Books - "history"
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Drinkers, Drummers, and Decent Folk
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PUBLISHER: State University of New York Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Trinidad ethnography culture ethnology social history customs anthropology sociology
American Sarum: The Liturgy of Christ Church Bronxville, New York Within the History of Anglican Worship
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PUBLISHER: Christ Church Press 2011
KEYWORDS: religion liturgy Christianity episcopal history anglican communion Bronxville New York
Alfred Hope Patten and the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
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PUBLISHER: Canterbury Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Walsingham history Hope Patten religion Christianity
Place, Taste and Tradition: A Study of Australian Art Since 1788
Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian art history culture criticism
The Novel and the Sea
FIRST EDITION, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: first edition literary history literature study Margaret Cohen
Unquiet Souls: Fourteenth-Century Saints and Their Religious Milieu
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1987
KEYWORDS: religion religious history 14th fourteenth century saints
The Way of the World: The Bildungsroman in European Culture (New Edition)
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PUBLISHER: Verso 2000
KEYWORDS: literature literary history novels Europe European culture
On Active Service
EX-LIBRARY, oblong quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Addison Wesley Longman New Zealand 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand war military history 5177 O R Gatman 2 NZEF ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 letters correspondence
Them and Us: How Neanderthal Predation Created Modern Humans
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Kardoorair Press 2009
KEYWORDS: neanderthal predation evolution ancient history Eurasian neanderthals biology physiology first edition uncorrected proof
The 'Twenty-five' Churches of the Southwark Diocese: An Inter-War Campaign of Church-Building
Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Ecclesiological Society 2002
KEYWORDS: religion Southwark diocese churches buildings architecture history
A History of the London Missionary Society 1895-1945
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 640pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & ink stamp to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: religion religious history London England English missionary missionaries India China Africa Madagascar Samoa Papua West Indies Pacific
Martin Travers 1886-1948: An Appreciation
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, viii + 343pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruisin g& scuffing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Unicorn Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Martin Travers biography memoir history ecclesiatical art religion religious
Chinese Revolutionary: Memoirs 1919-1949
V TIDY EX-LIBRARY (NO EXTERNAL MARKINGS) octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 282pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, sm ex-library ink stamps to ffep only) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine & top edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: Chinese history revolution revolutionary communism Wang Fan-hsi politics
Far Horizons: A History of the Studdys From Devon For Thier Descendants
SOME HIGHLIGHTING TO TEXT THROUGHOUT, lg quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 380pp + family trees to rear, VG+ (aforementioned highlighting to text throughout, sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Elsie Ritchie 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia genealogy history family tree Studdy de Stody
Index to the Appendices to the Journals of the Legislative Council and House of Representatives of New Zealand 1854 to 1913
ARCHIVAL TAPE REPAIR TO FRONT HINGE, lg quarto, grey heavy boards, black cloth spine, black lettering to front board, 566pp, VG- (heavy scuffing & surface loss to spine, heavy repairs & reinforcements to front hinge & gutter, 8cm crack to rear hinge & gutter, heavy rusting to staples, moderate soiling to boards, ligth tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Marcus F. Marks Gov't Printer 1916
KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics history journals house representatives
Where Nets Were Cast: Christianity in Oceania Since World War II
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xi + 499pp, illus/photos, VG (ligth chafing & scuffing to covers & edges, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: University of South Pacific 1997
KEYWORDS: first edition religion Christianity ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 history oceania Pacific islands
Freedom and Independence For the Golden Lands of Australia; the Right of the Colonies, and the Interest of Britain and of the World
FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING, WITH MAP, octavo, green textured cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule & decoration to spine & boards, frontispiece/map, xvi + 339pp, VG (light bruising & moderate chipping to extrems, heavy discolouration to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, many pages uncut, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans 1852
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history John Dunmore Lang colonies British settlers first edition
Romantic Writing and Pedestrian Travel
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, x + 246pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, light scuffing & soiling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 2000
KEYWORDS: English literature 19th nineteenth century history literary criticism travel Britain walking
Footsteps in the Sea: Christianity in Oceania to World War II
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xii + 514pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & scuffing to cover edges, moderate fading to spine, light creasing to rear cover, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters, bonus inscription in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Institute of Pacific Studies / WCC Publications 1992
KEYWORDS: history Christianity oceania ww2 2nd second world war two 2 pacific islands colonies
Mac's Memoirs: The Flying Life of Squadron-Leader McGregor
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light fading/discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges inc. flaps, attempts at tape repairs to closed tearing at edges, heavy chafing & staining to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1937
KEYWORDS: New Zealand war military biography memoir squadron leader McGregor aviation history first edition