Books - "history"
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History of Latin American Civilization: Sources and Interpretations: Vol 1- The Colonial Experience, Vol 2- Th eModern Age
2 VOLUME SET, EX-LIBRARY, octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xiii + 553pp, vol 2- xvii + 548pp, VG (usual library marks, light bruising to extrems, light staining & tape markings to board edges, light foxing to page edges, light tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (usual library markings, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1969
KEYWORDS: latin America history civilization civilisation colonialism culture anthropology
The Life of Richard Wagner 1813-1883 ( 4 Volume Set)
4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, illus light card covers in mylar covering (removable), yellow lettering to spines, xiv-xviii + 512-729pp + xxviii-lvi index to rear, VG+ (light scuffing to cover edges/extrems, light fading to spines, light tanning to page edges & rear covers)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Richard Wagner biography memoir music history
Racing Illustrated Vol III - No. 70 (October 1896) to No. 79 (December 1896)
REBOUND AS FAMOUS RACEHORSES - 260 PICTURES, folio, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, paginated as 410pp - 648pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & throughout, binder's sm label to front pastedown, light creasing & chipping to most page edges)
PUBLISHER: Racing Illustrated 1896 (Rebound as one volume later)
KEYWORDS: race horses racing horse equine illustrated photos history sport horseracing
Daughters of the Dreaming
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: Spinifex 2002
KEYWORDS: indigienous australian history aboriginal first peoples australia desert culture anthropology dreamers dreaming women
Emperor of the West: Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire
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: Quercus 2010
KEYWORDS: charlemagne carolingian empire european history medieval king of the franks
'My Heart is My Own' The Life of Mary Queen of Scots
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: Fourth Estate 2004
KEYWORDS: mary queen of scots stuart english monarchy history great british scottish biography
The Romantic Rebellion: Romantic Versus Classic Art
Super octavo hardcover (VG) 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Murray / Sotheby Parke Bernet 1973
KEYWORDS: romantic art history romanticism theory goya blake delacroix turner degas rodin
Aspects of Greek History 750-323 BC: A Source-Based Approach
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: Routledge 2002
KEYWORDS: greek history literary sources source-based theory thucydides herodotus xenophon diodorus aristotle
The Great Successor: The Divinely Perfect Destiny of Brilliant Comrade Kim Jong Un
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: John Murray 2019
KEYWORDS: kim jong un biography north korean korea contemporary history
The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria
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: Pheonix Press 2000
KEYWORDS: biography austria austrian history empire elizabeth of empress
A Prisoner of the Khaleefa: Twelve Years' Captivity at Omdurman
COLONIAL EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 365pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & bruising to spine & board extrems with some sl surface loss, moderate discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout- some plates sl loosened)
PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1899
KEYWORDS: Charles Neufeld India Indian colonies history autobiography memoir captivity prison colonial edition
Alfa Romeo: A History
REVISED EDITION, super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 524pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to board & spine edges, light crease to length of spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light chipping and small closed tears to corners)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1969
KEYWORDS: Alfa Romeo history biography cars automotive car racing motorsport sport grand prix
Auto 1953: Automobiles of 1953
MULTI LANGUAGE TEXT, Imperial octavo, cream heavy boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & red carillus to front board, illus prelims, 324pp + ads to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, light fading to edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. ownership stamps/inscriptions to front eps, light adhesion of pages to rear/adverts) in d/w & mylar cover, VG-/tatty (heavy chipping to edges, 4cm loss to base of front cover, 2cm closed tear to rear, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Alfieri Editore 1953
KEYWORDS: cars automotive 1953 history illustrated
Great Britain and the Slave Trade 1839-1865
EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xi + 203pp, VG (usual library markings, light bruising & fading to board edges, light to moderate staining & tape residue to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate tape residue to eps, moderate cracking to gutter of pgs 80-81) in d/w & mylar wrapper, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, usual library mutilation of flaps- mostly removed & remainder stubs moderately tape stained, light tanning to spine, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1929
KEYWORDS: British slavery slave trade west Africa transatlantic history America US
Race, Class and Politics in Colonial Mexico 1610-1670
EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 305pp, VG (usual but minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light tape staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & foxing topage edges) in d/w & clear plastic cover, VG- (heavy adhesive staining to edges with light creasing, price clipped, light to moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: race class politics Mexico south America history 17th seventeenth century Spanish
Lost Causes of Motoring - Europe (2 Volume Set)
2 VOLUME SET, octavo, vol 1- blue cloth boards, vol 2- brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- xi + 258pp, vol 2- xi + 323pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing/bruising & discolouration to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev owners name in ink to fep in vol2) in d/w's VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light rubbing to covers, prev bookseller sticker to front flap in vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1969 (Vol 1) & A. S. Barnes & Co 1971 (Vol 2)
KEYWORDS: motoring cars history illustrated photos automotive engineering
Velazquez (2 Volume Set)
2 VOLUME SET IN SLIPCASE, lg quarto, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- 261pp, vol 2- 328pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spines, sl creasing to edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light scuffing to corners)
PUBLISHER: Taschen 1996
KEYWORDS: art Velazquez biography collection history criticism illustrated
Wonder Woman: The Complete History: The Life and Times of the Amazon Princess
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 206pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light adhesion damage to pg 206 & opposite art work) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's label to front flap, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2000
KEYWORDS: dc comics comic books Wonder Woman illustrated history William Moulton Marston
Tabulae Anatomicae
TEXT IN FRENCH, Folio, pink light card covers in brown faux leather folder, gilt lettering to front, unpaginated, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Editions Culture & Civilisation and Bibliotheque Royale de Belgique 1965
KEYWORDS: anatomy history historical medicine Andreas Vesalius illustrated medical physiology
Infantry Brigadier
Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 371pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, scruffy/v delicate (v heavy chipping & loss to edges, some valiant attempts at archival tape repairs, moderate foxing & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1949
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Major-General Sir Howard Kippenberger New Zealand ww2 second2nd world war 2 two 2 NZ Division