Books - "history"
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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
Russia of To-Day
first edition 296pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD- (orange cloth w.black dec.stamps,sl.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's inscr.to frontis.verso)
PUBLISHER: cassell london 1915
KEYWORDS: russia history geography fraser
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 GOOD+ (beige cloth w.black dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and stained,browned spine,full split to lower spine creating a flap of the cloth,splits to upper hinge,sl.wear to extrems.,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
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