Books - "history"
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The Summa Musice: A Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 275pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University {ress 1991
KEYWORDS: music theory history singing singers manuals instruction chants
Theoricum Opus Musice Discipline
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, lxxii + unpaginated text, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Libreria Musicale Italiana 1996
KEYWORDS: music theory history Greek
Raffaele Brandolini on Music and Poetry (De musica et poetica, 1513)
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxxv + 124pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2001
KEYWORDS: Raffaele Brandolini music poetry history historical theory criticism
Musica Enchiriadis and Scolica Enchiriadis
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, liv + 106pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to board edges, occasional pencil annotation) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: music theory history Scolica enchiriadis musica
The Dodge Story
Quarto, white heavy bpards, red gilt lettering to spine, red gilt lettering & illus to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked/warped, light to moderate bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to spine & boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to bottom corner of front board, sl soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Crestline / Motorbooks International 1992
KEYWORDS: classic vintage cars automotive Dodge design history
Mack 50 Years: New Zealand Trucking
Quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Long Haul Publications 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand haulage transport history Mack trucking magazine
A Classic World & When the Engine Roars
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 234pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Begg and Allen 1999
KEYWORDS: signed George Begg New Zealand Zealanders automotive motor sport cars racing history high performance
6th New Zealand Men's Indoor Basketball Championships, Monday to Thursday 17th to 20th Sept. 1951 Souvenir Programme
SCARCE, octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, green & black lettering to front cover, 16pp, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning/foxing & creasing to covers, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate creasing & minor notation in ink to contents with occasional staining also)
PUBLISHER: D Rabone & Co (Printer) 1951
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports programmes souvenirs basketball men championships
NZ Men's Basketball Champs: 16, 17, 18, 19 September 1952 Souvenir Programme
SCARCE, octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, unpaginated, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to covers, sl rusting to staples, occasional minor foxing, page edges cut roughly)
PUBLISHER: Times Print (Printer) 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports programmes souvenirs basketball men championships
School Football: A Rugby Handbook for the Scholar and Player
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 136pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing/tearing & foxing/soiling/discolouration to covers, moderate creasing & chipping to spine- minor loss to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to contents, blue pencil markings to title page)
PUBLISHER: N Z Rugby Football Union 1939
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand sport history rugby union school football handbooks
The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand 1935: Five Players of the Year Phootgraphs - Records - Reviews
Sm octavo, green illus light card wrappers, green lettering to covers, printed inside cover, 128pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & foxing/soiling to covers, sl cracking/chipping to spine extrems, 2.5cm closed tear to fore-edge of front cover, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate rusting to staples, occasional sl tearing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Wright and Carman Ltd 1935
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history almanacks rugby union past years
The New Zealand Maori Rugby Tour 1926-1927: New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, France, England, Wales, Canada
Ex-library, octavo, white illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 80pp, illus/photos, VG- (yellowing tape staining to spine & cover edges, moderate to heavy cracking/tearing to spine & cover edges, usual library markings, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, contents clean)
PUBLISHER: Akaroa Mail Company 1971
KEYWORDS: sport history New Zealand rugby union past years tours Maori programmes
Rugby Record: Southland Maoris Versus Canterbury Maoris, Curtain Raiser- Marist v Canterbury Colts Saturday August 30th 1952
Octavo, stapled white light card wrappers, black lettering to covers, 16pp, VG (moderate creasing to covers- whole item has been vertically folded at some stage, minor soiling to covers & contents, staples rusty)
PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams (Printer) 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby union programmes history past games Canterbury Rugby Union Maori Maoris souvenirs Southland
The Amazing Summer of '55: The Year of Motor Racing's Biggest Dramas, Worst Tragedies amd Greatest Victories
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: signed Eoin Young motor sport racing cars automotive history
Full Throttle
FIRST EDITION, octavo, pink buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 133pp, illus/photos, VG- (minor discolouration & rubbing to spine, light bruising & rubbing to board corners, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' ink markings & stamps to front eps, prev. owner's single ink stamp to title page, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (heavy scuffing & loss to spine & edges- tidy archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling, bottom corner of rear flap torn off)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1948
KEYWORDS: first editions motor sport racing history Sir Henry Tim Birkin automotive high performance drivers
The Maytown Settlement, Canterbury, New Zealand: Particulars, Terms, and Conditions of Disposal and Occupation of 397 Acres 2 Rods 13 Perches, Open on Monday 28th April 1902
Octavo, stapled pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 13pp, map to rear- present, VG- (rear cover missing, heavy chipping/tearing to edges of front cover, minor tanning & prev. owner's name in ink to front cover also, minor creasing & chipping to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Jon Mackay, Government Printer 1902
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlements Maytown settlement Canterbury
French Visitors to Newfoundland: An Anthology of Nineteenth-Century Travel Writings
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, x + 300pp, illus, VG+ (sl curling & tanning to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: ISER Books 2013
KEYWORDS: travel literature writings anthologies collections Newfoundland history historical
Music and the Performance of Identity on Marie-Galante, French Antilles
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xv + 194pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Ashgate Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: folk music culture Guadeloupe history
Hakoro Ki Te Iwi: The Story of Captain Howell and His Family
Octavo, red light card wrappers, black lettering & illus to front covers, unpaginated prelims + 72pp, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, moderate creasing to cover edges, minor staining to rear cover, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light wrinkling to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Times Printing Service (Printer) 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Captain Howell family
The Parihaka Story
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, octavo, grey buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, grey leaf illus to front board, top page edges stained blue, illus title page, 160pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, occasional moderate soiling throughout, jacket affixed to rear board by flap) in d/w, VG- (remnants of protective cover to edges, rear flap glued to rear board, moderate fading & tanning to spine, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Southern Cross Books 1954
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand literature Parihaka history Maori