Books - "history"
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Historic Buildings of New Zealand North Island
first edition 270pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (brown cloth,boards sl.stained) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: cassell auckland 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history architecture
Wattie's: The First Fifty Years
first edition 222pp ills.[b/w] VG+ in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: wattie canneries hastings 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand history wattie geoff conly
The Guardians at the Gate: The History of the New Zealand Customs Department
first edition 207pp ills.[b/w] VG+ in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: silver owl press wellington 1991
KEYWORDS: new zealand history customs david mcgill
Justinian and Theodora
first edition 107pp ills.[2 frontis.portraits] VG (soft leather wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,silk eps,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: roycrofters east aurora [1906]
KEYWORDS: literature history elbert hubbard
Joseph Conrad A Personal Remembrance
first edition 256pp ills.[b/w] VG- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: duckworth london 1924
KEYWORDS: ford madox ford joseph conrad biography history literature
The Last Twelve Years of Joseph Conrad
first edition 236pp ills.[b/w] VG (black cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london 1928
KEYWORDS: biography history literature richard curle joseph conrad
Flaubert and Madame Bovary
revised edition 365pp NF (brown cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: macmillan london 1968
KEYWORDS: literature biography history flaubert bovary
Katherine Mansfield
first edition numbered/limited [36/250] first edition 43pp [b/w frontis.portrait] VG+ (fawn cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,spine and upper edge sl.sunned,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: beltane book bureau wellington 1944
KEYWORDS: biography history new zealand literature katherine mansfield isabel clarke
The Shropshire Yeomanry 1795-1945
first edition rebind 496pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps and col.frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: whitehorn press manchester 1953
KEYWORDS: military history shropshire yeomanry gladstone
A History of the Services of the 19th Regiment [Green Howards]
first edition 451pp ills.[b/w] VG (green cloth w.gilt/silver stamp to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,v.sl.foxing to contents,aeg sl.rubbed,spine cracked but tight)
PUBLISHER: eden fisher london [nd]
KEYWORDS: military history ferrar green howards 19th regiment
Historical Records of The Buffs, East Kent Regiment, 3rd Foot Vol.1 1572-1704
first edition vol.1 only 564pp [folding maps] VG+ (beige cloth w.half leather,gilt stamp to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown [robert albert hickson colonel the buffs],another owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: gale & polden london 1905
KEYWORDS: military history regiment the buffs knight
Historical Records of The Buffs East Kent Regiment 1914-1919
first edition this vol.only 554pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (blue cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,sl.bumps to extrems.,maps to eps,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: medici society london 1922
KEYWORDS: military history the buffs moody
Selections from the Dispatches and General Orders of Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington
new edition 939pp G (red cloth w.gilt stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.w.sl.loss to head of spine,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to ffep verso,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled/foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: john murray london 1851
KEYWORDS: military history biography duke wellington gurwood
Books and Bookmen New Zealand and Overseas
first edition numbered/limited signed by author [179/400] 268pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (burgundy cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,author's sign.to numbered colophon on half-title verso,eps and content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine,mod.wear to extrems.w.external tape repairs,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs wellington 1954
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature history bookmen pat lawlor signed
The History of the Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) 1685-1914
first edition 421pp ills.[b/w w.folding maps] VG+ (blue cloth w.black half leather,gilt crest to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.and 2x owner's stamps to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) heavy item
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1934
KEYWORDS: henry everett somerset light infantry military history prince albert
Historical Record of The King's, Liverpool Regiment of Foot, Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in 1685, and of its subsequent services to 1881
second edition xl+361pp ills.[b/w w.5x col.plates and 2 b/w photographs] VG (red cloth w.black borders and black crest stamped to both boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine mod.sunned,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.,surface loss to front pastedown w.remains of label to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled) all plates present
PUBLISHER: harrison and sons london 1883
KEYWORDS: military history liverpool regiment
Historical Record of the Fifty-Second Regiment (Oxfordshire Light Infantry) from the year 1755 to the year 1858
first edition 437pp ills.[b/w w.3x col.plates and col.maps] VG (rebind in marbled paper boards w.half leather,raised bands and gilt stamps to spine,boards rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,marbled eps,owner's bookplate to front pastedown [Sir Charles Oman,KBE - noted military historian],prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,some ink and pencil annotations to text possibly from Sir Charles Oman,teg) tidy and tight copy
PUBLISHER: richard bentley london 1860
KEYWORDS: military history moorsom charles oman regiment fifty-second oxfordshire light infantry
The War Office
ex-lib.first edition 358pp VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: putnam london 1935
KEYWORDS: military history hampden gordon
The Life of Sir Stanley Maude
first edition 360pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth w.gilt armorial stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,mod.bumps to extrems.,dealer's label to front pastedown,owner's inscr.to front pastedown and ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: constable london 1920
KEYWORDS: stanley maude callwell history military
Army Royal Henry VIII's Invasion of France
first edition 223pp NF (blue cloth,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1969
KEYWORDS: military history cruickshank royal france