Books - "history"
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Lapita: Ancestors And Descendants
Imperial octavo softcover, illus light card covers, black and red lettering to covers and spine, vii + 269pp., VG+ (sl rubbing to covers, light wear to extrems)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Archaeological Association 2009
KEYWORDS: history archaeology pacific islands pacifica culture
Strapped For Cash - A History Of American Hustler Culture
oblong quarto softcover, illus light card covers, white and red lettering to front cover, illus title page, xvi + 287pp., VG (heavy curl to covers, moderate fraying to cover corners, 2cm closed tear to base of spine, mild foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Alyson Books 2003
KEYWORDS: photography art history america usa us hustler culture
Picturing Time - The Work Of Etienne-Jules Marey (1830-1904)
Square super octavo softcover, illus light card covers, coloured lettering to covers and spine, frontispiece, illus titlepage, VG- (heavy bubbling to covers, heavy creasing to covers, moderately heavy splitting to cover edges, moderately heavy scuffing and bruising to cover and spine extrems, moderate soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: University Of Chicago Press 1992
KEYWORDS: art history biography photography criticism
The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth - Century Philosophers
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: Yale University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: history philosophers 18th eighteenth century age of reason St Augustine
The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man : An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East
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: The University of Chicago Press 1977
KEYWORDS: history ancient man human being beings intelligence intellect thought spiritual life Mesopotamians Hebrews Egyptians
The Gospel According to Woman : Christianity's Creation of the Sex War in the West
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: Pan Books 1987
KEYWORDS: study history religion woman womans rights Christian Christianity effect society
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History
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: Oxford University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: guide research researching family history alphabetical order information advice
Portraits to the Wall : Historic Lesbian Lives Unveiled
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: Cassell 1994
KEYWORDS: history celebration lesbian lesbians woman womans rights social influence culture
Against the Odds: Battles at Sea 1591-1949
Octavo black cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, xii+272pp, illus., VG+ (light scuffing to boards, light tanning throughout) in d/w nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1991
KEYWORDS: maritime naval military history alexander mckee
Eclipse of Empire? Perceptions of the Western Empire and Its Rulers in Late-Medieval France
Super octavo illus. brown heavy card boards, xvii+415pp, VG+ (sl. scuffing to boards and small gouge (unobtrusive) to rear board, prev. owner's details in pen to title page, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Brepols 2007
KEYWORDS: western empire medieval middle ages europe european history academic french france emperor frederick ii saint-denis pierre dubois charles d'anjou angevin sicily christianity
The World of Emperor Charles V
Super octavo illus. white light card covers, vii+364pp, VG+ (sl. soiling and sl. tanning, otherwise nr. FINE) (NB most but not all essays are in English)
PUBLISHER: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 2004
KEYWORDS: spain netherlands dutch spanish european history early modern emperor charles v fifth 5th 5
The Franco-German War, 1870-1871 [5 volume set with 5 volumes of maps]
5x VOLUME SET, WITH A FURTHER 5x VOLUMES OF MAPS (10x VOUMES TOTAL, VERY HEAVY); DESCRIPTION: super octavo red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine (with part 1 vol's 1 & 2, and part 2 vol. 1 only, rebound in library bindings, red cloth also); DETAILS: First Part (2 vol's): History of the War to the Downfall of the Empire, comprising vol. 1: From the Outbreak of Hostilities to the Battle of Gravelotte, viii+439pp+143pp appendices, illus.; vol. 2: From the Battle of Gravelotte to the Downfall of the Empire, vi+543pp+120pp appendices, illus. / Second Part (3 vol's): History of the War against the Republic, comprising: vol. 1: From the Investment of Paris to the Re-Occupation of Orleans by the Germans, viii+390pp+182pp appendices, illus.; vol. 2: Events in Northern France From the End of November, in the North-West from the Beginning of December..., viii+390pp+232pp appendices, illus.; vol. 3: Twentieth Section: General Retrospect of the War From The Beginning of... / Events in South-East France From the Middle of Janurary