Books - "history"
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An Admiral's Yarns
second printing 313pp ills.[b/w] VG- (olive cloth,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed w.some sl.foxing to contents) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1922
KEYWORDS: military history nautical biography charles dundas
Centenary of the Shire of Ballan
1862-1962
first edition 96pp ills.[b/w] VG (in glossy wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,covers detached from block)
PUBLISHER: baxter & stubbs ballarat [1962]
KEYWORDS: history geography ballan australia
Within the Orbit
first edition numbered [92 of a limited edition] 48pp VG+ (in wrappers w.french flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,covers detached from text block but tidy)
PUBLISHER: kenwood publishing auckland [nd]
KEYWORDS: history literature theology dorothy clinkard
Memoirs of Charles Lamb
ex-lib.first edition numbered/limited [110/150] initialed by publisher [large paper edition] 291pp ills.[b/w portraits] VG (beige cloth w.gilt to top board,rubbed and stained,bumps and wear to extrems.,browned spine w.some small holes,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and untrimmed content edges sl.foxed/soiled,numbered colophon to prelims.)
PUBLISHER: gibbings london 1892
KEYWORDS: biography history literature charles lamb talfourd
More Than Law and Order
first edition 348pp ills.[b/w] NF (purple cloth,publisher's review stamp to ffep) in NF d/w (v.sl.soiled/scuffed)
PUBLISHER: university of otago press dunedin 2005
KEYWORDS: new zealand police history susan butterworth
A Pride of Gurkhas
first edition 274pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth,sl.soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.rodent nibbles to fore-edge of top board,content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,rodent nibbles and holes to flap hinges)
PUBLISHER: leo cooper london 1975
KEYWORDS: military history gurkhas harold james denis sheil-small
The Sister Dominions
through canada to australia by the new imperial highway
ex-lib.[first edition] 234pp+ads. VG - (brown cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: eyre & spottiswoode sydney 1896
KEYWORDS: history travel geography dominions james francis hogan
The Races of Afghanistan
ex-lib.first edition rebind 124pp VG (teal cloth libr.rebind,black handwritten paper title label to spine,minor soiling,new eps,usual libr.stamps and labels,contents clean and tight)
PUBLISHER: thacker spink calcutta 1880
KEYWORDS: geography history afghanistan bellew
Swinburne A Literary Biography
ex-lib.first edition thus 314pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,usual libr.stamps and labels o/w contents clean) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: russell & russell new york 1967
KEYWORDS: literature history biography algernon charles swinburne lafourcade
Feminism and Sex-Extinction
first cheap edition 313pp VG+ (purple cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,boards sl.sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1922
KEYWORDS: sex sociology history feminism arabella kenealy
Whina; A Biography of Whina Cooper
FIRST EDITION, Super octavo black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 285pp, illus [b/w], VG+ (slight rubbing/scuffing to extrems, v. light spots of soiling to rear board/upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight discolouration/soiling - more so to extrems, light rubbing/chipping to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd 1983
KEYWORDS: new zealand history politics michael king dame whina cooper maori land march biographies
Beta Plus
first edition signed & inscribed by author 283pp VG+ (hardback copy bound in black cloth w.paper title label to spine,author's inscr.to ffep and sign.to title)
PUBLISHER: griffin press auckland 1992
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history kay holloway signed
The Ranee of Jhansi
first edition 178pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,v.sl.soiled,tape stains and sl.foxing to eps) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: macgibbon & kee london 1958
KEYWORDS: history military india biography tahmankar
Far Famed Fiordland
first edition 141pp ills.[b/w] octavo, blue cloth boards VG+ (bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: otago daily times dunedin 1950
KEYWORDS: new zealand history fiordland herries beattie
The Land of Uz
ex-lib.first edition 354pp ills.[b/w but lacks map] VG- (red cloth w.libr.label to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,lacks folding map)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1911
KEYWORDS: history geography travel uz abdulah mansur
Sketches From Vietnam
first edition 159pp ills.[b/w] NF (cream cloth,minor soiling,dealer's stamp to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1968
KEYWORDS: history geography arts vietnam richard west gerald scarfe
A Military Catechism
ninth edition 168pp+ads. G+ (red cloth w.blind borders,rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,hinges starting,lacks ffep,content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: comerford london [nd]
KEYWORDS: john sinnott military history
A Soldier's Experience or A Voice from the Ranks
first edition 628pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth w.gilt/blind stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.paper separation at ep gutters,prelims.sl.foxed,aeg)
PUBLISHER: gowing nottingham 1906
KEYWORDS: military history biography gowing
Their Name Liveth Some Pictures of Commonwealth War Cemetries 1914-1918 1939-1945
vol.ii parts 1/2/3
first edition volume ii parts 1/2/3 ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,v.sl.soiled w.sl.bumps to extrems.,eps sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: imperial war graves commission london 1955
KEYWORDS: military history commonwealth cemetries
Their Name Liveth Some Pictures of Commonwealth War Cemeteries 1914-1918 1939-1945
volume iii parts 1/2/3
first edition volume iii parts 1/2/3 ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,minor soiling w.sl.bumps to extrems.,eps sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: imperial war graves commission london 1957
KEYWORDS: military history commonwealth cemeteries