Books - "history"
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Studies in Contemporary Thailand No.18: 'Child Labour' and Child Prostitution in Thailand: Changing Realities
Octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, black and red lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/diagrams, VG+ (minor previous owner's stamp marking to fep) (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: White Lotus 2007
KEYWORDS: law Thailand history society crime
Italian Battleships 1928-1957: An Illustrated Technical Reference: Second Edition
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front wrapper and spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Art by Wayne 2009
KEYWORDS: art military history navy ships Wayne Scarpaci
Leica: Collector's Guide: 2nd Edition
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 623pp, illus/photos, Near Fine in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Hove Collectors Books 2004
KEYWORDS: photography cameras history collectibles antiques
British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939-1945
Super octavo, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus/photos, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2013
KEYWORDS: tanks military british history
Indian Lobbying and its Influence in Decision Making: Post Cold War
Octavo, illus heavy boards, orange, black, dark blue and green lettering to front board, white and blue lettering to spine, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Sage 2017
KEYWORDS: Indian history Cold War politics society
Hawke's Bay Forests of Yesterday: A Description and Interpretation
Super octavo, green card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 273 pp., VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to edges & extrems, some soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Patrick J. Grant 1996
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand local history Hawke's Bay forests
Atlas of Medieval Europe
Second edition. Super octavo, black cl boards, spine & front board lettered in silver gilt, 339 pp., VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light bruising). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2007
KEYWORDS: atlas medieval Europe European history
A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army, 1941-1945
Super octavo, illus card boards, black cl spine lettered in red, 428 pp., VG+, in slipcase, VG (light soiling & scuffing, some bruising, v sl chipping). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2015
KEYWORDS: Vasily Grossman Red Army Russia Russian 20th century military history life lives
On the Psychology of Military Incompetence
Super octavo, grey cl boards, spine lettered in white, illus to front board, 446 pp., VG+, in slipcase, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing, light bruising). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2016
KEYWORDS: Norman F Dixon military history Folio Society
Mokoreta
Obl octavo, illus card boards, 224 pp., VG+ (light bruising, sl soiling, prev ownership inscription to ffep). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: George L. Taylor 2011
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand local history
Te Whiti O Rongomai and the Resistance of Parihaka
Super octavo, illus light card covers, 276 pp., VG+ (light bruising, sl soiling & scuffing to covers, light soiling to pg edges, bookseller sticker to rear cover). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2015
KEYWORDS: Te Whiti O Rongomai early New Zealand history 19th century politics
Dredging the Past: The Life of Alex C. McGeorge
Imp. octavo, illus light card covers, 256 pp., VG (light bruising, sl soiling & scuffing to covers, some warping, light soiling to pg edges, bookseller sticker to rear cover). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Lois Houston 2011
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand history life lives biography Alex C McGeorge gold mining dredging
Meeting Different Winds: A History of the Miller Family of Milton and Mandeville, New Zealand
Super octavo, illus light card covers, 378 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl soiling, light soiling to pg edges). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Pukeko Press 2016
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand local family history Miller genealogy
Strangers and Pilgrims: The von Tunzelmann Saga
Octavo, illus light card covers, 240 pp., VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, sl scuffing, light soiling to pg edges, bookseller sticker to rear cover). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: D. S. Coombs and A. G. Coombs 2006
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand family local history
When the Tsunami Came to Shore: Culture and Disaster in Japan
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, illus card boards, 358 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl rubbing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Global Oriental 2014
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture social cultural history religion anthropology literature natural disasters
The Aesthetics of Japanese Fascism
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, red cl boards, spine lettered in black, 355 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2009
KEYWORDS: 20th century Japan Japanese fascism aesthetics history criticism fascist
Objective Description of the Self: A Study of Iwano Homeis's Literary Theory
FIRST EDITION. Ownership signature of Roy Starrs. Super octavo, yellow card boards, spine & front board lettered in black, 240 pp., VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & fading to boards, light soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG- (moderate bruising to edges & extrems with moderate chipping, moderate scuffing, moderate fading). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Aarhus University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Yoichi Nagashima Iwano Homei Japan Japanese literature literary criticism history
A Tanizaki Feast: The International Symposium in Venice
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, tan cl boards, spine lettered in black, 191 pp., VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light scuffing to boards), in d/w, VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate fading, bookseller sticker to rear cover). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Center for Japanese Studies 1998
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese studies literature criticism history
The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream
Super octavo, black cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, teg, 562 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2015
KEYWORDS: H W Brands gold rush gold rush 19th century American history
Sowing the Wind: The Seeds of Conflict in the Middle East
Super octavo, illus card boards, 503 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling & fading). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2016
KEYWORDS: John Keay Middle East Eastern conflict war wars history