Books - "history"
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The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: Biography Volume IV
THIS VOLUME ONLY, quarto, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine & raised bands, blind decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, 1046 paginated columns, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges/corners with some surface loss, moderate chafing & light staining to boards with some surface loss, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, cracks to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Bradbury and Evans 1857
KEYWORDS: cyclopaedia cyclopedia England United Kingdom UK history literature
The English Cyclopaedia: A New Dictionary of Universal Knowledge: Biography Volume III
THIS VOLUME ONLY, quarto, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to spine & raised bands, blind decorative rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, 998 paginated columns, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges/corners with some surface loss, moderate chafing & light staining to boards with some surface loss, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, cracks to gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Bradbury and Evans 1856
KEYWORDS: cyclopaedia cyclopedia England United Kingdom UK history literature
Tell Me Lies About Vietnam: Cultural Battles for the Meaning of War
Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, xiv + 217pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board edges, light chafing to boards, light sticky label residue to front board)
PUBLISHER: Open University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: Vietnam military war illustrated contemporary history culture American Studies US
Last Post: The End of the Empire in the Far East
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: John Murray 2005
KEYWORDS: history war east west
Kiss of Death: The True History of the Gospel of Judas
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: Watkins Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: history christ christianity gospel of judas scripture
The Kennedy Curse: Why America's First Family has Been Haunted by Tragedy for 150 Years
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: St. Martins Press 2003
KEYWORDS: history biography kennedy jfk jaqui o
The Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting, and China's Secret Solution to its Dissident Problem
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: Prometheus 2014
KEYWORDS: history china politics genocide crime
Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance - and Why they Fall
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 2007
KEYWORDS: history politics empires
The Soong Dynasty
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: Sigwick & Jackson 1985
KEYWORDS: history china dynasty
Fortune Favours the Brave: The Battle of the Hook Korea 1953
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: Leo Cooper 1974
KEYWORDS: history korean war korea military battle
The Bowmen of England: The Story of the English Longbow
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: Jarrolds 1967
KEYWORDS: history weapons longbow archery
A History of London
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: Macmillan 1998
KEYWORDS: history london england
Otiwhiti Station: The Story of a Hill Country Station and Pioneering Polio Hospital
Quarto softcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Random House 2011
KEYWORDS: new zealand history otiwhiti rangitikei turakina valley te ika-a-maui north island farm polio hospital
Riel: A Life of Revolution
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: HarperCollins 1994
KEYWORDS: history biography louis riel canda america
De Vita Caesarvm: Libri Dvo
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt & Co 1889
KEYWORDS: ancient history harry thurston peck
Our Ancient Brethren: The Originators of Freemasonry: An Introduction to the History of Rosicrucianism, Dealing With the Period A.D. 1300-1600
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & blind rule & blind stamp masonic symbol motif to front board, 308pp, VG (light creasing & chafing to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink)
PUBLISHER: A Lewis 1932
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic history rosicrucian culture
The History of St. Andrew Kilwinning Lodge No. 79 NZC Formerly 481 SC From 1868 to 1928
Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & blind rule to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, vii + 125pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, light scuffing to spine & board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges, owner's name label to fep, previous owner's name stamp in ink to verso side of frontispiece)
PUBLISHER: A. D. Willis 1930
KEYWORDS: St Andrew Kilwinning lodge freemasonry freemasons masonic history culture
The Dams Raid: Through the Lens
Oblong quarto, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 240pp, illus, Near FINE, (light bruising to board corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Battle of Britain Int'l Ltd 2001
KEYWORDS: military history battle of Britain photos photography illustrated Mohne Eder Ruhr ww2 second world war
Southwell School 1911-2011
Square super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, illus prelims, 206pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Southwell School 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southwell school history centenary
Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar: New Principles for Collecting
Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, trinket motif to boards & spine, 259pp, illus, Near FINE (v light fading to spine & board edges)
PUBLISHER: Weatherhill 1989
KEYWORDS: Japanese art collecting collections netsuke illustrated carving craft hobbies history