Books - "history"
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Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend
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: Thames and Hudson 1997
KEYWORDS: Jews Jewish history legends lore folklore
The Light in High Places: A Naturalist Looks at Wyoming Wilderness, Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep, Cowboys, and Other Rare Species
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: Skyhorse Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: US America American travel history Wyoming nature Wind River Mountains Joe Hutto
Bernard Shaw Volume II 1898-1918: The Pursuit of Power
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Chatto & Windus 1989
KEYWORDS: Bernard Shaw history biography memoir literary literature
Brewers and Distillers by Profession: A History of the Institute of Brewing & Distilling
Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, red & black lettering to spine, 374pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Institute of Brewing & Distilling 2012
KEYWORDS: drink beer brewing distilleries history business institute of brewing distilling
Wisden: Anthology 1900 - 1940
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 1177pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges & prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Queen Anne Press 1990
KEYWORDS: sport cricket wisden anthology history statistics scores early 20th twentieth century
The Handbook of Virtue Ethics
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 520pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Acumen Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: virtue applied ethics normative moral theory psychology philosophy morals morality history
Studies in Textile History (In Memory of Harold B. Burnham)
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 371pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Royal Ontario Museum 1977
KEYWORDS: textiles history fabrics culture Harld B Burnham
Early Netherlandish Painting; Its Origins and Character Volume One
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 573pp + b&w plates to rear, VG (light creasing & curling to covers & edges, light tanning & chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear, sl soiling to page edges, sl cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Icon/Harper & Row 1971
KEYWORDS: art Netherlands history European
At the Italian Frontiers: Episodes and Recollections Wartime Italy 1941-1945
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 482pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Frontier Press 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Italy
Manganui: A History of the Stratford Mountain Club: Seventy-One Years of Progress February 4th 1929 to the Year 2000
Square imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & cream lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Stratford Mountain Club (Inc.) 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand mountains mountaineering Stratford Mountain Club history biography skiing ski fields
The First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment - Journal 25th Anniversary Commemorative Edition)
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, illus eps & prelims, 203pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Singapore National Printers (Printer) N/D (c.1981?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history rnzir infantry regiment
Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas
EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, light brown cloth boards, dark brown lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims & terminals, 334pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate soiling & staining to boards, usual library markings, moderate soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to some gutters- boards shaky) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, 4cm closed tear to rear cover, minimal library markings, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to spine & front cover)
PUBLISHER: The Museum for African Art 1993
KEYWORDS: world religions religious history Africa African African-American customs symbols
Dentistry: An Illustrated History
Lg quarto, grey cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp dentistry motif to front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, xii + 319pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to board edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams 1985
KEYWORDS: history oral health healthcare dentists dentistry medical practices illustrated humour humor
Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires
Super octavo, blue gilt illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & boards, printed eps, illus/maps to prelims, xxvi + 630pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sm adhesive label to rear board)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: Arab history anthropology ancient antiquity Arabic culture
Keeping Time: Readings in Jazz History (Second Edition)
2015 (SECOND EDITION), super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xvi + 440pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, prev. owner's name in black marker to front cover & ffep, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: music history jazz readings philosophy musical criticism
Scotland's Empire 1600-1815
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxviii + 474pp, illus/maps to prelims, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light o moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane/Penguin 2003
KEYWORDS: Scotland ancient history antiquity political politics anthropology British empire identity
On the Edge: Ireland's Offshore Islands: A Modern History
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 389pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Profile Books 2018
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history islands celtic
Time and Power: Visions of History in German Politics, From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 293pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2019
KEYWORDS: Germany German politics history Friedrich Wilhelm of Brandenburg-Prussia Frederick the Great Otto von Bismarck Adolf Hitler third reich nazism nazi nazis political power
The Permanent New Zealand Court of Appeal: Essays on the First 50 Years
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxii + 377pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand law legal system justice court of appeal history essays prose literature collection anthology
Disaster at Cane Creek: An Unforgettable Story Especially For Those Who Lived It
Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, 635pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Dulcinea Publishing 2017
KEYWORDS: Cane Creek disaster potash mine explosion Moab Utah modern history