Books - "history"
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Sovereignty and Security
first edition 102pp ills.[b/w] FINE in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: heinemann auckland 1990
KEYWORDS: new zealand politics history laffey
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies [vols.1-11 1970-1980]
ex-lib.bound editions VERY GOOD+ (lib.bound in green cloth w.original wrappers bound-in,lib.stamps and labels otherwise contents clean and tight) v.tidy set - heavy items
PUBLISHER: mcgraw-hill / singapore university press singapore 1970-1980
KEYWORDS: southeast asian studies history geography
Centralized and Automatic Controls in Ships
first edition 244pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (black ill.cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: pergammon press oxford 1966
KEYWORDS: nautical history science gray
A Journey to Edenborough in Scotland
first edition limited [425 copies] 182pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: william brown edinburgh 1903
KEYWORDS: history travel geography edenborough taylor
Remarks on New Zealand, in February 1846
ex-lib.facsimile edition 67pp VERY GOOD (black cloth,tape stains to boards and eps,usual lib.stamps and labels) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.soiled w.lib.marks to spine,sl.stained edges)
PUBLISHER: hocken library dunedin 1969
KEYWORDS: new zealand history robert fitzroy biography hocken
Barnard on Learning to Fly
[first edition] 172pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (black cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed) in GOOD (dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several losses and creasing,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston london [nd]
KEYWORDS: aviation transport history barnard flying
South African Proteaceae in New Zealand
first edition 256pp ills.[col.by Zoe Carter] small folio Near FINE (red cloth boards with white lettering to spine and motif to cover, light foxing to page edges, sl wear to board corners) in VG+ dustwrapper (creasing to extrems, v light rubbing, sl.soiled) heavy item
PUBLISHER: matthews publishing manakau 1983
KEYWORDS: new zealand south africa natural history proteaceae matthews
The World of the Kauri
first edition 256pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (sl.soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,content edges sl.foxed, owners details to fep) in VG+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,spine sunned)
PUBLISHER: reed methuen auckland 1986
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history kauri sale halkett
Queen Te Atairangikaahu The First Twenty-five Years
first edition 141pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: [np,nd 1991]
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori biography queen history
Quaint Subjects of the King
first edition 304pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (blue cloth w.b/w photo mounted on top board,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,mod.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,some sl.foxing to contents)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1909
KEYWORDS: geography history travel fraser
Prazske Zahrady
[first edition] 247pp [text in Czech/English/German/Russian] ills.[b/w and col.] FINE in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: [np 1991]
KEYWORDS: prague gardens geography travel history baseova prazske zahrady
The Spice of Life
first edition inscribed by author's daughter 264pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (burgundy cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,author's daughter's inscr.to title page) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: bodley head london 1974
KEYWORDS: biography history harold mitchell signed
Negro Nobodies Being a Series of Sketches of Peasant Life in Jamaica
ex-lib.first edition thus [The Overseas Library] 212pp VERY GOOD- (yellow cloth w.dec.black boarders,mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,lib.stamp to prelim.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1899
KEYWORDS: history geography jamaica negro montagnac
Among the Man-Eaters
first edition thus [The Overseas Library] 250pp VERY GOOD- (yellow cloth w.dec.black borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,insect holes to prelims.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: t.fisher unwin london 1900
KEYWORDS: geography history travel john gaggin
Lawrence of Arabia
reprint 1188pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.and bookplate to ffep,content edges v.sl.soiled) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.) heavy item
PUBLISHER: heinemann london 1990
KEYWORDS: biography military history lawrence arabia wilson
Twelve Secrets of the Caucasus
first edition 323pp VERY GOOD- (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked)
PUBLISHER: nash & grayson london 1931
KEYWORDS: history geography caucasus essad-bey
Whitestone Oamaru; A Victorian Architectural Heritage
first edition 80pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (in glossy wrappers,v.sl.rubbed)
PUBLISHER: craig potton nelson 1995
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history oamaru architecture shaw
The Mediterranean Passion
first edition 312pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to ffep,v.sl.stain to foot of final few pp) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: clarendon press oxford 1987
KEYWORDS: history travel pemble mediterranean
The Early History of Banking in England
[first edition] 319pp VERY GOOD+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,2x1cm loss to fore-edge of ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: staples press london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history banking business richards
The Evolutionist at Large
first edition [publisher's catalogue at rear dated January,1881] 215pp G+ (beige cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,browned spine,cloth of spine split at hinges leaving it hanging by 2cm section of cloth at top, bruising to extrems., moderate tanning and soiling to boards, owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: chatto & windus london 1881
KEYWORDS: natural history science allen grant evolution