Books - "history"
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The Mapmakers: The Story of the Great Pioneers in Cartography--From Antiquity to the Space Age
Super octavo, illus card boards, blue cl spine lettered in blue gilt, 482 pp., VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light fading). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2016
KEYWORDS: cartography maps geography history Folio Society
History of Western Science, 1543-2001
Super octavo, illus cl boards, blue leather spine lettered in gilt, teg, 706 pp., VG+ (sl bruising to edges & extrems, creasing to spine), in slipcase, VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light scuffing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2007
KEYWORDS: science scientists history of John Gribbin Folio Society
Private Army
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, brown card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 512 pp., VG- (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & scuffing, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges, eps & prelims/terminals, bookplate to ffep), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, moderate soiling & scuffing, foxing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1950
KEYWORDS: Vladimir Peniakoff military history ww2 Second World War II 2 Two
The Story of Hauraki Gulf: Discovery, Transformation, Restoration
Quarto, blue card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, 368 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl scuffing to boards, light soiling to pg edges), in d/w, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems with v sl chipping, light soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geography history Hauraki Gulf Raewyn Peart
150 Years of Rail in New Zealand
Obl quarto, blue card boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt, 240 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl rubbing to boards), in d/w, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history rail railways railroads
Waka Moana: Voyages of the Ancestors: The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
Quarto, blue card boards, spine lettered in gilt, 360 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl scuffing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2012
KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands Ocean settlement history migration
Triumph of Narrow Gauge: A History of Queensland Railways
Revised edition. Quarto, grey card boards, spine & front board lettered in white, 248 pp., VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems), in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, sl scuffing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Boolarong Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian Queensland railroads railways trains history
Coal in My Blood
Quarto, illus light card covers, 185 pp., VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, dampstaining to edges, light to moderate soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: John Cairns 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand life lives biography autobiography local history
From Teaneraki to Enfield: A Photographic Panorama of 120 Years
Quarto, illus light card covers, 161 pp., VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: L M Malcolm 2012
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand family local history
Gold Miners of Teviot: 150 Years, 1862-2012
Quarto, illus light card covers, 215 pp., VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Central Lakes Trust 2012
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand local history Central Otago gold mining miners
A Splendid Isolation: Gisborne: East Coast, 1950-2012
Quarto, illus light card covers, 520 pp., VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light scuffing to covers, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, some soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: H B Williams Memorial Library Book Trust 2012
KEYWORDS: early New Zealand local history North Island East Coast Gisborne
Of 'Truth Impossible to Put in Words': MAx Beckmann Contextualized
Super octavo, illus light card covers, 356 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, light rubbing & soiling to covers). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Peter Lang 2008
KEYWORDS: art history criticism Max Beckmann painting painters
The Yangtze Valley and Beyond: An Account of Journeys in China, Chiefly in the Province of Sze Chuan and among the Man-Tze of the Somo Territory
Imp octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt, illus to boards in black & gilt, 420 pp., VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, dampstaining to boards & upper pg edges), in slipcase, VG (moderate soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2018
KEYWORDS: J F Bishop Isabella L Bird China Chinese history geography travel writing travelling Folio Society
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
Super octavo, illus blue cl boards, spine lettered in black, 483 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems), in slipcase, VG (light soiling & scuffing to covers, light bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2005
KEYWORDS: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Russia Russian history gulag labor labour camps
The History of Scotland: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
Two volume set. Super octavo, blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, 403, 404-835 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl soiling), in slipcase, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2006
KEYWORDS: R A Houston W W J Knox Scotland Scottish history Folio Society
Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution
Two volume set. Super octavo, red cl boards, black cl spine lettered in red & gilt, 412, 413-914 pp., VG+ (light bruising to edges & extrems, sl soiling), in slipcase, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, some scuffing & soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2004
KEYWORDS: Simon Schama France French history revolution Folio Society
Traditional Bridges of Papua New Guinea
Quarto, illus light card covers, 137 pp., VG- (light to moderate bruising, moderate to heavy soiling, moderate soiling & foxing to pg edges & prelims/terminals). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Papua New Guinea University of Technology 1982
KEYWORDS: Papua New Guinea technology bridge bridges history
The Spanish Civil War
Two volume set. Super octavo, red/yellow cl boards, spine lettered in black & yellow, 423, 424-1018 pp., VG+ (sl bruising, sl soiling), in slipcase, VG (moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light soiling). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2014
KEYWORDS: 20th century military history Spain Spanish Civil War Folio Society
The Campaigns of Wellington: The Peninsular War, 1808-1811, The Peninsular War, 1812-1814 & The Waterloo Campaign, 1815
Three volume set. Super octavo, illus cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, 344, 359, 358 pp., VG+ (light bruising & soiling), in slipcase, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2007
KEYWORDS: 19th century English British military history Sir Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington
The Natural History of Canterbury
Super octavo, illus card boards, 923 pp., VG (light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing to boards), in slipcase, VG (light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling & scuffing, bookseller sticker to rear cover). Photos available on request.
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand natural history Canterbury