Books - "history"
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The Irish Factor 1899-1919: Ireland's Strategic and Diplomatic Importance for Foreign Powers
Imperial octavo, glossy heavy card boards with red & black lettering, xx + 428pp, nr fine (small crease to historupper corner of last two pages)
PUBLISHER: Irish Academic Press 2009
KEYWORDS: Jerome Aan de Wiel Ireland Irish military history politics espionage Austria Hungary France Germany
Angola and The River Congo: Volume II
This volume only, missing two plates, octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, black rule to front boardc & blind rule to rear board, 340pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems, slight staining to boards, light chaffing to spine sides, prizegiving label to front pastedown, browning to page edges, some foxing, two plates missing, plate XIV loose, occasion closed tears to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1875
KEYWORDS: Joachim John Monteiro Angola River Congo history travel culture anthropology
Management and Productivity Improvement in Japan
Super octavo, blue & white light card covers with black lettering, xiii + 113pp, illus, VG (some tanning to spine & page edges)
PUBLISHER: JMA Consultants 1982
KEYWORDS: Tatsuki Mikami Japan Japanese business management marketing socio-economics history
De Wereld Van Boven
relevant photographs & maps tipped in to prelims & terminals, large quarto, illus heavy card boards with blue cloth spine, 54pp, illus, VG (some staining & tanning to boards, light scuffing to spine base, light tanning to page edges, some foxing & tanning to eps, light tanning elsewhere) TEXT IN DUTCH LANGUAGE
PUBLISHER: Douwe Egberts (n/d) but all handwritten captions dated 1936/1937?
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH A Viruly pilot de wereld van Boven KLM aviation history aircraft aeroplanes Holland Netherlands
Australien und Tasmanien Nach eigener Anschauung und Forschung
Ex library, first edition, small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, kangaroo motif to spine, coloured illus to front board, blindstamped decorative pattern to centre of rear board, 2 x frontispiece, one with tissueguard, x + 480pp, illus + folding map to rear, 2pp book ads to rear, VG- (usu library markings, moderately heavy browning to spine & page edges, heavy dampstaining to aprox first 10 and last 10 pages, owner's name stamp to prelims, occasional light foxing) TEXT IN GERMAN
PUBLISHER: Herdersche Verlagshandlung 1900
KEYWORDS: first edition Dr Joseph Lauterer Australia Tasmania history anthropology TEXT IN GERMAN
Pearn Pioneers: Cornwall, Taranaki
Octavo, illus blue light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, 76pp, illus, VG (some tanning & fading to spine & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Pearn Descendants 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Cornwall Taranaki Pearn family pioneers biography history
The Native Tribes of South-East Australia
Ex library, first edition, scruffy but sound, small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt necklance motif to front board, xix + 819pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (usu library markings, moderately heavy tanning to page edges, some foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to title page, some sellotape-residue staining, light fraying to spine extrems & sides, ding to rear board upper edge, patch of dampstaining to edge of several pages)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Co 1904
KEYWORDS: AW Howitt South East Australia aborigines aboriginal tribes history customs anthropology
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
Ex library, first edition, small quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to sipne, blind rule to front board, gilt arm & torch motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 492pp, illus + maps & facsimile docs, VG (usu library markings but relatively light, moderately heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, crack to front hinge paper only)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1914
KEYWORDS: first edition Ernest Scott Matthew Flinders biography Australia history
Bird Life on Island and Shore
First edition, imperial octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xix + 195pp, illus, VG- (moderately heavy foxing & tanning to page edgs, light bruising & creasing spine extrems, lower 8cm of frontispiece loose at hinge) in d/w, VG- (heavy browning to spine & rear, staining to front upper edge, 4cm tatty tear & creasing to lower spine extrem, nicks & creasing to upper spine extrem, 1cm tears with loss to corners, moderate creasing to rear lower edge)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1925
KEYWORDS: first edition H Guthrie-Smith New Zealand ornithology birds natural history
Australia's Heroes; being a Slight Sketch of the Most Prominent amongst the Band of Gallant Men who devoted their Lives and Energies to the Cause of Science
Ex library, second edition, octavo, marbled heavy card boards with black leather spine, no title to spine just gilt library number, page edges stained red, viii + 312pp, VG- (light library markings, moderately heavy chaffing to board edges & boards, heavy bruising & fraying to spine extrems, label staining to front board, light staining to eps, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (second edition)
KEYWORDS: Charles H Eden Australia biography colonial history scientist
Motor Racing: Reflections of a Lost Era
Oblong quarto, red boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 208pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: Anthony Carter motor racing motor sports sport cars grand prix formula 1 F1 photographic portrait history
Rallye Horizons 2012
TEXT IN FRENCH Oblong folio in slipcase, purple glossy heavy card boards with white lettering to spine & front board, white glove & shoe motif to front board, grey eps, 255pp, illus, fine, in silver slipcase, fine (HEAVY LARGE ITEM)
PUBLISHER: Fedrigoni 2012
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Pascal Huit sport motor racing rally Sebastien Loeb sports cars photographic portrait history
Patria's Luchtvaart-Album
TEXT IN DUTCH Oblong folio, blue cloth boards with darker blue lettering & blue plane motif to front board, unpaginated but aprox 64pp, illus with 114 collected and glued in cards (complete collection), VG (binding sloppy, tanning & fading to spine, light soiling to boards, slight tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Uitgave NV Biscuitfabriek Patria 1936
KEYWORDS: Henri Hegener Patria biscuits TEXT IN DUTCH LANGUAGE luchtballon luchtschip Lucht-acrobatiek vliegkampschefen warplanes air balloons aviation history
The Isles of the Pacific; or Sketches from the South Seas
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus to boards & spine, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus title page, viii + 224pp + 32pp illus book adverts, illus, VG- (some bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light staining to spine, child's crayon scribble to front pastedown, two pages loose, moderate fading to fep, label to front pastedown, inscription in ink to fep verso scribbled out, some foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co 1892
KEYWORDS: first edition B Francis Pacific Islands New Zealand New Caledonia Fiji Tahiti Pitcairn Sandwich Marquesas Maoris missionaries colonists travel history
Must Australia Fight?
First edition, ex library, octavo, yellow boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 223pp, VG (relatively light library markings, owner's name stamp to fep & to rear ep, inscription in ink to title page, some staining to boards, some foxing, esp to upper page edges)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1939
KEYWORDS: Ion L Idriess Australian war preparations WW2 military naval history invasion
Boeing Aircraft Since 1916
First edition, octavo blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, upper page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 444pp, illus, VG (bookseller's stamp to fep, light tanning, esp to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, 2cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, nicks & 1cm loss to upper spine extrem, 2cm closed tear to front upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1966
KEYWORDS: Peter M Bowers Boeing aircraft aeroplanes aviation planes transport history
Trouble in Paradise: Uncovering the Dark Secrets of Britain's Most Remote Island
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Harper Pernnial 2008
KEYWORDS: specials Kathy Marks Pitcairn Island HMS bounty history Journalism reportage
Homer and the Heroic Age
paperback 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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1979
KEYWORDS: specials literature history and archeology
One Man's Bible
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2002
KEYWORDS: specials history China's Revolution
Art of the Byzantine Era
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 keeps postage costs down.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1963
KEYWORDS: specials David Talbot Rice art history Byzantine Justinian reign europe