Books - "history"
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Rumania 1866-1947
Octavo, deep blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 579pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing/scuffing to edges, sl tanning)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Europe European history Rumania geopolitics geography
A People Apart: The Jews in Europe 1789-1939
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, xviii + 944pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history Europe politics government antisemitism holocaust ethnic ethnicity
Chatham Exiles: Yesterday and To-Day at the Chatham Islands
Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, map illus to eps, frontispiece, 182pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, sl foxing to prelims, Chatham Islands postage stamps affixed to verso of contents page) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, sm adhesive residue to front cover, newspaper cutting o f author taped to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1950
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chatham islands history isolated Pacific
A Clinton Couple: Letters from Early Days in South Otago
Octavo, teal buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to title plate on front board, 62pp, VG+ (sl soiling to boardssl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges & folds, light fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history South Otago Clinton letters correspondence Scottish settlers John Gormack Mary McDonald
Looking Back: Glenshee to Otago 1853-56 to 1953-56
Octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to covers, 142pp + unpaginated supplement to rear, VG- (moderate creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, moderate chipping & tearing to base of spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to title page, minor cracking & rusting to front & rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Clan Ayson of NZ Society N/D (c.1950s)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history south island centenary centennial Glenshee Otago pioneers settlers
The Southern Districts of New Zealand; A Journal with Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, folding map verso of title page, xiv + 315pp, G+ (heavy water damage to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & water staining to eps, inscription in ink to ffep, binding sloppy with some segments loosened, moderate closed tearing to folding map)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1851
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Southland districts history
Typefaces for Books
Imp. 8vo, pp. 288; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front gutters; prev ownership inscription in blue to ht).
PUBLISHER: The British Library 1990
KEYWORDS: type typeface lettering founding book arts design letterpress printing history
Newspaper Cuttings/Obituares 1896-1906
This volume only. 4to, pp. 188; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate, rubbing scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; dates covered by work inscribed in blue ink to tp).
PUBLISHER: Dunedin Public Library 1975
KEYWORDS: Dunedin Public Library Otago newspaper cuttings obituaries 19th 20th century social history
Newspaper Cuttings Volume 7: 1908-1909
This volume only. 4to, pp. 189; red buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light to moderate, rubbing scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; volume & dates covered by work inscribed in blue ink to tp;
PUBLISHER: Dunedin Public Library 1975
KEYWORDS: Dunedin Public Library Otago newspaper cuttings obituaries 19th 20th century social history
Tuapeka County 1876-1926
Typed manuscript. Obl 4to, unpaginated; patterned heavy card bds, maroon cl spine, paper label to front board; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; bdg sloppy; price sticker to front board; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout);
PUBLISHER: n/p
KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Tuapeka 19th 20tu century
Printer and Playground: An Autobiography
Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 156; grey cl bds, blue label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's stickers to front pastedown); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; price clipped to front flap, price drawn over with black ink; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1956
KEYWORDS: Simon Oliver printing printer typography type publishing history book arts design life lives biography autobiography
The Visual Index of Artists' Signatures and Monograms
Super 8vo, pp. 239; cream heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; signatures; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning & moderate foxing).
PUBLISHER: W. Foulsham & Co. 1991
KEYWORDS: art artist signature monogram history identification index collection collector
Burrell Showman's Road Locomotives: The Study of Showman's Type Road Locomotives Manufactured by Charles Burrell & Sons Ltd.
Super 8vo, pp. 319; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light 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); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping; lg closed tear to spine & front cover fold; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Model & Allied Publications 1971
KEYWORDS: Chalres Burrell Showman road locomotives automobile vehicle history
Ploughing by Steam: A History of Steam Cultivation over the Years
Super 8vo, pp. 360; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev bookseller's sticker to ffep); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Model & Allied Publications 1970
KEYWORDS: steam engine history application plough ploughing
Racing Voiturettes
Rebacked. 8vo, pp. 376; blue cl bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; plates; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; some foxing throughout); lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1950
KEYWORDS: Kent Karslake car vehicle automobile racing race history 20th century
The Rome Escape Line: The Story of the British Organization in Rome for Assisting Escaped Prisoners-of-War 1943-44
LACKS D/W, octavo, red heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, 239p, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing & soiling to boards & extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1960
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war escapees Rome British armed defence forces
Zenza Bronica History
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & blue lettering to spine, 165pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Wittig Books 2012
KEYWORDS: art photography cameras technology design history Zenza Bronica Japan Japanese
Prisoner at Large: The Story of Five Escapes
LACKS D/W, octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 305pp, VG- (moderate bruising to board edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling/staining & water damage to boards, spine cocked, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to prelims, heavy crack to rear gutter- rear board shaky, minor staining to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Victro Gollancz 1947
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war escapees ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Views on Air Defence
Ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, unpaginated prelims + 100pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/sioling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden N/D (c.1938)
KEYWORDS: military history raf royal air force British armed forces aerial defence defense aviation warfare
Les Naufrages ou Vingt Mois Sur un Recif des Iles Auckland
TEXT IN FRENCH, imperial octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering/tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece, maps to prelims, xii + 374pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & boards with minor surface loss, moderate fading/tanning to spine, moderate fading & soiling to page edges, patches of moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Libraire Hachette et Cie 1882
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Auckland Island islands history historical accounts