Books - "history"
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A Concise History of Buddhist Art in Siam
Imperial octavo in slipcase, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt buddha motif to front board, gilt eps, frontispiece, xxiii + 169pp + 2 folding maps, illus with 205 b&w photos, VG (staining to rear eps, slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, slight creasing to edges) in cardboard slipcase, VG- (some soiling, owner's name in ink)
PUBLISHER: Charles E Tuttle Co 1963
KEYWORDS: Reginald Le May Siam Buddhism Buddhist art history sculpture architecture
The Founding of New Zealand: The Journals of Felton Mathew, First Surveyor-General of New Zealand, and his Wife, 1840-1847
First edition, lacks f.e.p., red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 267pp, illus, VG (f.e.p. missing, owner's name in ink to upper front pastedown, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (slight soiling, light tanning, section of damage to spine with small hole, creasing to edges, chipping to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to front)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940
KEYWORDS: J Rutherford Felton Mathew New Zealand autobiography memoirs journal diary history
The Prisoner of Chiloane; or, with the Portuguese in South-East Africa
Super octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering & black rule to front board, gilt lettering to spine, black coated eps, 184pp, illus, VG- (soiling & browning to boards, fraying & bruising to spine extres, light scuffing & rubbing to board edges & corners, insect damage hole to front board, browning to page edges, light tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Trischler and Co 1890
KEYWORDS: Wallis Mackay Portuguese South-east Africa Portugal travel history memoir
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (28 Selected Chapters)
Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Wordsworth Editions 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Edward Gibbon Roman Empire ancient history
Seeds of Change
Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 372pp, illus, Near FINE in Near FINE slipcase
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2007
KEYWORDS: Henry Hobhouse plants agriculture natural history Folio Society
Shipping Wonders of the World: A Saga of the Sea in Story and Picture
Two-volume set, large quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt ship motif to spine, blind embossed lettering & bind embossed ship motif to front board, frontispiece, 1764pp in two volumes, illus, VG- (some rubbing & staining to boards, scuffing to board edges, light fraying to spine extrems & 2cm closed tear to upper spine side, some tanning & foxing to page edges, prelims & terminals, reference label to feps, v unattractive large diagonal browned sellotape repair to page 837) VERY HEAVY SET
PUBLISHER: Amalgamated Press (circa 1937)
KEYWORDS: nautical marine naval history shipping boats sailing trade whaling adventure the sea oceans travel
Manly Affections: The Photographs of Robert Gant 1885-1915
Imperial octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 208pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Genre Books 2012
KEYWORDS: Chris Brickell Robert Gant photography gender studies sexuality homosexuality masculinity art history
Annals of a New Zealand Family: The Household of Gilbert Mair, Early Pioneer
Signed limited numbered (131/400) edition, octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt initials to front board, frontispiece, 151pp + 6pp book adverts, illus, VG (light sunning to spine and light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate browning to spine and covers, light chipping and scuffing to spine extrems and flap corners, small spot of surface loss to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1935
KEYWORDS: Mrs J Howard Jackson signed New Zealand Gilbert Mair biography local history
Woodwork: My First Seventy Years
Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 120pp, illus, nr fine in d/w, VG+ (v light soiling & rubbing)
PUBLISHER: The Lynn Historical Woodworking Trust Inc.1992
KEYWORDS: Bob Lynn New Zealand woodwork woodworking craft timber tools history autobiography
The Day Before Yesterday: A Short History of The Bay of Islands
Dated signed inscription by author tipped in to f.e.p., also a two page typed signed letter by author loosely enclosed, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi +253pp + 5pp book catalogue, illus, VG- (light rubbing & soiling to boards & spine, light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 16cm crack along outer rear hinge, light fading to spine, light foxing to eps & page edges, light tanning to page edge)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1940
KEYWORDS: Melville Harcourt New Zealand the Bay of Islands local history signed
The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines (A History of the U.S. 8th Army Air Force)
Quarto, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 311pp, illus, VG- (lengthy owner inscription to front pastedown, occasional highlighting & annotation, slight bruising to lower spine extrem, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (some soiling, light tanning, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday and Company 1978
KEYWORDS: Roger A Freeman 8th US army air force aviation military history
Promised Land: From Dunedin to the Dunstan Goldfields
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, 160pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2009
KEYWORDS: Grahame Sydney New Zealand Central Otago goldmining goldfields history
Bodies Politic: Disease, Death amd Doctors in Britain, 1650 - 1900
Imperial octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2001
KEYWORDS: Roy Portter Britain British medicine medical doctors diseases health history
Eyewitnessing: The Uses of Images as Historical Evidence
Imperial octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Burke media film photographs art images visual evidence history
Poverty, Ethnicity, and the American City, 1840-1925: Changing Conceptions of the Slum and the Ghetto
Octavo hardcover (VG+) illus; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: specials David Ward American culture politics sociology economics history poverty
Infamous Desire: Male Homosexuality in Colonial Latin America
Super Octavo softcover (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2003
KEYWORDS: specials Pete Sigal homosexuality sexuality gender politics history Latin America culture eroticism colonialism
We Can Always Call Them Bulgarians: The Emergence of Lesbians and Gay Men on the American Stage
Ex lilbrary, Octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Alyson 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Kaier Curtin sexuality homosexuality gay history criticism stage drama American theater broadway
Wrinkly Tin: The Story of Corrugated Iron in New Zealand
Imperial octavo softcover (VG+) illus; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Stuart Thomson corrugated iron New Zealand history pioneering architecture
Vienna: 1841-1918: Designs for Architecture
Imperial octavo softcover (VG) illus; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Museum of Modern Art 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Otto Wagner Vienna modern design 20th century history art architecture
Immortal Sails: A Story of the Welsh Port and some of its Ships
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) illus; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: T. Stephenson & Sons 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Henry Hughes history Welsh Portmadoc North Wales ships sailing voyaging