Books - "history"
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The Path to Assyria: A Call for National Renewal
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: Tigris Press 2020
KEYWORDS: assyria assyrian middle east history conflict
Autism's False Promise: Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
EX-LIBRARY; 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: Columbia University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: ex-library autism autistic medicine psychiatry parenting medical history
Arnobius of Sicca: The Case Against the Pagans
Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation
Volume ONE only; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Newman Press 1949
KEYWORDS: johannes quasten joseph plumpe arnobius of sicca george mccracken christianity christian theology spirituality religion history
Seeds of Fortune: A Gardening Dynasty
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: Bloomsbury 2003
KEYWORDS: sue shephard roy lancaster gardening veitch family scotland scottish botany history
Sterling Cale: True American: The Story of a Pearl Harbor Survivor, World War II, Korean and Vietnam War Veteran
SIGNED; 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: Pacific Historic Parks 2014
KEYWORDS: signed sterling cale pearl harbor world war two ww2 wwii military history memoir
Gallipoli: The Front Line Experience
Companion to the Feature-Length Documentary
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: Currency Press 2006
KEYWORDS: gallipoli new zealand australia anzac first great world war one ww1 wwi front line experience tolga ornek feza toker military history
The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History
HEAVY ITEM; EX-LIBRARY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: oxford companion military history australia australian
Glimpses of Colonel Tom: A Collection of Addresses and Lettes by Colonel Tom Price
A Supplement to: Heroes and Gentlemen: Colonel Tom Price and the Victorian Mounted Rifles
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: Jimrangle Publications 1985
KEYWORDS: colonel tom price winty calder australia australian first world war one great ww1 wwi military history
Four Walls and a Roof: The Complex Nature of a Simple Profession
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, super octavo, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 513pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings signed Reinier de Graaf history philosophy
Dawn on the Kachin Hills
Octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 112pp, printed rear eps, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & covers with some surface loss & light foxing, moderate soiling to page edges, light foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society 1927
KEYWORDS: Burma Myanmar missionary work religious history religion Christianity bible churchmen
New Zealand Rulers and Statesmen, From 1840 to 1897 (Revised and Enlarged Edition)
Octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 323pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. ownership markings to verso of frontis, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light foxing & underlining in ink to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company 1897
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history leaders rulers statesman late 19th nineteenth century politics political government
Occult Theocrasy (Volumes 1 & 2)
2-IN-1 VOLUME, octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, 741pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Christian Book Club of America N/D
KEYWORDS: occult esoteric Lady Queensborough theory philosophy theosophy history
Episodes of Discovery, in All Ages: A Book For Youth
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, black decorative rule to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, 256pp, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, 1cm label residue & scuffing to spine, moderate to heavy soiling & bruising to rear board, heavy tanning to page edges, scholl library plate to front pastedown- no ther library markings detected, pencil scribbles partially erased to ffep & verso of frontis, terminal page removed & remnants stuck to rear pastedown, light staining to page edges, light foxing, top half of contents page torn out, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1880
KEYWORDS: youth children's literature exploration explorers history
The Fall of Jerusalem; and the Roman Conquest of Judaea
Sm octavo, terracotta buckram boards, gilt & black lettering with gilt & black decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing to spine & boards, moderate staining & chafing to rear board, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, pencil inscription to front pastedown, lg gift inscription in ink to ffep, ex-libris plate to verso of frontispiece, moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: T. Nelson and Sons 1885
KEYWORDS: Jewish antiquity ancient history conflict Judaea Judea Jerusalem roman conquest Rome war
The Voyages of Sir James Lancaster to Brazil and the East Indies 1591-1603
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, xl + 178pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy tanning & creasing & chipping with some minor loss to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1940
KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records writings Sir James Lancaster Brazil South America East Indies history
Europeans in West Africa, 1450-1560: Documents to Illustrate the Nature and Scope of Portuguese Enterprise in West Africa, the Abortive Attempt of Castilians to Create an Empire There, and the Early English Voyages to Barbary and Guinea
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt ship motifs & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, folding frontispiece to vol 1 only, xi-xxxvi + 461pp total, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate creasing & chipping/loss to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1942
KEYWORDS: first editions Hakluyt society exploration voyages maritime nautical records writings Portuguese Europeans Castilians Castilian empire English East Indies history
A Woman's Part in a Revolution
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, patterned eps, 159pp + 32pp catalogue to rear, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to pages throughout, occasional light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1897
KEYWORDS: first editions social commentary women gender roles Johannesburg revolution history politics political Natalie Mrs John Hays Hammond
Mustangs Over Korea: The North American F-51 at War 1950-1953
Quarto, cream buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, marbled eps, 184pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading/discolouration to front cover, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: military aviation history Mustang f-51 fighter planes aircraft Korea
A Parable of Jade
Sm octavo, illus light card wrappers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, 41pp, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine with tape repairs, moderate creasing & curling to covers with minor soiling, heavy cracking at rear gutter with adhesive reinforcement- tidy, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & ink stamp to base of half title page)
PUBLISHER: The Paternoster Press 1945
KEYWORDS: precious stones jade culture cultural history materials Asia Asian
The Mighty Eighth: The Colour Record
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 224pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl sccuffing to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover, light creasing to edges, sl tanning, prev. bookseller's labels to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 2001
KEYWORDS: military aviation history aerial combat warfare US eighth 8th Air Force ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii