Books - "history"
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Cambridge; A Illustrated History 1886-1986; The Centenary of Local Government in Cambridge
first edition quarto blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 181pp, illus, VG+ (small owners stamp to ep) in VG d/w heavy sun fading to covers and light soiling)
PUBLISHER: cambridge borough council 1986
KEYWORDS: new zealand history cambridge sally k parker
The Wartime Journals of Charles A Lindbergh
first edition super octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, illus eps, xx + 1038pp, illus, VG+ in VG d/w (closed tears to extremities) INSCRIBED & SIGNED by author and dated 1970
PUBLISHER: harcourt brace jovanovich 1970
KEYWORDS: charles a lindbergh aviation history military autobiography signed journals
Soldiering On; The stories of Two Former Kiwi SAS Men and Their Continuing World-wide Careers of Adventure
first edition octavo illus light card covers, 336pp, illus Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Tees 2003
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history biography sas alan brosnan duke henry bob taubert
Marion Dufresne At the Bay of Islands
first edition imperial octavo green cloth boards with black lettering, 114pp, illus VG (moderate bruising and sunning to spine, light wear to board extrems, moderate foxing and tanning to upper page edges and prelims) in VG- d/w (chipping to spine extrems, tanning to spine, moderate rubbing to covers) increasingly uncommon book
PUBLISHER: a h & a w reed 1951
KEYWORDS: new zealand history leslie g kelly marion dufresne bay of islands maori
The Purchase of Maori Lands 1865-1892 ; A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History
quarto yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, vi + 246pp VG Covers are soiled but contents are clean. A Bound unpublished (?) typescript by a major new zealand historian
PUBLISHER: auckland university college 1955
KEYWORDS: new zealand history m p k sorreson maori treaty of waitangi
Rotorua People 1880's to 1940's Living South of Old Railway; Glenholme Area to Whakarewarewa
first edition quarto spiral bound light card covers, 231pp, illus VG+ (light soiling)
PUBLISHER: privately published 1996
KEYWORDS: rotorua history new zealand peggy ford allen
Matabeleland: The War, and Our Position in South Africa
first edition (n.d. but 1894) small octavo printed light card covers, vii + 167pp + 16pp adverts VG (soiling to covers with some pencil annotation to cover and fep, moderate tanning, small chip to head of spine) RARE in this original state (or in any state for that matter)
PUBLISHER: leadenhall press 1894
KEYWORDS: matabeleland south africa zimbabwe rhodesia military history archibald r colquhoun
The Exploration of Australia From 1844 to 1896
first edition quarto blue boards with white buckram spine and gilt lettering, xiv +large coloured folding map+ 386pp +2pp adverts VG (light soiling, light foxing, light bruising to corners, closed tear to map where it joins to book) A tidy presentable copy
PUBLISHER: george philip and son 1896
KEYWORDS: alfred f calvert australia history exploration travel
The Exploration of Australia
first edition quarto blue boards with white buckram spine and gilt lettering, iv + large folding coloured map + 238pp + 20pp adverts VG ( moderate rubbing and soiling, occassional foxing, closed tear to map at join to book)
PUBLISHER: george philip and son 1895
KEYWORDS: australia history exploration traverl albert f calvert
Armour in England; From the Earliest Times to the Seventeenth Century; in two parts (1) Armour Made in England or For Englishmen (2) Foreign Armour in England
first edition imperial octavo maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering and armorial device and blindrule, two parts bound as one (as issued)(1) 100pp, illus (2) 96pp, illus VG+ (light bruising to extremities, sl foxing to prelim, booksellers labels to fep) very clean tidy copy
PUBLISHER: seeley and co 1898
KEYWORDS: history arms armour military england j starkie gardner
With a Camera in Tiger-Land
first edition imperial octao blue cloth boards with black printed label and gilt to spine, xviii + 226pp, illus VG+v light bruising, light sunning to spine, sl discolouration to eps, faint tanning)
PUBLISHER: doubleday doran 1928
KEYWORDS: photography wildlife zoology tigers animals f w champion natural history
John Dafte Gunsmith And the Horrid Conspiracy of 1683
first edition small folio marbled boards with three quarter maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 80pp, illus Near FINE (light rubbing to extremities, owners details to fep) #38, one of only 100 copies produced, this copy is even scarcer being ISCRIBED and SIGNED by both authors. Promotional flier loosely inserted
PUBLISHER: cooper and westwood 1989
KEYWORDS: history biography gunsmithing weapons antiques firearms gun pistols military john dafte john s cooper kenneth j westwood signed
Poires A Poudre (text in french)
first edition quarto gloss illus boards, 128pp, illus Near FINE (owners inscription to fep - inscribed to colt armorial historian robin j rapley) SCARCE
PUBLISHER: editions du portail 1990
KEYWORDS: powder military antique weapons firearms history french languages robert marquiset jean-pierre yven
Medieval Popular Culture; Problems of Belief and Perception
first edition octavo green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xx + 275pp Near FINE ( small owners name to eps) in near FINE d/w SCARCE in hardcover
PUBLISHER: cambridge university press 1988
KEYWORDS: history culture anthropology sociology aron gurevich m bak paul a hollingsworth
Negotiating Power in Early Modern Society; Order, Hierarchy and Subordination in Britain and Ireland
first edition octavo black boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 316pp, FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: cambridge university press 2001
KEYWORDS: history sociology politics michael j braddick john walter
The European Renaissance 1400-1600
first edition super octavo illus light card covers with french flaps, xviii + 385pp, illus FINE
PUBLISHER: longman pearson education 2002
KEYWORDS: history europe renaissance robin kirkpatrick
Popular Culture and Elite Culture in France 1400-1750
first edition super octavo brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 326pp Near FINE ( small owners name to eps, v sl discolouration to ep) in VG+ d/w ( sl fading at extremities)
PUBLISHER: louisiana state university press 1985
KEYWORDS: history sociology france robert muchembled culture lydia cochrane
Gender and Space in Early Modern England
first edition super octavo silver cloth boards with red lettering to spine, viii + 208pp FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: the royal historical society/ boydell press 2007
KEYWORDS: history sociology gender england amanda flather feminism
Oral Historiography
first edition octavo illus light card covers, iv + 150pp Near FINE (small owners name to eps, v sl fading at extremities)
PUBLISHER: longman 1982
KEYWORDS: david henige historiography oral history
Rioutous Assemblies; Popular Protest in Hanoverian England
first edition super octavo black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 354pp FINE in FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: oxford university press 2006
KEYWORDS: england hanover sociology politics history adrian randall