Books - "history"
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Province of Auckland: Rules and Regulations for the Hauraki Gold Mining District
Tidy ex-library, duodecimo, stiffened boards utilizing original covers, patterned eps, 40pp, VG (moderate foxing to boards, moderate staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Henry Field (Printer) 1873
KEYWORDS: New Zealand goldmining gold mining Hauraki rules regulations historical history
Germany, Propaganda and Total War, 1914-1918
Super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 355pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Rutgers University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Germany German war propaganda communications media history military politics first 1st world war one i 1 the great war
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies - Series I, Volume X, in Two Parts - Part I- Reports (Facsimile Reprint)
FACSIMILE REPRINT, THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 1027pp, VG+ (spine sl warped, sl bruising to board extrems, minro creasing to top corners of pgs 957-1014)
PUBLISHER: Historical Times 1985 (Washington Government Printing Office 1884)
KEYWORDS: US America American civil war history reports Union Confederate confederacy armies official records
The South Explored: An Illustrated History of New Zealand's Deep South
SIGNED, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, viii + 165pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed John Hall-Jones deep south history
The History of the Geological Society of London
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 336pp, illus/plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (sl discolouration to spine, light bruising to boar6d extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: London Geological Society 1907
KEYWORDS: Geological Society of London history geology resources records
Kaikoura: A History of the District
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 373pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy staining to boards, moderate bruising & soiling to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kaikoura County Council 1966 (Capper Press)
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Kaikoura
The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel With Studies of Man and Nature
TENTH EDITION (COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME), WITH FOLDING MAP, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, folding map to prelims, xvii + 515pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & light rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl fading/discolouration to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges &eps, prev. owner's name in ink & stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to folding map, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1906
KEYWORDS: Malay archipelago nature natural history travel exploration Alfred Russel Wallace
The Earliest Geological Treatise (1667)
TEXT IN LATIN, WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, v + 51pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1958
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN with English translation history historical geology geological treatise
The Founders of Geology
Octavo, red/maroon nuckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, deckled page edges, x + 297pp, VG (minor fading to spine, light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & half title page, minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1897
KEYWORDS: history geology geological surveys lectures Sir Archibald Geikie
Te Koparapara: An Introduction to the Maori World
Imperial ocatvo, black light card wrappers, blue & orange lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated prelims + 472pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, minor crease/scuff to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture heritage history
Public Activities in Christchurch
Quarto, blue illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 136pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to spine & covers, minro cracking to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to first page, moderate rusting to staples with moderate cracking to guttersn also)
PUBLISHER: Andrews, Baty & Co Ltd N/D (c.1920s)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Christchurch city council local politics political history early 20th twentieth century
History of Pareora West
Octavo, grey stiff card wrappers, black lettering to front covers, 38pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor rubbing to spine & cover edges, minor foxing/soiling to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking & rusting at staples- front & rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Herald Printing Works (Printer) 1956
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Pareora West
Wild Life in New Zealand: Part I- Mammalia, Part II- Introduced Birds and Fish (in single volume)
Octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, part 1- 112pp, part 2- 110pp [222pp total], illus, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking to spine, moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, minor soiling to covers, prev. owner's name in ink to front cover & title page, botton half of front cover torn at spine hinge, minor foxing & tanning/soiling to title page, 2cm closed tear & prev. bookseller's ink stamp to base of page, heavy crack to rear gutter, staples rusted, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Marcus F Marks, Government Printer 1921
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history animals mammals fish birds marine biology ornithology mammalia nature
Narrative of the Waitara Purchase and the Taranaki War
Ex-library, octavo, stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 50pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1965
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waitara purchase Taranaki war Maori pakeha politics
The First Gold Discoveries
Octavo, beige light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated prelims + 110pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine- tape reinforcement to rear, moderate creasing/chipping to cover edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor creasing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history gold mining goldmining discoveries
Three Voyages of a Naturalist; Being an Account of Many Little-Known Islands in Three Oceans Visited by the Valhalla RYS
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxx + 246pp, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolourationt o spine, minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing/soiling & fading to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm label tipped in to front pastedown, prev. owner's in pencil to ffep, moderate foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: exploration history Valhalla RYS voyages Africa West Indies Pacific islands
Camps, Tramps & Trenches: The Diary of a New Zealand Sapper, 1917
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, peach buckram boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 207pp, illus, VG (spine cocked & lightly soiled, sl rubbing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional minor cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate soiling, light to moderate foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1939
KEYWORDS: signed Eric Miller New Zealand military history sappers soldiers ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war accounts autobiography memoir
Legends of the Earth: Their Geologic Origins
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, blue gilt lettering & illus to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 305pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing/rubbing to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light creasing to front flap, minro soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: geology natural history geomythology myths folklore Dorothy B Vitaliano
Trans-Himalaya: Discoveries and Adventures in Tibet, in Two Volumes (Volume 1)
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 442pp, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate wrinkling to boards, sl discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ffep missing, moderate foxing throughout, prev. owner's details in pencil to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: exploration history Tibet Himalayas Sven Hedin
Rakiura: A History of Stewart Island New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, WARMLY INSCRIBED TO GEOLOGIST WILLIAM NOEL BENSON, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 415pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims, sl cracking & foxing to gutters)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1940
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Basil Howard associations copies W N Benson New Zealand Stewart Island Rakiura history