Books - "history"
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The Life Letters and Diaries of Kingsley Martin
hardcover in d/w (ex libris); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz
KEYWORDS: literature specials history biography diaries letters journalism
The Old Century and Seven More Years
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: faber
KEYWORDS: literature specials siegfried sassoon autobiogrpahy history
Thomas Nashe
first edition 374pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.,lacks ffep,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: edward arnold london 1964
KEYWORDS: literature history biography thomas nashe
The Realm of a Rain-Queen
reprint 336pp ills.[b/w w.folding map at rear] VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.crease to rear board,sl.bumps to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press london 1943
KEYWORDS: history africa geography krige
Sierra Leone
first edition 251pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (red cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine faded,sl.wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to ffep,upper quarter of ffep clipped,spine cracked at title gutter,content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: john bale london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography sierra leone newland
A Wayfarer in the Dolomites
ex-lib.second edition revised 207pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (mauve cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,faded spine,sl.wear to extrems.,usual lib.stamps and labels,missing half of ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: methuen london 1926
KEYWORDS: history travel geography dolomites hamer
Gazpacho or Recollections and Miscellanea
ex-lib.[first edition] 271pp VERY GOOD- (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine faded,sl.bumps to extrems.,usual lib.labels removed from ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: orphans printing leominster 1949
KEYWORDS: travel biography history gazpacho marsouin
New Footprints in Old Places
first edition 202pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (grey cloth w.teal/purple dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,spine browned,sl.wear to extrems.,ffep clipped at top corner,contents sl.browned,sl.foxing to prelims.)
PUBLISHER: paul elder san francisco 1917
KEYWORDS: geography travel history stiles
The Prehistory of Southern Rhodesia
first edition 78pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (paper boards w.brown cloth spine,sl.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,maps to eps,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in GOOD+ dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled/foxed,chipping and wear to extrems.,most of spine missing)
PUBLISHER: cambridge university press cambridge 1949
KEYWORDS: travel geography history rhodesia jones
New Zealand's Economic Native Plants
first edition 234pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (in laminated boards,fep sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: oxford university press auckland 1991
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history native plants cooper cambie
Civilisation and Religious Values
first edition 140pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,dealer's label to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: allen and unwin london 1948
KEYWORDS: major history theology religion
History and Literature of Christianity
first edition 555pp VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul trench trubner london 1924
KEYWORDS: history literature theology religion labriolle
The Philanthropic Motive in Christianity
first edition 327pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,contents sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: basil blackwell oxford 1938
KEYWORDS: theology history religion christianity hnik
Life and Its Purposes
[first edition] 192pp GOOD (green cloth w.black/gilt dec.boards,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's sign.to ffep,tape reapirs to ep gutters,paper separation at title gutter,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: gall & inglis london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history sociology
Recollections and Reflections of an Old New Zealander
first edition numbered/limited [317/500] signed by author 242pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,v.sl.soiled,owner's inscr.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled w.col.plate to front cover,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: reed dunedin 1935
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography maxwell signed
Discovery of the Maori
first edition 128pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (blue cloth,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,faded spine,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: pekama press [np,nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history beckham
The Lure of Fly-Tying
first edition 423pp ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD+ (white cloth,sl.soiled,ink notes to rear prelim.) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to upper edge)
PUBLISHER: murray ultimo 1978
KEYWORDS: fishing natural history fly-tying griffiths
Tainui: The Story of Hoturoa and his Descendants
Facsimilie reprint, imperial octavo hardcover VG+ (v. sl. tanning and a touch of foxing) in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine, otherwise Near FINE)
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1980
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history tainui kelly
The Story of the Malakand Field Force
first edition thus [Longmans' Colonial Library] 336pp [b/w frontis.w.folding maps] GOOD+ (grey cloth w.dk.blue dec.stamps to top board,rubbed and soiled w.red stain to top board,cloth wrinkled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,lower hinge splitting,newspaper article pasted to fep gutter,contents sl.foxed and mod.soiled/stained,spine cracked) very scarce first colonial edition - tired unattractive copy but it is complete with all maps - scans available on request
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1898
KEYWORDS: history military malakand churchill
Stamper Battery
[first edition] 134pp octavo hardcover VG (tan cloth,dustwrapper stuck to pastedowns,owner's sign.to ffep,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VG dustwrapper (stuck to pastedowns,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: blackwood & janet paul auckland [1964]
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history geography howe