Books - "history"
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Perspectives on Railway History and Interpretation
Essays to Celebrate the Work of Dr John Coiley at the National railway Museum, York
Red cloth boards 166pp illus F in F d/w
PUBLISHER: National Railway Museum York 1992
KEYWORDS: railways transport trains history
The Body Broken
The Calvanist Doctrine of the Eucharist and the Symbolization of Power in Sixteenth-Century France
black cloth boards 251pp NF (small owners name on fep) SCARCE
PUBLISHER: oxford new York 1999
KEYWORDS: christianity calvanism religion france history
The Accelerated Sublime
Landscape, Tourism and Identity
dark blue cloth boards with black and silver titling 211pp illus NF (v light rubbing, v.light bruising)
PUBLISHER: Praeger Westport 2002
KEYWORDS: tourism new zealand history sociology
A Short Sketch of Rajah Rajendro Mullick Bahadur and His Family
Original brick red blindstamped cloth with gilt lettering to front board and spine 62pp + xxxii illus, VG v light wear to extremities, light to moderate discolouration to pages. SIGNED by Kumar Ganendro Mullick and dated 1921 on title page RARE
PUBLISHER: Mullick calcutta 1917
KEYWORDS: india history genealogy rajah travel biogrpahy
Piloti ed Aerei Italiani Dal Pacifico Alle Ande
primi voli postali in ecuador
small folio illustrated boards 279pp illus Fine in Fine d/w SIGNED & iNSCRIBED by author on fep Book is in Italian SCARCE
PUBLISHER: Hi-tech media Bologna 1995
KEYWORDS: italy ecuador aviation philately history travel
Johannesburg Street Names
A Dictionary of Street, Superb and Other Place-names, compiled to the End of 1968
Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine 629pp illus VG+ (very light wear to etremities, mild foxing on eps) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, verey small tears at head and tail of spine, foxing on inside) A large and detailed book which should be on the shelf ofevery fan of the city SCARCE
PUBLISHER: Juta Cape Town 1971
KEYWORDS: South Africa Johannesburg travel history geography
Rural Discontent in Nineteenth Century Britain
brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 320pp NF(v sl fading to extremities) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities and sl fading to spine & rear)
PUBLISHER: Faber London 1974
KEYWORDS: history agriculture sociology britain
Lord and Peasant in Nineteenth Century Britain
black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 232pp illus VG (v sl bruising to corners, highlighter on one passage, pencil annotations throughout) in VG+ d/w (some fading to spine and rear)
PUBLISHER: CroomHelm London 1980
KEYWORDS: history agriculture britain sociology
Working-Class Patients and the Medical Establishment
Self-help in Britain from the Mid-Nineteenth Century to 1948
Green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 211pp NF (sl bruising to extremities) inNF d/w (v sl creasing, v sl rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Gower Temple Aldershot 1985
KEYWORDS: medicine history britain sociology science
The National Championships
A History of the First 50 Years of Aeromodelling Championships in New Zealand
large format gloss illus soft card covers with french flaps 120pp Fine
PUBLISHER: NZMAA Auckland 2002
KEYWORDS: aeromodelling aviation new zealand history
Arboriculture or a Practical treatise on raising and Managing Forest Trees
and on The Profitable Extension of the Woods and Forests of Great Britain
Second Edition green Cloth Blindstamped Boards with gilt lettering to spine xv + 416pp VG (bruising & wear to extremities with a couple of small chips to spine, discolouration to spine, owners stamp on eps, cracking to front and rear gutters but still sound)
PUBLISHER: Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier Edinburgh 1881
KEYWORDS: aboriculture forests great britain trees agriculture natural history botany
Profits, Interest and Investment and Other essays on the Theory of Industrial Fluctuations
reprint of 1939 edition Red Cloth boards with gilt lettering to front and spine 266pp Near Fine (sl fading to extremities) Former owners name to title page - Rodney Hide, MP, currently leader of NZ Act Party
PUBLISHER: Augustus M Kelley Clifton 1975
KEYWORDS: finance interest investment banking business history
the Libertarian Idea
teal cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine 367pp NF (sl bruising to corners) in NF d/w (sl rubbing, sl lift in lamination to extremities) with former ownership of Rodney Hide, MP, current leader of the New Zealand Act Party
PUBLISHER: Temple University press Philadelphia 1988
KEYWORDS: history politics
Captain Jack Surveyor and Engineer
The Autobiography of John Mackie
Softcover illus card 444pp illus Near Fine
PUBLISHER: NZ Institute of Surveyors Wellington 2007
KEYWORDS: surveyors engineeers new zealand history geography
New Zealand Butterflies
Identification and Natural History
Quarto, green cloth boards 207pp illus VG+ (light foxing to edges) in VG+ d/w (light foxing to reverse)
PUBLISHER: William Collins Auckland 1980
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history butterflies
St Philip's 1898-1998 A Centennial History
large softcover in illus light card ii + 157pp illus Near Fine (owners name on contents page - does not appear to have been issued with eps or title page)
PUBLISHER: Percy Glendowie 2003
KEYWORDS: new zealand history religion churches
Going Abroad The MacGibbon Family and Other Early Scottish Emigrants to Otago and Southland, New Zealand
Quarto softcover 231pp VG+ (light bruising to corners, owners name on title page)
PUBLISHER: Ngaio Press Wellington 1997
KEYWORDS: new zealand genaology soctland southland otago history
The Rise of Our Indian Empire
Being the History of British India From its Origin to the Peace of 1783 extracted from Lord mahon's History of England
Expertly rebacked full brown leather with decorative gilt, raised bands, black label with gilt to spine 173pp aall edges marbled, marbled eps, VG+ moderate wear to boards, light foxing to eps Delightful warm INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE of Author to Emily Stanhope
PUBLISHER: John Murray London 1858
KEYWORDS: india history lord mahon stanhope signed
Great Guys Laughs and Gripes of Fifty Years of Show-Music Business
Softcover in illus light card 170pp illus VG+ (owners name on inner cover, light foxing to eps, fading to spine and rear cover) SCARCE
PUBLISHER: Bocavo Press Michigan 1983
KEYWORDS: music show classic concert band arts history
Property, Paternalism and Power
Class and Control in Rural England
black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine 432pp NF (owners bookplate to front pastedown) in VG+ d/w (light wear to extremities, light rubbing, fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson London 1978
KEYWORDS: history england agriculture class sociology