Books - "history"
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Outcasts of the Gods? The Struggle Over Slavery in Maori New Zealand
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & blue lettering to spine, ix + 406pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & peeling to cover edges, light fading & creasing to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history slavery
Argentina: The Great Estancias
Quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, frontispiece, 220pp, illus/photos, VG (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate crcaking to gutters, minor soiling to pages sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & fading to edges, light tanning to edges of flaps, adhesive staining to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 1995
KEYWORDS: Argentina homes country estates working ranches estancias culture heritage history historical
Rata: In the Heart of the Rangitikei
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed eps, unpaginated prelims + 305pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light creasing/curling & moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor crack to front gutter, photocopy of article tipped in to rear)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: signed Murray Haywood New Zealand history Rata Rangitikei articles stories anecdotes
The Centennial History of the Civil War: The Coming Fury ; Terrible Swift Sword ; Never Call Retreat (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, UK FIRST EDITIONS, octavo, blue/orange/brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, maps/illus to eps, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising/rubbing & fading to board edges & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to eps, minor spots of foxing throughout, moderate foxing to prelims of vols 1 + 2, minor soiling to top edges of page block of vol 3) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading & soiling to spines, heavy foxing to rear covers, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, vols 1 + 2 price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1961-66
KEYWORDS: UK first editions US American civil war history military Bruce Catton
Lost Maritime Cultures: China and the Pacific
Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 219pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, light soiling & foxing to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing & peeling to top edges)
PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 2007
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology maritime ancient history artefacts China Pacific
The Greenhill Dictionary of Guns and Gunmakers
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 576pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books / Stackpole Books 2001
KEYWORDS: firearms weapons weaponry guns pistols military rifles gunsmiths history gunmakers
My Life With the Eskimos (New Edition, Revised and Abridged)
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 308pp, illus/photos, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, minor tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps & prelims , prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: Vilhjalmur Stefansson anthropology eskimos natural history exploration
Signals Swift and Sure: A History of The Royal Australian Corps of Signals 1947 to 1972
FIRST EDITION, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, maroon leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxiv + 428pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Royal Australian Corps of Signals Corps Committee 1998
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings Australia military history Royal Australian Corps of Signals communications
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1976
LACKS D/W, sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, lii + 1170pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1976
KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket sport almanacks cricketers' history past years games statistics
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1977
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, iv + 1122pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing/chipping to spine extrems- some loss to base, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, general creasng & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Handbooks 1977
KEYWORDS: Wisden cricket sport almanacks cricketers' history past years games statistics
My Life With Bonnie & Clyde
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus title page, xlvii + 325pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to covers, shallow horizontal scrape to front cover)
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 2004
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir true crime associates Bonnie Clyde Blanche Caldwell Barrow US America history
Tulloch: The Extraordinary Life and Times of a True Champion
Super octavo, black glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Slattery Media Group 2017
KEYWORDS: horse racing sport history equine Australia race horses Tulloch biography
Railway Reminiscences
Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + (7) + 544pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing/bruising to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate tanning & light soiling, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: EP Publishing 1974
KEYWORDS: transport history rail trains G P Neele
Peasant Life in China: A Field Study of Country Life in the Yangtze Valley
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvi + 300pp + 16pp to rear, illus, VG (moderate staining to spine & boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1980
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history anthropology Dr Hsiao-Tung Fei poverty peasants
History of the Early Gold Discoveries in Otago
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, 151pp, illus, G+ (v heavy scuffing to spine- base of spine partially detached & flapping, moderate bruising & scuffing to board edges & corners, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ffep missing, top edges of title page to pg12 removed- text unaffected, heavy cracking at gutters- mostly at rear, 3cm gash to rear ep, occasional pencil annotation, light soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Company 1887
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Otago gold goldmining history
Ngati Dread: Volume One: Footsteps of Fire
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 288pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking at front & rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Rogue Monster Books 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Angus Gillies Ruatoria true crime modern history domestic terrorism The Rastafarians Rastas
Ngati Dread: Volume Two: No Dreadlocks No Cry
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 272pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & chafing/scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's initials in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Rogue Monster Books 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Angus Gillies Ruatoria true crime modern history domestic terrorism The Rastafarians Rastas
Hero Stories of New Zealand
Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional light pencil marking to margins)
PUBLISHER: Harry H Tombs 1935
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori European settlers James Cowan
Building Greater Britain: Architecture, Imperialism and the Edwardian Baroque Revival c.1885-1920
Quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, xi + 356pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art 2022
KEYWORDS: architecture Britain British buildings history historical buildings design Edwardian imperialism
Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist, Volume I
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + (3) + 1211pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to edxtrems, light to moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1972
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Elsdon Best history Maori Tuhoe tribe iwi