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
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
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
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