Books - "history"
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An Illustrated History of English Plate, Ecclesiastical and Secular in Two Volumes
In Which the Development of Form and Decoration in the Silver and Gold Work of the British Isles from the Earliest Known Examples to the Latest of the Georgian Period is Delineated and Described
2 volume set, quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxxviii + 1085pp (across 2 vols), illus, VG (light-moderate rubbing & light soiling to boards, owner's name in ink to front pastedown of both vols, light foxing to eps & page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Holland Press 1967
KEYWORDS: Charles James Jackson English ecclesiastical secular silver plate plates silverware art history collecting
The Case of The Midwife Toad
paperback, 191pp VG
PUBLISHER: pan 1971
KEYWORDS: arthur koestler biography history paul kammerer
The War Effort of New Zealand: A Popular History of a) Minor Campaigns in which New Zealanders took part; b) Services not fully dealt with in the Campaign Volumes; c) The Work at the Bases
Octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, light brown decorative rule to front board, frontispiece, xxii + 276pp, illus, VG (owner's name in ink to fep, light bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923
KEYWORDS: Lieut HTB Drew New Zealand Second World War Two WW2 military history
The History of Cricket
First edition, super octavo, light brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to slightly darker brown cloth spine, gilt publisher's logo to spine & front board, frontispiece, 672pp, illus, VG (dampstaining to spine & rear board, some browning & foxing to page edges, owner's name & address in ink to front pastedown, bookseller's stamp to fep, moderately heavy browning to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate browning to spine, heavy creasing to upper edges, 3cm tears with loss to upper corners & folds & spine sides, moderate tanning, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Seeley Service & Co Ltd 1950
KEYWORDS: first edition Eric Parker sport history cricket
Naval Warfare Under Oars 4th to 16th Century: A Study of Strategy, Tactics, and Ship Design
Small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine, gilt rowers motif to front board, green eps, xiii + 358pp, illus, VG (some dampstaining to boards, tanning to page edges, insect damage to fore-edges of first three pages, bookseller's label to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG- (some browning to spine, creasing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: United States Naval Institute 1967
KEYWORDS: William Ledyard Rodgers rowing naval warfare maritime history ship design
Engineering Hundred
Signed by Gordon Parry & David Braithwaite, imperial octavo, illus white light card covers with green lettering to spine & front cover, 80pp, illus, VG (some soiling & staining to covers)
PUBLISHER: Montgomery Watson 1998
KEYWORDS: Gordon Parry New Zealand engineering history bridges roads dams hydro-electricity
The Naval Chronicle Volume 1
Re-bound with new eps, this volume only, small quarto, brown boards with no lettering, frontispiece, iv + iii + 548pp, illus, G only (owner's name in ink to fep, annotations in ink to prelim, heavy browning & some dampstaining, very heavy rotting from paper acid to fore-edges of last 40 or so pages, heavy browning to page edges, section of first four pages loosened)
PUBLISHER: Royal Navy (?) circa 1799
KEYWORDS: naval maritime history shipbuilding marine zoology Royal Navy navigation biography battles literature
The Naval Chronicle Volume 5
Re-bound with new eps, this volume only, small quarto, brown boards with no lettering, vii + 564pp, illus, VG (lacks prelims, annotations in ink to fep, heavy browning & light ink staining to page edges, some tanning & foxing, annotation in pencil to page 13, light creasing to corners of first few pages)
PUBLISHER: Royal Navy (?) 1801
KEYWORDS: naval maritime history shipbuilding marine zoology Royal Navy navigation biography battles literature
The Waiuku College Half-Century 1960-2010: A Human Profile complied by Robin Aitken
Large quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering, illus rear ep, 224pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Robin Aitken 2010
KEYWORDS: Robin Aitken New Zealand Waiuku College school education history
Old Spain Specimen Sheets (Part XXV Covadonga)
This specimen volume only, elephant folio, beige heavy card boards with brown cloth spine & brown lettering to front board, pages spiral bound inside boards, illus title page, pages 174-176, illus with 12 full-page prints, VG- (front board slightly warped, heavy staining & soiling to boards, some tears to cloth spine, heavy tanning to eps, some staining to upper page edges)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1936
KEYWORDS: Muirhead Bone Gertrude Bone Spain Spanish Covadonga history art painting sketches
Robert Burns: Poet and Revolutionist
With a Selection of Harry Holland's Verse
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2016
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Burns Harry Holland Dougall McNeill poetry poet biography literature literary criticism New Zealand politics history
Hedgehogs
Octavo hardcover (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Whittet Books Ltd 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Pat Morris hedgehogs hedgehog biology natural history animal behaviour care
Silent Heroes: The Bravery and Devotion of Animals in War
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Evelyn le Chene animals war military history
Unfit for Marriage: Impotent Spouses on Trial in the Basque Region of Spain 1650-1750
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Nevada Press 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Edward J Behrend-Martinez sexuality marriage impotency Basque Spain Spanish cultural social sexual history
The Second Greatest Disappointment: Honeymooning and Tourism at Niagara Falls
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Rutgers University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: specials aren Dubinsky Niagara Falls gender studies sexuality marriage relationships tourism social cultural history
The Wise Man From The West
octavo paperback (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1955
KEYWORDS: Vincent Cronin China history religion christianity Matteo Ricci
Elizabeth
octavo paperback (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Century Hutchinson Ltd 1987
KEYWORDS: Evelyn Anthony history England biography Queen Elizabeth 1
The Shook-Up Generation
octavo paperback (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row Publishers 1959
KEYWORDS: Harrison E Salisbury history teenage gangs
In the Belly of the Beast
octavo paperback (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1982
KEYWORDS: Jack Henry Abbott true crime prison autobigraphy history
The Third Secret
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books 2005
KEYWORDS: Steve Berry religion pope Vatican alternate history