Books - "history"
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The Torm Ships: The TORM Fleet Through 120 Years
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Editions Maritime N/D (c.2009)
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history TORM fleet ships
Shaw, Savill & Albion: A Fleet History
Quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 2011
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history fleets albion line Shaw Savill John Leslie Walter Savill lines shipping ships
Larrinaga Line 1863-1974
Quarto, coloured light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus inside front cover, 108pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy crack/scuff to spine & hinges affecting prelims inside also, other minor wrinkling & chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to title page)
PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 2005
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history larrinaga line boats ships shipping
Extracts from New Zealand Journals Written on Ships Under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824
Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to black background on spine & front board, 219pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & tanning/soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, other sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust 1986
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history journals voyages journals diaries diary extracts New Zealand Maori life anthropology ethnology
Te Wai Pounamu the Greenstone Island: A History of the Southern Maori During the European Colonization of New Zealand
Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & green lettering to spine, xxvi + 582pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate creasing to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tape staining to front & rear inside covers, library tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters, sl soiling sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Aoraki Press 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial colonization colonisation te wai pounamu Maori European southern colonialism
Roald Amundsen
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: exploration polar expeditions south pole Antarctica antarctic history biography memoir biographies Roald Amundsen explorers
William and Louisa Anderson: A Record of Their Life and Work in Jamaica and Old Calabar
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 664pp, VG- (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, ffep missing, single library plate to front pastedown, 2x sm ink stamps to front eps, moderate soiling & unidentified residue to front & rear eps, other minor soiling to pages throughout, occasional minor cracking to gutters, moderate wrinkling to fore-edge of frontispiece)
PUBLISHER: Andrew Elliot 1897
KEYWORDS: history historical biography biographies memoir William Louisa Anderson Caribbean Jamaica old Calabar
Windows on a Chinese Past, Volume 2: Round Hill ; Alexander Don ; Missions ; Mixed Marriages ; the Opium Evil
THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor fading to edges, 1cm scuff to top corner of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1995
KEYWORDS: signed James Ng New Zealand Otago history Alexander Don Chinese community communities Otago goldfields
Canoes of Oceania (3 Vols in 1)
3 VOLS IN 1, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, each vol separately paginated, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to spine & covers, light to moderate creasing/curling & soiling to covers/edges, moderate scuffing to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1975
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Oceania canoes vessels
The Labours of Herakles, as a New Zealand Pioneer
SIGNED, oblong imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to cover edges/corners, light fading & soiling to spine, minor chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: PaperGraphica 2008
KEYWORDS: signed Marian Maguire art history New Zealand ancient Greece Greek characters Herakles colonial myths mythology
The Little Empire of Sam Chew Lain
Quarto, illus front page, spiralbound in black plastic with clear plastic front cover, 222pp, illus pages loosely enclosed, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bracken Woods Projects Ltd 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Chinese communities settlers goldfields mining gold miners Weatherstons Wetherstons
India and India Missions: Including Sketches of the Gigantic System of Hinduism, Both in Theory and Practice
Ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, 708pp, G+ (front hinge cracked- spine partially detached but fully present, heavy chipping/cracking to spine extrems, moderate to heavy scuffing & bruising to board corners, moderate tanning & discolouration to spine, moderate fading to board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, usual library markings, heavy cracking to front gutter- front board shaky, moderate soiling to eps, some page edges remain uncut, sporadic minor foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Johnstone 1840
KEYWORDS: religion missions missionaries India hinduism history
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years' Residence in the Interior of Africa
FIRST EDITION, 2x FOLDING MAPS- 1x IN REAR POCKET PRESENT, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, folding frontispiece, x + 687pp + 8pp to rear, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tanning to spine, minor wrinkling to buckram/cloth on rear board, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, moderate soiling to pages throughout, moderate cracking to gutter of title page, occasional light foxing to pages, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1857
KEYWORDS: first editions history historical travel writing literature David Livingstone South Africa
Churchill and the Prof
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 247pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of ffep) in d/w, VG (in fully adhesive plastic cover- sl wrinkled, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1995
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill Professor F A Lindemann military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Life and Literature
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled page edges, x + 393pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, half title page partially detached at gutter- still fully present, light to moderate foxing to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters, occasional light pencil markings to margins)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann N/D (c.1922?)
KEYWORDS: literature reading literary social history criticism prose Lafcadio Hearn
The Himmler Brothers: A German Family History
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 333pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2007
KEYWORDS: nazi Germany Heinrich Himmler family history biography autobiography Katrin Himmler war criminals holocaust
Robert Kuok: A Memoir
Octavo, brown patterned heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 376pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/scuffing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Landmark Books 2017
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Robert Kuok autobiographies Asia business businessmen Asian history
Backwards Into Battle: A Tail Gunner's Journey in World War II
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 156pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing & creasing to spine & covers/edges, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tall Tree Press 1997
KEYWORDS: signed Andy Doty military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial warfare tail gunners b-29
History at War: The Campaigns of an Historian
HOLOGRAPH LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & red lettering to spine, viii + 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to verso of full title page)
PUBLISHER: Giles de la Mare Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: military history Noble Frankland ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 campaigns battles
Alfie's War: A Fleet Air Arm Officer's Exciting Exploits on HMS Illustrious in Greece and Crete
Super octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 189pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, sl oiling to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2012
KEYWORDS: military history Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm British armed forces ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2