Books - "history"
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Coromandel Holiday
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (scruffy); 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand memoir travel history photography
Sketches in New Zealand, with pen and pencil
Ex library super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) in plastic cover; 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: Capper Press 1974
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art memoir history
The Thai Resistance Movement During the Second World War
Octavo softcover (VG) light card covers; 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: Chalermnit Press n/d
KEYWORDS: war military history society Thailand World war 2 ww2
The Pocket History of Freemasonry
Duodecimo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-) in plastic cover; 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: Frederick Muller Ltd 1953
KEYWORDS: history freemasons masons Masonic symbolism religion
Europe: A History
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: Oxford University Press Inc. 1996
KEYWORDS: history Europe nations society prehistory archaeology culture environment
Boris Pasternak: The Tragic Years 1930-60
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: Collins Harvill 1991
KEYWORDS: biography poetry memoir history
Edith Wharton
FIRST EDITION, 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: Chatto & Windus 2007
KEYWORDS: biography Europe poetry writing history
Wagner's Ring: A Listener's Companion & Concordance
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: Amadeus 1998
KEYWORDS: Wagner music opera Nibelung Ring reference history companion
The Identification of the Northern European Woods: A Guide for Archaeologists and Conservators
Imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, blakc & white lettering to spine, ix + 187pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, owner's name in ink to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Archetype Publications 2000
KEYWORDS: archaeology ancient history illustrated conservation north Europe wood trees anatomy
The Woodcutters of the Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century In Three Parts: I. History of the Woodcutters: II. Catalogue of the Woodcuts: III. List of the Books Containing Woodcuts
Octavoo, turquoise buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, xvii + 359pp, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate cracking to gutters, spine sl cocked)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1884
KEYWORDS: Europe Netherlands woodcuts woodcutters history carving art books
The Pursuivant of Arms; or, Heraldry Founded Upon Facts
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, decorative blind stamp to spine & boards, frontispiece with thick tissue guard, xi + 220pp, illus, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate bruising to board corners, moderate sun fading to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plates to eps, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate water staining to eps & frontispiece, light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hardwicke circa 1859
KEYWORDS: heraldry coats of arms illustrated genealogy history family
Waitaki Girls' High School Golden Jubilee 1887-1937
Imperial octavo, red light card covers, black lettering & rule to front cover, frontispiece, 117pp, illus, folding photos to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to cover edges, moderate soiling to front cover, moderate foxing to page edges & throughout, heavy separation of rear cover to staples to spine- cover still firmly attached)
PUBLISHER: The Oamaru Mail Office (Printer) 1937
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitaki girls' high school golden jubilee history education Otago south island
The Cave of Lascaux: The Final Photographic Record
Quarto, orange cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, publisher's motif in gilt to front board, illus title page, 208pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep, 26cm closed tear to gutter of pgs 200-203) in d/w, VG+ (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light scuff to base of spine)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1987
KEYWORDS: ancient history illustrated photos photography cave of Lascaux paintings prehistoric archaeology upper palaeolithic age anthropology
A Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture: A Study of the Development of its Structural System and the Evolution of its Types
Oblong quarto, black cloth boards, red lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxv + 201pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate discolouration to board edges, light soiling & warping to boards, light staining to page edges, light foxing to eps, light soiling to terminals) in d/w, VG- (light creasing & chipping to edges, heavy sun fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press1985
KEYWORDS: Chinese architecture China buildings illustrated history temples pagodas tombs bridges imperial palaces
The Transcaspian Episode 1918-1919
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate discolouration to spine, light soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1963
KEYWORDS: military history British Indian troops Transcaspia Persia first 1st world war one 1 illustrated first edition
A History of Everyday Things in England
4 VOL SET, 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: B.T. Batsford 1948 (vol 1) 1950 (vols 2,3,4)
KEYWORDS: childrens children's history eductation england britain everyday things
In Which They Served; The Royal Navy Officer Experience in the Second World War
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: Conway 2008
KEYWORDS: WW2 WWII world war two britain royal navy history
Greek Pottery
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) in plastic cover (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: Faber and Faber 1963
KEYWORDS: greek pottery classic early medditerranean pottery history
Letters from India
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: Century Publishing Co Ltd. 1984
KEYWORDS: memoir India British expatriate society culture history
Winston S. Churchill: Volume II Young Statesman 1901-1914
FIRST EDITION, 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: William Heinemann / C & T Publications Ltd 1967
KEYWORDS: history Britain biography Winston Churchill