Books - "history"
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Lagonda: An Illustrated History 1900-1950
First edition, Quarto, crimson cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 318pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to page edges) in d/w VG ( slight foxing to covers, light soiling to cover, light creasing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 1988
KEYWORDS: Lagonda automobile History transport cars
Russian Houses
Quarto, crimson cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 287pp, illus, VG+ (light spotting to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight scuffing to top of spine)
PUBLISHER: Stewart, Tabori & Chang 1991
KEYWORDS: houses homes architecture Russia Interior decoration History
Themes and Variations: The Drawings of Augustus John 1901-1931
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & cover, frontispiece, 72pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to rear cover & spine)
PUBLISHER: Lund Humphries 1996
KEYWORDS: biography arts drawing history John Augustus
Scottish Urban and Rural Branch Lines
Quarto, blue and illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, light blue eps, frontispiece, illus, VG+ (slight foxing to page edges, light soiling to front board)
PUBLISHER: Eroxop Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: Scotland locomotion tranport trains history railway lines
The Prisoner of War in Germany
third edition (2 added chapters), Octavo, green boards with black lettering to spine & embedded motif to rear board, 256pp, VG (light browning & foxing to page edges, moderate dampstaining to boards, two small nics to rear board, slight scuffing to boards)4
PUBLISHER: Skeffington & Son Ltd 1938
KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Prisoners prisons Prisoners of war POW Germany history military
The London Diocese Book for 1912
octavo, red cloth boards with gilt borders & lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xvi +394pp + 38pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate rubbing to boards, moderate fading to spine, light staining to upper spine & upper rear board, slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (n/d)
KEYWORDS: religion christianity Church Diocese London history Britain
A History of Rome Through the Fifth Century: Volume 1: The Republic
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1968
KEYWORDS: history rome government politics
Egypt: And the Wonders of the Land of the Pharaohs
Octavo, brown cloth boards with bevelled edges, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind decorative rule to boards, gilt illus to front board, folding frontispiece, yellow eps, illus title & prelims, vi + 293pp + 32pp adverts, illus, folding plates, VG (sporadic staining to boards & spine, 0.5cm tear to spine extrems, slight bruising to board edges, light fraying to board corners, owners name in ink to fep, moderate browning to page edges, v. light foxing to prelims and adverts)
PUBLISHER: Trubner and Co. 1884
KEYWORDS: egypt egyptology ancient history archaeology
The Truth Behind the Whaling Dispute
Octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing to covers & spine, light creasing to spine edges)
PUBLISHER: ICR 2001
KEYWORDS: International Whaling Commission Japan, Politics environment whales natural history
The Last of the Valois, and Accession of Henry of Navarre. 1559-1589
2 Volume set, first edition, octavo, dark blue boards with illus to front board with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontispiece, xi + 405pp (vol 1), x + 426pp (vol 2), illus, VG (moderate browning to top page edges, light foxing to page edges, light bruising to spine edges, light scuffing to board corners, light scuffing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Richard Bently & Son 1888
KEYWORDS: France History Capet Valois France Court courtiers House of Valois
Les Aventures Du Capitaine Cheyne: dans l'Archipel Caledonien 1841-1842
Text in French, Imperial octavo, blue stapled wrapper with black lettering to front wrapper, vi + 89pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine, slight soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w VG (moderate creasing to cover edges, 1cm tear with loss to top of spine, light soiling & rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: De La Societe D'Etudes Historiques 1975
KEYWORDS: travel Andrew CheyneAndrew history New Caledonia Social life customs sociology
A Treatise on Levelling, Topography and Higher Surveying
First edition?, super octavo, dark green boards with black spine & gilt lettering to spine with flower motifs, xiv + 173pp, illus, VG- (sporadic foxing in pages, heavy rubbing and bruising to spine, light scuffing to boards, light soiling to boards, heavy browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: D. Appleton & Co. 1876
KEYWORDS: surveying history geology topography levelling reference W M Gillespie
Joseph in Egypt
2 Volumes, First edition, octavo, beige boards with brown lettering to spine & front board, top page edges coloured red, 369pp (vol 1) + 295pp (vol 2), VG (light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine edges, small stain mark to spine of vol 1, moderate browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1938
KEYWORDS: Bible History Biblical events Joseph Son of Jacob Fiction religion literature modern first edition
77 Years Among the Kowhais: Beyond Hunterville 1896-1973
Imperial octavo, green boards with black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 103pp, illus, VG+ (slight fainding to bottom of spine) in d/w VG (moderate rubbing to covers, light creasing to edges, moderate bruising to cover corners & spine edges)
PUBLISHER: Service Printers 1977
KEYWORDS: Pioneers New Zealand Hunterville History
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians in Two Volumes
New Edition, Revised and Abridged from his Larger Work
2 volume set, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, black eps, frontispiece, xvi + 419pp (vol 1) + x + 438pp (vol 2), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine edges & extrems, moderate scuffing to board edges, sporadic foxing through pages, heavy browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890
KEYWORDS: Egypt Civilization ancient history sociology reference
The Logistics and Politics of the British Campaigns in the Middle East, 1914-22
Octavo, illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, x + 262pp, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2011
KEYWORDS: military strategic history Great Britain Army Egyptian Expeditionary Force Mesopotamian Expeditionary Force Logistics
The Philippine Coast Guard: Legacy to the Nation: 109 Years of Dedicated and Glorious Service
Oblong quarto, illus boards with lettering to spine & boards, illus eps, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: (n/d)
KEYWORDS: philippine nautical Coast Guard history
Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18: Volume Three: Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War
Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxix + 493pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine edges, modereate rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1939
KEYWORDS: Australia history World War One WW1 flying planes aviation Aerial operations
LO!
First edition, Super octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 351pp, VG (light to moderate foxing to page edges, light soiling to boards, light bruising to board corners & spine edges)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1931
KEYWORDS: Science Miscellanea wonders Scientific curiosities history cosmology space
Horses and Foals
Large 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Ward Lock Ltd 1980 approx
KEYWORDS: equestrian horses dressage grooming breed history farming war military