Books - "history"
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The Age of Illumination: Byzantine Art and Civilisation ; Gothic Art and Civilisation ; Early Medieval Art and Civilisation (3 Vol Boxed Set)
3 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, gold buckram boards, black lettering to spines, black illus to front boards, teg, iridescent eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (minor chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2004
KEYWORDS: folio society byzantine gothic early medieval art civilisation civilization history illumination
An Account of a Voyage to the North West Coast of America in 1785 & 1786
Octavo, black heavy boards, black lettering to beige spine, 319pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling & discolouration to boards/edges, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy loss to top edge of spine & rear, otherwise only minor creasing & soiling, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)
PUBLISHER: Douglas & McIntyre / University of Washington Press 1982
KEYWORDS: North West coast US America history exploration voyages 18th eighteenth century maritime Alexander Walker
The Wild West of New Zealand: A Summer Cruise in the Rosa
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to front board, frontispiece, viii + 121pp, G+ (bottom half of spine partially detached & flapping loose, moderate to heavy chipping/scuffing to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, prev. ownership embossed to ffep, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- tape reinforcement to front gutter, prev. owners' names in ink to verso of half title page, top corner of title page missing [text affected] with repairs, numerous tears with tape repairs to pages throughout, prev. owner's minor ink markings sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to some gutters, large crack to rear gutter- binding exposed & rear board shaky)
PUBLISHER: Thoburn & Co 1889
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical travel literature Robert Paulin south west
A Yankee Botanist in the Carolinas: The Reverend Moses Ashley Curtis (1808-1872)
Octavo, light blue/grey light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, printed inside covers, frontispiece, 242pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: J Cramer 1986
KEYWORDS: US America American history nature plants botany botanists Reverend Moses Ashley Curtis
Monkey Puzzle Man: Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, grey & white lettering to spine, xiii + 223pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, prev. owner's name [David Galloway] in ink to inside front cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whittles Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: botany plants Archibald Menzies history naturalists
History, Heritage and Colonialism: Historical Consciousness, Britishness and Cultural Identity in New Zealand 1870-1940
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xv + 272pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems, minor soiling & creasing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: imperialism history colonialism New Zealand Great Britain British
New China Eye Witness: Roger Duff, Rewi Alley and the Art of Museum Diplomacy
Super octavo, black heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to spine & front board, 176pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: culture cultural history China Chinese Roger Duff Rewi Alley museums heritage New Zealand
Etudes Synthetiques de Geologie Experimentale
TEXT IN FRENCH, super octavo, quarter leather bound patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering/tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, grey speckling to page edges, marbled eps, (8) + iii + 828pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to leatherwork & board edges- minor surface loss, moderate bruising to extrems, minor scuffing to boards, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, light cracking to gutters, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Dunod, Editeur 1879
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH geology mines natural history A Daubree
Seneca: A Philosopher in Politics
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 504pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & covers, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity philosophy philosophers Seneca politics literature classical
Writing Politics in Imperial Rome
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 539pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine & boards, lighth chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Brill, Leiden 2009
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity literature Rome imperial politics political writing classics classical
Atlantis - The Mystery Unravelled
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, illus, VG+ (minor discolouration to spine extrems, sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor loss, light fading to spine, minor tanning & soiling to rear & flaps)
PUBLISHER: Arco Publishers 1956
KEYWORDS: ancient mysteries city of Atlantis history civilisations civilizations research
The Maungatapu Mountain Murders: A Narrative of the Murder of Five Men Between the Wakamarina River and Nelson by Burgess, Levy, Kelly and Sullivan in 1866
VERY SCRUFFY COPY, octavo, illus light card wrappers, 158pp, illus, G- (rear cover & spine missing, failed attempt at rebind to spine- tape flapping with binding fully exposed, heavy creasing & chipping/loss to front cover edges, front cover also moderately tanned & soiled, moderate creasing/chipping & staining to page edges, moderate to heavy tearing at rusting staples to prelims, rear page moderately foxed & creased)
PUBLISHER: R W Stiles & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history true crime murder murders homicide Maungatapu mountain murders trials convictions
Notes by a Naturalist on the Challenger, Being an Account of Various Observations Made During the Voyage of HMS Challenger Round the World, in the Years 1872-1876 Under the Command of Capt Sir G S Nares and Capt F T Thomson
FIRST EDITION, ALL PLATES & MAPS PRESENT, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 620pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning to spine, minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters of prelims, moderate foxing & light soiling to prelims, prev. owner's name to prelims, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1879
KEYWORDS: first editions exploration history voyages naturalists HMS Challenger 19th nineteenth century nature science
Poetry for Patrons: Literary Communication in the Age of Domitian
Super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 493pp, VG+ (light bruising & minor fading to board edges/extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 5cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, minor chafing & soiling, sl tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Brill 2002
KEYWORDS: ancient Rome roman emperors Domitian literature literary antiquity history
In the Lee of the Hokonuis 1858-1963
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, map at rear eps, 389pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine, sl staining to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history industry trade infrastructure
Always a Fusilier: The War History of The Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) 1939-1945
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus.maps to eps, frontispiece, xvi + 320pp, illus/maps- maps counted & all present, VG (minor fading to spine & rear board, minor soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims, some page edges may be uncut, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low 1949
KEYWORDS: military history British Army line infantry Royal Fusiliers city of London regiment ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Operation Victory
Ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 488pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, 2cm crack to head of spine, light fading to spine, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, some prelims & terminals removed- yellowing tape to 'ffep', occasional light soiling througout)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1947
KEYWORDS: military history operation victory army middle east
New Zealand: Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History, with Special Reference to the Results of Government Expeditions in the Provinces of Auckland and Nelson
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, BOTH MAPS & ALL COLOUR PLATES PRESENT, imperial octavo, dark green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, marbled page edges- faded, marbled eps, frontispiece, xvi + 515pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & prelims, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Stuttgart, J G Cotta 1867
KEYWORDS: first English edition New Zealand geography geology natural history Dr Ferdinand von Hochstetter Auckland Nelson
The Rambles of a Naturalist on the Coasts of France, Spain, and Sicily, in Two Volumes: Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to spine & boards, vii + 375pp, VG- (heavy water damage & staining to boards & eps, moderate tanning to spine, minor bruising to extrems, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, minor foxing & soiling sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts 1857
KEYWORDS: exploration history historical travel literature Europe France Spain Sicily
Ngapuke: Facing Challenges: A District History
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 111pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges & inside covers)
PUBLISHER: C & S Publications 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ngapuke north island