Books - "history"
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Rawhide Laureate: John G. Neihardt: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: The Scarecrow Press 1983
KEYWORDS: ex-library john g. neihardt bibliography america american literary criticism history literature
Bram Stoker: A Bibliography of First Editions
Illustrated
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, small 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: Dracula Press 1983
KEYWORDS: bram stoker bibliography ireland irish history literature literary dracula
A Book of Ferns
REBOUND, EX-LIBRARY; 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: John McIndoe Ltd 1954
KEYWORDS: ex-library ferns plants botany biology natural history greta stevenson
Zone of the Marvellous: In Search of the Antipodes
FIRST EDITION octavo softcover (Near 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: Auckland University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: martin edmond history exploration antipodes nautical sailing
Critical Perspectives on Amos Tutuola
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: Three Continents Press 1975
KEYWORDS: amos tutuola nigeria nigerian writer literary criticism literature history africa african
Folk Songs of Australia and the Men and Women Who Sang Them
Tidy ex-library 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: Ure Smith 1968
KEYWORDS: australia australian music history folk folksongs songs
A Woman on Paper: Georgia O'Keeffe
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: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster 1988
KEYWORDS: correspondance letters art history theory feminism feminist american georgia o'keeffe anita pollitzer biography stieglitz alfred
The War of a Hundred Days: Springboks in Somalia and Abyssinia 1940-41
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, illus & unpaginated prelims, 301pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine & edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1990
KEYWORDS: military history south Africa African springboks ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Somalia Abyssinia
Captives Courageous: South African Prisoners of War: World War II
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, xiv + 333pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing, tanning & soiling to spine & edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii South Africa African pows prisoners of war
A Country at War 1939-1945: The Mood of a Nation
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xxi + 430pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems & edges, spine sl cocked, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling with some minor surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii South African Africans
Gourmet Pilgrim: Spain: Recipes, Culture and Historias From the Kitchen Tables of Spain
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, patterned eps, 507pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to boards, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Gourmet Pilgrim 2015
KEYWORDS: food cookbooks Spain Spanish cuisine culture cookery culinary recipes history
War at Sea: South African Maritime Operations During World War II
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xix + 356pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl wrinkling to front board, sl bruising to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: first edition military history navy naval navies South Africa African ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii maritime nautical operations
Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric
Super octavo, beige buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 225pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev, bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome Roman war conflict antiquity gothic wars germanic invasions empire goths
The Fall of Heaven: The Pahlavis and the Final Days of Imperial Iran
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, xviii + 587pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to board edges & extrems, sl chafing to boards, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company 2016
KEYWORDS: signed Iran politics political modern history imperialism Pahlavi family middle east
The Mind and Art of Giovanni Battista Piranesi
Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to covers with sm patch of label residue to rear cover, light tanning, soiling & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1988
KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation Giovanni Battista Piranesi European classics
Man of Secrets: The Private Life of Donald McLean
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, yellow & white lettering to spine, 256pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2015
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand Zealanders Donald McLean politics political figures history settlers pioneers
The Cruise of the Nona
Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxxviii + 347pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to spine & edges, moderae fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co 1955
KEYWORDS: Hilaire Belloc travel literature exploration coastal England Nona maritime nautical marine history
Sevres Porcelain: Vincennes and Sevres 1740-1800
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 379pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to lower board edges & extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to medium creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, light peeling, chafing & soiling to covers, 25mm closed tear to lower corner)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1987
KEYWORDS: first edition porcelain collectables collectibles antiques Sevres history antiquities French France 18th eighteenth century
European Porcelain of the 18th Century
Lg quarto, white cloth boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate tanning & foxing to board edges & spine, light to moderate soiling to page edges, sm adhesive label & ink letters to top corner of ffep) in d/w, VG (light chipping/closed tearing & creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1983
KEYWORDS: porcelain antiques collectables collectibles 18th eighteenth century European history artefacts china
Religious Prostitution
SCARCE, octavo, beige cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 128pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine & covers, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Hearthstone / Carlton Press 1986
KEYWORDS: philosophy social science sociology religion abuse power tyrants history