Books - "history"
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The Last of the Ngati Mamoe
first edition 15pp+ills.[b/w] octavo heavy card covers, VG (col.ill.paper boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,some minor internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1936
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history ngati mamoe hildes
'Neath Swaying Spars
[first edition] signed by author 154pp ills.[b/w] VG- (ill.pale blue paper boards,rubbed and stained,tape repairs to hinges as boards are loosening,chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.and author's sign.to title page)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs auckland [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history signed eaddy scows
Express Steamers of Cook Strait
first edition 207pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (pale blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1968
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history cook strait allan kirk
W.H.Hudson A Portrait
first edition 320pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,boards sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,spine browned,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: eveleigh nash london 1924
KEYWORDS: biography history literature hudson morley roberts
History of St.John's College,Tamaki,Auckland,N.Z.
first edition 118pp ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed w.some minor soiling to contents,one plate loosening)
PUBLISHER: abel,dykes auckland 1911
KEYWORDS: new zealand history st.john's college auckland john king davis
The Concise Cambridge History of English Literature
1094pp VG+ [blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,boards sl.sunned,spine sunned, binding sl.shaky] lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: cambridge university press london 1943
KEYWORDS: history english literature george sampson
The Hunting Peoples
first edition 413pp ills.[b/w] maps on eps VG+ [ochre cloth,spine and rear board sl.sunned, underlining to front eps] lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1972
KEYWORDS: anthropology history geography hunting carleton coon
Victorian Portraits: Hopkins and Pater
first edition ex-lib 176pp VG+ [blue cloth,usual library marks and stamps]in VG d/w[lib mark to spine and sl.wear to extrems]
PUBLISHER: bookman associates new york1965
KEYWORDS: biography history victorian literature hopkins pater david anthony downes
My Wild Friends
first edition ex-lib 128pp ills.[b/w] VG- [red cloth sl.rubbed and soiled, wear to extrems, usual lib.marks and stamps, binding shaky, content margins sl.soiled] lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1954
KEYWORDS: zoology animals science natural history autobiography memoir james walton
The Child's Conception of Physical Casuality
first edition 309pp VG+ [dark green cloth,sl.rubbed,sl.wear to extrems,sl.foxing to prelims] lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: kegan paul, trench, trubner & co london 1930
KEYWORDS: science natural history logic
The Wonderland of the Antipodes and Other Sketches of Travel in the North Island of New Zealand
first edition 124pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.black borders and bevelled edges,gilt/black dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,brown eps,surface scuff to front pastedown w.clipped rfep,contents sl.soiled/foxed w.some pencil annotations,tear along fold of map but is still complete,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1873
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel geography tinne
The History of Scotland from The Earliest Period to The Present Time
6 vols.
ex-lib.updated edition 6 vols.ills.[b/w] G+ (brown embossed cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top boards,rubbed and badly stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,libr.mark to spines,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,stains to upper edge of final few sections,spines cracked w.separation starting at some sections)
PUBLISHER: blackie edinburgh 1855
KEYWORDS: scotland history travel geography aikman
The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
volume one/volume two
vol.1 reprint/vol.2 first edition 674/664pp NF (black cloth,sl.shelf wear w.content edges v.sl.soiled) in NF d/ws (v.sl.soiled w.spine of vol.1 sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1990/1993
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history
Kapiti
first edition 303pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto hardcover VG+ (light scuffing to board extrems) in d/w VG (light sunning to covers, sl rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe press wellington 1999
KEYWORDS: new zealand history kapiti travel chris maclean
The Life and Letters of Charles Samuel Keene
second edition 463pp ills.[b/w] VG- (burgundy cloth,rubbed and stained,spine and upper edges sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,black eps,frontis.portrait sl.loose,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,tissue guards foxed but plates generally clean,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1892
KEYWORDS: history biography keen charles samuel george somes layard
Books and Habits
first edition 328pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,upper corner of ffep clipped,content edges sl.soiled,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1922
KEYWORDS: literature books lafcadio hearn history
History of Europe
12 vols.bound as 6 plus index
ninth edition 12 vols.bound as 6 + index, ills.[b/w] VG- (marbled paper boards w.green half-leather,some vols.rebacked w.original spines laid down,raised bands and gilt stamps to spines w.gilt-on-red title labels,some lost,rubbed and stained w.some surface losses to boards,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses to leather on spines,marbled eps,owner's inscr.to title page vol.1,prelims.sl.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,marbled edges,splits to some hinges)
PUBLISHER: blackwood london 1853
KEYWORDS: history europe archibald alison geography
Japanalia
first edition 193pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled w.spine sl.sunned,maps to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: john gifford london 1938
KEYWORDS: japan history geography lewis bush kagami
The Seventh Great Oriental Monarchy
ex-lib.first edition rebound 691pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,libr.marks to sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed/soiled,some sl.soiling to contents)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1876
KEYWORDS: history orient george rawlinson royalty
On The Run
first edition 246pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown and owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: sampson low london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history biography douglas mchardie