Books - "history"
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Grand Dukes and Diamonds The Wernhers of Luton Hoo
first edition 472pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (tan cloth,owner's bookplate to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: secker & warburg london 1991
KEYWORDS: biography history raleigh trevelyan wernhers luton hoo
The Carved Cartoon A Picture of the Past
first edition thus 304pp VERY GOOD+ (black cloth,faded,owner's bookplate to front and rear endpapers,content edges sl.foxed) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: tom stacey london 1972
KEYWORDS: history austin clare grinling gibbons arts biography
Hunting in Hard Times
[first edition] 20 plates [col.] VERY GOOD- (red cloth w.col.stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate and inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,some pencil marks to one plate)
PUBLISHER: chapman & hall london [nd]
KEYWORDS: arts history hunting bowers
Explore Himachal
first edition 186pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (blue cloth,content edges v.sl.soiled) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: international publishers new delhi 1991
KEYWORDS: mountaineering history sport gian chand manohar puri himachal
Okavango From the Air
first edition 156pp ills.[col.] NEAR FINE (blue cloth,v.sl.wear to extrems.) in VERY GOOD+ (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: struikhof publishers 1989
KEYWORDS: natural history geography okavango clive walker herman potgieter africa
The Practical Engineer's Hand-Book
seventh edition 560pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,5cm split to head of upper hinge,owner's label to front pastedown,contents sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: crosby lockwood london [1922]
KEYWORDS: engineering history science hutton
History of New Zealand and Its Inhabitants
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY TRANSLATOR, first edition in English 340pp ills.[b/w] octavo softcover VG+
PUBLISHER: university of otago press dunedin 2000
KEYWORDS: new zealand history vaggioli
Transformations of Polynesian Culture
first edition 226pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.soiled,plastic protector taped to inside of covers,owner's sign.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: polynesian society auckland 1985
KEYWORDS: polynesian culture history hooper huntsman
New Cloak, Old Dagger
first edition 338pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (black cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (sl.bump and 1cm tear to head of spine)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1996
KEYWORDS: michael smith britain spies history
The Fifth Wind: New Zealand and the Legacy of a Turbulent Past
first edition 313pp super octavo hardcover (red cloth,owner's sign.to half-title) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: bloomsbury london 1989
KEYWORDS: new zealand history robert macdonald
Close to the Wind
first edition 282pp ills.[col.] NEAR FINE (blue cloth,owner's bookplate to half-title,author's sign.to title page) in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: headline london 1998
KEYWORDS: nautical history travel signed pete goss
Lord Reading
first edition 316pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,owner's bookplate to ffep,content edges v.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london [1982]
KEYWORDS: denis judd biography history
Colonial Tears and Sweat
first edition 160pp ills.[b/w] quarto hardcover VG (imperial octavo blue cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand history julia millen
Men in Arms
first edition 376pp VERY GOOD- (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed,some pen underlining to contents,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: atlantic press london 1956
KEYWORDS: richard preston history military
Vanity Fair Portraits of an Age 1914-1936
second printing 203pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (black paper boards w.purple cloth spine,sl.soiled,owner's inscr.and bookplate to ffep,prelims.sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: thames and hudson london 1983
KEYWORDS: vanity fair arts photography history richardson
The Han Civilization of China
first edition 240pp ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD+ (cream cloth,sl.soiled,owner's bookplate to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,3cm tear to foot of front cover)
PUBLISHER: phaidon oxford 1982
KEYWORDS: history china han serstevens
The Treasures of Georgia
first edition 240pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's bookplate to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: century publishing london 1984
KEYWORDS: history geography georgia treasures beridze
Royal Russia
first edition 119pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (blue cloth,owner's bookplate to half-title, lilght bruising and soiling to board edges, light dampstaining to board edges, v sl foxing to page edges) in VG- dustwrapper (light creasing, soiling and rubbing to covers, damp staining to back cover,moderate damp staining and foxing to internal side of d/w)
PUBLISHER: smith gryphon london 1995
KEYWORDS: history russia biography royalty townend
Rethinking Visual Anthropology
first edition 306pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (black cloth,owner's sign.to ffep) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled,plastic protector taped to verso)
PUBLISHER: yale university press new haven 1997
KEYWORDS: anthropology banks morphy history
Fundamental Problems of Life
first edition 384pp VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1928
KEYWORDS: psychology history mackenzie