Books - "history"
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The World Of The Muggletonians
Date and ownership signature by author Barry Reay, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, ix +195pp., VG+ (slight bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate tanning to page edges and interiors), in illus d/w VG (moderate creasing to extrems, attached to boards with tape, modera, visible tape residue stains, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Maurice Temple Smith 1983
KEYWORDS: history england religion culture
Brum Rocked On!
Quarto softcover 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: GSM Bestsellers 2007
KEYWORDS: 1960s 60s sixties birmingham british rock music history brum brummie
Memories of Sheffield's King Mojo Club: March 1964-1967 October
Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., vi+104pp, nr. FINE (light scuffing)
PUBLISHER: ALD Design and Print 2003
KEYWORDS: sheffield music history local regional british mojo club north northern england english pop
The Book of The Damned: The Light at the End of the Tunnel: The Official Biography
Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., 96pp, VG+ (light scuffing and creasing to covers, small retail price sticker to rear)
PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 1987
KEYWORDS: damnbed punk rock music history rat scabies captain sensible discography
Pioneering the Pumice
FIRST EDITION, octavo green cloth boards, illus. eps. (maps), illus., preliminary+304pp, VG (moderate bruising and chipping to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, sl. scuffing to boards, prev. owner's sign in ink to fep., light foxing to page edges & within)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1939
KEYWORDS: new zealand history modern first edition pumice area broadlands colonial colonisation settler pioneer north island tuhunatara
Budapest 1956: Locations of Drama
Super octavo white illus. heavy card laminated boards, illus., pp, nr. FINE in d/w VG+ (some sl. soiling, otherwise nr. FINE also)
PUBLISHER: Europa Konyvkiado 2006
KEYWORDS: hungaria revolution uprising 1956 european history communism eastern central europe warsaw pact cold war
Manual Of The New Zealand Mollusca - Includes Atlas Of Plates
2 Vol Set (Manual + Plates), Super Octavo + Quarto hardcover, full bound green boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxiii + 1120pp., 72 plates (second volume), VG (moderate bruising and scuffing to boards, light foxing to page edges and end pages)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay 1913
KEYWORDS: natural history nz new zealand aotearoa shellfish molusca
Gender And Sexualities In History - Common Prostitutes And Ordinary Citizens - Commercial Sex In London, 1885-1960
Super Octavo hardcover, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to boards and spine, 4 maps, ix + 299pp., VG+ (moderate bruising to board corners and spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2012
KEYWORDS: history england uk london sex sexwork prostitution sociology
Re-dressing America's Frontier Past
Super octavo, maroon heavy card boards with black cloth spine, gilt decorations to spine, frontispiece, xii + 257 pp, illust, Near Fine ( annotation marks in pencil to margins ) in d/w VG+ ( v slight creasing to cover edges, slight foxing to inside rear cover )
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2011
KEYWORDS: history study frontier United States America cross dressing dressers sexual identity identities 20th century
The Arts of Islam : Treasures from the Nasser D Khalili Collections
Folio, heavy card boards, black printed lettering to front board + spine, illust prelims, 400 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight chaffing to boards ) in d/w VG+ ( moderate fading to spine, 1 cm closedd tear without loss to lower edge front cover, v slight creasing to edges )
PUBLISHER: Tourism Development & Investment Company 2008
KEYWORDS: history study art treasure treasures Islam Muslim Nasser Khalili collection exhibition photos colour color
Work : The Building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
Folio, grey heavy card boards, dark grey stamped lettering to spine + front board, illust front + rear eps + prelims, 223 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight scuffing to front board + rear ep )
PUBLISHER: Merrell Publishers Ltd 2008
KEYWORDS: history engineering Channel Tunnel Chunnel Britain France photos colour color
The New Zealanders at Gallipoli
FIRST EDITION, EX LIBRARY, super octavo, brown cloth boards, black stamped lettering to front board + spine, xix + 330 pp, illust, folding map to rear, VG- ( usual library markings, heavy scuffing to board edges, moderate cellotape residue + staining to spine, light bruising to board + spine edges, slight chaffing to boards, light tanning to front + rear eps, 1 cm tear with loss fep, former owners name written in pen on fep, slighty shaky spine, slight foxing + creasing to fold out map at rear )
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd 1919
KEYWORDS: history ww1 world war 1 one New Zealand Gallipoli Turkey Anzac Cove maps photos black & white
The Story of Christchurch New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, TIDY EX LIBRARY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt stamped lettering + motiff to front board + spine, frontispiece, 269 pp, illust, VG ( usual library markings, v slight scuffing to boards + edges, slight bruising to board edges + corners, sticker residue to front board + spine, heavy tanning to front + rear eps, heavy cracking at preface, v slight cracking to rear gutter )
PUBLISHER: Lyttleton Times Co 1916
KEYWORDS: history Christchurch Canterbury New Zealand early settler settlers photos black & white
Societ Submarines - Design, Development and Tactics
Super octavo, black cloth boards, silver stamp lettering to spine, 187pp, illus, Near FINE (slight foxing) in illus d/w VG+ (light chafing and very slight soiling)
PUBLISHER: Janes Information Group 1989
KEYWORDS: jan breemer russian nuclear soviet union strategic forces history military ussr
New Zealand
Super octavo, green cloth heavy board, gilt tooling to spine and boards, black rule and decoration to spine & boards, deckled page edges, frontispiece of waimang geyser, xii + 379pp, illus - plate of NZ to rear, VG- (heavy chipping to spine extrems, light soiling to covers, light tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: T. Werne Laurie 1912
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Aotearoa Maori Max Herz history
Contemporary New Zealand Painters Volume One; A-M
Square quarto, red cloth heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & blue and yellow lettering to covers, illus eps & prelims, 174pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to board edges, light tanning to spine) in red, yellow & blue slipcase VG (moderate soiling & fading to front and back)
PUBLISHER: Alistair Taylor 1980
KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand artists art hanly killeen mrkusich maddox frizzell art history
The Art Museum - Phaidon - 30,000 BC To The 21st Century
Oversized Folio hardcover, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to boards and spine, Illus titlepage, illus prelims, unpaginated- content sectioned by museum room (452 sections, 2pp. each, grouped by category, also includes category informational title pages), includes maps and other informational content to rear, full colour illus, NEAR FINE, in clear plastic d/w, NEAR FINE
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2011
KEYWORDS: fine art history neolithic modern collection guide oversized heavy
The Radio Years - A History Of Broadcasting In New Zealand, Volume One
THIS VOL ONLY, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, x + 352pp., VG+ (moderate staining to interior fep and prelims) in d/w VG+ (mild soiling)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: radio broadcast history nz new zealand aotearoa
Voice & Vision - A History Of Broadcasting In New Zealand, Volume Two
THIS VOL ONLY, Super Octavo hardcover, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, x + 352pp., NEAR FINE in d/w VG+ (mild fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: radio broadcast history nz new zealand aotearoa
Seven Pillars Of Wisdom - A Triumph
FIRST TRADE EDITION, Imperial Octavo Hardcover, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, decorative gilt motif and lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontis piece, 672pp., illus w/ maps, VG (moderate fading to front board and spine, severe fading to rear board, moderate scuffing to boards and spine, moderate bruising to board and spine extrems, moderate foxing and tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1935
KEYWORDS: history travelog middle east arabia arab revolt