Books - "history"
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A Venetian Affair: A True Story of Impossible Love in the Eighteenth Century
mis-shapen binding: ctavo 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 Perennial 2005
KEYWORDS: literature history love romance passion Venice Italy historical
Behind the Lines: the Lives of New Zealand Soldiers in the First World War
Super 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: Allen & Unwin 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand World War 1 Egypt Gallipoli Paschendaele oral history
Prelude to War: World War II
Quarto hardcover (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: Time Life 1977
KEYWORDS: pictorial illustrated world war two second world war time life military history
A Scandalous History of the Roman Emperors
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: Caroll & Graf 2000
KEYWORDS: history Roman Emperors Caesar Augustus Nero Claudius Caligula
King James I of England, VI of Scotland
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1974
KEYWORDS: history Stuarts James England Scotland
At Home: A Short History of Private Life
super 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: Doubleday 2010
KEYWORDS: humour home living culture humanities history first edition
Harold Nicolson: Diaries and Letters 1930-1964
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: Penguin Books 1984
KEYWORDS: diaries correspondance letters Harold Nicolson social history autobiography politics
The Andaman & Nicobar Islands: A Study of Habitat, Economy & Society (From Tradition to Modernity)
Octavo, blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine, xii + 107pp, illus, VG (heavy fading to upper board edges, light rubbing to boards, owner's name & address in ink and owner's address stamp to f.e.p., slight wrinkling to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & small tears to edges, moderate rubbing, heavy vertical crease to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Sagar Publications 1982
KEYWORDS: Andaman Nicobar islands India Bay of Bengal Indian history
India Lakshadweep Islands: From Tradition to Modernity
Octavo, blue cloth boards with white lettering to spine, xi + 118pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to upper board edges, light rubbing to boards, 4cm stain to rear board, owner's name & address in ink and owner's address stamp to f.e.p. in d/w, VG (light creasing & small tears to edges, moderate rubbing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Sagar Publications 1982
KEYWORDS: Laksheedweep islands India Bay of Bengal Indian history
Land Purchase Methods and their Effect on Maori Population, 1865-1901. Journal of the Polynesian Society: Extract from Vol.65, No.3, September 1956
Super octavo stapled wrapper (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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1956
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori land rights history polynesian society report population
The Victors: The Men of World War 2
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Pocket Books 2004
KEYWORDS: Military history world war 2 D-Day
A Concise History of Bronzes
Octavo softcover (VG); 209 plates, 16 in colour: 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1968
KEYWORDS: History of bronzework bronzeworkers
Ferrarissima 20
Quarto, black heavy card boards, red lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 16pp adverts +128pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, 0.5cm sm gouges to base of rear board, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1994
KEYWORDS: cars ferrari illustrated modern history engines engineering motor
Ferrarissima 5
1986 first edition, quarto, black heavy card boards, red lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 12pp adverts + 119pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate crack to full length of gutter of half title page - pages still in tact) in d/w, VG (moderately light creassing to edges, 14cm crease to corner of back flap, light sun fading to spine, price label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1986
KEYWORDS: cars ferrari illustrated modern history engines engineering motor first edition
Ferrarissima 9
First edition, quarto, black heavy card boards, red lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 18pp adverts + 162pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light scuffing to front board, light foxing to page edges, gutter lightly shaky) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light scuffing to covers, price label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1988
KEYWORDS: cars ferrari illustrated modern history engines engineering motor first edition
Porsche 914 & 914-6: The Definitive History of the Road & Competition Cars
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, nr fine (light crease to bottom corner of rear few pages & cover, price label to front cover))
PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: porsche illustrated history cars engines engineering motor 914 914-6
Allegories of Cinema: American Film in the Sixties
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white & maroon lettering to spine, xiii + 388pp, illus, VG (moderately light creasing to cover edges, sl separation & curling to corners, light soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: film studies American movies US contemporary history culture sixties 60s politics activism illustrated
Record of the Fulfillment: The New Testament
Octavo, brown buckram boards with terracotta cloth spine, gilt lettering to spine, gilt stamp Christian fish symbol & gilt decorative rule to boards, illus eps, xii + 533pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light scuffing to boards, light staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w & clear contact, VG (light creasing to edges, several 2cm closed tears to edges, light fading to spine, wrapper adhered to plastic protective wrap)
PUBLISHER: The Priory Press 1966
KEYWORDS: religion Christianity new testament apostles teachings apostolic ancient biblical history
The Amadeus Book of the Violin: Construction, History and Music
Super octavo, copper coloured heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 597pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & board edges & corners, light soiling to page edges) in d/w & clear contact, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, bookseller's price sticker to rear)
PUBLISHER: Amadeus Press 1999
KEYWORDS: music violins string history illustrated classical
The Complete Book of Porsche 911: Every Model Since 1964
Quarto, illus heavy card boards, white & orange lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 288pp, illus, VG- (light scuffing with surface loss to spine extrems, moderate bruising to board corners with surface loss, 9cm closed tear to front board edge, 1cm tear to rear board nr spinelight scuffing to boards, light cracking to illus on eps nr gutter, light creasing to corners of back 2 pages) is a sound book despite description
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 2011
KEYWORDS: cars illustrated porsche 911 history motor engines engineering