Books - "history"
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Extinct Birds of New Zealand
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, (8) + vi + 180pp, illus, VG (light bruising & paint staining to spine extrems, light paint staining & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in black paint & pencil annotation to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & paint staining to covers)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology extinction extinct history natural history
The History of the Worthies of England
Three volume set. Rebacked, retaining original bdg. Demy 8vo, pp. xxx + 582 + 8 (advts), xii + 591, xii + 584; brown cl boards, boards paneled & decorated in arabesques, spine lettered in gilt; frontis. (v.1 only), top & fore edges sl deckled; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals)., some unopened pgs;
PUBLISHER: Thomas Tegg 1860
KEYWORDS: Thomas Fuller England English history worthies directory county counties directories occupations social history
Homer and the Monuments
Super 8vo, pp. xxiv + 552; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; top pg edge stained red, illus., 32 plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped).
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co. 1950
KEYWORDS: Homer Homeric Greece Greek ancient classical history antiquities archaeology history
Petrol Company (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
LACKS D/W, tidy ex-library, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 363pp, illus/folding maps, VG (usual library markings/stamps, spine sl cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs / War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official history guides ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Petrol Company army corps
British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report ; Botany. Part III, Pp 29-76: Lichens
Quarto, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, Pps 29-76 + plates to rear, VG (moderate cracking/tearing to spine, light tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, some minor closed tearing to top edges of some pages)
PUBLISHER: British Museum (Natural History) 1923
KEYWORDS: British Antarctic expeditions exploration botany natural history south pole Antarctica history historical lichen lichens Terra Nova reports
Borromini
Super 8vo softcover (VG), some annotations; 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: The Belknap Press of the Harvard University Press
KEYWORDS: Anthony Blunt Borromini architecture history art history historian life lives
Tibet: Land of Snows
Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co 1967
KEYWORDS: Tibet history culture heritage art history
Memories of a Bygone Era
Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Marjorie Hall (Maidie) Robertson 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers early settlers family history Phillips Robertson
Salt and Civilization
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 417pp, VG (spine cocked, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, strip of moderate tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/wrinkling & peeling to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling, 1cm closed tear to top edge of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: history culture salt commodities history historical antiquity
The Facts of Life
Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British history sex sexual social history
A Bright & Savage Land: Scientists in Colonial Australia
Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: William Collins 1986
KEYWORDS: colonial Australia history naturalists botany botanists scientists history
Captain William Crush Daldy 1816-1903
Octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 236pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Heritage Press 1993
KEYWORDS: Captain William Crush Daldy history biography biographies memoir history New Zealand early settlers pioneers
The Rooper Story
NOTE FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, frontispiece, xix + 290pp, illus/folding charts, VG (light to moderate fading & warping to spine, sl soiling to front board, moderate staining to rear board, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: S Straker & Sons (Printer) 1958
KEYWORDS: family history Rooper history genealogy
THE MOHAWK
Ex-library, Second edition 367pp ex libris (pockets and stamps) VG (sl foxing to page edges, library markings, wear to board edges) in VG- d/w (moderate wear to edges, chipping and small tears, 3cm square section at base of spine with surface loss, spine sl sunned)
PUBLISHER: Rinehart and Co. New York 1948
KEYWORDS: Mohawk River American History New York
Our Beautiful Homeland: Hereford Chester Oxford Warwick & Leamington
64pp ills.col.plates by ernest w.haslehurst(some loose) VG- (decorative binding,cream cloth w.red/green borders and decoration to cover/spine,green lettering to cover/spine,sl.rubbed and stained w.mod.sunning to spine,extremities sl.bumped w.minor wear,dec.eps sl.stained,owner's ink and pencil sign.to blank prelim.,paper separation at title-page gutter,sl.foxing throughout but plates are clean,edges sl.soiled and foxed,sl.cocked/bowed)
PUBLISHER: gresham publishing london (nd)
KEYWORDS: travel geography britain history haslehurst ernest w
A NATION ON TRIAL
AMERICA AND THE WAR OF 1812
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 177pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards) d/w VG+(in plastic, sl sunned spine, v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: john wiley & sons new york 1965
KEYWORDS: history america 1812 treaty ghent canada
INDIA AND THE FUTURE OF ASIA
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 243pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,v sl bruised corners) d/w VG+(in plastic,v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: faber and faber london 1966
KEYWORDS: history india politics
WELCOME TO TOMBSTONE
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 164pp illus VG+(v sl bumped spine foot) d/w VG+(v sl wear at extremities v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: elek books london 1956
KEYWORDS: history arizona america tombstone hassayamper
THE SIEGE OF NEW ORLEANS
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 334pp VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards,v sl bruised corners) d/w VG(in plastic,sl wear at extremities,sl sunned,v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: university of washington press seattle 1961
KEYWORDS: history new orleans america britain war 1815
THE PROUDEST DAY
MACDONOUGH ON LAKE CHAMPLAIN
ex libris (usual cancellation stamps pkts etc) 373pp EXCELLENT copy d/w VG+(v sl wear/tears at extremities,sl sunned,v sl rubbed)
PUBLISHER: the john day co new york 1960
KEYWORDS: history macdonough champlain america war