Books - "history"
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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
A Stake in the Country
first edition numbered/limited [421/1000] 216pp ills.[b/w - 3 col.original wine labels tipped-in] VERY GOOD+ (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- dustwrapper (rubbed and soiled,sl.faded spine,mod.wear to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: southern cross auckland 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography history winemaking corban scott
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
The Trout [New Naturalist]
first edition [New Naturalist Series] 286pp ills.[b/w] NEAR FINE (green cloth,sl.faded spine) in VERY GOOD+ dustwrapper (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.browned spine,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,3x2cm loss to head of front cover)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1967
KEYWORDS: natural history trout frost brown New Naturalist
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
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
Stories We Tell Ourselves The Paintings of Richard Killeen
first edition 143pp ills.[b/w and col.] quarto, black cloth boards VG+ (sl wear to board extrems, small patches of loss on pastedowns where d/w flaps have adhered) in d/w VG (sl soiling and rubbing to covers, light creasing to edges, bookseller price label to rear, light staining and scuffing to inside where it has adhered to boards)
PUBLISHER: david bateman auckland 1999
KEYWORDS: new zealand arts history biography killeen pound
I Will Need Words : Colin McCahon's Word and Number Paintings
first edition unpaginated ills.[b/w and col.] VERY GOOD+ (in wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,some sl.wrinkling to contents)
PUBLISHER: national art gallery wellington 1984
KEYWORDS: art new zealand history colin mccahon
Farthest East
first edition 145pp ills.[b/w] VERY GOOD (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,maps to eps,small hole to ffep,owner's inscr.to frontis.verso,content edges sl.foxed) in VERY GOOD- (rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some losses)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1946
KEYWORDS: reed new zealand history travel
The Great Fisheries of the World
510pp ills.[b/w] POOR (brown cloth w.gilt dec.stamp to top board,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.,80% of spine missing,boards shaky,prelims.detached,content edges sl.foxed) tired copy
PUBLISHER: nelson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: fisheries history geography
The History of Epsom
first edition 468pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (green cloth) in VG+ dustwrapper (light bumps & sun-fading to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: epsom & eden district historical society auckland 2006
KEYWORDS: history epsom bush new zealand geography