Books - "history"
Showing 25901 to 25920 of 43875 results.
The Dating Game: One Man's Search for the Age of the Earth
Octavo hardcover (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: Cambridge University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: science history earth
Confucianism and Christianity: The First Encounter
Tidy Ex Library, 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: Hong Kong University Press 1983
KEYWORDS: religion philosophy history
Buddhism in China
FROM THE PERSONAL COLLECTION OF FORMER NZ PRIME MINISTER WALTER NASH, Ex Library, decorative gold heavy card portfolio album, blind embossed decorative rule to front board, red embossed lettering in english & chinese to front board, peach embossed mandala motif to front board, small bone (or imitation bone) clasps to board edge, illus eps, illus title page, unpaginated, 24 plates loosely enclosed in album, VG+ (usual library markings, light brusing to album corners, book plate to pastedown declaring Mr Nash's ownership and donation by his trust to the library, light indentation to title, light creasing to bottom corner of all plates)
PUBLISHER: Nationalities Publishing House 1955
KEYWORDS: buddhism religion china history culture temples walter nash new zealand
The Illustrations to the 'World History' of Rashid Al - Din
Tidy Ex Library, half-width imperial octavo, grey cloth boards, black title plate with gilt lettering to spine, x+192pp, plates, envelope containing microsfiche of plates to pastedown VG ( tape stains to front & rear boards bleeding onto eps, usual library markings, light soiling to boards & eps from mylar gunk) in d/w, VG+ (4cm closed cut to front)
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: history iran persia islam vizier spirituality art muslim
Mysticism in Medieval India
Tidy Ex Library, 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: Otto Harrassowitz 1984
KEYWORDS: mysticism India history religion spirituality culture
The European Reconnaissance: Selected Documents
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: Harper & Row 1968
KEYWORDS: history maritime discovery documents correspondance Europe voyages
Classical Literary Criticism
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: literary criticism history development
The Amazons in Antiquity and Modern Times
Ex library, super 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: Francis Griffiths 1910
KEYWORDS: Amazons history anthropology
The Avestan Hymn to Mithra: With an Introduction, Translation and Commentary
Tidy ex library, 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: Cambridge University Press 1959
KEYWORDS: Mithra Iran religion history hymn translation
A Dictionary of Hinduism: Its Mythology, Folklore and Development 1500 B.C.-A.D. 1500
Tidy ex library, imperial 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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1977
KEYWORDS: Hinduism Hindu religion mythology myth folklore history anthropology
American Antique Furniture: A Book For Amateurs: In Two Volumes: Volume Two
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto 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: Dover Publications 1966
KEYWORDS: furniture America antiques illustrated guide history
Matte Paint: Its History and Technology, Analysis, Properties and Conservation Treatment. With Special Emphasis on Ethnographic Objects
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: Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts 1993
KEYWORDS: art paint properties conservation history matte
History of Old Age: From Antiquity to the Renaissance
Tidy ex library, 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: Polity Press 1989
KEYWORDS: aging old age gerontology society history
Freud and His Disciples: The Struggle For Supremacy
Tidy ex library, 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: Caliban 1984
KEYWORDS: Freud psychology history
Outrageous Cricket Moments: The underhanded...the undermined...the underperforming... and, of course, the underarm!
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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2003
KEYWORDS: cricket sport New Zealand history humour anecdotes
Whitewash to Whitewash: Australian Cricket's Years of Struggle and Summer of Riches
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: Penguin 2015
KEYWORDS: cricket Australia sport history
Howick in Line: From Historical Cottages to Contemporary Landscapes
INSCRIBED, DATED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, Quarto 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: Penny Lin 2014
KEYWORDS: history art England exhibition ink drawings
Syria-Palestine I: From the Origins to the Bronze Age
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: Nagel Publishers 1979
KEYWORDS: archaeology history Syria Palestine
The Skeptics of the Italian Renaissance
Tidy ex library, super 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: Kennikat Press 1970 (facsimile reprint of 1908 publication)
KEYWORDS: Italy renaissance history
Animals Strike Curious Poses: Essays
Octavo hardcover (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: Jonathon Cape 2017
KEYWORDS: essays animals natural history stories