Books - "history"
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A SHORT HISTORY OF SCIENTIFIC IDEAS TO 1900
first edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 525pp illus, maps, VG-(v sl bruised 7 scuffed corners, v sl edgewear, v sl rubbed & soiled boards, vsl bumped spine head & foot)
PUBLISHER: The Clarendon Press Oxford 1959
KEYWORDS: science history
THE FORTIES
ex lib, minimal markings, 232pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to front board & pastedowns, v sl edgewear) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1977
KEYWORDS: history forties
AMERICAN POLITICS
A Radical View
first edition, ex lib, minimal markings, 255pp, VG+(sl gum stains to ep's & boards. V sl edgewear) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Blackwood & Janet Paul Ltd Auckland 1967
KEYWORDS: history politics america
THE LIVING COMMONWEALTH
ex lib, minimal markings, 543pp illus, VG-(v sl bruised corners, sl edgewear, sl internal seperation at front hinge with gum stains) d/w taped to bookG(sticky tape to extrems, sl tears, v sl chipped, sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson London 1961
KEYWORDS: history british commonwealth
GHAR PARAU
ex lib, minimal markings, 216pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to boards, ) d/w VG+(in plastic, v sl sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Cassell London 1973
KEYWORDS: history ghar parau kuh-e-parau iran zagros mountains speleological
A NOTEBOOK OF COMMONWEALTH HISTORY
ex lib, minimal markings, 307pp, VG(sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl paste action to ep's, v sl edgewear) d/w VG(in plastic, price clipped, sl sunned rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: MacMillan & Co Ltd London 1959
KEYWORDS: history british commonwealth
THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
Volume 43
vol 43, ex lib with library label to front pastedown, in blue cloth with gilt title & library stamp to spine, ccxxviii 320pp + ads, folding maps, VG-(sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl tears to spine foot with v sl chipped spine head, sl sunned spine, boards sl rubbed & soiled, sl edgewear, v sl internal seperation at front, sl cocked, text edges sl sunned) text clean and bright
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1873
KEYWORDS: history geographical society
THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
Volume 44
vol 44, ex lib with library label to front pastedown, in blue cloth with gilt title & library stamp to spine, cxcvi 317pp + ads, folding maps, VG-(sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl tears to spine foot with v sl chipped spine head, sl sunned spine, boards sl rubbed & soiled, sl edgewear, v sl internal seperation at front, sl cocked, text edges sl sunned) text clean and bright
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1874
KEYWORDS: history geographical society
THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
Volume 48
vol 48, ex lib with library label to front pastedown & stamp to title page & xvii,, in blue cloth with gilt title & library stamp to spine, ccvii 334pp + ads, folding maps, VG-(v sl bruised & scuffed corners, v sl tears to spine foot with v sl chipped spine head with 3cm tear, sl sunned & worn spine, boards sl rubbed & soiled, sl edgewear, v sl internal seperation at front,v sl shaky spine, text edges v sl sunned) text clean and bright
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1878
KEYWORDS: history geographical society
THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
Volume 49
vol 49, ex lib with library label to front pastedown & stamp to title page, in blue cloth with gilt title & library stamp to spine, new ep's, cxxvii 444pp + ads, folding maps, VG-(sl bruised & v sl scuffed corners, v sl tears & chipped to spine foot with sl chipped spine head, sl sunned spine, boards sl rubbed & soiled, sl edgewear, sl foxing to ep's & v sl spasmodically throughout, sl internal seperation at front, sl shaky spine, text edges sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1879
KEYWORDS: history geographical society
Les Arts au Moyen Age
et a l'epoque de la renaissance
full leather; 548pp; ills (many col.chromolithographiques) VG- (red morocco w. gilt/ blind borders and stamps to spine, raised bands, sl soiled and sunned, bumps and rubbing to extrems with some mionr surface losses, chipping with sl losses to head and foot of spine, boards shaky with rear board detached but present, marbelled eps with dealer's label to front pastedown, sl paper seperation to ep gutters, 2 x owners stamps to verso of ffep prelims and tissue guards sl foxed, otherwise contents clean and bright, aeg.)
PUBLISHER: librairie de firmin didot freres paris , 1869
KEYWORDS: paul lacroix history france arts
Brutes and Beasts
first edition 325pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.stained,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: noel douglas london 1933
KEYWORDS: natural history john swain sociology
Breaking and Riding
sixth edition 160pp ills.[b/w] VG (tan cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: hurst & blackett london [nd]
KEYWORDS: horses equestrian james fillis sport natural history
Tallulah
my autobiography
first edition 288pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.sunning to spine w.sl.bumps to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine w.lower 4cm missing,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1952
KEYWORDS: biography history literature tallulah bankhead
Letters From New Zealand 1857-1911
first edition 357pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,creasing to spine,sl.bumps and wear to extrems, light tanning to spine, owner's inscr.to ffep, prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: hugh rees london 1914
KEYWORDS: new zealand history literature henry w.harper biography
South West Africa in Early Times
new impression 525pp ills.[b/w frontis.w.fold-out maps] VG (green cloth,sl.sunned spine w.sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,tape stains to eps w.sl.soiling to content edges,spine cracked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.internal tape stains ghosting through,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: frank cass london 1966
KEYWORDS: history geography politics africa heinrich vedder
William Cobbett
a study of his life as shown in his writings
ex-lib.first edition 318pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.libr.labels to spine and top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,usual stamps and labels,sl.to mod.foxing of contents,spine cracked and cocked)
PUBLISHER: archibald constable london 1904
KEYWORDS: history biography william cobbett e.i.carlyle
A POPULAR ACCOUNT OF DR LIVINGSTON'S EXPEDITION TO THE ZAMBESI AND ITS TRIBUTARIES
And of the Discovery of Lakes shirwa and Nyassa
green cloth with gilt to spine & front, xii 416pp illus folding map at rear, folding frontispiece, VG-(corners sl bruised & scuffed, sl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head & foot, board sl rubbed & soiled, prev owners inscr to ffep, sl foxing to ep's & edges with v sl spasmodically throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1875
KEYWORDS: travel history davis livingston zambesi africa
The Twentyfourth New Zealand Infantry Battalion
a pictorial history
first edition 383pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,light sunning to board edges, light bruising to board corners and spine extrems, eps and content edges lightly foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled, mod creasing and chipping to edges))
PUBLISHER: richards publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history f.l.phillips h.r.gilmour
Battleground South Pacific
first edition 223pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ ) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1970
KEYWORDS: pacific history military robert howlett bruce adams