Books - "history"
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Surgeon Henry's Trifles
ex-lib.first edition 281pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG- (brown cloth,soiled w.tape stains to boards and eps,usual libr.stamps w.labels removed from pastedowns,ffep missing,content edges sl.foxed) in G d/w (tatty,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.tears and losses,internal tape stains)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1970
KEYWORDS: military history biography pat hayward
New Zealand Artillery in the Field 1914-18
first edition 314pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps] G (blue cloth,spine detached but present however w.3cm loss to foot,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,paper separation at prelim.gutters,content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spine cracked and shaky) Bagnall B1957
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs auckland 1922
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history artillery byrne
Footprints Farewell
first edition 236pp ills.[b/w] NF (green cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: nikau press nelson 1990
KEYWORDS: new zealand history nelson jeff newport
Chapman's Centenary Memorial of Captain Cook's Description of New Zealand One Hundred Years Ago
first edition 166pp ills.[b/w w.fold-out maps - 1 plate missing from pg.107] G (binding copy,top board detached and rear board missing,top board stained and rubbed,chipping and wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to front pastedown,lacks prelims.,text block starts at title page and ends with final page of index,some sl.foxing to contents,sections separating w.some detached but all present)
PUBLISHER: chapman auckland 1870
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history captain cook geography travel
Navy & Army Illustrated
vol.IV
first edition this vol.only vol.iv [may 28th 1897 - october 21st 1897] 376pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG (khaki cloth w.red/green/blue dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to bevelled edges,ep edges soiled,aeg sl.rubbed,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: hudson & kearns george newnes london [nd]
KEYWORDS: navy army history military charles robinson
Plant-Life
first edition 380pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (blue cloth w.green/white/yellow dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,boards sunned w.spine browned,chipping to spine and hinges w.rear hinge split full length,content edges sl.foxed o/w contents incl.plates clean)
PUBLISHER: black london 1915
KEYWORDS: natural history plant-life charles hall
L'Indochine en Guerre
ex-lib.first edition 324pp [text in french] ills.[b/w w.tipped-in col.plates] VG+ (red cloth w.gilt borders,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.w.1cm split to head of upper hinge,usual libr,stamps,contents clean incl.plates)
PUBLISHER: les presses modernes paris 1954
KEYWORDS: military history arts jean marchand
The Book of The Zoo
[first edition] 263pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG (green cloth w.black/grey/yellow zebra stamp to top board and polar bear to spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: thomas nelson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: natural history zoo duncan
Reading the Skin Adornment,Display and Society among the Wahgi
first edition 164pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (red cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in NF d/w (spine sl.sunned)
PUBLISHER: british museum publications london [1989]
KEYWORDS: anthropology sociology history wahgi michael o'hanlon
Clippers for the Record
first edition signed by author 161pp ills.[b/w] NF (in glossy wrappers,spine and upper edge sl.sunned,owner's label to title page along with author's sign.)
PUBLISHER: spectrum publications melbourne 1984
KEYWORDS: nautical history marny matheson signed clippers
Nga Waka O Nehera: The First Voyaging Canoes
first edition 223pp quarto softcover NF (in wrappers,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1997
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history jeff evans canoe travel
Bygone Fife From Culross to St Andrews
first edition 393pp [col.frontis.w.b/w fold-out map at rear] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,faint green pencil date to map w.minor creases to edges)
PUBLISHER: william blackwood edinburgh 1931
KEYWORDS: scotland history geography culross james wilkie fife
The Annals of Auchterarder and Memorials of Strathearn
first edition 301pp ills.[b/w] VG- (burgundy cloth,blind stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,paste action to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked w.several sections loosening some barely attached)
PUBLISHER: david philips crieff 1899
KEYWORDS: scotland history geography auchterarder strathearn alexander reid
A Joy For Ever
St.Mary's Parish Church Timaru
first edition limited [600 copies] 76pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (green cloth,minor soiling to content edges) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: tombs wellington 1945
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history harold monaghan timaru
Ballads of the Pacific Northwest
first edition inscribed by author 170pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,top board sl.stained,minor foxing to content edges,author's inscr.to half-title) in VG+ d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.1cm loss to foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: ryerson press toronto 1946
KEYWORDS: history pacific northwest robert allison hood signed geography
Vignettes of Vancouver
first edition inscribed by author 84pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed,author's inscr.to half-title) in Vg d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: education services vancouver 1954
KEYWORDS: geography history robert allison hood signed
The Mac Callum More: A History of the Argyll Family from the Earliest Times
first edition 144pp [fold-out chart to front] VG (red cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: bemrose london 1871
KEYWORDS: hely smith history argyll mac callum
The Economic Development of the British Overseas Empire
3 vols.
3 vols.vol.1 second edition/vols.2,3 first editions 555/616/356pp [fold-out maps] VG+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1928/1930/1936
KEYWORDS: british empire history geography knowles
The Wind Commands
first nz edition, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, 498pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (minor soiling,maps to eps,ffep clippedcontent edges v.sl.soiled) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,front cover and spine sunned almost to white,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,insect holes to foot of both hinges)
PUBLISHER: john mcindoe dunedin 1976
KEYWORDS: nautical history harry morton travel
Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1858
first edition thus unbound pp353-670 VG (amateur white card and clear plastic wrapper,contents appear to have been removed from a book,minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: govt.print office washington 1858
KEYWORDS: history politics india geography