Books - "history"
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Art and Artists of Oceania
Imperial octavo, orange light card covers, white printed lettering to front cover, white & black printed lettering to spine, illust eps, 308 pp, illust, VG+ ( plastic covering lightly coming off at spine, moderate creasing to spine, slight fading to spine, v slight chaffing to covers, fomer owners name written in pen on fep, slight tanning & foxing to page edges )
PUBLISHER: Ethnographic Arts Publications 1983
KEYWORDS: art history Oceania Pacific Islands artists indigenous maps drawings carving weaving tattoo photos black & white
The Dragon and the Foreign Devils: China and the World, 1100 BC to the Present
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: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 2008
KEYWORDS: Harry Gelber china chinese history asia asian east politics sociology
Forgotten Voices of the Great War
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: Ebury Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Max Arthur world war 1 one ww1 history conflict europe european veterans interviews memoirs
Ride out the Storm: A novel of Dunkirk
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 Sheridan Book Company 1994
KEYWORDS: John Harris world war two 2 dunkirk allies axis history conflict battle
From The Heart: Voices of the American Indian
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: Pimlico 1997
KEYWORDS: Lee Miller america america united states history native indigenous interviews anthology genocide
The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America
Super octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Marilyn Irvin Holt america american united states children child welfare history sociology
The Collapse of Chaos: Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2000
KEYWORDS: Jack Cohen Ian Stewart science history sociology scientific
The Nothing That Is: A Natural History of Zero
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: Penguin Books 1999
KEYWORDS: Robert Kaplan mathematics math history zero
Major Black Religious Leaders 1755-1940
TIDY EX-LIBRARY. 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: Abingdon
KEYWORDS: Henry Young black african american leaders history slavery revolution christianity africa civil rights
Culture and Curing: Anthropological Perspectives on Traditional Medical Beliefs and Practices
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Peter Owen Ltd. 1978
KEYWORDS: Peter Morley Roy Wallis anthropology medicine cultures health history medicinal doctor
Landmarks In The Struggle Between Science and Religion
TIDY EX-LIBRARY. Super octavo hardcover (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Kennikat Press 1971
KEYWORDS: James Simpson doctrine faith religion science aristotle reason history
Mairoa - 100 Years On
Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black and white text to spine and boards, illus eps, illus title page and prelims, 245pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to corners, slight chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Mairoa History Committee 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ Pan Voyce Rita Verry Mairoa north island history
Panzer Battles 1939-1945: A Study of the Employment of Armour in the Second World War
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark brown buckram boards, faded yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 371pp, illus, 11 folding maps + 49 maps, VG (light bruising to spine and board extrems, moderate foxing to prelims and terminals, minor crack to gutter at fep)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1955
KEYWORDS: German military history Panzer tank armoured armour Rommel Western Desert Russia Alsace-Lorraine WW2
The Story of The Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex Regiment)
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped Albuhera crest to front, frontispiece, xiv + 243pp + 16pp Country Life Ads, illus, 17 plates inc folding map to rear, VG- (moderate bruising to spine extrems, fraying with 1cm closed tear to top of spine, small 5cm crack to gutter at fep, minor foxing to eps, previous owner's name in ink to pastedown, moderate cracking to gutter through last third of book, light tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: George Newes 1916
KEYWORDS: Military history Duke Cambridge Middlesex Regiment 57th 1755 77th American War India Penninsula Crimean Great War
History of the XX Regiment 1688 - 1888
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front, frontispiece, illus prelims, xv + 427pp, 11 illus plates with tissue guard, 5 folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising to spine and board extrems, substantial fading to spine, moderate ink blotches to boards, light foxing to prelims and terminals, previous owner's name and date stamped neatly on title page, date stamp to rear ep, minimal ink markings to index margins)
PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1889
KEYWORDS: Military history XX regiment 1688 Prince of Orange James Wolfe Robert Ross Gibraltar seven years war Malta India Koolapoor Inkerman etc
The Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment 1914 - 1919
Super octavo, light blue buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, silver rearing horse emblem to front, frontispiece, xxvii + 629pp, illus, 62 folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising and rubbing to spine and board extrems, front hinge loose, minor staining to page edges, minor foxing sporadic throughout, minor crack to gutter at p369, slightly cocked)
PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1924
KEYWORDS: Military history British Great War Queen's Own West Kent Flanders Aisne India Mesopotamia Somme Ypres Cambrai
History of the Bombay Pioneers
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, half bound buckram and blue leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt emblem to front, frontispiece, xix + 439pp, illus, illus prelims, maps in text and folding maps, VG (moderate rubbing, bruising and fraying to extrems of leather spine, minor bruising to board corners, moderate crack to gutter at fep, light staining to page edges, minor tanning throughout, but maps and illus clean and crisp)
PUBLISHER: Sidney Press 1938
KEYWORDS: Military history Corps of Bombay Pioneers 1777 to 1933 Mysore Afghan Indian mutiny Punjab Tigris Suez canal Megiddo Great War British
Wellington & Waterloo
Quarto, blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt and black stamped lettering and motif to front board,aeg, frontispiece, viii + 280pp, illus, VG (moderate browning to spine, moderate bruising and rubbing to spine extrems and hinges, moderate browning and light soiling to boards, light rubbing and bruising to board edges and corners, moderate foxing to verso of fep and recto of ep.
PUBLISHER: George Newnes, Ltd. 1898
KEYWORDS: military history battle Wellington Waterloo illustrated Europe
Seaforth Highlanders
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and gilt motive to front board, frontispiece, xvi+416pp, illus, VG+ (moderate soiling to spine, slight creasing to spine extrems, slight foxing to page edges, slight bruising to board corners) in d/w VG (slight chipping and creasing to flap hinges and spine extrems, small (<1cm) repaired chip to lower edge of rear cover, 1cm repaired closed tear to upper spine extrem, slight rubbing to rear cover).
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden Ltd 1962
KEYWORDS: military history Highlanders Scotland Britain illustrated
The War with Spain: A Complete History of the War of 1898 Between the United States and Spain
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards with blue lettering and silver stamped motif to spine, silver stamped lettering and coloured flag motif to front board, frontispiece, 383pp, illus, VG+ (light mould staining to spine, sl. creasing to spine extrems, light mould staining to front board extrems, light bruising to board corners, v.sl. foxing to page edges, light cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: J.B. Lippincott Company 1899
KEYWORDS: military history war Spain USA America