Books - "history"
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Take Me to the Nevis
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, 323pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl curling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Dunstan Publications 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Central Otago Nevis Valley goldmining history
240: Two Hundred and Forty Years of New Zealand Painting
Lg quarto, illus glossy boards, black lettering to spine, 279pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light chafing/soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history paintings appreciation
Sleepers: In Search of Lost Old Masters
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, sm patch of label residue to spine, sl tanning & foxing to flap edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 1995
KEYWORDS: art history old masters
The First World War: Volume I: To Arms
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xix + 1227pp, VG (moderate creasing & peeling to cover edges, 1cm scuff to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: military history first 1st world war one i 1 the great war
The Voyage of the Fox in the Arctic Seas: A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companies
TITLE PAGE MISSING, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, xxvii + 403pp, illus, folding map to prelims, G+ (heavy scuffing/rubbing/chipping to spine, moderate bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, title & copyright page completely missing, moderate chipping to edges of prelim pages, light soiling throughout, moderate cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: John Murray c.1859/1860
KEYWORDS: Sir John Franklin exploration maritime history Arctic Sea The Fox north pole
Solomon's Temple: Its History and its Structure
FOLDING MAP TO FRONT POCKET, octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & decoration to spine & front board, foldin gmap to front pocket, frontispiece, xvi + 366pp, illus, VG- (moderate tanning & fading to spine with moderate scuffing to extrems, sl bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to front eps & prelims, v heavy crack & scuffing to front gutter- some surface loss with ffep potentially missing, prev. owner's details in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: The Religious Tract Society 1908
KEYWORDS: ancient history structures King Solomon temples Solomon's temple architecture design maps plans biblical antiquity
Hotel Cabana: Thru the Decades
Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 280pp, illus, VG+ (minor curling & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Lee Pritchard 2007
KEYWORDS: music history Hotel Cabana famous venues performing arts
Sex in the Archives: Writing American Sexual Histories
Octavo, illus light card covers, pink & blue lettering to spine, xx + 282pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to covers, sl soiling & minor creasing/curling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: erotica sex art literature literary criticism history research
Old Marlborough, or, The Story of a Province
FIRST EDITION, HEAVY ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIR, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 478pp + adverts to rear, illus, G (boards likely completely detached but re-affixed with archival tape at hinges & gutters, heavy scuffing to board edges- some minor surface loss, moderate soiling to boards, prev. owner's name in ink to spine/boards/eps & preface page, spine is tanned & cracked, moderate tanning to page edges, ffep missing, moderate soiling to eps & lightly throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hart and Keeling 1900
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Old Marlborough pioneers early settlers
With Flying Colours: The Pirelli Album of Motor Sport
FIRST EDITION, obloing quarto, black heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine & front board, 253pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing/soiling & fading to boards/edges, light tanning & sioling to page edges, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (ligh tto moderate creasing to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1987
KEYWORDS: first editions motorsports pirelli high performance cars racing history
Fifty Years of Primitive Methodism in New Zealand
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: Primitive Methodist Book Depot 1893
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious history primitive methodist methodism
The Basis of Prosperity in New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, 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: Coulls Somerville Wilkie 1939
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history economics business
Drink
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: Burke Publishing Co 1948
KEYWORDS: leisure drinking alcohol culture history historical
The Sydney Press Gang
FIRST EDITION, 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: Old Sydney Free Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian journalism press gangs Sydney newspapers history first editions
Farthest North: Afoot in Maoriland Byways
FIRST EDITION, DATED (1947) & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: A H & A W Reed 1946
KEYWORDS: signed first editions A H Reed New Zealand history north island Northland
Locomotives I Have Known
FACSIMILE EDITION, oblong quarto 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: Argus Books (Facsimile Edition) 1980
KEYWORDS: trains locomotives steam transport history hobbies rail
Beginnings: Volume 4: A History of the North Shore of Auckland
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto 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: Paul Titchener Publications 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland North Shore Paul Titchener
The Private Life of Chairman Mao: The Memoirs of Mao's Personal Physician Dr Li Zhisui
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: Random House 1994
KEYWORDS: China Chinese government politics political leaders Chairman Mao Dr Li Zhisui history memoir
Keep in a Cool Place: The First Winter at Vanda Station, Antarctica
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: Canterbury University Press 2022
KEYWORDS: history exploration south pole Antarctica Vanda Station
100 Years of Rotorua
Super 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: Braynart Group N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rotorua history north island