Books - "history"
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The Plundered past; The Story of the Illegal International Traffic in Works of Art
hardcover in dustwrapper; 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: atheneum
KEYWORDS: arts history specials crime karl e meyer
The Orpheus Disaster
first edition 243pp ills.[b/w] VG (in wrappers,v.sl.wear to extrems.,spine sl.sunned,sl.bumps to corners)
PUBLISHER: western publishing waiuku 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand nautical history orpheus thayer fairburn
Reminiscences of The War in New Zealand
first edition 372pp ills.[b/w] POOR (red cloth w.black borders and gilt stamp to top board,rubbed and stained,wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges mod.foxed/soiled,spine cracked,several sections loose and detached but all present - lacks map) needs a rebind [Bagnall 2373]
PUBLISHER: sampson low marston searle rivington london 1879
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history military gudgeon
Modern Art and the Object
first edition 240pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (terracotta cloth,sl.bumps to extrems.) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sunned,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: thames and hudson london [1976]
KEYWORDS: arts johnson history object
Romantic Roots in Modern Art
first edition 328pp ills.[b/w] FINE in VERY GOOD+ (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine faded,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gresham books old woking 1979
KEYWORDS: art philosophy history wiedmann
From Gold to Green: Paeroa and District's First 100 Years 1875-1975
first edition 68pp ills.[b/w] imperial octavo green cloth boards VG+ (patches of damp wrinkling and sl colour bleaching to cloth of boards, light damp wrinkling to page extrems and sl foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (several tears to edges of wrappers (max 5cm) light soiling and creasing)
PUBLISHER: paeroa borough council paeroa [1975]
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history paeroa cotter
Traditional Food Plants
first edition 593pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,covers unevenly sunned)
PUBLISHER: united nations rome 1988
KEYWORDS: food plants natural history
A Field Guide to the Crops of Britain and Europe
first edition 367pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (in laminated boards,sl.soiled)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1989
KEYWORDS: natural history crops rougemont
The Psychology of Consciousness
first edition 256pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.soiled,spine sunned,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed, occassional light foxing within)
PUBLISHER: kegan paul trench trubner london 1932
KEYWORDS: psychology history philosophy king
The Varieties of New Testament Religion
first edition 310pp VERY GOOD (green cloth,sl.rubbed and stained,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: scribners new york 1947
KEYWORDS: religion history theology scott
The Mid-Atlantic Man
first UK edition 309pp VERY GOOD (blue cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed,sl.cocked) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.w.some small tears)
PUBLISHER: weidenfeld and nicolson london 1969
KEYWORDS: modern first edition literature tom wolfe history
Going in Deep A History of the Gladstone Port Authority
first edition 224pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (black cloth,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: gladstone port authority gladstone 1988
KEYWORDS: history gladstone port kerr australia
Memoriale Tecnico
sixth edition 528pp GOOD (full leather wrappers w.gilt stamp of calipers to front cover,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear to extrems.,marbled eps,binding separating at prelim.gutters,some sl.soiling to contents,owner's sign.to prelim.,aeg) miniature item
PUBLISHER: manini milano [1882]
KEYWORDS: technical reference history memoriale tecnico mazzocchi
William Morris and the Early Days of the Socialist Movement
ex-lib.first edition 173pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (grey paper boards w.cream apepr spine,mod.rubbed and soiled,usual libr.stamps,owner's sign.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: longmans green london 1921
KEYWORDS: william morris socialist politics arts biography history glasier
Living in Bloomsbury
second impression 361pp VERY GOOD (beige cloth,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.eps and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (mod.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: allen & unwin london 1947
KEYWORDS: history geography london bloomsbury thomas burke
A Garden in My Life
first edition inscribed by author 166pp ills.[b/w and col.] NEAR FINE (green cloth,author's inscr.to title page) in FINE dustwrapper
PUBLISHER: grafika bakewell 2001
KEYWORDS: natural history geography cynthia ramsden signed garden
The Lawyer in Literature
first edition 249pp VERY GOOD- (paper boards w.white paper faux vellum spine,mod.rubbed and stained,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,dealer's stamp to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: sweet & maxwell london 1913
KEYWORDS: law literature history gest
Heather and Fern: Songs of Scotland and Maoriland
first edition 287pp VERY GOOD- (mauve cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,spine sunned,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,dealer's stamp to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) Bagnall K125
PUBLISHER: published by author wellington 1902
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history kelly poetry literature
A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory [vol.III only]
first edition [vol.iii only] 768pp ills.[b/w] GOOD (green cloth,rubbed and stained,wear and chipping to extrems.,split to 90% of upper hinge,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,owner's sign.to title page,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: scott webster geary london 1840
KEYWORDS: natural history british birds macgillivray
Halcyon An Angler's Memories
first edition 198pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (red cloth,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps and wear to extrems.,eps and content edges sl.foxed) in POOR dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses incl.lower 3cm of spine,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: black london 1947
KEYWORDS: biography history fishing brennand