Books - "history"
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The Music of the Most Ancient Nations, Particularly of the Assyrians, Egyptians, and Hebrews; with Special Reference to Recent Discoveries in Western Asia and in Egypt
Nicely rebound, Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, xii + 379pp + 32pp adverts, VG+ (light foxing to advert pages, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1870
KEYWORDS: history music Assyrians Egyptians Hebrews
Ancient Egypt under the Pharaohs: Two Volume Set
Two volume Set, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illustration to spine, xiii + 519pp (vol 1), viii + 528pp + 8pp adverts (vol 2), illus, VG (previous owner's name in ink to fep, heavy bruising to board corners, light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to board, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & light soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: B. Fellows 1850
KEYWORDS: Ancient history egypt pharaohs antiquities civilisation
Egypt and the Great Suez Canal: A Narrative of Travels
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt decoration to spine, gilt motif to front board, yellow eps, a.e.g., frontispiece, vii + 376pp, VG (previous owner's inscription & date to fep in ink, light rubbing & moderate soiling to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Richard Bently 1857
KEYWORDS: Egypt travel Suez Canal history
The Amarna Age; A Study of The Crisis of the Ancient World
First edition, super octavo, grey cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, blue illustration to front board, frontispiece, xix + 645pp, illus, VG (moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners)
PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1926
KEYWORDS: Tell el-Amarna tablets Civilisation Egypt ancient History Eighteenth dynasty
Cleopatra's Needles
First edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 128pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: H. F. G. Witherby 1962
KEYWORDS: Antiquities Obelisks Egypt ancient history
Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries
Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 447pp, VG (light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, previous owner's name in pencil & stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1934
KEYWORDS: Industrial arts ancient History Antiquities Industries Egypt
The Great Pyramid: Its Builder and its Prophecy: With a Review of the Corresponding Prophecies of Scripture Relating to coming Events and the Approaching End of the Age
Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illustration to front board, frontispiece, xv + 359pp + folding map, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light sporadic foxing through pages)
PUBLISHER: Robert Banks 1905
KEYWORDS: ancient history great pyramid egyptology Egypt
And in the Tomb Were Found-: Plays and Portraits of Old Egypt
Super octavo, beige cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, xxiii + 236pp, illus, VG (bookseller's label & previous owner's name in ink to fep, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges),
PUBLISHER: W. Heffer & Sons 1923
KEYWORDS: Egypt Ancient History Drama theatre
The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times Till the Conquest by The Arabs: Two Volumes
2 Volume Set, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxviii + 430pp (vol 1), xxiii + 412pp (vol2), illus, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, ligth soiling & light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: George Bell 1905
KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt antiquities Pregnancy, Childbirth Obstetrics
Two Theban Princes: Kha-Em-Uast and Amen-Khepeshf: Sons of Rameses III: Menna, A Land-Steward and Their Tombs
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 116pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges, prvious owner's name in ink but scribble in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Oliver & Boyd 1910
KEYWORDS: King Ramses III Egypt Tombs Valley of the Queens Antiquities ancient history
The Life of Hatshepsut: The King of the South and North Kamari'a, Daughter of the Sun
Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxviii + 260pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: W. Heffer & Sons 1920
KEYWORDS: Queen Hatshepsut Egypt ancient history biography
A Monograph of The Ramphastidae or Family of Toucans.
Facsimile reprint (1854), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front board, blind rule to front board, patterned eps, 26pp + 52 plates with accompanying text, illus, nr fine (small stain to front board, light brusing to lower board corners)
PUBLISHER: Hill House 1998
KEYWORDS: ornithology birds identification toucans ramphastidae natural history biology zoology
The Birds of New Guinea and the Adjacent Papuan Islands, including Many Recently Discovered in Australia. Volume 1
Facsimile reprint (1888), limited edition numbered, elephant folio, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem & blind rule to front board, patterned eps, 7pp + 56 plates with accompanying text, illus, nr fine (v.light staining & rubbing to boards, light brusing to lower board corners)
PUBLISHER: Hill House 1988
KEYWORDS: ornithology birds identification birds of paradise natural history biology zoology
A Calendar of Inquisitiones Post Mortem for Cornwall and Devon, from Henry III to Charles I. (1216-1649)
Octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, blind decoration to front board, teg, viii + 159pp +17pp adverts, VG (moderate soiling to boards,light brusing to spine extrems, exlibris label to front pastedown, light foxing to page edges 7 prelims, moderate browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Devon & Cornwall Record Society/ WIlliam Pollard & Co. 1906
KEYWORDS: Inquisitiones post mortem genealogy UK family history Devon Cornwall law
The Wardens of Savernake Forest
First edition, Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 352pp, illus, VG (bookseller's label to fep, light tanning & light foxing to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to eps) in d/w VG- (price clipped, 5cm closed tear to front cover internally repaired with cellotape, light rubbing, light soiling, 3.5cm tear with loss to lower spine, several small tears with loss to cover edges & upper spine)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1949
KEYWORDS: Savernake Forest Wiltshire England history biography
The Life and Times of Akhnaton: Pharaoh of Egypt
frontispiece, xxxi + 255pp, illus, VG (moderat tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light rubbing & light foxing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing through pages, clear pocket stuck with cellotape to fep containing paper articles)
PUBLISHER: Thornton Butterworth 1922
KEYWORDS: biography ancient history Egypt Pharaoh Akhnaton
History of the Commonwealth of England From its Commencement, to the Restoration of Charles the Second: Four Volume Set
First edition, 4 volume set, octavo, half bound green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt tooling to spine, 5 raised bands to spine, marbled eps, marbled page edges, xvi + 496pp (vol1), xvi + 696pp (vol2), xvi + 599pp (vol3), xvi + 608pp (vol4), VG (minimal library stamps, library number to spine, label residue to front pastedowns, owner's ex-libris label to front pastedown vol 1, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate rubbing to spine, moderate rubbing to board corners with some surface loss, very light soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Henry Colburn 1824
KEYWORDS: history England Commonwealth
Information for the People: or, Treasury of Useful Knowledge: Comprising a Large Amount of Interesting and Instructive Reading, Designed for Popular Use
Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt illustrations to spine & boards, frontispiece, 530pp + 16pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light sporadic foxing to pages, dampstaining to advert pages)
PUBLISHER: Robert Sears 1850
KEYWORDS: natural history Geography agriculture economics biography arts science
Guests of the Unspeakable
First edition, octavo, red orange boards with black lettering to spine, xii + 276pp + 26pp adverts, VG (light rubbing, light tanning to page edges) in d/w Poor (large ugly tear with 16cm loss to front repaired with archival tape, 4.5cm tear with loss to rear cover repiared with archival tape, 4cm tear with loss to upper spine repaired with archival tape, several small tears with loss repaired with archival tape to cover edges, moderate tanning to spine, light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1932
KEYWORDS: autobiography aviation history World War One WW1 military
Stoned on Duty
Super octavo, illus light card covers, 239pp, VG (moderate tanning to page edges, light rubbing creasing to covers, prev owners inscription in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa Beckett 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history police biography Peter Williamson
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