Books - "history"
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In The Sealed Cave
first edition inscribed by author 226pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,author's inscr.to blank prelim.[dated dec.1974],prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses and closed tears)
PUBLISHER: williams & norgate london 1935
KEYWORDS: travel geography history louis herrman
Brasshat
first edition 362pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1961
KEYWORDS: military history biography basil collier henry wilson
Seaweeds of New Zealand
first edition 360pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto VG+ (black cloth boards,sl foxing to upper page edges sl wear to board extrems) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: canterbury university press christchurch 1994
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history seaweed nancy adams
Instructions for the Use of A.W.Faber's Improved Calculating Rule
57pp+13 fold-out sheets G+ (printed paper boards w.red cloth spine,rubbed and soiled and mod.foxed,mod.wear to extrems.,some sl.foxing to contents w.some wear to fore-edge of fold-outs,some minor marks to diagrams,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: faber stein [nd]
KEYWORDS: science mathematics history pickworth
Famous Australasian Crimes
first edition 192pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: muller london [1957]
KEYWORDS: crime history tom gurr australasia
Letters From France
reprint 232pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG- (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,paper separation at ep gutters,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked andsl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1917
KEYWORDS: military history biography bean france
The Collector
first edition, octavo hardcover,196pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,minor wear and soiling to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton auckland 1981
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography andreas reischek michael king
Football
the rugby union game
first edition 515pp+ads.ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth rebacked,rubbed and stained w.poor rebacking job,wear to extrems.,separation at fep gutter w.feps trimmed and soiled,lacks reps,owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.to mod.foxing of contents,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1892
KEYWORDS: rugby sport history football marshall
The Ultimate Racers
first edition 240pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (blue cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in NF d/w (minor bumps to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: guinness publishing london 1990
KEYWORDS: transport history motorcycles alan cathcart
Ju-Ju and Justice in Nigeria
first edition thus [cheap edition] 254pp [b/w frontis.] VG (orange cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1933
KEYWORDS: history nigeria politics frank hives gascoigne lumley
The British Tankers
first edition 128pp ills.[b/w] octavo hardcover VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: shield publications newcastle 1989
KEYWORDS: nautical transport history middlemiss
Portugal Its Land and People
first edition thus [colonial edition] 405pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained w.spine browned,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: george bell london 1909
KEYWORDS: history geography portugal koebel
Sir George Grey
first edition 709pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG+ (purple cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed,spine sl.cocked, prev. owner's name in pen to fep, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.foxed,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1961
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history george grey rutherford
The Shooters' Lexicon
first edition 312pp ills.[b/w] NF (burgundy cloth,content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: murray sydney 1970
KEYWORDS: shooting arms tunney history
Shell-Backs and Beachcombers
first edition 288pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: skeffington london 1933
KEYWORDS: nautical history bradford
The All Blacks The Triumphant Tour!
1924-1925
first edition 176pp ills.[b/w] VG- (in paper wrappers,rubbed and stained/foxed,2x owner's inscr.to front cover,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to title page,some sl.soiling to contents)
PUBLISHER: watkins wellington 1925
KEYWORDS: new zealand rugby history sport all blacks
Fish,Fishing & Fishermen
first edition 253pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and contents sl.soiled,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: philip allan london 1927
KEYWORDS: fishing sport history william caine
Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
first edition numbered/limited [418/1000] signed by author 252pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,dec.eps,owner's inscr.and label to half-title,author's sign.to signed colophon in prelims.,errata slip intact,spine cracked and sl.shaky) in G d/w (rough,rubbed and stained,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses)
PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1936
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history biography guthrie-smith
South of the Burn
southburn story 1892-1992
[first edition] 196pp ills.[b/w] F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: [np,nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography southburn
In Order to Die
ex-lib.first edition 224pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.tape stains to boards and eps,libr.labels removed from eps,contents sl.foxed and soiled,spine cracked and cocked) in Vg d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.sunned spine,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: burke london 1955
KEYWORDS: history biography foreign legion henry ainley