Books - "history"
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The Way of a Ship
the story of the square-rigged cape horner
first edition 287pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,owner's sign.to ffep w.tape stains to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in G d/w (rebacked by amateur w.brown paper,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1954
KEYWORDS: nautical history clipper ships cape horner alan villiers
Sunrise on the Hills
first edition 176pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.stained) in VG- d/w (moderate creasing, scuffing and chipping to extrems, light rubbing and soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1971
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography farming ngamatea christopher lethbridge
Textile Design and Colour
reprint 484pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: longmans london 1960
KEYWORDS: textile design history arts william watson
Advanced Textile Design
third edition 519pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,v.sl.soiled,content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: longmans,green london 1955
KEYWORDS: arts textile design history william watson
Winners and Champions
the story of manchester united's 1948 cup final and 1952 league championship winning teams
first edition 246pp ills.[b/w] F in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: arthur barker london [1985]
KEYWORDS: sport history football manchester united alec shorrocks
Arthurian Propaganda
ex-lib.first edition 185pp VG+ (orange cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed from reps) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,upper edge sl.trimmed)
PUBLISHER: university of north carolina press chapel hill [1971]
KEYWORDS: history literature king arthur elizabeth pochoda
Maud Gonne Lucky Eyes and a High Heart
first edition 468pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (v.sl.soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1979
KEYWORDS: biography history maud gonne nancy cardozo
The Harim and The Purdah
studies of oriental women
ex-lib.first edition 309pp+3pp ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (purple cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained w.libr.label to top board,browned spine,bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,contents sl.foxed,some plates detached but all present,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1915
KEYWORDS: history orient women elizabeth cooper
Colonial Chronology
ex-lib.first edition 304pp [fold-out col.maps] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine darkened,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps throughout incl.maps,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: lawrence & bullen london 1892
KEYWORDS: robinson history geography
Karachi Through a Hundred Years
first pakistan edition 258pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,stained,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,internally stained,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press karachi 1960
KEYWORDS: history geography karachi pakistan herbert feldman
Napoleon's Police
first edition 256pp VG+ (black cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: allen london 1970
KEYWORDS: history napoleon police peter de polnay
Art into Life
first edition 230pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: centaur press london 1958
KEYWORDS: art history frank avray wilson
Portraits and Autographs: An Album for the People
first edition 160pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth wrappers,rubbed and stained,sunned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges foxed)
PUBLISHER: review of reviews london 1891
KEYWORDS: history autographs portraits arts
The Ruined Abbeys of Yorkshire
first edition 71pp ills.[b/w etchings and vignettes by a.brunet-debaines and h.toussaint] VG- (olive cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,top board shaky w.paper separation at fep gutter,prelims.incl.title detached but all present,owner's inscr.to ffep,sl.foxing to contents incl.margins of plates but images are clean,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: seeley,jackson,and halliday london 1883
KEYWORDS: arts history yorkshire architecture abbeys lefroy
The Mechanical Dolls of Monte Carlo
first edition 175pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (blue cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: rizzoli new york 1985
KEYWORDS: dolls antiques history monte carlo andre soriano battaini bordeau
The Medieval Library
ex-lib.first edition 682pp VG (blue cloth,rubbed and soiled w.libr.marks to spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: university of chicago press chicago 1939
KEYWORDS: arts literature medieval library history james westfall thompson
The Jews of Angevin England
first edition xxix+425pp+2pp ads.ills.[b/w] VG (beige cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: david nutt london 1893
KEYWORDS: history jews angevin joseph jacobs theology
Remains Concerning Britain
facsimile reprint 446pp VG+ (red cloth,sl.soiled,some pencil underlining to contents) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: ep publishing wakefield 1974
KEYWORDS: history britain william camden
The Secret of the Green Thumb
first edition 431pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: harrap london 1954
KEYWORDS: gardening horticulture natural history northen
Young New Zealand
Ex Library, First Edition [xvi]+380pp [b/w frontis.w.fold-out diagrams] octavo, brown cloth boards VG (light bruising and scuffing to spine extrems and board corners, moderate soiling to boards, usual library markings, cracking to gutter at copyright page, light foxing and soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: coulls somerville wilkie dunedin 1929
KEYWORDS: new zealand history butchers