Books - "history"
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Fighter Pilots or World War II
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: Arthur Barker / Weidenfeld 1976
KEYWORDS: fighter pilots world war two ww2 history
Elizabethan England
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: Book Club Associates 1974
KEYWORDS: history elizabethan england pictorial
The Romance of Ballooning: The Story of the Early Aeronauts
Folio hardcover orange cloth boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 197pp., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing to contents) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, unobtrusive tape repair by prev, owner to reverse)
PUBLISHER: Edita Lausanne / Viking Press 1971
KEYWORDS: aviation aeronaut areonautical balloon balloons ballooning history flight
The Sailors Whom Nelson Led: Their Doings Described By Themselves
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1913
KEYWORDS: maritime naval military history age of sail Horatio Nelson Napoleonic wars warfare British Royal Navy
A Manual of Church History (Volumes 1 & 2)
2x VOL. SET, octavo blue cloth boards, xiv+429p / vii+391pp, VG (moderate soiling and fading to boards, esp. to spines, light tanning & foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Burns Oates & Washbourne 1938
KEYWORDS: Church history eclesiastical early ancient rome roman empire edict milan council trullo middle ages medieval papacy papal Christian Christianity Europe European religion religious spiritual
Christianity in India: An Historical Narrative
LOVELY BINDING, octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, xvi+522pp, VG+ (school prize presentation inscription from 1868 to prelims., library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior (no such markings on exterior), light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, light foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co. 1859
KEYWORDS: India indian history subcontinent religion religious Christian Christianity East Company Bengal mission missions missionary proselytising Protestant Protestants
Customes and Traditions of Palestine Illustrating the Manners of the Ancient Hebrews
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, viii+280pp, errata slip op. page 1, VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1869 to pastedown, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, library catalogue number to spine, light foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Deighton, Bell, and Co. 1864
KEYWORDS: Ancient Hebrew Israelite Israel Jewish Judaism Christian Christianity religious religion history middle east biblical holy lands
A History of India Under the First Two Sovereigns of the House of Taimur, Baber and Humayun (2 volume set)
DELIGHTFULLY BOUND, 2x VOLUME SET, octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, xxiv+577pp / xxiv+585pp, VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1867 to pastedown of vol. 1, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior (no such markings remain to exterior, but surface loss to front boards where library sticker presumably once sat), light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, light foxing & soiling within)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1854
KEYWORDS: India Indian history Mogul Mughal Empire Babur Humayun asia asian Genghis Khan Hindustan Afghanistan subcontinent
Pictures of the Periods: A Sketch-Book of Old English Life
DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, xii+287pp, VG+ (inscription to half title, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, library catalogue number to spine (v. small, unobtrusive), light scuffing to boards & spines, moderate soiling to front board, light foxing within)
PUBLISHER: William P. Nimmo 1866 (second edition)
KEYWORDS: English british history isles UK united kingdom England Roman Britain Saxon period Norman Tudor Stuart Early Brunswick Squire Hazelrig
The History of the High School of Edinburgh
FIRST EDITION, DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, illus., xx+220pp, VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1866 to pastedown, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, library catalogue number to spine (v. small, unobtrusive), light scuffing to boards & spines, moderate soiling to front board, light foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Machlachlan & Stewart 1849
KEYWORDS: Education history school university high Scotland Scottish Scots British Edinburgh
The Wreck of the Nancy Bell; Or, Cast Away on Kerguelen Land
FIRST EDITION, octavo full balfour rebind, gilt school emblem embossed to front board, raised bands & gilt letter + decoration to spine, marbled endpapers & edges, illus. (all plates present); 288pp VG- (binding slightly cocked, moderate rubbing & scuffing to boards, heavy scuffing and rubbing to spine, small loss to top of spine, school presentation note pasted to front pastedown, prev. owner's inscrp. op. half title, v. light foxing, soiling and tanning to contents)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1885
KEYWORDS: Desolation Islands Kerguelen Antarctic Iles de la Desolation Indian Ocean maritime history shipwreck wreck ship wrecks shipwrecks Nancy Bell
Black Opium
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: And/Or Press 1974
KEYWORDS: short stories literature opium poppies drugs history
Mathilde
FIRST EDITION 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: Peter Davies 1948
KEYWORDS: literature history modern first edition
Euclid's Window: The Story of Geometry from Parallel Lines to Hyperspace.
