Books - "history"
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Yarrow: It's Poets and Poetry
first edition 239pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to half-title,prelims.andcontent edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: thomas fraser dalbeattie 1890
KEYWORDS: literature history borland poetry yarrow
Birds of Sri Lanka
first edition signed by author 133pp ills.[col.photos by author] NF (fawn cloth w.tan half-leather,sl.bumps to extrems.,author's dated sign.to half-title 15/5/85) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: trumpet publishers colombo 1984
KEYWORDS: natural history sri lanka de zylva birds ornithology signed
Memoirs of an Artist Naturalist
first edition 96pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,prelims.and untrimmed edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.col.plate to front cover,sunned spine,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gurney and jackson london 1946
KEYWORDS: natural history george lodge arts biography
Lines of the Alphabet in the Sixteenth Century
first edition limited [600 copies] 79pp ills.[b/w/terracotta] NF (grey paper boards w.burgundy cloth spine,minor bumps to extrems.,errata slip tipped-in to half-title gutter) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: stellar press & bodley head london 1965
KEYWORDS: typography arts alphabet literature history
Plant Icons of New Zealand
first edition 104pp ills.[col.] NF in VG+ d/w (sl. scuffing)
PUBLISHER: david bateman auckland 2005
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography natural history plants glyn church pat greenfield
Britain and the Bleiburg Tragedy
first edition 76pp ills.[col.] quarto hardcover VG+ in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: leon auckland 1998
KEYWORDS: arts literature history suzanne brooks-pincevic
Why France Collapsed
first edition proof copy 382pp VG+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and stained,sunned,owner's inscr.to prelim.,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1968
KEYWORDS: history literature proof copies guy chapman
Sgrepan Pererin
first edition 132pp [text in welsh] ills.[b/w] NF (pink cloth,minor shelf wear) in G+ d/w (mod.rubed and soiled,price sticker to front cover,2x2cm loss to head of front cover/spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: llyfrfa'r m.c. caernarfon 1971
KEYWORDS: lewis jones biography history literature wales welsh
Bardia to Enfidaville
first edition 416pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] VG (imperial octavo red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.spine stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,minor soiling to content edges) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: department of internal affairs wellington 1962
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history stevens bardia enfidaville
A Little Book of Dogs
[first edition] 92pp ills.[b/w + 8 tipped-in col.plates] VG (grey illustr.paper boards w.cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and untrimmed edges v.sl.foxed,plates clean and bright,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: foulis london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature dogs natural history scotland john brown carton moorepark
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
Archaeological Sites in the Auckland Region
first edition 25pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled w.owner's sign.to front cover,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: auckland regional authority auckland 1975
KEYWORDS: history geology archaeology auckland new zealand
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