Books - "history"
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The Letters of Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield with the Characters
2 vols.
first edition 2 vols.1453pp VG (green cloth boards w.red cloth spines,rubbed and stained,sunned spines,eps sl.soiled,contents browned,teg,spines cracked)
PUBLISHER: swan sonnenschein london 1893
KEYWORDS: history literature chesterfield john bradshaw
Root and Branch
wellington street presbyterian church,ballymena 1828-1978
first edition inscribed by author 306pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth w.elaborate gilt stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,owner's inscr.to half-title w.author's inscr.to title,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: congregational committee ballymena [1978]
KEYWORDS: history theology ireland ballymena jack leith
Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists
first edition 272pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled, lightfading to spine)
PUBLISHER: avon fine prints christchurch 1980
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts una platts biography history
Hart's Annual Army List 1915
vol.1
facsimile reprint vol.1 only 876pp NF (burgundy cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in NF d/w (sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: naval & military press dallington 1996
KEYWORDS: military history hart army
My Schools and Schoolmasters
[first edition] 562pp+32pp catalogue VG- (green embossed cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paper separation at ep gutters,owner's inscr.to half-title,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black edinburgh 1865
KEYWORDS: biography history hugh miller
The Japanese at Home
first edition 153pp ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth w.black/orange dec.stamp to top board,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: hokuseido press tokyo 1936
KEYWORDS: history japan geography sociology ippei fukuda
In Limbo
the story of stanley's rear column
first edition inscribed by author 269pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,author's inscr.to title) in VG+ d/w (sl.sunned spine,minor foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: hamish hamilton london 1979
KEYWORDS: history stanley military tony gould signed
A Trip Round the World in 1887-8
second edition 398pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear to bevelled extrems.,black eps,owner's inscr.to half-title,minor foxing to margins,aeg,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london 1888
KEYWORDS: history travel geography caine
Scallop Farming
ex-lib.first edition 237pp ills.[b/w] VG (laminated boards,sl.rubbed and soiled w.libr.labels to top board and spine,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels)
PUBLISHER: fishing news books 1991
KEYWORDS: fishing scallops david hardy natural history
I Rode With the Ku Klux Klan
reprint 272pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.and dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: arco london 1954
KEYWORDS: history ku klux klan stetson kennedy
Gun,Rifle,and Hound in East and West
first edition 376pp ills.[b/w - frontis.missing] G+ (green cloth w.gilt/black stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep and frontis.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky,cocked)
PUBLISHER: chapman and hall london 1894
KEYWORDS: sport hunting snaffle natural history
Mis-Mated
[first edition] 213pp ills.[b/w] VG- (purple cloth,rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,chipping and wear to extrems.w.splits to both hinges,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,pencil underlining throughout,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: staples press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: sociology history john peters
The University & The Community
first edition 302pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.paper title label to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: victoria university college wellington 1946
KEYWORDS: new zealand history victoria university wellington thomas alexander hunter
Ideals of Nationhood
first edition inscribed by author 319pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.gilt borders and dec.stamp,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated inscr.to ffep,paste action to eps,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: thomas avery new plymouth 1935
KEYWORDS: history biography politics new zealand lord bledisloe
Street Corner
first edition 56pp ills.[b/w] NF (red cloth,eps v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.browned spine,minor wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1967
KEYWORDS: new zealand printing history caxton press lamb
Aids to Scoutmastership
revised edition 125pp+2pp ads. VG (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned w.boards sl.sunned,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london [nd]
KEYWORDS: scouts baden-powell history
The Sons of Temperance Offering for 1850
320pp ills.[b/w] VG- (full red morocco w.elaborate gilt stamps to boards and spine,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's inscr.to prelim.,prelims.and content edges sl.browned,aeg)
PUBLISHER: nafis & cornish new york [1850]
KEYWORDS: history temperance arthur
Gleanings from French Gardens
second edition 291pp+14pp ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth w.blind borders and gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to bevelled extrems.,dealer's label and owner's bookplate and sign.to front pastedown,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: frederick warne london 1869
KEYWORDS: natural history robinson gardens robinson
A Flower-Hunter in Queensland & New Zealand
first edition 272pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.gilt/blind dec.stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,paper separation at ep gutter,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: angus and robertson sydney 1898
KEYWORDS: natural history new zealand queensland rowan
With the Yacht,Camera,And Cycle in the Mediterranean
ex-lib.first edition 94pp ills.[b/w] VG (two-tone brown cloth w.gilt stamps to rear board,mod.rubbed and soiled w.remains of libr.label to spine,sl.bumps and wear to bevelled extrems.,owner's bookplate and libr.marks to front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1895
KEYWORDS: history travel geography photography cavan nautical