Books - "history"
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The Triumphant Tour of the New Zealand Footballers 1905: An Illustrated Record
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, xlviii + 176pp total, illus, VG- (heavy cracking to front hinge/spine- discreet archival tape repair, heavy creasing & cracking to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional minor soiling & foxing throughout, occasional minor creasing to bottom corners of some pages, prev. owner's name in pencil to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Geddis & Blomfield 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport rugby union history tours 1905
The Tour of the Third All Blacks 1935
Octavo, black illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 200pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking/tearing to pages at internal staples, light to moderate generalised foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Wright & Carman 1936
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history rugby union ABs All Blacks 1935 tours UK
With the All Blacks in Great Britain, France, Canada and Australia 1924-25
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 166pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine- minro archival tape repair to base of spine, light to moderate creasing & chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Christchurch Press Company N/D (c.1928)
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand sport history rugby union ABs All Blacks tours 1920s
Feudal Society
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, gilt decoration to front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 624pp, illus, VG+ (sm patch of white paint or correction fluid to spine, otherwise a Near FINE copy) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2012
KEYWORDS: folio society history Marc Bloch feudal societies
Blue-Water Rationale: The Naval Defence of New Zealand 1914-1942
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxi + 446pp, illus, folding maps- all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: P D Hasselberg, Government Printer 1981
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military navy naval history early 20th twentieth century armed defence forces maritime nautical
Napoleon's War Maxims, with His Social and Political Thoughts
Rebound using original boards & new eps, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt military insignia to front board, xxiv + 187pp, VG (moderate rubbing & foxing to spine, moderate fading to front board, light tanning to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps, moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional sm library ink stamps sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden N/D (c.1899)
KEYWORDS: military war history Napoleon Bonaparte
Talbot-Booth's Merchant Ships (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, quarto, blue & green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems, sl occasional adhesive staining to board edges of vol 3, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate fading to spines, light chafing/wrinkling, sm blue adhesive labels to front flaps)
PUBLISHER: Marinart / Kogan Page 1977-79
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical merchant ships Talbot Booth system history identification
Journey Towards Christmas: Official History of the 1st Ammunition Company Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1939-45
Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 457pp, illus/photos, folding maps- all present, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand offical war histories series military history 1st first ammunition company 2nd second expeditionary force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Quelques Artistes Suisses: Auberjonois, Barraud, Blanchet, Haller, Tscharner, Walser
TEXT IN FRENCH, SPINE MISSING, lg quarto, grey light card wrappers, red lettering to front cover, 52pp + plates to rear- not counted, G- (spine completey missing- delicate string binding exposed, rear cover completely deatched but present, some page edges remain uncut, moderate staining & discolouration to covers- light paint splats to rear cover, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, some pages detached- some pages potentially missing given the delicate condition of spine/binding, minor soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Editions Le Triangle Paris 1928
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH swiss art artists history
History of Wellington Post-Office and its Buildings
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 42pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & loss to spine, moderate foxing to covers, light to moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate insect damage to bottom corners of prelims, moderate rusting & separation to staples)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay, Government Printer 1913
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington post office history buildings historical
Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters (New and Expanded Edition)
Lg quarto, illus card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 328pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2006
KEYWORDS: art history appreciation David Hockney old masters techniques
From Mobilization to Revolution
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xiii + 349pp, illus/diagrams, VG (moderate fading to spine & rear cover edges, moderate creasing to cover edges, sl soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, half title page partially detached, prev. owner's label to verso of full title page, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Random House 1978
KEYWORDS: social history sciences sociology revolution movements
Istoria Russkogo Literaturrogo Yazyka / History of the Russian Literary Language - Course of Lectures
TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN, FIRST EDITION, octavo, patterned heavy boards, gilt lettering to brown cloth spine, 431pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to board extrems/edges, moderate soiling & rubbing to spine, light tanning & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. ownership inscription in ink to ffep, prev. owner's ink markings ot rear pastedown, v heavy crack to rear gutter, binding sloppy with rear board shaky)
PUBLISHER: Moscow University 1954
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN CYRILLIC RUSSIAN first editions literature literary lectures history
3 RAR in South Vietnam 1967-1968: A Record of the Operational Service of the Third Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment in South Vietnam 12th December 1967 - 20th November 1968
Quarto, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 104pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Printcraft Press 1968
KEYWORDS: southeast Asia Vietnam war military history Australia 3 rar royal australian regiment
System Mauser: A Pictorial History of the Model 1896 Self-Loading Pistol
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate creasig & chipping to edges- discreet tape repair/reinforcement, heavy fading to spine, moderate rubbing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Handgun Press 1967
KEYWORDS: first editions handguns weapons weaponry small firearms Mauser history pistols
Die Chagall-Fenster in Zurich
TEXT IN GERMAN, IN SLIPCASE, contains stapled pamphlet and smaller folder of concertina illus, square super octavo, grey light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 89pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & rubbing to spines & cover edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Orell Fussli Verlag 1988
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN Marc Chagall art history windows Fraumunster Zurich Germany German
The Wyatts: An Architectural Dynasty
Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 287pp, illus, folding family history chart to rear, VG+ (light fading & rubbing to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1979
KEYWORDS: architecture history Wyatt Wyatville family English buildings architects
Rambles on the Golden Coast of the South Island of New Zealand
SECOND EDITION, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & brown illus to spine, coloured lettering with coloured & gilt illus to front board, aeg, delicately patterned eps, 176p, illus/plates- 9 of the 20 plates missing, G (heavy rubbing & scuffing/bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, heavy cracking to gutters throughout, light to moderate tanning & foxing throughout, 9 of the 20 plates have been removed- some of them quite brutally)
PUBLISHER: The Colonail Printing and Publishing Company 1886
KEYWORDS: old historical travel books south island New Zealand R C Reid history appreciation
Objects of Desire: Design and Society 1750-1980
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 245pp + bibliography to rear, VG (light bruising & fading to board corners & edges, spine sl cocked, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light soiling to & foxing to eps, moderate crack to rear gutter, light to moderate pencil underlining & annotation throughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate fading & tanning, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1986
KEYWORDS: first editions consumerism history historical design manufacturing
Etienne-Louis Boullee (1728-1799) Theoretician of Revolutionary Architecture
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 128pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light tanning & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1974
KEYWORDS: architecture architectural history Etienne-Louis Boullee architects France Franch revolution design