Books - "history"
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The Life Story of T.J.Hunt
third edition signed by author 58pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG (green cloth,sl.sunned,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's dated sign.to portrait - feb 1937)
PUBLISHER: hunt [np] 1937
KEYWORDS: biography history hunt signed
Broadsides of the Industrial North
first edition 79pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (red cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: frank graham newcastle upon tyne 1975
KEYWORDS: history newspapers broadsides martha vicinus
Jaycee
first edition 293pp ills.[b/w] F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: ngaio press wellington 2007
KEYWORDS: new zealand history jaycee butterworth
Rambles in Polynesia
first edition 207pp VG+ (burgundy cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: european mail london 1897
KEYWORDS: travel geography polynesia history sundowner
Through the Gold-Fields of Alaska to Bering Straits
first edition 312pp+catalogue [dated 1897] ills.[b/w w.col.folding map at front] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates loose but all present,edges of folding map sl.worn)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1898
KEYWORDS: travel geography history alaska harry de windt gold-fields
Steam Turbines
first uk edition 375pp ills.[b/w w.4 folding plates at rear] VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,some sl.foxing to folding plates)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1906
KEYWORDS: nautical engineering history steam turbines gentsch liddell
Miscellaneous and Posthumous Works of Henry Thomas Buckle [3 vols.]
ex-library first edition [3 vols.] 598/704/708pp VG- (library rebinds,vols.1/2 in blue cloth,vol.3 in green cloth w.half leather,sl.rubbed and soiled vols.1/2,vol.3 rubbed w.rear board detached but present,spine of vol.3 chipped and worn,usual libr.stamps and labels)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1872
KEYWORDS: history biography literature henry thomas buckle
Green Design Design for the Environment
ex-libr.first edition 176pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (few libr.stamps and labels o/w contents clean and tight) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: laurence king london 1991
KEYWORDS: design history arts dorothy mackenzie
The History of All Souls College Library
first edition 128pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.soiled,dealer's label to ffep) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1971
KEYWORDS: history architecture all souls library craster
The Penny Histories
first edition thus [juvenile library] 227pp ills.[b/w] NF (paper boards w.red cloth spine,content edges v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1968
KEYWORDS: literature history arts penny histories neuburg
Photographic View Album of Stirling
first edition 16pp ills.[b/w] printed on pink paper VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to title page,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: valentine dundee [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts history geography travel stirling scotland
Works of Henry Lord Brougham [11 volumes]
11 volumes various editions uniformly bound in half leather 492/438/442/497/444/456/424/424/445/462/469pp VG+ (rebound in marbled paper boards w.half leather,raised bands to spines w.gilt stamps and gilt-on-red/black title labels,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.w.chipping to head of spine on one volume,marbled eps and content edges,some sl.to mod.foxing of contents but generally in very tidy condition) scarce complete 11 volume set attractively rebound in half leather; comprises - Lives of Philosophers / Men of Letters / Sketches of Statesmen [3 vols.] / Natural Theology / Dissertations and Addresses / Historical and Political Dissertations / Speeches [2 vols.] / British Constitution - scans available on request
PUBLISHER: griffin london 1857-1862
KEYWORDS: lord brougham history biography literature politics
From Blake to A Vision
first edition 64pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in wrappers w.flaps,sl.rubbed and soiled,owner's inscr.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: dolmen press dublin 1979
KEYWORDS: arts history william blake kathleen raine
Voices From Vietnam
first edition 339pp ills.[b/w] F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: willson scott christchurch [2008]
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history billy barnz vietnam
The Flight of Alcock & Brown
ex-lib.first edition 312pp ills.[b/w] VG (burgundy cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,sl.losses to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: putnam london 1955
KEYWORDS: aviation history travel alcock brown graham wallace
Bishop in the Dock: The Sedition Trial of James Liston
first edition inscribed by author 327pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.rubbed,author's inscr.to title page)
PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 1997
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography rory sweetman james liston law signed
A Link with the Past
second impression inscribed by author 283pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,author's warm inscr.to front pastedown,bookplate to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed,typed letter signed by author loosely inserted along with a col.plate of race horse Sleepy Fox) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some sl.tears)
PUBLISHER: oswald-sealy auckland 1949
KEYWORDS: new zealand theology biography history eliot davis
The Making of Wellington 1800-1914
first edition 319pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (prev owner's stamp to fep) in VG+ d/w (sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1990
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history wellington hamer nicholls
King Wakatip
first edition signed by author 156pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (black cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: john mcindoe dunedin 1971
KEYWORDS: new zealand history king wakatip griffiths signed
The Botanical Explorers of New Zealand
first edition 176pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep verso) in VG- d/w (torn,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1950
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history travel rewa glenn