Books - "history"
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The Life of Nelson: The Embodiment of the Sea Power of Great Britain
2 VOL SET, Super Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt embossed illus of ships to front boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges gilt, illus frontispiece with tissue guard in both vols, vol 1 454 pp, vol 2 427 pp + 3pp adverts, 9 illus plates in vol 1 with tissue, 10 maps in vol 1, 8 illus plates in vol 2 with tissue, 10 maps in vol 2, VG (minor soiling blotches to front board of vol 1, moderate bruising and scuffing to spine and boards, light foxing to prelims and terminals, previous owners name in pencil to feps)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, & Company 1898
KEYWORDS: Biography Nelson Captain Lord Vice-Admiral Great Britain navy naval power sea Agamemnon Trafalgar history maritime Hamilton Horatia
Philosophy, Its History and Historiography
VERY TIDY EX LIBRARY, super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 335pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, v. slight creasing to upper spine extrem) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to extrems, tiny indentation marks to rear)
PUBLISHER: D. Reidel 1985
KEYWORDS: Philosophy history historiography metaphysics reason occultism Descartes Cartesian Lockean Hume Kant Reid
A Guide to Turkish Area Study
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: American Council of Learned Societies 1949
KEYWORDS: study guide Turkish Turkey history bibliography
The Seventeenth Century Bacon Through Marvell
TIDY EX LIBRARY super octavo hardcover (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: AHM Publishing Corp 1979
KEYWORDS: bibliography guide surveys literary history criticism
South Asian History 1750 - 1950 : A Guide to Periodicals, Dissertations and Newspapers
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: Princeton University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: bibliography lists profiles south asian history newspapers periodicals dissertations
The Imperator : Consequences of Frustrated Expansion
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: Sijthoff & Noordhoff 1978
KEYWORDS: study analysis history leaders ideology
Black Power and Urban Unrest : Creative Possibilities
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: Hawthorn Books Inc
KEYWORDS: history Black Power United States America human rights
Indians of the Americas : Human Rights and Self - Determination
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: Zed Books Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: history human rights United States America American Indian Indians
Colonization : A Global History
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: Routledge 1997
KEYWORDS: history colony colonization worldwide maps
Russian Far Eastern Policy 1881-1904: With Special Emphasis on the Causes of the Russo-Japanese War
Super ocatvo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 358pp, VG (tidy ex-libary, usual stamps and markings; moderate rubbing and light scuffing to boards, w/ slight deformation to corners and small bump to rear board (unobtrusive); light tanning within; lacks d/w)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1958
KEYWORDS: russo japanese russo-japanese war military history diplomacy international relations foreign policy russia russian tsarist imperial empire politics
Mozambique: the Revolution and its Origins
Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix+195pp, VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings; light soiling to edges) in d/w VG- (usual stamps and markings, light fading and moderate tanning/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Longman 1983
KEYWORDS: mozambique africa african history revolution mozambican portugal portuguese colonialism colonial empire front frelimo south southern
Possibility of the Aesthetic Experience
Super octavo grey heavy card boards, white lettering to front and spine, ix+171pp, VG (tidy ex-library, ususal stamps and markings, light tanning within)
PUBLISHER: Matrinus Nijhoff Publishers 1986
KEYWORDS: martinus nijhoff philosophy library volume 14 aesthetics aesthetic art beauty art theory history
Japanese Recognition of the U. S. S. R. Soviet-Japanese Relations 1921-1930
Octavo green geometric patterned cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 419pp, VG- (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings; tape stains to boards and light soiling to endpapers; light tanning within, sl. deformation to rear boards (minor) in d/w VG- (plastic covered with adhesive strips, light soiling and scuffing, usual stamps and markings)
PUBLISHER: Sophia University / Diplomatic Press 1970
KEYWORDS: russo japanese russo-japanese soviet ussr u.s.s.r. communist revolution history diplomacy international relations foreign policy russia russian imperial empire politics
Gods and Herose: Oral Traditions of the Gurage of Ethiopia
Octavo hardcover (VG+, ex-library, folding map) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1974
KEYWORDS: ethiopia ethiopian gurage oral history tradition east africa horn african myth legend god mythology
Studies in Early Isma'ilism
Text in English, with extensive Farsi quotations; octavo green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxii+340pp, VG+ (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings) in d/w VG- (light to moderate scuffing creasing rubbing, usual stamps and markings)
PUBLISHER: Magnes Press Hebrew University 1983
KEYWORDS: persian persia iran iranian history literature farsi isma'ili fatimid al-mahdi ja'far munsur al-yaman religion religious spirituality islam islamic muslim
The Manson Women: A Family Portrait
FIRST EDITION, super octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 244pp, VG+ (light tanning to pages, v. sl. soiling to edges) in d/w VG (light scuffing and tanning, v. sl. fading, moderate foxing confined to reverse)
PUBLISHER: Richard Marek Publishers 1980
KEYWORDS: charles manson family true crime murder cult biography interviews american history
Historical Records of the Buffs East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) Formerly Designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment 1704-1914: Part One 1704-1814
Octavo blue cloth boards, gilt emblem to front, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers (map), illus., xxvii+415+index, VG (light scuffing to boards with v. sl. deformation to corners, light tanning within, light foxing also)
PUBLISHER: Medici Society 1935
KEYWORDS: military regimental history buff buffs east kent regiment 3rd foot british holland prince george denmark denmark's european napoleonic english
The Tall Ships Pass
Small quarto green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 425pp, illus., VG (v. sl. soiling to boards, light tanning within) in d/w VG- (plastic covered, light scuffing and soiling)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles Reprints 1970
KEYWORDS: the story of the last years of deppwater square-rigged sail finnish four-masted steel barque herzogin cecile maritime naval history nautical military
The Heraldry of the Stewarts: with Notes on All the Males of the Family Descriptions of the Arms, Plates and Pedigrees
Small quarto half bound yellow boards, burgundy leather spine and corners, red lettering to cover with blue & white checked patterned band across centre, gilt lettering to spine, decorated endpapers, viii+92pp, VG (light scuffing to boards, moderate tanning and heavy foxing within, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.)
PUBLISHER: W. & A. K. Johnston 1906
KEYWORDS: heraldry stewart stewards coats of arms plates pedigree pedigrees family british royal history aristocracy english
Between the Lives: Partners in Art
SIGNED BY MANY NZ AUTHORS, incl. Peter & Sylvia Siddell, Gil Hanly, Peter Simpson, Deborah Shepard & others; illus. light card covers with French flaps, ix+246pp, VG+ (light soilign to edges and occasionally within, light fading to spine, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: signed new zealand biography history art arts literature painting film toss edith woolaston anne colin mccahon mary stanley kendrick smithyman frances hodgkins d k richmond rudell ramai hayward james k baxter j c sturm jackie pat gil hanly meg alistair te ariki campbell sylvia peter siddell