Books - "history"
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Britain's Gangland
first edition 304pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (cerise cloth,sl.rubbed w.sl.bumps to extrems.) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: allen london 1969
KEYWORDS: history norman lucas gangs crime
Infantry Brigadier
third impression 371pp ills.[b/w] octavo brown cloth boards VG- (rubbed and stained, sunned spine, bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, dealer's stamp to ffep,frontis cracked at gutter, foxing to page edges and contents, spine sl cocked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1951
KEYWORDS: military history biography kippenberger
Oscar Wilde Art and Morality
first edition limited [475 copies] 160pp+ads.[b/w frontis.] G+ (purple cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,frontis.detached but present,some fine pen underlining to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: jacobs london 1908
KEYWORDS: arts literature oscar wilde stuart mason history
The True and The False Pacifism
ex-lib.first edition 85pp VG (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.chipping to extrems.,minor loss to lower corner of front cover,usual libr.stamps)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1917
KEYWORDS: history politics d'alviella goblet
Josephine Napoleon's Empress
first edition 246pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1925
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature biography history josephine napoleon forester
Ancient India
4 vols.
ex-lib.first edition 4 vols.ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth w.black stamp to top boards,mod.rubbed and soiled w.libr.mark to spines,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,content edges sl.browned/soiled,tight)
PUBLISHER: shashikant baroda 1938-1941
KEYWORDS: india history geography antiquity tribhuvandas shah
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
Some Neglected Aspects of War
ex-lib.first edition 193pp VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,libr.bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled,paper separation at ep gutters,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1907
KEYWORDS: nautical military history mahan
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