Books - "history"
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Catch a Big Fish
first edition 234pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,minor shelf wear,ill.eps,dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: newnes london 1967
KEYWORDS: sport fishing natural history david carl forbes
Civil Aviation in New Zealand
first edition 188pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue cloth,minor shelf wear) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled,spine mod.sunned,minor internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: reed london 1975
KEYWORDS: new zealand transport aviation history david rendel
A Voyage to the South Sea
[facsimile] 264pp [fold-out charts/maps] VG+ (fawn cloth,spine and upper/lower edges sunned to green,minor foxing to verso of fold-outs) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,gum stains to upper/lower edges,spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson richmond 1979
KEYWORDS: nautical history travel william bligh new zealand
Footsteps of Warfare
first edition 236pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,lacks ffep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: peter davies london 1936
KEYWORDS: military history worrall
Medicinal Plants Garden in Phutthamonthon
first edition 314pp ills.[col.] NF (ill.laminated boards,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.) in F d/w
PUBLISHER: thailand institute of scientific and technological research [nd]
KEYWORDS: plants medicine science natural history thailand
Revenge
Limited numbered First edition [180/350], SIGNED by editor, 290pp, black cloth boards, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, moderate tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges, small patches of wear with loss to edges of paste downs) in d/w VG- (light scuffing and chipping to extrems, light tanning to spine, light rubbing and soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1940
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature maori new zealand history john white
Twenty Years in Sedlescombe
first edition 496pp+index ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,v.sl.rubbed,maps to eps,owner's inscr.and stamp to half-title,content edges v.sl.soiled) in NF d/w (price crossed out on front flap)
PUBLISHER: regency press london [1978]
KEYWORDS: history geography britain sedlescombe beryl lucey
The War from Coconut Square
first edition 144pp ills.[b/w] super octavo softcover VG- (in wrappers, foxed and browned, moderate damp staining to cover, moderate chipping to lower spine extrem., front cover coming loose at foot of spine, contents browned and damp stained to egdes of pages)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1945
KEYWORDS: military history new zealand priday south pacific
Ambroise Vollard Editeur 1867-1939
ex-lib.first edition limited [300] 214pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth,v.sl.soiled w.libr.mark to spine,usual libr.stamps and labels,minor soiling to content edges) in VG- d/w (rubbed and stained/foxed,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some losses)
PUBLISHER: wittenborn new york 1944
KEYWORDS: arts biography ambroise vollard history una johnson
Anno Regni Georgii III [An Acto to prohibit the Exportation of Live Cattle,and other Flesh Provisions,from Great Britain,for a limited Time]
first edition [detached from a volume] pp967-972 VG- (4 leaves incl.title page,sl.rubbed and soiled w.minor foxing,chipping and wear to extrems.,creasing w.holes from binding,closed tear to title page margin)
PUBLISHER: printed by charles eyre and william strahan london 1771
KEYWORDS: history literature politics george iii acts
Trafalgar
an eyewitness history
first edition, imperial octavo hardcover, 238pp ills.[col.] VG+ in VG+ slipcase
PUBLISHER: folio society london 2005
KEYWORDS: nautical trafalgar tom pocock history military
Pioneers of the Seven Seas
first edition inscribed by author 220pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated inscr.to ffep [1968],author's inscr.postcard loosely inserted,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.w.some sl.losses)
PUBLISHER: routledge & kegan paul london 1956
KEYWORDS: nautical history signed alan villiers
Australian Schools Rugby Union Handbook 1978
second edition 180pp ills.[b/w] VG (in wrappers,rubbed and soiled,sunned,owner's sign.to front cover,squashed insects to title page)
PUBLISHER: australian rugby football schools union [np] 1978
KEYWORDS: sport rugby football history
The Racing World and Its Inhabitants
first edition 309pp ills.[col.] G+ (red cloth w.gilt jockey stamp to top board,spine detached but present,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1904
KEYWORDS: history horse racing sport alfred watson
Among the Moors
sketches of oriental life
ex-lib.first edition numbered/limited [43/120] signed by author 281pp ills.[duotone] VG- (gold cloth boards w.half vellum,rubbed and stained,gilt-on-brown title label to spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.split to full length of upper hinge,some losses of vellum to spine,libr.label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,signed/numbered colophon to copyright page)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1894
KEYWORDS: history geography moors travel montbard
The Journals of Captain James Cook [3 Vols. (in 4 books) + folio of Maps]
5 book set (3 volumes in 4 books + folio of maps) very heavy, extra shipping charges will apply, 684/1021/718/719-1647pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ hardcover (blue cloth w.gilt bust stamp to top boards, maps are clean ) in VG+ d/ws (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed, price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hakluyt society cambridge university press london 1955 / 1961 / 1967
KEYWORDS: james cook travel exploration beaglehole endeavour discovery resolution adventure nautical history
A Family Affair
first edition thus signed by author 245pp+appendix ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.soiled,owner's stamp to ffep,author's sign.to title,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sub title handwritten on spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: wesley historical society auckland [nd]
KEYWORDS: history new zealand biography carter theology
The Navy As I Have Known It 1849-1899
ex-lib.first edition 472pp [b/w frontis.portrait] G (reading copy only,blue cloth w.spine missing,rubbed and stained w.remains of libr.labels,chipping and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1904
KEYWORDS: nautical history biography navy fremantle
The Wake of The Bounty
first edition 200pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,school presentation bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight) in VG- d/w (rubbed and foxed,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1953
KEYWORDS: history nautical the bounty bligh wilkinson travel
The Life of George Cruikshank
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols. 284/280pp+ads.ills.[b/w by cruikshank] VG (brown cloth w.gilt/black dec.stamps to top boards and spines,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.bumps and mod.wear to extrems.,owner's label to ffeps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates detached but present,spines cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: chatto and windus london 1882
KEYWORDS: biography literature history george cruikshank blanchard jerrold