Books - "history"
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History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science
eighteenth edition [international scientific series] 373pp+ads. VG (red cloth w.black dec.borders,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,content edges v.sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul trench london 1883
KEYWORDS: science religion history john william draper
Nearshore Marine Resources of the South Pacific
first edition 710pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (in laminated boards,content edges v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: institute of pacific studies suva 1993
KEYWORDS: marine resources science nautical history
Stalking Big Game with a Camera in Equatorial Africa
reprint 206pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map] VG- (brown cloth,spine detached but present,rubbed and stained,sunned,wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,tight)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1925
KEYWORDS: natural history sport photography marius maxwell africa big game
Two Vagabonds in Sweden and Lapland
first edition 323pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (grey cloth w.black dec.borders,boards stained and mouldy,eps and content edges sl.soiled/foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,publisher's [?] sticker to front cover,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: john lane bodley head london 1926
KEYWORDS: history travel geography jan gordon sweden lapland
The Albert N'Yanza Great Basin of the Nile and Explorations of the Nile Sources
ex-lib.new edition 499pp+ads.ills.[b/w] G (reading copy only,green cloth w.black dec.stamps,rubbed and stained w.libr.label to top board,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.spine,usual libr.stamps and labels,contents sl.soiled/foxed)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1879
KEYWORDS: travel geography history samuel baker nile albert n'yanza
Marriage Ceremonies and Priapic Rites in India and the East
first edition 107pp VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: printed for private circulation [np] 1909
KEYWORDS: history sociology marriage ceremonies priapic rites
Rambles in the Lake Country and other Travel Sketches
[first edition] 290pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,ghosting from frontis.tissue guard on title page,early sections unopened at top edge,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: heywood london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history travel geography lake country britain edwin waugh
History of Bokhara
reprint edition VG (purple cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,sunned spine,distributor's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: arno press new york 1973
KEYWORDS: history bokhara arminius vambery
From North Pole to Equator: Studies of Wild Life and Scenes in Many Lands
first english edition 592pp ills.[b/w] VG- (burgundy cloth,rubbed and stained,sunned spine,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: blackie london [nd,1895]
KEYWORDS: natural history geography travel alfred edmund brehm
Battle For Egypt: The Summer of 1942
first edition 400pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG+ (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.soiled,spine sl.shaky) in G d/w (tatty,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses incl.lower half of rear cover,tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1955
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history scoullar egypt
New Zealand Aspirations in the Pacific in the Nineteenth Century
first edition 332pp octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, VG+ (sl.rubbed and soiled boards, eps and content edges sl.foxed, prev. owners name in ink to front pastedown) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled/foxed, v small tears/chipping to extrems)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1964
KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics angus ross
A Personal Narrative of Those Transactions in the County Wexford,in which the Author was engaged,during the awful period of 1798
first edition [reading copy] 276pp+errata slip and publisher's slip tipped-in at rear G (quite possibly the original binding of greenish paper boards w.grey cloth spine,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.many surface losses,rear hinge has been chewed,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,contents foxed,several sections detached,appears to be missing ppvii/viii however it could have been mis-paginated as the text seems to run logically,lacks pp105-108,spine cracked and shaky w.separation starting at many sections,errata slip and publisher's note both tipped-in at rear)
PUBLISHER: printed for author by james m'mullen dublin 1832
KEYWORDS: history biography law wexford thomas cloney
Te Ika A Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants
first edition 490pp ills.[b/w incl.8 plates at rear - listed as being col.but in fact b/w] G (binding copy,blue cloth,top board detached,most of spine missing,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,eps creased and soiled w.several inscriptions,some staining and wrinkling to content edges,lacks map of new zealand,spine cracked,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: wertheim and macintosh london 1855
KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori richard taylor
Uniforms and Insignia of the National Socialist German Workers Party NSGWP
71pp ills.[b/w] NF (in wrappers,sl.foxing to content edges)
PUBLISHER: [np,nd]
KEYWORDS: military history uniforms insignia nazi
The Ruthwell Cross
first edition 205pp+plates [b/w] NF ( in glossy wrappers,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: department of art and archaeology princeton 1992
KEYWORDS: history antiquity brendan cassidy ruthwell cross
A Research on The Eucalypts Especially in Regard to Their Essential Oils
second edition 471pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG- (red cloth w.blind borders and blind stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned w.boards unevenly sunned,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's blind stamp and sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,stain to lower edge w.some pp stuck together but not affecting text or plates just lower margins)
PUBLISHER: government of the state of new south wales sydney 1920
KEYWORDS: natural history eucalypts science richard baker henry smith
Eucalyptographia A Descriptive Atlas of the Eucalypts of Australia and the Adjoining Islands (sixth decade only)
first edition issue 6 only unpaginated ills.[b/w] VG (in card wrappers w.blue cloth spines,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,some sl.foxing to contents incl.some plates,some minor stains to margins)
PUBLISHER: joh n ferres government printer melbourne 1880
KEYWORDS: natural history science eucalypts eucalyptographia von mueller australia
Anno Regni Gulielmi Et Mariae Regis & Reginae Angliae,Scotiae,Franciae, & Hiberniae,Primo. On the Twenty fifth Day of July,Anno Dom.1689. In the First Year of Their Majesties Reign,this Act passed the Royal Assent
first edition 303pp G (full leather w.top board detached but present,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.surface losses,tape reinforcing to fep gutter,bookplate of joannis towneley de towneley to front pastedown,title page detached w.top board,sl.foxing to contents,speckled edges,block is tight despite top board being detached)
PUBLISHER: baskett london 1756
KEYWORDS: history royalty law william mary
New Zealand Adrift
first edition 442pp ills.[b/w w.few col.] VG+ (brown cloth,minor tape stains to eps) in VG+ d/w (in removable clear cover)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography geology graeme stevens
History of English Literature
4 vols.
new edition 4 vols.433/447/462/476pp VG (red cloth w.paper title labels to spines,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,separation at fep gutter of vol.1,owner's inscr.to ffep vol.1,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spines cracked)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1883
KEYWORDS: literature history taine