Books - "history"
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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
Tutaenui: Garden of Rangitikei
first edition 229pp ills.[b/w] super octavo softcover (VG) in glossy wrappers
PUBLISHER: maungatiro press marton 1993
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori geography history tutaenui rangitikei galpin
Isole Nelle Nuvole
first edition signed by author 167pp [text in Italian] ills.[col.] FINE (glossy boards,author's sign.to half-title)
PUBLISHER: casa editrice athesia bolzano bozen 1990
KEYWORDS: geography history italy signed mario corradini
Naming for Power
first edition inscribed by author to Sir Edmund Hillary 256pp FINE (black cloth,author's inscr.to prelim. - To Sir Edmund Hillary with respect & admiration & love Nassem Nov.95. ,a handwritten letter by author to Sir Edmund on hotel paper is loosely inserted) in FINE dustwrapper - unique association copy
PUBLISHER: linkbridge publishing new york 1993
KEYWORDS: business history naseem javed edmund hillary signed
Farm Buildings
fourth edition 291pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,eps and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: john wiley new york [1954]
KEYWORDS: farm buildings history deane carter
50 Remarkable Years The New Elizabethan Age
first edition inscribed to Sir Edmund Hillary 208pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (red cloth,sl.cut to top board,inscr.in gold pen to ffep - April 2002 For Sir Edmund & June with best wishes for many remarkable years as always Robert & Faa**a Rose London ) in NEAR FINE dustwrapper (v.sl.wear to extrems.) unique association copy
PUBLISHER: beautiful publishing division [np] [2002]
KEYWORDS: queen elizabeth royalty history osmond-evans
Geliebtes Tegernseer Tal
first edition [presented to Sir Edmund Hillary] 104pp [text in German] NEAR FINE (in laminated boards,presentation plate to ffep signed by Burgermeister of Bad Wiessee inscribed to Sir Edmund Hillary) in FINE dustwrapper - unique association copy
PUBLISHER: oreos verlag schaftlach 1988
KEYWORDS: travel geography history bachhuber tegernseer tal
The Human Mind
first edition 195pp VERY GOOD (beige cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: hutchinson's university library london [nd]
KEYWORDS: science philosophy history adinarayan
Science in Education
first edition 158pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) lacks dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: macdonald london 1949
KEYWORDS: science education history nokes
Native New Zealand Flowering Plants
first edition 254pp ills.[col.] quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (Nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: reed auckland 1991
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history flowering plants salmon
A Story Teller's Story
ex-lib.first edition 442pp VERY GOOD- (green cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear to extrems.,usual libr.stamps and labels,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled,one page detached but present,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: jonathan cape london 1925
KEYWORDS: literature history biography sherwood anderson