Books - "history"
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Wellington Harbour
first edition 556pp ills.[b/w and col.] Nr F in Nr F d/w VERY HEAVY BOOK
PUBLISHER: wellington maritime trust wellington 1996
KEYWORDS: wellington harbour new zealand history david johnson
The Cunard Turbine-Driven Quadruple-Screw Lusitania
first edition thus 62pp+plates [b/w] NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: patrick stephens wellingborough 1986
KEYWORDS: nautical history lusitania cunard
Three Nigerian Emirates A Study in Oral History
ex-lib.first edition 296pp [5 maps in envelope] VG+ (blue cloth,usual libr.stamps and labels,clean maps)
PUBLISHER: northwestern university press evanston 1972
KEYWORDS: history nigeria emirates victor low
Kelly's Handbook to the Titled,Landed & Official Classes for 1891
seventeenth edition 1260pp+ads. G+ (red cloth w.black/gilt dec.boards,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.rough amateur tape repairs to hinges,lacks upper 2cm of spine,boards barely attached,prelims.and edges sl.soiled,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: kelly london 1891
KEYWORDS: history genealogy
Polynesian Artifacts The Oldman Collection
[Memoirs of the Polynesian Society Vol.15]
second edition 86pp+135 b/w plates VG (in original bluish/grey paper wrappers,rubbed and soiled w.mod wear to the extrems.,1cm splits to head of hinges,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,3cm tear to one plate but without any loss)
PUBLISHER: polynesian society wellington 1953
KEYWORDS: polynesia history pacific ethnology oldman collection arts
Tivoli
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+)
PUBLISHER: lothian melbourne 2003
KEYWORDS: arts history theatre tivoli frank van straten
Keith Vaughan His Life and Work
first edition 288pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,v.sl.soiling to extrems.,spine cracked and sl.cocked) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,two small tears to head of spine,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1990
KEYWORDS: arts biography history keith vaughan malcolm yorke
Bomber Command The Life of James H.Doolittle
first UK edition 368pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (brown cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (rubbed and soiled,faded,mod.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: sidgwick & jackson london 1977
KEYWORDS: military history lowell thomas james doolittle edward jablonski
150 Golden Years
The History of the Black Dyke Band
first edition 231pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (black cloth,owner's sign.to front pastedown) in F d/w
PUBLISHER: world of brass publications london 2005
KEYWORDS: history black dyke band roy newsome arts music
Select Constitutional Documents Illustrating South African History 1795-1910
ex-lib.first edition 582pp VG (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1918
KEYWORDS: south africa history politics eybers
Winemakers of New Zealand
first edition 79pp+unpaginated section ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed) in VG d/w (rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: southern cross books auckland 1964
KEYWORDS: new zealand winemakers dick scott history
Twice Round the Clock or the Hours of the Day and Night in London
392pp ills.[b/w] NF (blue vinyl,minor foxing to content edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled/foxed)
PUBLISHER: humanities press new york 1971
KEYWORDS: london history george augustus sala journalism
Earhart's Flight Into Yesterday
first edition 207pp ills.[b/w] Fine in Fine d/w
PUBLISHER: paladwr press mclean 2003
KEYWORDS: aviation history transport amelia earhart laurance safford
Complete Waterfowl Studies vol.1 Dabbling & Whistling Ducks
first edition vol.1 only 234pp ills.[b/w and col.] Fine in VG+ d/w (sl.soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: schiffer exton [1984]
KEYWORDS: natural history ducks waterfowl bruce burk
RBK A Very Parfit Gentil Knight
first edition inscribed by author 175pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,author's inscr.to half-title,sl.cocked) in NF d/w (minor bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: rooke publishing clenchwarton 2004
KEYWORDS: military history biography simon harris signed
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