OF WESTERN MAN
A History of Europe from 1500-1949
first edition, green cloth, 369pp, VG( creased & soiled spine, v sl bumped board edges, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG-(sl wear to extrems, sl creased, sl foxing, sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz London 1950
KEYWORDS: history europe
THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
A History of the United States
ex lib, minimal markings, 858pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bruised corners, v sl shaky spine) d/w VG+(in plastic, rear flap trimmed, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis London 1963
KEYWORDS: history america
THE AMERICAN PROFILE
A Factual Survey of American History
ex lib, minimal markings, 235pp, foldout chart, VG(in wrappers with taped spine, sl edgewear & creasing, sl rubbed & soiled, internal hinges reinforced with tapesl soiled fore edge)
PUBLISHER: Richard D Irwin Chicago 1943
KEYWORDS: history america
LEGENDES & CURIOSITES DE L'HISTOIRE
TROISIEME SERIE
First edition, limp binding, illustrated paper wraps, 394pp, illus, G+ (sl sunned ruubed & soiled, sl internal separation, binding holding)
PUBLISHER: Albin Michel, Paris, n.d.
KEYWORDS: docteur cabanes curious tales in history isabeau de baviere catherine de medicis richelieu cardinal de retz louis xv junot gambetta
LEGENDES & CURIOSITES DE L'HISTOIRE
QUATRIEME SERIE
First edition, limp binding, illustrated paper wraps, 286pp, illus, G+ (sl sunned ruubed & soiled, sl internal separation, all pages present, some pages loose)
PUBLISHER: Albin Michel, Paris, n.d.
KEYWORDS: docteur cabanes curious tales in history docteur cabanes varietes historiques et medicales
THE OYSTERS OF LOCMARIAQUER
First UK edition, green boards, 203pp, textual illus, VG (v sl edge wear, v sl soiled & rubbed, v sl paste action to eps, v sl foxed throughout) d/w VG (v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl wear to extremes, v sl internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg, London, 1965
KEYWORDS: eleanor clark oysters locmariaquer history biology celtic folklore oyster farmer la degustation
MR OSEBA'S LAST DISCOVERY
First edition, gilt decorated red boards, black lettering to spine, 228pp, illus, VG (sl bruised corners, sl edge wear, sl sunned soiled & rubbed, spine mod sunned and soiled)
PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Times Co, Wellington, 1904
KEYWORDS: history new zealand geo w bell
VANISHED CITIES
first edition, blue cloth, 344pp illus, VG+(v sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, booksellers stamp to front pastedown, v sl browned ep's, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG+(price clipped, sl internal foxing, sl wear to extrems with v sl tears to spine head & foot with head internally reinforced with tape, corners v sl scuffed, sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson London 1957
KEYWORDS: history vanished cities
ALGERIA AND FRANCE
From Colonialism to Cooperation
first ediiton, ex lib with stamps to ep's & fore edge & pkt to rear, cerise cloth, 215pp, sl bruised top corners, sl gum stains to ep's, v sl foxing to text edges, prev owners sign to ffep) d/w VG+(v sl internal foxing, v sl wear to extrems, sl sunned spinev sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co London 1963
KEYWORDS: history algeria france general de gaulle
RESISTANCE AGAINST TYRANNY
ex lib, minimal markings, 168pp, VG+(sl gum stains to ep's & boards, v sl bumped spine head & foot) d/w VG-(in plastic, sl gum stains to extrems, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul London 1966
KEYWORDS: history tunisia algeria gisele halimi south africa andre ungar germany wolfgang muller poland waclaw zagorski eire ernest blythe hungary eugene heimler
PEARL HARBOUR
An eye-witness account
first edition, green cloth, 75pp illus, VG-(sunned spine, sl bruised corners, v sl edgewear, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled boards, sl foxing to ep's, sl internal seperation at front)
PUBLISHER: John Lane London 1942
KEYWORDS: history WWII pearl harbour
TWO SUFFOLK FIENDS
first edition, burgundy cloth with gilt to spine & front & bevelled edges, 132pp, VG(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl rubbed boards with v sl surface loss, v sl sunned & soiled, v sl foxing to ep's, vsl browned text edges)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons Edinburgh 1895
KEYWORDS: history robert hindes groome edward fitzgerald suffolk
CONQUESTS AND DISCOVERIES OF HENRY THE NAVIGATOR
Being the Chronicles of Azurara - Portuguese Navigators and Colonizers of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries
first edition, red cloth, 253pp illus, VG(v sl edgewear, sl sunned spine, sl rubbed & soiled boards, v sl bumped with v sl tears to spine head & foot, v sl foxing to ep's & edges)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin London 1936
KEYWORDS: history henry the navigator azurara portugal
WESTERN BARBARY & MARY SCHWEIDLER, THE AMBER WITCH
2 Works in one volume
first edition thus, 2 works in 1 vol, marbled boards with half leather, vi 106pp 1 page music, xi 171pp, VG-(corners v sl bruised & v sl scuffed, boards sl rubbed, sl edgewear, prev owners inscr to rear fep with remains of inscr to ffep, large chipped title page of first works, sl internal seperation at front, sl foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1844
KEYWORDS: history laraiche arabs barbary tangier witchcraft mary schweidler coserow
THE STUDY OF LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY
An Inaugural Lecture delivered at University College, London, on 4th November, 1948
Ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, 17pp pamphlet, paper wraps, VG (v sl sunned soiled & rubbed, v sl wear to extrems, contents excellent)
PUBLISHER: H. K. Lewis, London, 1948
KEYWORDS: r a humphreys history latin america
Politics of the New Zealand Maori: Protest and Cooperation 1891-1909
Ex library, hardcover octavo (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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: specials John A Williams politics political science new zealand maori indigenous maori protest movement colonialism sociology history sovereignty
YOU HAVE LIVED THROUGH ALL THIS
An Anatomy of the Age
ex lib, minimal markings, 288pp, VG-(sl cocked, sl bruised lower corners, sl stained spine, text edges sl browned) d/w VG-( v sl wear & tears to extrems, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz London 1939
KEYWORDS: history
THE DEEP SIX
first edition, blue cloth, 183pp, VG(v sl bruised corners, v sl cocked, v sl edgewear, sl foxing to ep's & edges) d/w VG(price clipped, v sl wear & tears to extrems, foxing internally & to flaps, v sl rubbed & soiled0
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins London 1964
KEYWORDS: nautical history captain edwards
PICTORIAL NEW ZEALAND 1895
facsimile reprint, burgundy cloth with gilt illus front, 301pp illus, super octavo, NF with v sl sunning & v sl soiled fore edge
PUBLISHER: Lothian Publishing Co Auckland 1985
KEYWORDS: history new zealand