Books - "history"
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Queer Objects
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to edges & spine, light chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: gay queer art lgbtq history culture cultural objects
Painters of Amsterdam: Four Centuries of Cityscapes
Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: THOTH Publishers 2000
KEYWORDS: Dutch Holland art painters history Amsterdam
The Roy Strong Diaries 1967-1987
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xv + 461pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, sm circular green label to half title page, sm ink annotation to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling, in protective plastic cover- easily removed if desired)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1997
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Roy Strong art galleries museums history historians diary diaries journals
Reminiscences
Super octavo, white buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 302pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, moderate annotation in ink & pencil to front pastedown, light to moderate soiling & tanning/foxing to prelims & terminalsgift inscription in ink to verso of pg1, occasional minor discolouration throughout, minor cracking to gutters towards rear, some page edges quite roughly cut)
PUBLISHER: Chiswick Press (Printer) 1911
KEYWORDS: James Stuart political history politics parliament British government autobiography memoir autobiographies
Some Home Truths Re: The Maori War 1863 to 1869, on the West Coast of New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 127pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading & soiling to spine & board edges, general light soiling/chafing to boards, minro tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning & water/colour staining to eps, prev. owners' names in ink to front & rear eps, light to moderate foxing throughout, light cracking to rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Greening & Co 1901
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Maori War west coast conflict
Museums Without Borders: Selected Writings of Robert R Janes
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & grey lettering to spine, xvii + 411pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, minro peeling & label residue to base of rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2016
KEYWORDS: literature writings prose collections Robert R Janes museums museum studies history
A History of Energy: Northern Europe from Stone Age to the Present Day
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & orange lettering to spine, x + 540pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges & spine, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Earthscan 2012
KEYWORDS: North Northern Europe energy history power
No Greater Purpose
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 170pp, VG (spine cocked, light soiling to spine & boards, light foxing to page edges & eps, minor rubbing/scuffing to ffep, sl soiling to title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Colin J Riddle N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers early settlers Colin C J Riddle
Hongi Hika: Warrior Chief
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 351pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, moderate tape staining/residue to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor soiling & tape staining to front & rear eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/chipping & fading to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history Hongi Hika warrior chiefs biography biographies memoir tribes Ngapuhi
Carl Friedrich Gauss: Titan of Science
Octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxix + 537pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to spine, light chafing to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Mathematical Association of America 2004
KEYWORDS: science history biography biographies memoir Carl Friedrich Gauss
Shimmersea: Whatever Happened to Miss New Zealand 1949
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: Mary Woodward 2018
KEYWORDS: Miss New Zealand Mary Woodward autobiography memoir beauty queens pageants history
Sefer Otiyot / The Book of Letters: A Mystical Alef-bait
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: Lewish Lights Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: Jewish literature Lawrence Kushner kabbal history philosophy
The Ratline: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2020
KEYWORDS: Nazi Germany German soldiers history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
The Eighth: Mahler and the World in 1910
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: Faber & Faber 2020
KEYWORDS: classical music history composers Mahler
An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent
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: Bloomsbury 2019
KEYWORDS: Richard Sorge espionage Russia Russian spies Stalin military history
At Home With the Patagonians
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: Nonsuch Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: history pioneers Patagonia Patagonians Tehuelche Indians
Secretariat: The Making of a Champion
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: Da Capo Press 2002
KEYWORDS: race horses horse racing Secretariat history biography
Match Race Mayhem: Drag Racing's Grudges, Rivalries and Big-Money Showdowns
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: CarTech Inc 2017
KEYWORDS: automotive drag car racing cars races modern history NHRA IHRA
The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand (49th Year of Issue) 1983 Edition
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: MOA Publications 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history almanacks rugby past matches 1982
The Rugby Almanack of New Zealand (35th Year of Issue) 1969 Edition
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: Sporting Publications 1969
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history almanacks rugby past matches 1968