Books - "history"
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Culture of the Fork
Super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (nr 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: Columbia University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: Giovanni Rebora post-medieval europe cooking culinary recipes traditional culture history guide
Spain in Revolt : A History of the Civil War in Spain 1936 and a Study of it's Social Political and Economic Causes
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1936
KEYWORDS: history study analysis Spain revolt revolution
The Image of War : The Pictorial Reporting of the American Civil War
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: Thomas Yoseloff 1960
KEYWORDS: United States America American civil war history reporting illustrated photos black & white
MOTOR RACING : A Century of Competition and Human Challenges
super large quarto 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Chartwell Book Inc 2001
KEYWORDS: history motor racing sport car cars sports photos colour color
On The Old West Coast : Being Further Reminiscences of a Ranger
octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Gosset & Dunlap 1930
KEYWORDS: history west coast America California sketches drawings photos black & white
Greece and the British Connection 1935-1941
Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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 1977
KEYWORDS: British Greece Greek politics history Heorge II Metaxas dictatorship diplomacy diplomatic relations Anglo-Greek world war 2 second two ww2
Ghana and Nigeria 1957-70: A Study in Inter-African Discord
Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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: Rex Collings 1976
KEYWORDS: Ghana Nigeria Ghanaian Nigerian history politics post-colonial postcolonial decolonisation Africa African West Congo Crisis Civil War
The Awakening Giant: China's Ascension in World Politics
Octavo hardcover (VG, tidy ex-library) 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: Sijthoff & Noordhoff 1981
KEYWORDS: China Chinese politics gloabal economics geopolitics Great Power Powers world history
Jewish Scholarship and Scholarly Institutions in Soviet Russia 1918 - 1953
Text in English; quarto softcover (VG, tidy ex-library); 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: Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1978
KEYWORDS: East European Jewry Jewish history scholarship Soviet Russia Russian USSR communism Judaism
A History of the English Church in New Zealand
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, half-title nearly torn loose, otherwise VG (hardcover octavo, lacks d/w); 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: Simpson & Williams / G. Robertson & Co. / Sampson Low & Co. 1914
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand religion Christianity Christian Church colonial settler pioneer Marsden
Wise's New Zealand Index 1939
Small 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: H. Wise & Co. 1939
KEYWORDS: Wises street map index reference directory New Zealand history historical ephemera local
Pope Leo XIII [13]: His Life and Letters
Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front, patterned endpapers, vi+621pp, illus., VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings within, light scuffing and tape stains to boards, mdoerate foxing and light tanning within)
PUBLISHER: Standard Publishing Company 1886
KEYWORDS: pope leo XIII thirteenth 13 catholicism catholic christian history christianity letters biography
The Forefathers: A Dictionary of Biography of the Jews of Australia 1788-1830
Octavo grey light card covers, 139pp, VG- (moderate fading and mdoerate to heavy soiling to covers, light tanning soiling and foxing within, retail price sticker to rear)
PUBLISHER: Australian Jewish Historical Society 1976
KEYWORDS: Jewish history Australia Australian jewry Judaism dictionary reference Historical Society family genealogy
The Municipal Handbook of New Zealand 1907
Octavo navy blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorated endpapers, 150pp, VG- (light scuffing and moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning and foxing within, prev. owner's stamp & details in pen opposite title)
PUBLISHER: Government Printing Office 1908
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history reference handbook municipal directory local regional
Banking Under Difficulties or Life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales & New Zealand
Super octavo red boards, gilt lettering to spine, yellow endpapers, xii+179pp, VG- (light scuffing and moderate rubbing with surface loss to boards, light to moderate tanning within, occassional foxing, fep. corner clipped, pencil annotations throughout)
PUBLISHER: Edwards, Dunlop & Co. 1888
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australian history goldfields gold fields mining goldmining rush Victoria New South Wales Preshaw Buller Grey Teremakau greenstone pounamu Nelson Okatika Hokitika Waimea modern first edition
Captain Joseph Nias and the Treaty of Waitangi: A Vindication
Octavo green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 96pp, illus., VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, prev. owner's sticker to front pastedown, minor water damage to endpapers, light tanning to pages, misc. soiling (minor) to edges)
PUBLISHER: L. T. Watkins 1938
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Captain Joseph Nias Treaty Waitangi te Tiriti o
Historical Records of New Zealand (2 volume set)
2x VOLUME SET, octavo hardcovers (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: John Mackay, Government Printer [later facsimilie reprint, originally 1908 / 1914]
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical records documents colonial settler pioneer
Cyclopedia of New Zealand Volume 3: Canterbury
VERY ROUGH COPY, lacks title page & prelims, tatty; quarto half bound brown/black leather, gilt emblem to front, gilt lettering to spine, 1116pp, G- (as above, lacks title & prelims: boards detached, many pages (esp. those front, and the last) substantially ripped, torn; boards heavy scuffing and rubbing, spine torn, light tanning within)
PUBLISHER: Cyclopedia Co. [c. 1900's]
KEYWORDS: New Zealand reference cyclopedia encyclopedia Canterbury Christchurch business listings almanack history regional local settler pioneer colonial
Shipping Arrivals and Departures: Tasmania Volume III [3]: 1843 - 1850
Quarto maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus. endpapers (map & ship sections), xiv+603pp, VG+ (light foxing to edges, prev. owner's stamp to title, otherwise nr. FINE) in d/w VG+ (light fading and scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Roebuck / Navarine Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: Shipping Arrivals and Departures Tasmania Roebuck immigration Australia Australian history records reference maritime
How Should We Then Live? - The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Crossway / Goodnews 2005
KEYWORDS: history philosophy religion culture western theology decline apocalyptic