to.... ix+248pp+111pp+4pp appendices; 5x map volumes comprise copious large fold-out maps in draw-cases accompanying each main vol. of the text, with the map volumes to part 1 (vol's 1 & 2) and part 2 vol 1. only being library rebinds (brown leather, raised bands), the rest in red cloth with gilt lettering and gilt arms to front; CONDITION: VG to VG+: tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings; light scuffing to boards, light tanning soiling and occasional light foxing within, with the occasional vol. with heavier scuffing rubbing and sl. chipping, also occasional minor tears within, part 1 vol. 2 has two pages of appendices loose; part 2 vol. 2 has heavier chipping and scuffing to spine and v. minor crack to front hinge; part 2 vol's 1 & 2 have rear flyleaf cut - a tidy set overall; HEAVY, EXPECT COMMENSURATE SHIPPING
PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationary Office 1874, 1876, 1880, 1883, 1884
KEYWORDS: franco-prussian franco prussian war napoleon 2nd second empire paris commune france prussia german germany unification moltke military history war european europe map maps her majesty's stationary office official translation french
Ettore Bugatti
Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 152pp, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling and scuffing to boards, light tanning and foxing within, prev. owner's pencil and pen annotations and scribbles to prelim's) in d/w VG- (heavy scuffing and creasing, price-punched, moderate chipping and soiling)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1959
KEYWORDS: ettore bugatti motoring motorsport history engineering cars design technical car automotive
An Account of the De Stacpoole Family As Recorded by Hubert De Stacpoole 1968
Quarto blue faux leather boards with tipped in coat of arms to front, approx. 60pp, illus., VG (a poor quality (albeit decently bound) photocopied reproduction (the illustrations in particular are fairly atrociously reproduced); light tanning and occasional sl. foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Hubert de Stacpoole 168
KEYWORDS: family history genealogy aristocracy de stacpoole
The Virgin: Mary's Cult and the Re-Emergence of the Goddess
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: Arkana 1988
KEYWORDS: Spirituality feminine mythology theology philosophy Goddess religion pre-history Mary cult
Street Biographies of the Royal Burgh of Haddington
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: Clerkington 1997
KEYWORDS: Haddington local history street names origins Britain
The Silent Traveller in Oxford
Lacks d/w. 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Methuen 1948
KEYWORDS: Travel memoir Oxford Chinese traveller sight seeing history customs anecdotes stories illustrations
The Royal Fusiliers in the Great War
REBOUND, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 436 pp, illust, folding map to pages 151, 204, 273 and 336, VG+ ( v slight bruising to board corners, light foxing to page edges, slight foxing to prelims, v slight sporadic foxing throughout, folding map at page 151 is mostly missing, 5 mm closed tear without loss to map on page 204, 4 cm closed tear without loss to map on page 336 )
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1922
KEYWORDS: history military Royal Fusiliers Great war ww1 world one Gallipoli France Flanders maps photos black & white
The History of the Duke of Welligton's Regiment 1919 - 1952 : Produced under the direction of the Regimental Council, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt stamped motiff to front board, gilt stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 398 pp, 10 x folding maps throughout, 9 x maps in text, illust, VG+ ( v slight bruising to spine edges, v slight fading to spine, v slight chaffing to boards, slight foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, v slight sporadic foxing throughout ) in d/w TATTY ( cellotape repairs to upper & lower inside spine, 2 cm tear with loss to lower cover edge, price clipped, moderate chipping to cover edges, heavy fading to spine, light scuffing to covers, v slight foxing inside of covers )
PUBLISHER: William Clowes and Sons Ltd 1953
KEYWORDS: history military Duke Wellington regiment pre world war 2 ww2 two second Africa Italy Burma France maps photos black & white
History of The Thirtieth Regiment Now The First Battalion East Lancashire Regiment 1689 - 1881
Super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt stamped motiff to front board, gilt stamped lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix + 474 pp, illust, VG-( mild scuffing & chaffing to boards & spine, v slight crack to front hinge, moderate foxing to page edges, prelims & terminals, light foxing throughout, v slight cracking to front gutter 7 sporadically throughout, map at page 30 pulling away from spine )
PUBLISHER: Littlebury Bros 1923
KEYWORDS: history military thirtieth regiment East Lancashire battalion paintings colour maps