Books - "history"
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Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters
4to, pp. 296; yellow heavy card bds, spine lettered in black, publisher's device to front board in blind; illus. eps & tp, photos, foldouts, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; sl tanning).
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2001
KEYWORDS: David Hockney art artist Old Masters method technique painting painter art history
Hikurangi Ki Homburg: Henare Kohere and Terei Ngatai with the Maori Coronation Contingent 1902
Imp. 8vo, pp. xii + 140; illus. light card covers; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals; 2cm closed tear to front cover with archival tape repairs).
PUBLISHER: Clerestory Press 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history soliders 19th 20th century
New Zealand's Western Front Campaign
Imp. 8vo, pp. 408; grey heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus. eps & tp, photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light soiling throughout); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War 1 WW1 WWI II western front 20th century
Antwerp World Port: On Trading and Shipping
Disc to rear. Imp. 8vo, pp. 175; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps, frontis., photos, plates, foldouts, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; gift inscription in blue ink to ht).
PUBLISHER: MAS Books 2012
KEYWORDS: Antwerp port shipping trade history trading route Europe
The Presocratic Philosophers: A Critical History with a Selection of Texts
First edition. 8vo, pp. xii + 487; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep; moderate to heavy fading to bds & spine; moderate to heavy pencil annotation throughout).
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1957
KEYWORDS: G S Kirk J E Raven presocratic philosohy philosophers ancient classical history first edition
The Presocratic Philosophers Volume 1: Thales to Zeno
This vol. only. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 378; brown heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscriptions in blue ink to ffep & rfep); in d/w, VG (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979
KEYWORDS: Jonathan Barnes presocratic philosohy philosophers ancient classical history first edition
Old New Zealand, A Tale of the Good Old Times; And a History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845. Told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe. By a Pakeha Maori
Fourth edition (Bagnall 3346). Original bdg. Demy 8vo, pp. xvi + 278; brown cl bds, spine lettered & ruled in gilt; front board ruled & decorated in black; rear board decorated in blind; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; moderate cracking to central gutters; moderate foxing throughout; rfep & final pg loose).
PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1876
KEYWORDS: old New Zealand 19th century Maori Pakeha history story stories war warfare battle tribes
Manual of New Zealand Geography with Maps and Examination Questions
Foolscap 8vo, pp. x + 143 + [24 (advts)]; brown cl bds, front board lettered in gilt; advt eps, foldout maps throughout; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate to heavy tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp verso; annotation in pencil to maps; light to moderate foxing throughout; moderate cracking to front & rear hinges; moderate cracking to central gutters).
PUBLISHER: George Philip and Son 1871
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography Thomas A Bowden history environment topography maps geographical landscape
Stalin and the Scientists: A History of Triumph and Tragedy 1905-1953
Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2016
KEYWORDS: Russia Russia history early 20th twentieth century science
From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairytales and Their Tellers
Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1994
KEYWORDS: fairy tales fairytales fantasy literature literary criticism folklore lore nursery rhymes history
John Clare: A Biography
Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Picador 2003
KEYWORDS: history biography biographies memoir John Clare literature literary poets poetry
Aquinas: God and Action
Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979
KEYWORDS: St Thomas Aquinas history theology religion religious biography biographies memoir
The Western World and Japan: A Study in the Interaction of European and Asiatic Cultures
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket very torn & loosely enclosed; 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: Alfred A Knopf 1968
KEYWORDS: Asia Europe Japan social history culture
The Healthy Country? A History of Life & Death in New Zealand
INSCRIBED & INITIALLED BY ALISTAIR WOODWARD, 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: Auckland University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand health history wellbeing culture social commentary science nutrition disease signed Alistair Woodward
Australian Civilization: A Symposium
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: F W Cheshire 1962
KEYWORDS: academic literature essays philosophy Australia Australian social commentary history historical
European Vision and the South Pacific 1768-1850: A Study in the History of Art and Ideas
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: Oxford University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: art history European ideas south Pacific anthropology culture
Masters of Deceit: The Story of Communism in America and How to Fight it
Paperback (G+) scruffy copy; 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: Pocket Books / Cardinal 1960
KEYWORDS: J Edgar Hoover politics government FBI communism US America American history communist party espionage
Style, Information and Image in the Art of Cook's Voyages
Octavo stapled light card covers (VG) some highlighting to text; 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: School of Fine Arts, University of Canterbury 1988
KEYWORDS: Harkness lectures art history Bernard Smith exploration Captain James Cook voyages
In the Hills of Waimarino: The Human Story of the Development of the District
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Waimarino
Anatomy of the Movies
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1981
KEYWORDS: film industry movies entertainment history