Books - "history"
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Rogues and Scoundrels
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, 328pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light staining to spine & boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: first editions history historical figures Philip W Sergeant
The Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand, in Two Volumes: Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS FOLDING MAP TO REAR POCKET, quarto, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt penguin illus to front board, pgs 389-848pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems/edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to rear gutter, minor foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Philosophical Institute of Canterbury 1909
KEYWORDS: nature zoology animals New Zealand subantarctic islands geology botany south southern Hinemoa expeditions history historical data
Accidental Architect
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & blue lettering to spine, xvi + 280pp, illus, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing & curling to cover edges, prev. bookseller's labels to front & rear covers, minor soiling & foxing to page edges & front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, moderate creasing to bottom corner of pgs 245-264)
PUBLISHER: Crossing Press 1994
KEYWORDS: George Strickland Kingston architects architecture buildings history biography biographies memoir
William Colenso: Printer, Missionary, Botanist, Explorer, Politician
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 494pp, illus, VG+ (moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, moderate creasing to gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1948
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography biographies memoir William Colenso history early settlers pioneers first editions
New Zealand's First War, or, The Rebellion of Hone Heke
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & bruising to spine & extrems, light bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing/surface loss & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading & scuffing & soiling to spine, minor fadin gto top of front cover, light general soiling)
PUBLISHER: W A G Skinner, Govt Printer 1926
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand war history Hone Heke Maori
Orientations
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt religious motif to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, xvii + 624pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing/surface loss to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor patch of label residue to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to half title page, light to moderate patches of foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Ivor Nicholson & Watson 1937
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Ronald Storrs Jerusalem British foreign colonialism relations history first editions
Fanlights
Octavo softcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1989
KEYWORDS: architecture design doorways fanlights decoration British history historical buildings
Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning
Super octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: William Collins 2023
KEYWORDS: history colonialism slavery geopolitics
Anzac & Aviator
Super octavo softcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2019
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Anzacs anzac soldiers Sir Ross Smith air race history biography biographies memoir
Whitianga: Maori Women and Children
Octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Auckland Province 1938
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whitianga Maori history women children wahine tamariki
Polyneisan Mythology & Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealanders, as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs
Octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1929
KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian mythology myths folklore lore history anthropology New Zealand pacific islands islanders
Frangipani's Ring: An Event in the Life of Henry Thode
FIRST EDITION, quarto, beige buckram boards, red & black lettering to front board, gilt ring illus to front board, teg, deckled page fore-edges, unpaginated prelims, 179pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light cracking to gutters, prev owner's name in coloured pencil to prelims, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Macqueen 1900
KEYWORDS: first editions autobiography autobiographies memoir Henry Thode art history historians German
Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, vol 1- octavo, vol 2- oblong quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spine of vol 1, vol 1- vii + (5) + 1211pp, vol 2- 8pp + 34x genealogical tables (all present) + unpaginated index to rear, lg folding map to rear pocket of vol 2, VG (light bruising & rubbing/scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines & board edges, light foxing & light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout, minor rubbing to rear ep of vol 2, minor tanning & foxing to top edge of folding map at rear- otherwise map is in generally v tidy condition)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (Printer) 1925
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Elsdon Best Tuhoe tribe Maori early tribes anthropology BOP Bay of Plenty
The Marine Art of Geoff Hunt: Master Painter of the Naval World of Nelson and Patrick O'Brian
Square quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus prelims, 144pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing/surface loss to extrems, minor crease to ffep, sm patch of staining to half title page) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge, sl chipping, minor wrinkling & chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 2005
KEYWORDS: maritime marine art history historical Geoff Hunt navies naval
Past & Present, and Men of the Times
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, blue buckram boards, dark blue lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 253pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & staining to spine, minor bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris bookplate to front pastedown, moderate foxing througout, moderate chipping/tearing to base of ffep, moderate to heavy cracking to some gutters, 3cm scuff to index page at rear)
PUBLISHER: McKee, Gamble, Printers and Publishers 1897
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian colonies colonial history Captain W Jackson Barry signed
The Official History of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own)
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & decoration to front board, xx + 587pp, illus/photos, folding maps to rear, VG- (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate bruising & light scuffing to board corners, moderate wrinkling to material on boards with minor soiling also, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light sporadic soiling & foxing throughout, occasional light foxing & creasing/closed tearing to folding maps- still reasonably tidy, heavy crack to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: L T Watkins Ltd 1924
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand military history Rifle Brigade expeditionary force ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war
Their Greatness: Tales of the Pioneers of the Eastern Bay of Plenty
Super octavo, beige light card covers, red lettering to spine & front cover, 91pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning & creasing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation 1956
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history BOP Bay of Plenty north island early settlers pioneers
The History of the Rise, Progress ad Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, in Two Volumes: Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to black leather title plate, gilt rule to spine, (6) + 592pp, G+ (4cm loss to top spine extrem, heavy rubbing/cracking & surface loss to spine, heavy bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, moderate to heavy chafing/staining to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing & moderate staining to eps, ex-libris bookplate residue to front pastedown, moderate creasing to ffep, moderate cracking to some gutters throughout, patches of light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row 1808
KEYWORDS: British slavery slave trade history 18th eighteenth century abolition Africa African Great Britain
Paradise of Dissent: South Australia 1829-1857
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, xii + 580pp, VG+ (sl bruising & minor rubbing to extrems/edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers & spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1967
KEYWORDS: south Australia Australian history 19th nineteenth century SA colonialism
The Discovery of the Pacific Islands
Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + (3) + 259pp, illus, VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & ep edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: pacific islands exploration history Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia ethnology anthropology geography