Books - "history"
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The Next Vintage: The Babich Family and 100 Years of New Zealand Wine
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY JOE BABICH, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 220pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal tanning and soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light soiling, sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: David Ling Publishing 2015
KEYWORDS: first edition signed Joe Babich biography wine New Zealand history
Wittgenstein and Philosophy of Religion
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, yellow and white lettering to front board and spine, XVI + 187pp, VG+ (moderate pencil annotations & light highlighting to text, light tanning and foxing to page edges, light foxing to rear eps and terminals)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2001
KEYWORDS: philosophy religion Ludwig Wittgenstein history biography
A Pioneer Missionary Among The Maoris 1850-1879: Being Letters and Journals of Thomas Samuel Grace
FIRST EDITION, octavo, dark navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 314pp, illus/photos, VG (front cover of d/w loosely enclosed, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor chafing & rubbing to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional foxing/soiling & cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: G H Bennett & Co 1928
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Maori pioneers missionaries religion settlers history
The Great Camaro
Oblong quarto, red heavy boards, gilt decoration to front and rear covers, embossed lettering to front cover, gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG, in VG d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Lamm-Morada Publishing Company 1979
KEYWORDS: cars automobile Camaro history engineering mechanics
Camaro: The Third Generation
Oblong quarto, orange heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: HP Books 1987
KEYWORDS: cars automobile Camaro history engineering mechanics
Mercury Cougar 1967-1987
Oblong quarto, black heavy boards, illus/photos, VG+, in VG- d/w (moderate to heavy scuffing & creasing - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Automobile Quarterly 1987
KEYWORDS: cars automobile Mercury Cougar history engineering mechanics Automobile Quarterly
Muscle Car Confidential: Confessions of a Muscle Car Test Driver
Quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & title page, 178pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal soiling to upper page edges, sl scuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to extrems, minor tanning & soiling to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 2007
KEYWORDS: cars automobile history engineering mechanics Automobile Quarterly
A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland: The Terriers (Third Edition)
Octavo, dark burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 492pp + 4pp ads, illus/plates - not counted presumed all present, VG (minor cracking to head of front hinge, light fading to spine, minor scuffing to extrems, light chafing & staining to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor tanning to eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, minor foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Horace Cox 1903
KEYWORDS: dogs biology English history Ireland Terriers canine
The Authentic and Genuine History of The Signing of The Treaty of Waitangi New Zealand: February 5 and 6 1840
FACSIMILE REPRINT, front cover and flaps of d/w loosely enclosed, light olive green heavy boards, dark green lettering to spine, illus/maps, VG+ (historical annotation to ffep - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Treaty of Waitangi Maori New Zealand NZ Aotearoa history
Pan Am Pioneer: A Manager's Memoir: From Seaplane Clippers to Jumbo Jets
Super octavo, blue faux leather boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Texas Tech University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: military aviation civil aviation planes jets history engineering mechanics Sanford B Kauffman Pan Am memoir biography
Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander 1722-1782: Naturalist and Voyager with Cook and Banks
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine with gilt decoration, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature natural history naturalist sailing biography Daniel Solander James Cook Joseph Banks exploration
Facsimiles of The Declaration of Independence and the Treaty of Waitangi
FIRST EDITION THUS, INCREASINGLY UNCOMMON, folio, burgundy buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, unpaginated, VG (sl rubbing & soiling to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to pages throughout, minor yellowing tape repairs to facsimiles)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1960
KEYWORDS: first edition THUS Treat of Waitangi New Zealand NZ Aotearoa history Declaration of Independence
The Quranic Art of Calligraphy and Illumination
Folio, white and brown cloth boards, gilt decoration to front cover, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minor foxing to half & full title pages, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minimal soiling, scuffing and bruising to extrems, minimal creasing to front cover and extrems, minimal soiling to spine and front and rear covers)
PUBLISHER: World of Islam Festival Trust 1976
KEYWORDS: Quran Islam religion art calligraphy illumination history
Legends of the African Frontier: The Life and Times of Africa's Most Unforgettable Characters 1800-1945
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering with gilt decoration to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus title page & prelims, illus/maps/photos, VG+ (minor soiling to spine, front and rear covers, minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE (minimal soiling to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Safari Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Africa safari frontier history hunting expeditions racism
Amazing Barn Finds and Roadside Relics: Musty Mustangs, Hidden Hudsons, Forgotten Fords and Other Lost Automotive Gems
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white, brown and light blue lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (minimal scuffing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 2015
KEYWORDS: farming farm barns Mustang Hudson Ford cars history
Dodge Daytona & Plymouth Superbird: Design, Development, Production and Competition
Oblong quarto, printed heavy boards, white lettering to front board and spine, illus eps & title page, illus/photos, Near FINE (minimal creasing to spine) in d/w, VG+ (minimal scuffing and creasing to extrems, minor open tear to upper edge of spine)
PUBLISHER: Car Tech 2016
KEYWORDS: Dodge Daytona Plymouth Superbird mechanics engineering cars history
How to Rebuild Your Ford V-8 351C-351M-400-429-460
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, light blue and black lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG- (moderate fading & creasing to wrappers edges & spine, moderate to heavy creasing to rear wrapper, moderate soiling to wrappers, minor tanning & soiling to page edges
PUBLISHER: HP Books 1980
KEYWORDS: mechanics engineering cars Ford V-8 history
Standard Catalog of American Muscle Cars 1960-1972
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Krause 2006
KEYWORDS: mechanics engineering cars American Muscle history
The Heart of The Parapara & Field's Track
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Parapara-Field's Track Historical Society Incorporated 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Parapara history
Lord's and the M C C: A Cricket Chronicle of 137 Years, Based on Official Documents, and Published, with the Knowledge and Sanction of the Marleybone Cricket Club, to Commemorate the Centenary of their Present Ground
Imperial octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to brown leather spine & front board, teg, frontispiece, xvi + 314pp, illus/photos- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate scuffing & rubbing to spine, moderate cracking to head & base of spine, light bruising & rubbing to board extrems, sl soiling to boards, minor tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's ink stamp to base of page block & head of ffep, sm ex-libris plates to front pastedown, moderate foxing to illus/plates & sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: The London & Counties Press Association 1914
KEYWORDS: cricket sports history Marylebone Cricket Club Lord's