Books - "history"
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Fighting Flames
ex-lib.first edition inscribed by author 338pp ills.[b/w] VG (red cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,sl.bumps to extrems.,top board shaky,usual stamps and labels,author's inscr.to title page) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,libr.label to spine,sl.wear to extrems.,gum stains to upper/lower edges)
PUBLISHER: hastings fire brigade hastings [1986]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history fire brigades russell kirkby
The Communists and Peace
first uk edition 296pp VG+ (grey cloth,minor sunning to edges,content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature history politics jean-paul sartre
Friendship's Offering
and winter's wreath
rebind 384pp ills.[b/w] VG- (rebound in embossed burgundy cloth,rubbed and soiled w.chipping to extrems.,new eps,sl.soiling to contents,aeg rubbed)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1834
KEYWORDS: history poetry literature
Harry Ell and his Summit Road
a biography of henry george ell
first edition 112pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,minor soiling to extrems, light tanning to end pages.) in VG d/w (light creasing, tanning, soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: caxton press london 1960
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography harry ell lenore oakley
Russia
2 vols.
sixth edition 2 vols.[fold-out maps torn but complete] VG- (tan cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps and borders,mod.rubbed and stained,rodent nibbles to fore-edge of boards on vol.1,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to vol.1 front pastedown but removed from vol.2,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,contents tight)
PUBLISHER: cassell petter & galpin london 1877
KEYWORDS: russia history geography d.mackenzie wallace
Biografia Del Pintor Sevillano Juan De Valdes Leal
ex-lib.[first edition] 242pp+index [text in spanish] + ills.[63 b/w plates] VG (in paper wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.foxed,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps,contents browned w.some sl.foxing,many sheets unopened at upper edge,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at some sections,plates clean)
PUBLISHER: oficina tipografica de juan p girones sevilla 1916
KEYWORDS: biography history juan de valdes leal literature arts
Currier and Ives' America
reprint unpaginated ills.[col.] F in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,5cm closed tear to foot edge of front cover)
PUBLISHER: bonanza books new york [nd]
KEYWORDS: history arts america currier ives
Peru History of Coca
the divine plant of the incas
first edition rebacked 576pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth tidily rebacked w.original spine cloth laid down,blind borders w.gilt stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned w.repaired central split,sl.wear to extrems.,new eps,prelims.sl.foxed,minor red pencil marks to some pp,teg,tight)
PUBLISHER: vail new york 1901
KEYWORDS: coca natural history peru drugs w.golden mortimer
The Glacial Nighmare and The Flood
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols.920pp VG+ (green cloth,bevelled edges,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.darkened spines,sl.bumps to extrems.,black eps w.owner's bookplate to front pastedowns,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,vol.1 has two title pages dated 1892 and 1893)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1892/1893
KEYWORDS: history theology literature henry howorth
Interpretations of Literature
2 vols.
2 vols.406pp/379pp VG (prev. owner's details in ink,blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep both vols.,eps and untrimmed edges sl.foxed,tight)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london c.1920
KEYWORDS: history literature lafcadio hearn
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales
450pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs christchurch [nd]
KEYWORDS: history australia geography david collins james collier
Etruscan Bologna
a study
first edition [penzer p.92-93] first issue [dec.border runs full width of boards] xii+275pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out diagram at frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth w.dec.stamped border across upper/lower edges,gilt stamp to top board w.gilt titling to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,brown eps sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.chipping to rep gutter,tight)
PUBLISHER: smith,elder london 1876
KEYWORDS: richard burton bologna history travel geography italy
Vikram and The Vampire
or tales of hindu devilry
first edition first issue [penzer p.81-82] xxiv+319pp ills.[b/w by ernest griset] VG (black cloth w.red dec.stamped devils and gilt lettering,bevelled edges,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,minor bubblimg to cloth on top board,mod.wear to extrems.w.sl.chipping to head/foot of spine and corners,brown eps sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to half-title,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor foxing to contents,binder's label to rear pastedown [edmonds & remnants london],spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1870
KEYWORDS: richard burton history literature geography hindu occult mythology
Dancing
[first edition] badminton library 454pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth w.dec.stamp to top board,gilt stamp to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dec.eps sl.browned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1895
KEYWORDS: dancing arts history lilly grove badminton library
The Little World of Man
first edition 187pp VG+ (green cloth,spine and upper edges mod.sunned,sl.bumps to extrems.,sl.paste action to eps) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1952
KEYWORDS: history anthropology science bamborough
The Corner in Gold
[first edition] 130pp VG+ (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,black eps,1cm hole to ffep)
PUBLISHER: james parker london 1893
KEYWORDS: gold history finance bain
The Poisonous Plants in New Zealand
first edition inscribed by author 141pp ills.[b/w diagrams] VG (in paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.stain to front cover,owner's sign.to front cover,sl.wear to extrems.w.2cm chip to head of spine,author's dated inscr.to title page)
PUBLISHER: department of scientific and industrial research wellington 1951
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history science poisonous plants connor signed
Meistri'r Moroedd
first edition 244pp+account tables [text in welsh] ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,yellow eps,spine cracked but tight) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,4cm flap to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: gwasg gee dinbych 1978
KEYWORDS: nautical history aled eames welsh language
Her Majesty's Navy
including its deeds and battles 6 vols.
first edition thus [6 vols.] ills.[45 col.plates by w.christian symons and w.fred mitchell] VG (textured blue cloth w.red borders and titling to top boards,gilt titling to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,spines sl.sunned,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of all spines,brown eps,some prelims.sl.soiled/foxed,some tissue guards present,some minor soiling to margins of some plates but all images are clean and bright,one plate missing - frontis.portrait from division ii,some plates loosening,one non-illustrated title page detached but present,aeg sl.rubbed,tight)
PUBLISHER: virtue london [nd]
KEYWORDS: navy nautical military history charles rathbone low
Her Majesty's Army
6 vols.
first edition thus [6 vols.] ills.[47 col.chromolithographed plates] VG- (textured red cloth w.black titling and medal stamp to top boards,gilt titling to spines,mod.rubbed and stained,spines sunned,chipping and wear to bevelled extrems.w.sl.losses to head/foot of sll spines,brown eps,sl.foxing and soiling to prelims.,contents generally clean,some tissue guards present,some sl.soiling to margins of some plates but images are generally xclean and bright,some plates detached and some loosening but 47 are present,aeg sl.rubbed,spines cracked and sl.shaky w.some sections loosening)
PUBLISHER: virtue london [nd]
KEYWORDS: military history army walter richards