Books - "history"
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Chitral The Story of a Minor Siege
second edition 368pp+catalogue ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at rear] VG (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled,sunned psine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's inscr.to scuffed front pastedown,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed,map complete but w.some tears,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1899
KEYWORDS: chitral george robertson military geography history
Through the Heart of Patagonia
ex-lib.first edition rebind 346pp ills.[b/w and col.w.3 fold-out maps] VG- (libr.rebind in black cloth w.original red cloth/gilt dec.stamp from top board laid down on new top board,paper title label to spine,sl.soiled w.original red cloth sl.rubbed and soiled,new eps,lacks half-title and frontis.,usual libr.stamps,content edges sl.foxed w.some sl.soiling/foxing to maps but all complete,teg)
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1902
KEYWORDS: geography history trave patagonia hesketh prichard
The First Hundred Years 1851 - 1951
a sketch history of the glasgow pawnbroker's association
first edition 95pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: a.duncan glasgow [nd]
KEYWORDS: history pawnbrokers glasgow william weir
American Activities in the Central Pacific 1790-1870
volume 2
first edition vol.2 only 596pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG+ (beige cloth w.blue/burgundy dec.stamps,sl.rubbed and soiled,content edges sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: gregg press ridgewood [1967]
KEYWORDS: history america pacific gerard ward
Areopagitica
first edition thus limited [150 copies] 55pp VG (marbled paper boards w.blue cloth spine,mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,title label from spine missing,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: caxton press christchurch 1941
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature poetry john milton politics history
Sermons on Some Interesting and Important Passages of Scripture
[first edition] 338pp G+ (brown textured cloth w.blind dec.borders,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,foot of prelims.stained but not affecting the rest of contents,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,cocked)
PUBLISHER: hamilton adams london 1853
KEYWORDS: theology history religion francis geach crossman scripture
Histoire de la Revolution de 1860 en Sicile
2 vols.
ex-lib.[first edition] 2 vols.384/434pp [text in french] G+ (libr.rebind in blue cloth boards w.half leather,non-matching spine treatment,rubbed and soiled and unevenly sunned,wear and chipping to extrems.,2cm loss to head and foot of spine of vol.2.,plain eps to vol.1 w.marbled eps to vol.2,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,contents clean)
PUBLISHER: goemaere bruxelles 1861
KEYWORDS: history revolution politics france belgium paul bottalla
Bonnie Scotland
reprint 255pp ills.[col.by sutton palmer] VG (blue cloth w.brown/khaki/lilac dec.thistle stamps to top board and spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,paper separation at frontis.gutter,spine sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: black london 1905
KEYWORDS: history geography scotland hope moncrieff sutton palmer
The Ford Air Tours 1925-1931
first edition signed by author 202pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (laminated boards,sl.rubbed and soiled,author's inscr.to title page,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: nottingham press alameda [1973]
KEYWORDS: history aviation ford air tours lesley forden
Six Months among the Palm Groves,Coral Reefs,and Volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands
sixth edition 318pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1886
KEYWORDS: travel geography history sandwich islands isabella bird
From Melbourne to Melrose
first edition rebind 374pp VG (simple black cloth rebind,sl.soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: centennial publishing melbourne 1888
KEYWORDS: james smith melrose melbourne history
20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment
first edition 631pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] NF (red cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal tape repairs to upper/lower edges)
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1957
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history 20 battalion pringle glue
Petrol Company
first edition 363pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG+ (red cloth,minor stains to edge of boards,content edges sl.soiled) in VG- d/w (archival repairs to front flap hinge, spine extrems and back cover, heavy wear to back cover with several small holes and surface loss, chipping and wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1961
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history petrol company kidson
Official History of the Otago Regiment,N.Z.E.F. in the Great War 1914-1918
second edition 407pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.and fold-out maps] super octavo, blue cloth boards, VG (boards sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,content edges sl.soiled and foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: printed by wilkie dunedin [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history otago regiment byrne
The Dog in Health and Disease
fourth edition 432pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth boards w.red cloth spine,rubbed and stained,wear to extrems.,marbled eps and content edges,some sl.foxing to prelims.,sl.shaky spine)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1887
KEYWORDS: natural history dogs health medicine stonehenge
A History of Matrimonial Institutions
3 volumes
ex-lib.reprint 3 vols.473/497/449pp VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled w.libr.marks to spines,usual libr.stamps and labels o/w clean) lacks d/ws
PUBLISHER: humanities press new york 1964
KEYWORDS: history sociology matrimonial george elliott howard
Kiki of Montparnasse
ex-lib.first edition 222pp VG+ (green cloth,tape stains to boards w.libr.mark to spine,tape stains to eps,usual libr.stamps w.label removed from rfep) in VG d/w (libr.marks to spine w.tape stains to upper/lower edges)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1968
KEYWORDS: history biography literature kiki montparnasse frederick kohner
Social Control of Sex Expression
first edition 245pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1930
KEYWORDS: sociology sex history geoffrey may
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates
june 27 to august 3,1945
vol.268 908pp VG- (blue embossed cloth,sl.rubbed and mod.stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: e.v.paul wellington 1946
KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates
august 1 to september 13,1946
vol.274 911pp VG+ (blue embossed cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: e.v.paul wellington 1947
KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics