Books - "history"
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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
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
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
Iona: Its History,Antiquities,Etc.,
first edition 92pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and title,lacks ffep,title and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: houlston london/menzies edinburgh 1898
KEYWORDS: history antiquities iona scotland robert brydall
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