Books - "history"
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Shifting Stories: History, Gossip, and Lore in Narratives from Tang Dynasty China
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 311pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor vertical creasing to front flap, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2014
KEYWORDS: China ancient Chinese history Tang dynasty anthropology criticism
In the Wake of the Mongols: The Making of a New Social Order in North China, 1200-1600
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, black heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xix + [3] + 336pp, illus, Near FINE (prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep, sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Asia Center 2018
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history Mongols
Chinese Society in the Age of Confucius (1000-250 BC): The Archaeological Evidence
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, super octavo, black illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, xxiii + 555pp, illus, VG+ (minor fading & creasing to spine, sl rubbing/curling to wrapper edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl creasing to inside front cover, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA 2006
KEYWORDS: China ancient Chinese history antiquity Confucius Zhou dynasty
The Orange Trees of Marrakesh: Ibn Khaldun and the Science of Man
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF BRIAN MOLOUGHNEY, octavo, green heavy boards, red gilt lettering to cream buckram spine, frontispiece, xv + 383pp, VG+ (spine cocked, prev. owner's name [Brian Moloughney] in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing/rubbing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: history Ibn Khaldun historians historiography methodology Muslim
A History of Kawhia & Its District
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to wrappers, light fading to spine & wrappers)
PUBLISHER: Kawhia Museum 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Kawhia early settlers pioneers
The Wisconsin Logging Book 1839-1939
Quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 304pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm adhesive label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, signature in ink [author's] to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Rosholt House 1980
KEYWORDS: forestry logging book Wisconsin history
Herodotus: The Histories
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to black spine, xxxix + 834pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board & spine edges/extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2014
KEYWORDS: first editions classic literature antiquity Herodotus history histories
The Broadwood Story 1888-1980
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, frontispiece, 116pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing, soiling & foxing to wrappers, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & inside wrappers, prev. owners' details in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: The News Limited N/D (c.1980)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand signed history Eric Carman
Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume One: From Earliest Times to 1600 (Second Edition)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to spine, xxvi + 524pp, VG (moderate bruising & fading to spine, light curling to wrappers, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light soiling to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanes tradition culture history Asia Asian
The Cambridge History of Japan (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, OWNERSHIP OF ROY STARRS, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering with black backdrop to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ink stamp [Roy Starrs] to ffep of vol 2) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spines [except vol 4])
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1996-99
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history Asia Asian studies
Swords and Hilt Weapons
Oblong quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 239pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor discolouration to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking at front & rear gutters) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to front, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1989
KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry swords hilt history historical daggers knives
Comrades Brave: A History of the Hauraki Regiment
Quarto, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, VG (minor water damage to head of wrappers & page block- minor wrinkling & staining, light chafing & soiling to wrappers, light tanning to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter, presentation plate tipped in to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Cosmos Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ military history Hauraki regiment
The Twentyfourth New Zealand Infantry Battalion: A Pictorial History
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, quarto, burgundy heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated illus prelims, 383pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate fading & bruising/rubbing to base of spine & front board, spine sl cocked, light bruisng to extrems, moderate to heavy adhesive staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, adhesive strips to front & rear gutters, adhesive staining to front & rear eps & prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate to heavy adhesive staining, tidy tape reinforcement to internal creases/edges)
PUBLISHER: Richards Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Aotearoa NZ military history 24th twentyfourth infantry battalion
Te Puke Nga Tangata me nga Wahi: People and Places
SIGNED BY ALL THREE AUTHORS, quarto, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 399pp, illus, VG (minor bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing/soiling & tanning to boards, light to moderate soiling to page edges, prev. owner's inscription in ink to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Te Puke History Project 2007
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Aotearoa NZ Te Puke history
Voyagers and Settlers: A Chronicle of Laura Lewis and Her Family
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, brown lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 165pp + family trees to rear, illus/photos, VG (light tanning & rubbing to spine, light to moderate creasing to wrapper edges, sl chafing & soiling to wrappers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Laura Lewis 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ history early settlers genealogy Laura Lewis
Arohena: Pioneers of Courage: 75 Years of District History
Quarto, illus heavy boards, black/white lettering to spine, illus eps, ads to prelims, vi + 528pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges, sm areas of minor chipping/creasing to base of page block)
PUBLISHER: Arohena Jubilee Committee 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ Arohena history
The Imperial Guard of Honour: Visit to Auckland: Official Souvenir Programme February 1901
SCARCE! Oblong octavo, illus stapled wrappers, printed inside wrappers, unpaginated, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing/surface loss & moderate creasing to wrappers/edges, moderate soiling to wrappers, 2cm closed tear to base of wrappers & whole page block, other multiple sm tears to staples at spine area)
PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton 1901
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ military history Auckland souvenir progarmmes programs imperial guard of honour honor
Anders Sparrman: A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope Towards the Antarctic Polar Circle Round the World and to the Country of the Hottentots and the Caffres from the Year 1772-1776 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 331pp, catalogue & folding map to rear, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 290pp, index & fold maps to rear, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Van Riebeeck Society 1975-77
KEYWORDS: exploration history maritime nautical Anders Sparrman 18th eighteenth century
Old England and New Zealand: The Government, Laws, Churches, Public Institutions, and the Resources of New Zealand
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to board edges, folding map to prelims, 143pp, VG- (light to moderate soiling & rubbing/bruising to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters- boards shaky, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Edward Stanford 1879
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ history colonial
The Advance Guard: Series 1, 2 & 3 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, ANNOTATED BY HISTORIAN GEORGE GRIFFITHS, octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, illus maps to eps, ephemera loosely enclosed, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (annotations in ink throughout- unobtrusive and minor, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (light fading to spines- heavy to vol 2, moderate to heavy creasing & tearing/chipping to edges of vol 1, light to moderate creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges of vols 1 & 3, moderate to heavy chafing with minor surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times 1973-74
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa NZ history settlers Otago settlement pioneers advance guard G J George Griffiths