Books - "history"
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The Road to Three Pagodas
First edition, octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 180pp, map to prelims, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, v sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light internal tanning)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald 1963
KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir Reginald Burton military history pow prisoner
Svardet Och Varjan: Som Armevapen: The History of the Swedish Army Sword 1500-1860
Captions and summary in English, TEXT IN SWEDISH, imperial octavo, light grey buckram boards, gilt lettering & blue sword motif to spine & front board, illus half title page, 400pp, illus, VG+ (v light creasing to spine extrems, v sl soiling to spine & front board, light tanning to page edges, ex libris label & owner's name in ink to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Militarlitteraturforeningen 1955
KEYWORDS: Sweden weaponry swords military history swedish illustrated army text in Swedish
Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade 1775-1861 (Parts I and II): Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen Transcripts of Registers of Shipping 1787-1862 (Part III)
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps & prelims, xviii + 277pp + 104pp index, illus, SCRUFFY reading copy only(heavy creasing & fading to spine, moderate to heavy creasing and rubbing to covers, closed tear to rear cover, pages 89-94 loose, prev owners details in ink to fep, light soiling & tanning to covers and page edges)
PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1986
KEYWORDS: shipping maritime nautical registrar trade log records history south seas
A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia: With Some Accounts of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, xii + 409pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine extrems, v sl soiling to boards & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 1970
KEYWORDS: Abyssinia geography culture history prisoner captivity Emperor Theodore
The Place Where Souls Are Born
first edition 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1992
KEYWORDS: travel writing North America Indians history
Harvest of Journeys
Scruffy, Paperback (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: Fontana Books 1965
KEYWORDS: Travel Voyages Whaling Norway History
The Mountains of Serbia: Travels Through Inland Yugoslavia
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Readers Union 1977
KEYWORDS: Mountains Serbia travel history
The Hidden Scrolls: Christianity, Judaism, and the War for the Dead Sea Scrolls
paperback (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: Mandarin 1995
KEYWORDS: religion history dead scrolls
Future Shock
paperback (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: Pan Books
KEYWORDS: sociology history civilisation
Steam on the Waitemata
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Reed (n/d)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history steam ships nautical Waitemata
Vintage New Zealand Launches: A Winkelmann Portfolio
Square imperial 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: David Ling 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Launches History
Glamour Ships of the Union Steam Ship Company N.Z. Ltd
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Milwood Press 1981
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Steam ships nautical
The Pathfinders
Imperial octavo 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Time-Life Books 1980
KEYWORDS: Aeronautics United States History aviation
The Pathfinders
Imperial octavo 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Time-Life Books 1981
KEYWORDS: Aeronautics United States History aviation
The Men-of-War
Imperial octavo 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Time-Life Books 1980
KEYWORDS: Navies History Warships nautical
Ocean Liners: The Golden Years
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Tiger Books 1993
KEYWORDS: ocean liners nautical ships history
The Last Rising of the Agricultural Labourers: Rural Life and Protest in Nineteenth-Century England
Imperial octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Breviary Studd Publications 2010
KEYWORDS: England English agricuture agricultural rural history
The Third Sex
Octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr fine); 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 University of Illinois 2007
KEYWORDS: sexuality homosexuality gay culture European social history
Gay Rights and Moral Panic: The Origins of America's Debate on Homosexuality
Octavo softcover (nr fine); 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: Palgrave Macmillan 2010
KEYWORDS: America American social history sexuality homosexuality gay rights
Flexible Bodies: The ROle of Immunity in American Culture from the Days of Polio to the Age of Aids
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: Beacon Press 1994
KEYWORDS: American culture immunity vaccination immunisation social history science anthropology