Books - "history"
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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
Portraits of Thirty Authors
ex-lib.first edition 8pp+tipped-in plates [b/w] VG+ (beige cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,untrimmed edges,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: charles scribner's new york 1937
KEYWORDS: history biography arts leonebel jacobs literature
John Castle's Hauraki Gulf
first edition signed by artist 96pp ills.[tipped-in col.plates by john castle] VG+ (beige cloth,author's sign.to half-title) in VG+ d/w(sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history geography john castle mervyn dykes
Arts Year Book 6
first edition thus 176pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (brown cloth,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: wingfield press wellington 1950
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history eric lee-johnson
The Encyclopaedia of Sport & Games
vol.ii crocodile shooting - hound breeding
ex-lib.first edition this vol.only 448pp ills.[b/w and col.;some col.detached but present] G+ (green cloth w.green half leather,gilt.compartments to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface losses,3cm loss to head of spine,usual libr.labels and stamps,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked w.some pp loose)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1911
KEYWORDS: sport games history
The Life and Times of the late Duke of Wellington
vol.iv
vol.iv only 364pp ills.[b/w] G+ (green cloth boards w.tan half leather,raised bands and title labels to spine,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,has decorative title page but possibly lacks standard title page,paper separation at prelim.gutters,contents sl.soiled/foxed incl.margins of plates,most plates have tissue guards present,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: london printing and publishing london [nd]
KEYWORDS: military history biography duke wellington
A Centennial History of Tauranga
first edition 351pp ills.[b/w] octavo, green cloth boards, VG (light bruising and scuffing to extrems, moderate scuffing and soiling to boards and spine, fep tanned, light foxing to page edges thoughout)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington [1940]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography tauranga gifford
The Cockroach
first edition 111pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (grey cloth,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.,sl.loss to head of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1961
KEYWORDS: natural history science cockroach ewen cameron
The Anglo-Saxons
first edition 322pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,dealer's label to front pastedown,spine cracked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: bowes & bowes london 1959
KEYWORDS: history anglo saxons bruce dickins britain
Handbook of Waterfowl Behavior
first edition 378pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (teal cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: cornell university press ithaca 1965
KEYWORDS: natural history waterfowl paul johnsgard
A New History of Muhlenberg County
first edition 289pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: caney station books greenville 1984
KEYWORDS: history muhlenberg america geography paul camplin
Catalogue of Maps in the Essex Record Office 1566-1855
first edition 106pp ills.[b/w and col.w.folding map in pocket at rear] VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled and unevenly sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,spine cracked and shaky w.sl.paper separation at title gutter,sl.foxing to verso of map,insect nibbles to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: essex county council chelmsford 1947
KEYWORDS: maps atlas essex geography history
The Handbook of Aviculture
first edition 368pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (red cloth,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: blandford press poole 1987
KEYWORDS: science natural history aviculture ornithology frank woolham
East of Everest
first edition 48pp ills.[b/w] imperial octavo hardcover, VG (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems, prev owners sign and dealer's sticker to ffep, eps and page edges foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,moderate foxing, chipping and wear to extrems, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1956
KEYWORDS: new zealand history mountaineering everest edmund hillary george lowe