Books - "history"
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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
The Uses of Argument
first edition 264pp VG (prev. owner's details in ink to fep., blue cloth,sl.rubbed & soiled,sl.bumps to extrems,top edge of contents sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: cambridge university london 1958
KEYWORDS: sociology literature history debating language stephen edelston toulmin
Free-will and Determinism
first edition 218pp VG+ (dk.brown cloth,spine sl.sunned,rear board unevenly sunned,top edge sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee london 1960
KEYWORDS: physics science sociology history allan munn
Caricature
From Leonardo to Da Vinci
first edition 150pp ills.b/w VG+ (grey cloth,boards sl.foxed,sl.bumps to extrems, spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: john calder london 1957
KEYWORDS: art history caricature cartoons leonardo picasso werner hofmann
The Life of Cesare Borgia
A History and some Criticisms
third edition 465pp VG+ (navy cloth,sl.rubbed&soiled,sl.wear to extrems,sl.foxing to content edges&prelims.,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: stanley paul & co london 1913
KEYWORDS: cesare borgia history biography politics royalty geography rafael sabatini politics
An Analysis of Resemblance
first edition 136pp VG (grey cloth,mod.foxed,spine sunned & cocked,boards unevenly sunned, foxing to content edges and prelims) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: allen&unwin london 1952
KEYWORDS: philosophy history sociology ralph withington church
The Gulf War
first edition 309pp ills.[b/w] F in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1989
KEYWORDS: history gulf war military john bulloch harvey morris
Hunting Weapons
first edition 401pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,v.sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: barrie & jenkins london 1971
KEYWORDS: military history arms hunting howard blackmore
Mechanical Biology
ex-lib.688pp ills.[b/w] VG (teal cloth,libr.mark to spine,usual libr.stamps and labels,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and mod.soiled w.linr.mark to spine,sl.sunned spine,sl.wear to extrms.)
PUBLISHER: mitre press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: military history arms science francis