Books - "history"
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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
Science and Civilisation in China (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xxxviii + 318pp, vol 2- xxii + (2) + 696pp, illus, folding maps to rear of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising & & tanning to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep of vol 1, prev. owner's sm inscription in ink to ffep of vol 2, occasional light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (vol 1 in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, corners of front flaps clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- some tidy tape repairs, light tanning to spines, minor chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1954-62
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history geography science philosophy anthropology
The Cable Car in America: A New Treatise Upon Cable or Rope Traction as Applied to the Working of Street and Other Railways
Quarto, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 484pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing/soiling to prelims, gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss at spine extrems, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling, moderate scuffing/cracking to folds of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Howell-North Books 1971
KEYWORDS: trams transport cable cars history US America
Shanghai in the 1920s, From the Joan Huggett Collection
Oblong quarto, red glossy heavy boards, black lettering & street illus to front board, 24pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Dunedin Chinese Gardens Trust 2014
KEYWORDS: Dunedin Chinese Gardens Shanghai photography travel culture history Joan Huggett
Mates & Lovers: A History of Gay New Zealand
SIGNED & INSCRIBED SOFTCOVER, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, 430pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & tanning to spine, light creasing to edges, minor creasing to front flap, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand gay lesbian communities history lgbtq signed Chris Brickell
Positively George Street: Sneaky Feelings and the Dunedin Sound - A Personal Reminiscence
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue & black lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/phtoos, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl curling to cover edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1999
KEYWORDS: signed Matthew Bannister New Zealand Dunedin music scence history entertainmentSneaky Feelings Flying Nun
Contrasts
Quarto, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt 'VL' initials to front board, top page edges stained pink- faded, (18) + viii + 104pp + illus to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & staining to boards, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine- minor loss to extrems, moderate soiling, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Victorian Library / Leicester University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: The Victorian Library series gothic middle ages religion religious art architecture history historical
The Growing World of Duncan and Davies: A Horticultural History 1899-2010
SIGNED, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus inside covers, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Sir Victor Davies Foundation 2011
KEYWORDS: gardening horticulture James Duncan and Victor Davies history signed Alan Jellyman
A W N Pugin: Master of Gothic Revival
Quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 415pp, illus, VG (boards lightly warped, light bruising & fading to top board edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine & top edges, sm wrinkled patch to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: architects architecture A W N Pugin design 19th nineteenth century gothic revival history historical
Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury
Oblong imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 301pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to board edges, sl soiling to page edges, minor soiling to half title page) in d/w, VG (2x 2cm closed tears to top edges, light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Orange County Museum of Art / Prestel Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: US America American culture art design modern history 20th twentieth century
Piranesi, as Interpreter of Roman Architecture and the Origins of His Intellectual World
Octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, illus plate to front cover, 310pp + illus to rear, VG+ (sl rubbing & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to covers, minor tape residue to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, unfortunate minor coffee stain to terminals)
PUBLISHER: Leo S Olschki Editore 2006
KEYWORDS: ancient architecture buildings design history historical Roman Piranesi
Outsiders or Equals? Women Professors at the University of New Zealand 1911-1961
Octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, blue lettering to spine, x + 242pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl soilng & curling to covers/edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Peter Lang 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic academia female women professors tertiary university early 20th twentieth century history
Scottish Vernacular Furniture
HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, lg quartio, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sm adhesive labels to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, generalised minro fading/tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2008
KEYWORDS: Scottish vernacular furniture Scotland historical design antiques history