Books - "history"
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Polynesian Mythology; and Ancient Traditional History of the Maori as Told by Their Priests and Chiefs
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: Whitcombe and Tombs 1974
KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian mythology ancient history anthropology folklore lore legends Maori
Roman London
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: Thames and Hudson 1986
KEYWORDS: ancient Roman history London English England archeology archaeology
Underground Overground: A Passenger's History of the Tube
FIRST EDITION, 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: Profile Books 2012
KEYWORDS: first editions London underground transport transit systems history tube trains passenger rail
Preston North End - The Rise of the Invincibles
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Invincible Books 2016
KEYWORDS: English soccer football pne Preston North End history sport
The Great Houses of San Francisco
Imperial 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: Thames and Hudson 1974
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings history historical San Francisco art photos photography
Shipwrecks Bluff Area 1845-1920
Octavo stapled light card covers (VG-, cover torn); 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: Bluff History Group 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Bluff maritime nautical history disasters shipwrecks
Under the Nor' West Arch: A High Country Story
SIGNED BY GRACE PORTER, 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1970
KEYWORDS: New Zealand High Country autobiography memoir Grace Ted Porter signed history
A Bold and Dangerous Family: The Rossellis and the Fight Against Mussolini
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: Chatto & Windus 2017
KEYWORDS: history Italy Italian fascism politics political Mussolini revolution resistance
Whale Hunt: The Narrative of a Voyage
LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Travel Book Club 1951
KEYWORDS: Nelson Cole Haley Charles W Morgan maritime nautical autobiography history
Verve: The Sound of America
Quarto, blue heavy boards, silver & gilt lettering to spine & boards, illus prelims, 399pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 2013
KEYWORDS: jazz music musicians entertainment US America American history biographies
The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to ffep, light cracking to gutter of pg171) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, in removable plastic cover)
PUBLISHER: The Woburn Press 1973
KEYWORDS: entertainment old b movies matinee cinema history heroes silver screen superheroes
Crude Politics: The California Oil Market, 1900-1940
Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 307pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press2005
KEYWORDS: petroleum industry market California history trade government policy energy fossil fuels 20th twentieth century
Danmarks Land
TEXT IN DANISH, quarto, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & black illus to front board, patterned eps, 359pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & fraying to spine & extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters- binding sloppy/loose, gift inscription in ink to verso of title page, light to moderate foxing to pgs sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters with some pgs detached but present- not counted presumed all present)
PUBLISHER: Gyldendalske Boghandel N/D (c.1910s)
KEYWORDS: text in Danish Denmark culture history illustrated C C Clausen J J Nielsen
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE - ASSOCIATION COPY! Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xvii + 398pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO 2005
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian New Zealand Pacific environmental history anthropology geography human ecology oceania nature environment signed association copy
Continent of Hunter-Gatherers: New Perspectives in Australian Prehistory
OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, cream lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 390pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light creasing, curling & tanning/discolouration to spine & covers with some sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian prehistory ancient history antiquity archaeology archeology anthropology hunting prehistoric Aboriginals Aborigine
A Mad, Bad, and Dangerous People? England 1783-1846
Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxv + 757pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: England English history culture politics ideology
The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania
ASSOCIATION COPY - WARM & LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, super octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 292pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edgeslight fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2006
KEYWORDS: association copy Oceania Pacific history social life customs culture navigation maritime anthropology environmental conditions environment nautical
French Explorers in the Pacific: the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, first editions, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- vi + 356pp, vol 2- 428pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & scuffing/surface loss to spine & edges, vol 2 price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965-69
KEYWORDS: exploration Pacific ocean islands French explorers history anthropology 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century
Football Grounds of Britain (Third Edition)
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, 480pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: CollinsWillow 1996
KEYWORDS: English soccer football grounds history sport
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 592pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light creasing & soiling with pen markings, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2007
KEYWORDS: Pablo Picasso art history biographies memoir criticism appreciation