Books - "history"
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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] VG (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.and dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some sl.losses)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1956
KEYWORDS: new zealand history mountaineering everest edmund hillary george lowe
A Guy Family History
from leeds to 'lealands'
first edition 242pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,v.sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: guy family committee auckland 2000
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history margaret howie jean leyland guy
Allen's Authentication of Ancient Chinese Ceramics
first edition 340pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (black cloth,minor soiling) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: allen's enterprises auckland 2006
KEYWORDS: arts ceramics history chinese anthony allen antiques
L'Expedition Archeologique d'Edward W.Gifford et Richard Shutler jr. en Nouvelle-Caledonie au cours de l'annee 1952 [Edward W.Gifford and Richard Shutler Jr's Archaeological Expedition to New Caledonia in 1952]
first edition 192pp [text in french/english] ills.[b/w and col.] F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: sand & kirch noumea [2002]
KEYWORDS: travel geography history christophe sand patrick kirch edward gifford richard shutler new caledonia
William Pember Reeves New Zealand Fabian
first edition inscribed by author 356pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,v.sl.rubbed,author's inscr.to ffep,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1965
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history william pember reeves keith sinclair signed
Violence in New Zealand
first edition 175pp VG+ in wrappers
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin wellington 1990
KEYWORDS: new zealand history jane ritchie james ritchie sociology
Light Lines and Tight Lines
[first edition] 243pp ills.[b/w] VG- (tan cloth w.brown/black/white dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.contents sl.foxed,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: jarrold london [nd]
KEYWORDS: fishing sport history carter platts
Riptide in the Pacific
first edition 68pp VG- (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled w.insect holes to extrems.of covers)
PUBLISHER: auckland university college labour club auckland [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history pacific