Books - "history"
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Omai: Pacific Envoy
first edition 364pp ills.[b/w w.tipped-in col.plates] imperial octavo hardcover VG+ (red cloth,minor soiling to content edges) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: auckland university press auckland 1977
KEYWORDS: omai new zealand mccormick pacific history
Body,Mind and Spirit
YMCA Auckland Celebrating 150 Years 1855-2005
first edition 382pp ills.[b/w and col.] F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: reed auckland 2005
KEYWORDS: new zealand history ymca colin taylor sociology
Archaeologia Graeca, or the Antiquities of Greece
2 vols.
new edition 2 vols. 523/418pp+112pp+index ills.[b/w w.fold-out map at front of vol.1.] POOR (marbled paper boards w.half leather,top board of vol.1 detached but present,rubbed and stained w.paper losses to boards,leather chipped and split,worn extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown of each vol.,contents soiled w.some worm holes,plates are soiled and some stained,31 of 32 plates present)
PUBLISHER: doig & stirling edinburgh 1813
KEYWORDS: history antiquities arts greece john potter
The Turkish Bath: It's Design and Construction
[title page dated 1890 but publisher's catalogue at rear dated 1894] 152pp+32pp catalogue ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.gilt dec.stamps,missing spine,rubbed and stained,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,ads.to eps,content edges v.sl.foxed o/w contents clean,sl.shaky spine due to loss of cloth on spine)
PUBLISHER: spon london 1890 [1894]
KEYWORDS: history turkish bath robert owen allsop
Shaw Savill Line
first edition 158pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe and tombs christchurch 1961
KEYWORDS: nautical history shaw savill sydney waters
The Wreck Book
Rediscovered New Zealand Shipwrecks
first edition 117pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,internal tape stains)
PUBLISHER: millwood press wellington 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical shipwrecks history steve locker-lampson ian francis
RNZAF The First Decade 1937-46
Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+)
PUBLISHER: kookaburra technical publications melbourne 1978
KEYWORDS: new zealand aviation history rnzaf charles darby
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