Books - "history"
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Mangaian Society (Bernice P Bishop Museum Bulletin 122)
Super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 207pp, folding map opp. pg4, VG (moderate fading & creasing to spine- minor cracking to extrems with archival tape repair, light to moderate creasing & fading to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1934
KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins history pacific Mangaia society Peter Buck Te Rangi Hiroa culture anthropology
The Vought F4U Corsair: A Comprehensive Guide
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, folding diagram to rear, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, sl chafing & curling to covers, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2010
KEYWORDS: military aviation history vought f4u corsair design engineering fighter planes models modelling crafts hobbies
Mosquito FB.V1
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine, minor curling to cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2009
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aircraft RAF Royal Air Force fighter planes design engineering Mosquito fb.v1
The Hawker Sea Fury: Royal Navy & Export Versions (MDF Scaled Down 4)
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2016
KEYWORDS: military aviation history crafts hobbies models modelling hawker sea fury royal navy fighter planes aircraft
The Westland Whirlwind: A Detailed Guide to the RAF's Twin-Engine Fighter
Quarto, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 82pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Valiant Wings Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: military aviation history crafts hobbies models modelling RAF Royal Air Force Westland Whirlwind twin engine fighter planes aircraft
Rolling With the Stones
Heavy lg quarto, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 512pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor tanning to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley 2002
KEYWORDS: rock music bands musicians The Rolling Stones history biography autobiography Bill Wyman
Haugh Family 1872-1987
Octavo, stapled white light card wrappers, black lettering & illus to front cover, printed inside covers, 152pp, illus/photos, VG (minor creasing & moderate staining/foxing to covers, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Betty Whyte 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy Haugh early settlers
Limehills School: A Souvenir to Commemorate Its Diamond Jubilee 1872-1932
Octavo, white light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 79pp, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & loss to spine- binding exposed in places, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, minor closed tears to edges of covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to inside covers, contents lightly foxed but tidy)
PUBLISHER: The Southland Times Company (Printer) 1932
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools history Limehills School diamond jubilee souvenirs
History of Claremont: Timaru New Zealand 1867-1948
SCARCE, octavo, blue light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 45pp, illus, VG- (moderate rusting to staples at covers- some minor tearing, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate insect damage to rear cover & terminals, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co 1948
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Timaru history Claremont settlers pioneers
Jubilee Memoir 1939 Invercargill Park School and Waihopai (Gladstone) School, United in 1914 and Forming the Present Waihopai School (Main, Side and Dryburgh Schools)
Octavo, cream light card wrappers, brown lettering to covers, 132pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to spine/extrems, moderate soiling to covers, moderate creasing to cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Southland News Co 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history jubilee souvenirs Invercargill Waihopai schools
Kepler
FIRST EDIITON, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 401pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, minor rubbing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, minor fading & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1959
KEYWORDS: first editions Johannes Kepler astronomy science history biography physics
The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 562pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor creasing to bottom corners of prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to spine & rear cover, moderate soiling, moderate creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: UK first editions essays literature science history scientific ideas
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Super octavo, beige light card wrappers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, mixed pagination, VG (moderate fading to spine & cover edges, minor curling/creasing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm tear to base of rear cover & terminals, minor separation to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: School of Economic Science N/D (c.1978)
KEYWORDS: common law history historical commentaries laws
Half a Century of Vintage Motoring: A History of the Southland Branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Southland Branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand fifty 50 year anniversary vintage classic cars automotive car clubs Southland branch history signed N A McMillan
New Zealand Scenery: Chromo-Lithographed After Original Water-Color Drawings
FIRST EDITION, ALL PLATES PRESENT, elephant folio, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, aeg, unpaginated, illus/plates- no tissue guards, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking/tearing to spine, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing & soiling to eps, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout inc. plates, verso pages of plates discoloured due to lack of tissue guards)
PUBLISHER: Marcus Ward & Co 1877
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history historical scenery watercolours art chromo-lithographs John Gully
Shaping the Nation: England 1360-1461
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 705pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: history England English wars of the roses medieval
Sail and Steam
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, quarto, blue leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & maritime illus to front board, aeg, illus prelims, xii + 175pp, illus, Near FINE (light tanning/fading to spine), in slipcase, VG+ (moderate fading & light chafing/soiling, minor bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1980
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions maritime nautical art ships boats Warren Moore Jack Spurling history historical
The Fighting Ship in the Royal Navy AD897-1984
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 416pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling, sl tanning)
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1984
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical royal navy naval history fighting ships
Drawing and Watercolours in Russia: The Eighteenth Century
Quarto, illus heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Joseph Kiblitsky / Palace Editions 2005
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian art drawings watercolours 18th eighteenth century historical history
Falconer: The Years to 1980
Oblong imperial octavo, illus white card wrappers- stapled, blue lettering to covers, 160pp, illus, folded photo page, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Gore Publishing Co N/D (c.1980s?)
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Falconer family New Zealand early settlers pioneers