Books - "history"
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Scribes, Script and Books: The Book Arts From Antiquity to the Renaissance
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY- MINIMAL MARKINGS, quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, red blind stamp illus & gilt rule to front board, frontispiece, xxxii + 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl label residue to front board & spine, any library markings erased with black marker pen- minimal)
PUBLISHER: American Library Association / The British Library 1991
KEYWORDS: language linguistics books literature etymology books history evolution bookmaking
Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries of Cultural Exchange
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, illus title page, xi + 350pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: signed Shakespeare China Chinese literary history
Heresy, Literature, and Politics in Early Modern English Culture
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 318pp, VG+ (sl bruising & soiling to board extrems, sl soiling & light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: English literature literary criticism history historical heresy politics
English Renaissance Drama: A Norton Anthology
Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & gilt decoration to spine, printed eps, lx + 1997pp, VG- (v heavy soiling to rear board, terminals & some page edges- otherwise a decent VG+) in d/w, VG- (v heavy soiling to rear covers & flap, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company 2003
KEYWORDS: plays English renaissance drama theatre stage history literary criticism collection anthology
A Visit to Paris in 1814; being a Review of the Moral, Political, Intellectual and Social Condition of the French Capital (Fourth Edition)
Octavo, leather quarter bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, raised bands & gilt rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, lxxv + 343pp, VG (moderate cracking & scuffing to leather on spine, 1cm cracks to hinges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown 1816
KEYWORDS: travel exploration France Paris culture history
Thomas Middleton: The Collected Works
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 20166pp, VG (light chafing & creasing/curling to covers, light cracking to some gutters, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: plays theatre history drama stage Thomas Middleton collection anthology literature literary
Tales of the Wars; or, Naval and Military Chronicle: Consisting of Faithful Accounts of Sea and Land Battles, Interspersed With Anecdotes and Biographical Notices of the Most Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders
BINDS ISSUES #106-#157, LAST PAGE IN FACSIMILE TASTEFULLY REBOUND, octavo, quarter leather bound marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, vi + 416pp, illus/engravings, VG (light bruising & chafing to extrems, heavy fading to spine, heavy tanning & discolouration to page edges, age appropriate foxing throughout, some prelims neatly rebound) A very tidy copy
PUBLISHER: G. Berger 1838
KEYWORDS: military history navy naval anecdotes army collection anthology anecdotes tales war
The Country of The Ring and the Book
With a Frontispiece in Colur and 106 Illustrations, Maps and Plans
FIRST EDITION, EX-LIBRARY super octavo hardcover (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: Cassell and Company, Ltd 1913
KEYWORDS: first edition the ring and the book robert browning britain british england english literary criticism culture history literature franceschini
Old Stone Age
Folio hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, archival repairs to head of spine) ; 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: Phoenix House 1957
KEYWORDS: archaeology early humans cromagnon stone age human history anthropology prehistory prehistoric
Elizabeth Thomson: Cellular Memory
Square quarto hardcover (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: Aratoi - Wairarapa Museum of Art and History 2017
KEYWORDS: elizabeth thomson cellular memory art artist Aratoi Wairarapa Museum of Art and History
The Cultures of Collecting
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: Harvard University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: collecting collectibles ephemera anthropology material culture cultures history psychology accumulation collage captain james cook sigmund freud jabsburgs exoticism orientalism elvis presley jean baudrillard
Arthur Symons: A Critical Study
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (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: A. M. Philpot 1925
KEYWORDS: arthur symons art history criticism poetry literary english literature
Anzacs at War:The Story of Australian and New Zealand Battles
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty, archival repairs to spine) ; 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: Abelard-Schumann 1965
KEYWORDS: anzac military history australia new zealand
William Blake and the Age of Revolution
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 & Kegan Paul 1972
KEYWORDS: william blake age of revolution england english britain british history politics political art culture
The Great Cat Massacre and Other Episodes in French Cultural History
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: Penguin 1991
KEYWORDS: peasant peasants commoners popular history france french robert darnton
Dog
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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1966
KEYWORDS: dog dogs canine canines cultural history symbolism
Impressions and Comments: Second Series 1914-1920
Octavo hardcover (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: Constable & Company 1926
KEYWORDS: havelock ellis eugenics social theory eugenicism human sexuality history politics
Borid Godunov: The Tragic Tsar
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: Readers Union 1974
KEYWORDS: boris godunov czar tsar ivan the terrible history russia russian royalty
The Search For Nerfertiti: The True Story of a Remarkable Discovery
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: Hodder and Stoughton 2004
KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt Nefertiti antiquity archaeology archeology
A Dictionary of Freemasonry: A History, Encyclopedia, and Dictionary all in One Volume With 300 Engravings
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) some minor archival tape repairs; 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: Gramercy Books 2000
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry dictionary dictionaries encyclopedia encyclopaedia history secret societies symbolism