Books - "history"
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Phar Lap: 'Big Red' Souvenirs
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: ETT Imprint 2021
KEYWORDS: sport history horseracing horse racing equine horses Phar Lap
The Cobbler's Left Thumb
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: Page Publishing 2020
KEYWORDS: history cobblers shoes shoemakers old crafts attire fashion
A World to Gain: The Battle for Global Domination and Why America Entered WWII
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: Clairview 2004
KEYWORDS: global world history US America conflicts ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Anton Pieck: Ambachtsman
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, illus heavy boards, red & grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, 189pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Van Holkema & Warendorf/Unieboeck bv 1991
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history Anton Pieck illustrations collected works
Anton Pieck: Herinneringen aan Amsterdam
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 175pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate soiling to rear flap edges)
PUBLISHER: Van Holkema & Warendorf 1987
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history Anton Pieck illustrations collected works Amsterdam
Maritime is Number Ten: A History of No 10 Squadron RAAF: The Sunderland Era 1939-1945
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt maritime illus to front board, illus eps, xiii + 466pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing/chipping & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: K C Baff 1983
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation RAAF Royal Australian Air Force 10 ten squadron armed forces
Window on the Unknown: A History of the Microscope
Ex-library, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 188pp, illus/photos, VG (usual librarty markings, light rubbing/scuffing to board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor staining to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG- (both corners of front flap clipped, moderate scuffing & tearing to edges, binder's label to base of spine & front cover, light tanning, mnor tanning & tearing to fore-edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1966
KEYWORDS: science history microscopes technology equipment
Books to the People: A History of Regional Library Services in New Zealand
SIGNED, super octavo, white light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, xi + 122pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to cover edges, moderate soiling to wrappers, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking/glue to front gutter, author's signed bookplate to inside front cover & author's signature & date to top corner of half title page)
PUBLISHER: Ancora Press / New Zealand Library Association 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand library services history resources signed Mary Ronnie
History of the Motorcycle Trade in Dunedin 1900-1983
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 36pp, illus, VG (boards sl warped, sl fading & soiling to front board, moderate chafing/scuffing & soiling to rear board, light tanning to page edges, sl creasing to top corners of pages)
PUBLISHER: Mark L Henderson 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history transport motorcycles motorbikes trade business Dunedin 20th twentieth century signed Mark Henderson
Die Goede Oude Tyd
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, 143pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor peeling also, light chafig & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappy 1980
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history appreciaiton collected works Anton Pieck
Chappaquiddick: That Sometimes Separated But Never Equalled Island (2nd Edition)
2ND EDITION, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, pastel pink & peach lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxxvi + 347pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges & eps, lengthy gift inscription in ink to half title page, prev. owner's annotation to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Chappaquiddick Island Association 2008
KEYWORDS: US America American history Massachusetts Chappaquiddick Island Hatsy Potter
The Arcades Project
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xiv + 1073pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light to moderate soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Belknap Press / Harvard University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: 19th nineteenth century history Walter Benjamin cultural literature
The Cambridge History of China, Volume II: Late Ch'ing, 1800-1911, Part 2
THIS VOL ONLY, JACKET TORN WITH ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIRS, super octavo, beige buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 754pp, illus/maps- inset, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 11cm closed tear to top edge of front cover- archival tape repair, moderate fading to spine, light chafing, moderate vertical crease to full length of front flap)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history 19th nineteenth century late Ch'ing dynasty period
Schoolship Kids of the Blue Funnel Line, Western Australian Service
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 195pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light foxing to page edges, gift inscription in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Black Swan Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian children blue funnel line history
Marlborough: His Life and Times: Book One, Consisting of Volumes I and II of the Original Work
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, suoer ocatvo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained maroon- faded, frontispiece, 1050pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (sm patch of correction fluid to base of spine, light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy crack to front gutter, moderate to heavy damp wrinkling to base of page block- some sl staining to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Duke of Marlborough aristocracy English England
A History of the Democratic Socialist Party and Resistance: Volume 1: 1965-72 Resistance
THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 338pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & soiling to covers/edges & spine, light soiling to page edges, sl soiling to occasional page)
PUBLISHER: Resistance Books 2005
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian politics political history DSP Resistance Democratic Socialist Party far left movements
Marlborough: His Life and Times: Book Two, Consisting of Volumes III and IV of the Original Work
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained maroon- faded, frontispiece, 1078pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, 1x folding map protruding [still attached] at fore-edge & lightly creased) in d/w, VG- (price clipped [circular], moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, moderate general soiling)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir Duke of Marlborough aristocracy English England
The Sign of Jonas: The Journals of Thomas Merton
Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt religious motif to front board, top page edges stained blue/grey- faded, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 354pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing with loss to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to flaps & rear cover, minor foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1953
KEYWORDS: religion religious literature Thomas Merton journals diaries history
Ships, Coolies and Rice
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + (3) + 306pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to top edge of spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, G (price clipped, v heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems with failed yellowing tape repairs, moderate tanning to spine, other moderate creasing & light chipping/tearing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D (c.1936)
KEYWORDS: James Nourse line maritime migration history coolies
My Early Life: A Roving Commission
FIRST EDITION THUS, super octavo, beige heavy boards, white & blue lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 388pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in ink [sm lettering] to half title page) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2007
KEYWORDS: first editions THUS folio society history autobiography autobiographies memoir Winston S Churchill