Books - "history"
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L'Ecole Du Monde, Nouvelle. Ou Les Promenades
[2 vols.bound as 1]
[12 promenades in 2 vols.bound as 1] 264+281pp+[3pp] catalogue [text in french] ills.[b/w frontis.to each vol.w.separate title page to each section incl.dec.device] G (contemporary full calf,raised bands and gilt stamps to spine,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extremsmw.some losses,leather lifting from boards,2cm loss to head of spine w.splits,lacks front pastedown,owner's sign.to ffep which is clipped 3x2cm at foot,prelims.and content edges mod.soiled/foxed,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: chez le heritiers d'antoine schelte amsterdam 1699/1700
KEYWORDS: noble l'ecole du monde les promenades history
Waitakere Ranges
Ranges of Inspiration
Very tidy ex-library, folio hardcover first edition 542pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: waitakere ranges protection society waitakere city 2006
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history bruce harvey trixie harvey waitakere geology
Two Dogs and a Rifle
Ex library, first edition octavo hardcover 180pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,sl.scuff to ffep, usual markings) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1968
KEYWORDS: new zealand hunting history ken cuthbertson pigs
Japanese Combat Weapons
first edition 228pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (white cloth w.ills.,mod.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: we old greenwich [1968]
KEYWORDS: arms history military japanese combat weapons tantum hoffschmidt
The Invisible Writing
Autobiography 1931-53
first edition 432pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (cerise cloth,sl.soiled,dealer's stamp to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: collins hamish hamilton london 1954
KEYWORDS: biography history arthur koestler politics sociology
Guide to Switzerland
[with cycling supplement]
first edition thus 245pp ills.[4x b/w w.col.folding maps] VG (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,sunned spine,sl.wear to extrems.,some creasing and chipping to folded edges of some maps o/w contents clean,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: adam and charles black london 1901
KEYWORDS: travel switzerland history coolidge guide geography
Portrait of a Century
The History of the N.Z. Academy of Fine Arts 1882-1982
first edition 219pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth,ghosting from dustwrapper on boards,sl.wear to extrems.) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: millwood press wellington 1983
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history robin kay tony eden
The Scottish Reformation: A Historical Sketch
264pp ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,publisher's label to foot of title page w.owner's sign.to head,some pencil underlining to contents w.ink annotation to final page,spine cracked and shaky)
PUBLISHER: pickering & inglis glasgow [nd]
KEYWORDS: history scottish reformation peter lorimer
Mauritius; or,The Isle of France
[first edition - preface dated 1862] 256pp ills.[b/w w.folding map loosely inserted] G+ (full green morocco w.blind borders,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.incl.spine,1cm loss to foot of spine,separation at fep gutter,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some minor soiling to contents,maps sl.worn)
PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge london [nd]
KEYWORDS: travel geography history mauritius francis flemyng
Adventure with Stamps
ex-lib.first ediiton 144pp ills.[b/w] G+ (red cloth,soiled w.d/w attached at pastedowns,lacks ffep,usual libr.stamps and labels,sl.foxed/soiled contents) in G d/w (attached to pastedowns,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: herbert jenkins london 1951
KEYWORDS: modern first edition history geography stamps margit hayek
A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Town and County of Newcastle Upon Tyne
vol.1
first edition vol.1 only 780pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.dk.green half leather,raised gilt bands to spine,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's stamp to prelims.,some sl.foxing to contents,edges marbled)
PUBLISHER: mackenzie and dent newcastle 1827
KEYWORDS: newcastle upon tyne history geography mackenzie
Memoir of Mrs.Christiana Louisa Thom
first edition 100pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG- (marbled paper boards w.half leather,mod.rubbed and soiled w.some surface losses,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: nisbet london 1822
KEYWORDS: history biography christiana thom ingram cobbin
The Baba Log
A Tale of Child Life in India
first edition 110pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (pale green cloth w.dec.stamps,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's sign.to front pastedown and ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,some plates detached but all present)
PUBLISHER: david nutt london 1896
KEYWORDS: history geography india middleton macdonald baba
The Sacred Theory of the Earth / Reflections Upon the Theory of the Earth
vol.ii
seventh edition vol.ii only [bound with the reflections] 532pp G (full leather w.top board detached,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,raised bands to rubbed and cracked spine,some minor foxing to contents,speckled edges)
PUBLISHER: osborne,et al london 1759
KEYWORDS: science history earth thomas burnet
The Works of Alexander Pope
vol.iii/iv
vols.3/4 bound as one 362+325pp G+ (full contemporary leather w.raised bands to spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,lower hinge split,owner's inscriptions to pastedowns,lacks prelims.and title page to vol.iii but vol.iv title page is intact,some minor foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: faulkner dublin 1769
KEYWORDS: literature history alexander pope
Adventures in Africa: During a Tour of Two Years Through that Country
from the tenth london edition revised and corrected xii+392pp [lacks ills.] VG (brown textured cloth w.blind borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,gilt titling to spine,wear and chipping to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked w.centre section sl.loose)
PUBLISHER: peterson philadelphia [1843]
KEYWORDS: travel history africa geography cornwallis harris
History of the United Netherlands
2 vols.
ex-lib.first edition 2 vols.532/563pp [b/w frontis.each vol.w.folding map to front of vol.1] VG- (blue cloth w.blind borders,gilt libr.stamp to top boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,owner's sign.to ffeps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,spines cracked and sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1860
KEYWORDS: history netherlands geography john lothrop motley
The Great Earl of Kildare [Gerald Fitzgerald] [1456-1513]
first edition 305pp VG+ (sl.rubbed and soiled,minor shelf wear,minor foxing to prelims.,owner's sign.to ffep,speckled edges,v.sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: phoenix publishing dublin [1933]
KEYWORDS: history ireland earl kildare donough bryan gerald fitzgerald
David's Tower at Edinburgh Castle
first edition 10pp+ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.wear and chipping to bevelled edges,upper 2cm of half-title clipped,owner's blind stamp to half title,owner's sign.to title,sl.foxing to content edges)
PUBLISHER: constable edinburgh 1914
KEYWORDS: history architecture edinburgh castle david's tower oldrieve
School Football
A Rugby Handbook for the Scholar and Player
136pp ills.[b/w] VG- (in paper wrappers,rubbed and osiled w.owner's inscr.to front cover,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.losses to head/foot of spine)
PUBLISHER: nz rugby football union [np] 1939
KEYWORDS: rugby football sport history fletcher