Books - "history"
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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
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
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
Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms
first edition proof copy 405pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.creasing to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1998
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature proof copies stephen jay gould science natural history
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
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