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: Allen Lane Penguin 2002
KEYWORDS: maths geometry lines learning science physics philosophy education history
Illustrated Catalogue of Ancient Jade Artifcacts in the National Palace Museum
TEXT PRIMARILY IN ENGLISH, with catalgoue list in dual CHINESE/ENGLISH text; quarto green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to front, gilt characters to spine, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to boards, scuffing & creasing to spine, ownership signature of Russell Beck) in illus. slipcase VG- (moderate to heavy creasing, scuffing & rubbing)
PUBLISHER: National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan 1982
KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming Republic of Taipe Taiwan National Palace Museum catalogue
Complete Works of Chinese Jade / Zhong Guo Yu Qi Quan Ji (Zhongguo Yu Qi Quan Ji); An Exhibition Catalog (six volume set)
TEXT IN CHINESE, VERY HEAVY & VERY BEAUTIFUL 6x VOLUME SET; Quarto white cloth boards, blind stamp characters to front & gilt characters to spines, LAVISHLY illustrated, VG+ in d/w VG+ (light scuffing to boards and jackets, moderate scuffing to bottom of spine of jacket of vol. 4), in illus. slipcases VG+ (light scuffing) to nr. FINE; see our website for pictures; Vol. 1: Primitive Society intro(36pp)+312pp / Vol. 2: intro(31pp)+319pp / Vol. 3: intro(41pp)+309pp / Vol. 4: intro(23pp)+327pp / Vol. 5: intro(29pp)+320pp / Vol. 6: intro(15pp)+358pp,
PUBLISHER: [Hebei Fine Arts?] 2006
KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming Zhong Guo Yu Qi Quan Ji Zhongguo Exhibition Catalog catalogue
Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Hindustan Jade in the National Palace Museum
Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., TEXT IN CHINESE & ENGLISH, 289pp, VG (light soiling to covers, creasing and v. sl. fading to spine, light soiling and crinkling (minor) to pages, ownership signature of Russell Beck to fep.)
PUBLISHER: National Palace Museum, Taipei 1983
KEYWORDS: Indian India jade greenstone art history ornamental decorative China Taiwan Taipei National Palace Museum catalog catalogue Hindustan Hindustani North Central Asia East Asian Turkish Turkey
Xinjiang's Gems and Jades (Chinese language edition)
TEXT IN CHINESE, small quarto green cloth boards, gilt lettering & characters to front, gilt characters to spine, illius., 157pp+additional images, VG (light scuffing to boards, ownership signatue of Russell Beck to front pastedown and probably signature & stamp (Chinese) characters) of author?) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, closed tear 1 cm to spine)
PUBLISHER: ? c. 1985
KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming Xiangjiang gem gemstone gems Xinjiang Uygur Uigher Central
China Jade Carving
TEXT IN CHINESE, octavo illus. light card covers, illus., 293pp, VG (moderate soiling to covers, light scuffing, light crinkling to pages (minor))
PUBLISHER: SJPC 2012 (ISBN:978-7-5426-3735-2)
KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming
The Jades from Yinxu
TEXT IN CHINESE (English translation of catalogue items at rear, but predominately in Chinese), octavo illus. light card covers, illus., ownership signature of Russell Beck, VG+ (light scuffing to covers, light creasing to front cover, v. light tanning to pages)
PUBLISHER: Cultural Relics Publishing House (?) c. 1980's, PRC / People's Republic of China
KEYWORDS: Chinese language ancient jade greenstone Yinxu Shang archaeology east eastern asia asian China art yu history decorative carving Liangzhu Longshan Hongshan bi cong Zhou six ritual jades huang hu gui zhang photography Han dynasty chi Liu Song Tang Yuan Ming