Books - "history"
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Midst Volcanic Fires: An Account of Missionary Tours Among the Volcanic Islands of the New Hebrides
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading & tanning to spine, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, minor scuffing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: James Clarke & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: volcanoes history New Hebrides Vanuatu volcanic activity missionaries religion Christian Christianity
The Colonisation of New Zealand
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 384pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl rubbing to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Dawsons of Pall Mall 1968
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonialism colonial British
Eber Bunker of Liverpool The Father of Australian Whaling
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, printed rear eps, errata slip pasted in to front pastedown, viii + 64pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1975
KEYWORDS: Roebuck series maritime nautical history Australia Australian whaling whalers Eber Bunker biography
The Rise of the English Shipping Industry: In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 427pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, light scuffing & chipping to edges, 1cm scuff to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history England English shipping industry 17th 18th seventeenth eighteenth century
The Noble Philosopher: Condorcet and the Enlightenment
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 251pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, ligh tcreasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books 1994
KEYWORDS: history philosophy philosophers Marquis de Condorcet Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas Caritat
Spain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and the Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, xviii + 441pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (prev. bookseller's label residue to front cover, light fading & soiling to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: The John Hopkins University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Spain history Spanish wool trade middle ages production farming sheep
Science, Settlers and Scholars: The Centennial History of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, orange lettering to spine, xiii + 353pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: The Royal Society of New Zealand 1987
KEYWORDS: Royal Society of New Zealand history centenary centennial associations
A Directory for the Navigation of the South Pacific Ocean; with Descriptions of its Coasts, Islands etc, from the Strait of Magalhaens to Panama, and Those of New Zealand, Australia etc, its Winds, Currents and Passages (Third Edition)
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, folding map/frontispiece, viii + 966pp, illus/folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy scuffing & cracking/bruising to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims inc. folding map frontis, occasional moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light to moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Published for Richard Holmes Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, EC 1871, With Additions to 1874
KEYWORDS: south pacific ocean directories geology landscapes islands history historical
The Torm Ships: The TORM Fleet Through 120 Years
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Editions Maritime N/D (c.2009)
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history TORM fleet ships
Shaw, Savill & Albion: A Fleet History
Quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor fading to spine, light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm name label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 2011
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history fleets albion line Shaw Savill John Leslie Walter Savill lines shipping ships
Larrinaga Line 1863-1974
Quarto, coloured light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus inside front cover, 108pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy crack/scuff to spine & hinges affecting prelims inside also, other minor wrinkling & chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to title page)
PUBLISHER: World Ship Society 2005
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history larrinaga line boats ships shipping
Extracts from New Zealand Journals Written on Ships Under the Command of d'Entrecasteaux and Duperrey 1793 and 1824
Oblong quarto, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to black background on spine & front board, 219pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & tanning/soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, other sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust 1986
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history journals voyages journals diaries diary extracts New Zealand Maori life anthropology ethnology
Te Wai Pounamu the Greenstone Island: A History of the Southern Maori During the European Colonization of New Zealand
Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & green lettering to spine, xxvi + 582pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate creasing to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tape staining to front & rear inside covers, library tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters, sl soiling sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Aoraki Press 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial colonization colonisation te wai pounamu Maori European southern colonialism
Roald Amundsen
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: exploration polar expeditions south pole Antarctica antarctic history biography memoir biographies Roald Amundsen explorers
William and Louisa Anderson: A Record of Their Life and Work in Jamaica and Old Calabar
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 664pp, VG- (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, ffep missing, single library plate to front pastedown, 2x sm ink stamps to front eps, moderate soiling & unidentified residue to front & rear eps, other minor soiling to pages throughout, occasional minor cracking to gutters, moderate wrinkling to fore-edge of frontispiece)
PUBLISHER: Andrew Elliot 1897
KEYWORDS: history historical biography biographies memoir William Louisa Anderson Caribbean Jamaica old Calabar
Windows on a Chinese Past, Volume 2: Round Hill ; Alexander Don ; Missions ; Mixed Marriages ; the Opium Evil
THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, frontispiece, 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor fading to edges, 1cm scuff to top corner of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1995
KEYWORDS: signed James Ng New Zealand Otago history Alexander Don Chinese community communities Otago goldfields
Lives of the Mongol Warlords: Khubilai Khan ; Tamerlane ; Genghis Khan (3 Vol Boxed Set)
3 VOL SET IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, coloured heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spines, illus/maps to eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising & scuffing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2005
KEYWORDS: folio society ancient history antiquity Mongols mongol war conflict Khuilai Khan Tamerlane Genghis Khan
Canoes of Oceania (3 Vols in 1)
3 VOLS IN 1, imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, each vol separately paginated, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolouration to spine & covers, light to moderate creasing/curling & soiling to covers/edges, moderate scuffing to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1975
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Oceania canoes vessels
The Labours of Herakles, as a New Zealand Pioneer
SIGNED, oblong imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to cover edges/corners, light fading & soiling to spine, minor chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: PaperGraphica 2008
KEYWORDS: signed Marian Maguire art history New Zealand ancient Greece Greek characters Herakles colonial myths mythology
The Little Empire of Sam Chew Lain
Quarto, illus front page, spiralbound in black plastic with clear plastic front cover, 222pp, illus pages loosely enclosed, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bracken Woods Projects Ltd 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Chinese communities settlers goldfields mining gold miners Weatherstons Wetherstons