Books - "history"
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The Culture of the Quake : The Great Kanto Earthquake and Taisho Japan
Octavo, light illus card wrappers, white lettering to spine & wrappers, illus/photos, VG+, (photos available on request).
PUBLISHER: Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan 2015
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese Asia Alex Bates art culture history film media literature earthquake disaster Kanto Taisho academia
A History of Writing in Japan
Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. Octavo, light card wrappers, black & white lettering to spine/wrappers, illus/photos, VG+, (photos available on request).
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2000
KEYWORDS: language history literature Japan Japanese Asia Christopher Seely illustrated photographs kana kanji
Disasters and Social Crisis in Contemporary Japan : Politics, Religious, and Sociocultural Responses
Octavo, heavy illus boards, white lettering to spine, white & blue lettering to boards, VG+ (sl scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems).
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2016
KEYWORDS: history Japan Japanese disaster cuture sociology politics religion academia Mark R Mullins Koichi Nakano
Where are the Sunflowers? - A Media Celebrity's Depiction of Her Tragic Encounters with Anti-Korean and Anti-Buraku Prejudice in Japan
Octavo, light illus card wrappers, white & yellow lettering to spine & wrappers, VG+, (photos available on request).
PUBLISHER: Merwin Asia 2012
KEYWORDS: Kurihara Miwako Alastair M McLauchlan sociology media culture history class Buraku Burakumin caste Korea Japan Asia sociol taboo
24 Battalion : Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv+361pp, Illus/maps(counted), VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, sl scuffing to corners of boards, minor soiling/tanning to page edges, sl foxing to feps), in d/w VG- (3cm open tear to top of spine, 2.5cm closed tears to upper & lower rear flap, moderate scuffing to extrems, minor sporadic chipping, creasing & foxing).
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1953
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Aotearoa official military history world war two wwii ww2 24 battalion R M Burdon
Divisional Cavalry : Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
FIRST EDITION. NZ DIVISIONAL CAVALRY ASSOCIATION LEAFLET LOOSELY ENCLOSED. Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi+445pp, 7 folding maps, illus/photos, VG+ (minor soiling/foxing to page edges, sl tanning to eps, 2cm light brown smudge to centre edge of titlepage), in d/w VG+ (minor scuffing to spine extrems, 0.5cm closed tear to top of spine, sl scuffing to wrapper edges, minor foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1963
KEYWORDS: first edition R J M Loughnan New Zealand second world war two 2 II wwII ww2 military official history divisional cavalry
20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment : Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xviii+631pp, 7 folding maps, illus/photos, VG (minor scuffing to spine extrems, sl bruising to lower corner of front board, moderate soiling/foxing to page edges, 1cm minor closed tear to upper fep gutter, sporadic foxing to rear page edges), in d/w VG- ( minor 3cm & 2cm closed tears to centre of spine, 3cm closed tear to upper spine, 2cm closed tear to lower spine, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate scuffing & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1957
KEYWORDS: first edition D J C Pringle W A Glue New Zealand second world war two 2 II wwII ww2 military official history 20 battalion armoured regiment
18 Battalion and Armoured Regiment : Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
Octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xviii+631pp, 7 folding maps, illus/photos, VG+ ( sl bruising to spine extrems, minor soiling/foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w (1cm closed tear to upper & lower spine, 1cm closed tear to in rear flap, two 0.5cm closed tears to upper front wrapper, minor soiling & doxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1961
KEYWORDS: W D Dawson New Zealand second world war two 2 II wwII ww2 military official history 28 battalion armoured regiment
Piero Della Francesca : The Legend of the True Cross in the Church of San Francesco in Arezzo
Square quarto, beige cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus/photos, diagrams, Near FINE, in d/w VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Skira 2001
KEYWORDS: art history restoration legend of the true cross Piero Della Francesca frescos essays photographs diagrams culture Anna Maria Maetzke Carlo Bertelli
The Old Identities : Being Sketeches and Reminiscences During the First Decade of the Province of Otago, N.Z.
FIRST EDITION. Small octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt decorative rule front board, blind decorative rule to rear board, page edges speckled red, frontispiece, iv+395pp, VG- (photos available on request).
PUBLISHER: Mills, Dick & Co 1879
KEYWORDS: first edition James Barr New Zealand Otago history Dunedin
J.W. Waterhouse : The Modern Pre-Raphaelite
Square quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine & front wrapper, illus/photos, VG+, (photos available on request).
PUBLISHER: Groninger Museum 2008
KEYWORDS: art culture paintings history John William Waterhouse J W exhibition musuem
Pintoricchio A Spello : La Cappella Baglioni in Santa Maria Maggiore
TEXT IN ITALIAN. Square quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, Near FINE, in d/w VG+, (photos available on request).
PUBLISHER: Amilcare Pizzi S.p.A. 2000
KEYWORDS: text in italian art culture history Italy religious art frescos church paintings illustrated
Capitals of Art : Venice
Quarto, heavy illus boards, black lettering to spine, white lettering to front board, black lettering to rear board, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request).
PUBLISHER: Electa 2005
KEYWORDS: Venice art history sculpture architecture church cathedral basilica paintings photographs
The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia : Volume III
THIS VOL ONLY. New Zealand volume, loosely enclosed North Island and Middle Island railway, postal, and telegraph maps both present. Elephant folio, half bound leather boards, gilt lettering & decorative tooling to spines & front boards, aeg, frontispiece with tissueguard, illus/maps (counted), viii+267pp (numbered 531 to 798 in this vol), VG (minor scuffing to spine & spine extrems, moderate fraying to lower spine, some surface loss to leather along hinges & board extrems, moderate soiling/scuffing to boards, minor soiling to page edges, 6cm closed tear to fep near lower gutter, moderate creasing to prelims, minor foxing sporadic throughout, minor 2-3cm tears near lower gutter sporadic throughout, 3cm closed tear on middle page edge on 751, 4cm closed tear to inner gutter on North Island map, 12cm closed tear to upper middle of middle island map, 2cm closed tear near gutter of Australia map, 3.5cm closed tear to lower middle of solar system map)
PUBLISHER: The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company, Limited 1888
KEYWORDS: Australasia Australia New Zealand Pacific islands exploration travel illustrated maps history
Velazquez
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, grey lettering to spine, multi coloured lettering to wrappers, illus/photos, Near FINE, (photos available on request).
PUBLISHER: National Gallery Company 2006
KEYWORDS: Velazquez art culture history , national gallery exhibition illustrated paintings
Russian Landscape
Oblong quarto, illus heawvy boards, white lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, illus/photos, VG+, (photos available on request).
PUBLISHER: Groninger Musuem / BAI 2003
KEYWORDS: Venetsianov Soroka Savrasov Shishkin Perov Kuindzhi Polenov Vasilev Levitan Nesterov Russian Russia landscape art paintings illustrated exhibition culture history
The Pictoral History of Guam : The Americanization 1898-1918
Quarto, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, blind decorative stamp to front board, printed map eps, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG+ (price clipped, moderate fading to spine and extrems of wrapper, light creasing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Micronesian Productions 1986
KEYWORDS: Guam Pacific islands colonization culture history Chamorros American US United states imperialism Don A Farrell
An Outline History of Denmark
Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Host & Son 1990
KEYWORDS: Denmark Danish history Helge Seidelin Jacobsen
Japanese Newspaper Compounds
Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1972
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanaese newspaper publishing history
Art in China
Super octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: art history China Chinese