Books - "history"
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The Book of Cricket
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to front cover with black cricket illus, gilt lettering to spine with gilt cricket decoration, teg, minimally deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, XII + 253pp, illus/photos, VG (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1911
KEYWORDS: cricket sport history first edition
England V Australia: The Record of a Memorable Tour
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to front cover and spine, minimally deckled page edges, frontispiece, illus/photos, VG (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Mills & Boon 1912
KEYWORDS: cricket sport history England Australia
Challenging the Status Quo: A Political Memoir
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red and blue lettering to spine, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Te Herenga Waka University Press 2024
KEYWORDS: memoir biography autobiography Derek Quigley politics New Zealand history
The Diocese of Kilmore 1800-1950
FIRST EDITION, octavo, bound in faux red leather, gilt lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, 466pp, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (Photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Cumann Seanchais Bhreifne 1999
KEYWORDS: first edition christianity religion Kilmore diocese history Ireland Irish
Useless Beauty: Flowers and Australian Art
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, black satin/cloth cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+, in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2015
KEYWORDS: signed Ann Elias flowers art Australia history
Henderson: Heart of The West
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, white and grey lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request
PUBLISHER: West Auckland Historical Society 2020
KEYWORDS: Henderson New Zealand history society
The Phenomenology Reader
Super octavo, light card wrappers, white and grey lettering to front wrapper and spine, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & wrappers, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front wrapper, some minor pencil underlining)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2002
KEYWORDS: phenomenology phenomenons philosophy history science
Voyages of the Pioneers to New Zealand 1839-85
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos, Near FINE (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Winter Productions 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand first edition signed history maritime pioneers sailing settlers exploration
Moemoea: Maori Counselling Journeys
Super octavo, printed light card wrappers, yellow text to front wrapper, white lettering to spine, VG+ (photos available on request, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand therapy Maori biography history
The Polymath: A Cultural History from Leonardo da Vinci to Susan Sontag
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, white heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, illus, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Yale University 2020
KEYWORDS: first edition Leonardo da Vinci Susan Sontag history
Tahafut al-Falasifah
FIRST EDITION, THIRD IMPRESSION, super octavo, light brown heavy boards, purple cloth spine, VG (moderate tanning & wrinkling to boards, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & wrinkling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (minor creasing & chipping to egdes, moderate fading/tanning/soiling to spine & cover edges, moderate foxing/discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Pakistan Philosophical Congress 1974
KEYWORDS: philosophy Pakistan history Al-Ghazali
The Brook Family of Awhitu: Footprints of the Past
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request, prev. owner's name to title page)
PUBLISHER: Star Graphics (Printer) 2000
KEYWORDS: Brook Family Awhitu New Zealand history biography
The Ships of Omaha: New Zealand 1858 to 1921
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: GEON PrintCo (Printer) 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Omaha ships maritime history log books exploration voyages
Cavan: Essays on the History of An Irish County
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white and light brown lettering to front cover and spine, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Irish Academic Press 2004
KEYWORDS: Irish Ireland history essays UK