Books - "history"
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Meand and Ends: Reflections on the History of Fresco Painting
8vo 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: Thames and Hudson 1976
KEYWORDS: E H Gombrich art history fresco painting
Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
8vo 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: Kodansha International 2000
KEYWORDS: Yamamoto Tsunetomo Samurai Japan Japanese history
The Destruction of the Jews
Super 8vo hardcover (VG) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1971
KEYWORDS: Flavius Josephus social history the Folio Society
Pliny: A Self Portrait in Letters
Super 8vo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1978
KEYWORDS: Pliny the Folio Society classical ancient history
Selects from the Reminiscences of Captain Gronow
Super 8vo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: The Folio Society 1977
KEYWORDS: Captain Gronow Nicolas Bentley the Folio Society reminiscences history diary journal
Enzo Ferrari: The Definitive Biography of an Icon
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cassell 2024
KEYWORDS: motorsport history Enzo Ferrari biography biographies memoir
The Making of New Zealand: An Economic History
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history economics finance financial politics political
Sketches from the Life of William Paterson
Octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago Early Settlers' Association autobiography William Paterson
Methodism in Auckland During the Maori Wars: 1860-1864
Octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Wesley Historical Society (N.Z.) 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori wars religion methodism methodist Auckland
The History of Greenhills
Octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: J E Bremer 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Greenhills district south island Southland J E Bremer
There's Gold in Them There Hills
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir D Mundy history
A History of Japanese in Hawaii
Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xix + 431pp, illus/photos, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep, sl occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: The United Japanese Society of Hawaii 1971
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history Hawaii Hawai'i US American America immigration immigrants
Prisoner in Japan
Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light bruising to board extrems, prev owners details crossed out with black marker pen on paste down) in d/w VG- (moderate chipping and scuffing to edges, moderate rubbing to covers, light foxing, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1945
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history pows prisoners of war hard labour Phyllis Argall Japanese Japan
Through Japanese Barbed Wire: A Thousand-mile Trek from a Japanese Prison Camp
Octavo, red buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, 184pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page egdes, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- internal yellowing tape repairs, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1944
KEYWORDS: prisoners Japan Japanese Stanley Peninsula prison camps survivors history Gwen Priestwood autobiography memoir
From Tokyo to Tiflis: Uncensored Letters from the War
Super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red lettering & gilt ship motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, x + 340pp, illus, folding map to rear- all plates present, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's labels to front pastedown, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters- boards sl shaky, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout, light foxing throughout, plate opp. pg 208 loose)
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1905
KEYWORDS: war history Japan Russia letters correspondence
A Beachcomber in the Orient
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor wrinkling to boards, light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1923
KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Harry L Foster oriental adventures history historical
Japan
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, gilt & green lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, x + 431pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters, prev. owners' names in ink to half & full title pages, occasional light markings in pencil)
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1894
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history David Murray
The Politics of Nostalgia: Racism and the Extreme Right in New Zealand
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & red lettering to spine & front cover, 318pp, VG+ (light chafing & curling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand far right extremism racism history conservative politics right-wing
Japan, being a Sketch of the History, Government and Officers of the Empire
Ex-library, rebound, octavo, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to red leather title plate to spine, raised bands to spine, gilt library motif to front board, coloured speckling to page edges, beautiful vibrant coloured frontispiece, vi + 489pp, VG (minimal library markings, light rubbing & staining to leatherwork, light to moderate chafing & soiling/fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minor foxing & soiling occasionally throughout)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1869
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history politics political empire government
Japan and Her Colonies; being Extracts from a Diary Made Whilst Visiting Formosa, Manchuria, Shantung, Korea and Saghalin in the Year 1921
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 276pp + 20pp to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ink stamp to ffep, light cracking to gutters, light creasing to fore-edges of terminals, occasional light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold & Co 1923
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese diaries journals Poultney Bigelow modern history