Books - "history"
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A History of Jerusalem : One City, Three Faiths
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: Harper Perennial 2005
KEYWORDS: history jerusalem religion
Moir's Guide Book : Tramping Tracks and Routes of the Great Southern Lakes and Fiords of Western Otago and Southland
Second Edition - Revised and Enlarged. Imperial octavo, softcover (VG-) heavy foxing to covers; 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: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1950
KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand otago southland moirs guidebook great southern lakes travel history
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
The Birth of Britain; The New World; The Age of Revolution; The Great Democracies
VOLS 2-4 FIRST EDITIONS, VOL 1 THIRD EDITION, archival tape repairs to d/w of vol 1, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, xi-xxi + 322-416pp, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, heavy staining to boards, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown of vol 1, light foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy archival tape repairs to vol 1, moderate to heavy scuffing & chafing to covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1956-1958
KEYWORDS: literature Churchill British empire history antiquity
Joseph Weaver Allen: Photography
LIMITED EDITION (100 COPIES), oblong quarto, glossy illus card covers with french flaps, spiral bound, red lettering to covers, illus prelims, 129pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling & chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand photography collection anthology Hardwicke Knight Joseph Weaver Allen Dunedin history photos
Earls Colne's Early Modern Landscapes
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 323pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, some light underlining in pencil to text & margins throughout- easy to erase if desired) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Ashgate Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Earls Colne Essex England illustrated
Faith and Toil
The Story of Tokomairiro
Octavo, light brown cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, prelims + 194pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, spine sl cocked, light tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to front eps) in d/w, scruffy (v heavy chipping & closed tearing to edges, 4cm loss to lower spine extrem, rear flap almost detached, moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs/Otago Centennial Historical Publications1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tokomairiro exploration settlers pioneers
Coastin' Along
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, 284pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover corners, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Black Cat Productions 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand anecdotes literature Westland history illustrated signed
A History of the Society of Antiquaries
LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 487pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light discolouration & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page egdes, prev. owner'sname in pencil to fep)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1956
KEYWORDS: society of antiquaries history illustrated
Cathedrals and Abbey Churches of the Rhine
LACKS D/W, quarto, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, top page edges stained blue, 78pp + 200 plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG (light tanning & foxing to board & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1963
KEYWORDS: Germany churches cathedrals religion architecture buildings history christian carolingian romanesque gothic baroque period illustrated
Nature as Model
Salomon de Caus and Early Seventeenth-Century Landscape Design
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 296pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: University of Pennsylvania Press 2007
KEYWORDS: landscaping landscapes history Salomon de Caus design illustrated 17th seventeenth century art
Company of Images
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: Greenhouse 1989
KEYWORDS: art history melbourne art scene painters promoters
Artemisia : The Story of a Battle for Greatness
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: Vintage 2001
KEYWORDS: biography art history artemisia gentileschi
The Skyscraper in American Art 1890 - 1931
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: Da Capo Press / Plenum 1986
KEYWORDS: art history architecture photography american u.s.a. skyscrapers
Body Scape : Art, Modernity and the Ideal Figure
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: Routledge 1995
KEYWORDS: body image art history
Unruly Women of Paris : Images of the Commune
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: Cornell University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: france paris history commune 1871 women's studies
Racial Myth in English History : Trojans, Teutons, and Anglo-Saxons
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: Harvest House / University Press of New England 1982
KEYWORDS: history mythology historiography anglo saxon trojans teutons
The Transformation of Virginia : 1740 - 1790
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: W. W. Norton & Company 1988
KEYWORDS: history williamsburg virginia 18th century
Lilith a Feminist History Journal : No. 4 Summer 1988
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: Lillith Collective 1988
KEYWORDS: gender politics sex feminist history journal
The Art of Understanding Art
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Wiley Blackwell 2012
KEYWORDS: art history analysis
'After Andy : SoHo in the Eighties'
Quarto 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: Schwartz City / Bookman Press 1995
KEYWORDS: history soho 90s eighties andy warhol