Books - "history"
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The Highland Furies: The Black Watch 1739-1899 Volume I
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 728pp, illus/photos/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, signed Victoria Schofield in ink to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Quercus 2012
KEYWORDS: first editions early military history black watch royal highland regiment century battles
Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology Boston, August 23-26, 2003, Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science, and Humanities
Heavy quarto, black heavy boards, green lettering to spine, xxiv + 630pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffign to extrems, moderate chafing/scratching to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxbow Books 2006
KEYWORDS: classical archaeology archeology science humanities proceedings congress Boston 2003 antiquity ancient history historical
Tradition and Originality: A Study of Exekias (BAR International Series 2092) 2010
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, heavy quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus title page, xiii + 413pp, plates to rear, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Archaeopress 2010
KEYWORDS: E Anne Mackay signed ancient history classical artefacts archeology archaeology pottery
The Manuscripts of the House of Lords 1693-1704 (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to page edges, some minor staining to edges of eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to some ffeps) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective wrappers- edges likely stained/damaged, light to moderate tanning to spines, light soiling, lg section of rear cover of vol 1 missing)
PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1964-65
KEYWORDS: politics political England English House of Lords history historical manuscripts parliament parliamentary records
The Life and Times of Bishop Pompallier
Ex-library, super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, top page edges stained brown, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, boards lightly tanned & warped, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters, ex-libris plate to ffep, minor closed tearing to edges of prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape reapirs, rear cover ripped off at spine but impressively taped together again, moderate tape adhesive staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1957
KEYWORDS: Bishop Pompallier New Zealand religion Christianity catholic history biographies memoir
Britomart: The Story
Folio, cream cloth boards, white lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 228pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate foxing/staining to boards, sl foxing to page edges) in quarter d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: PQ Blackwell 2014
KEYWORDS: Britomart New Zealand history biography business
The Panama Canal
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: Frederick Muller 1966
KEYWORDS: history Panama Canal engineering
The House
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: Allen & Unwin 2018
KEYWORDS: Sydney Opera House architecture buildings building design history Australia Sydney
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant
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: John Murray 1992
KEYWORDS: Isamabard Kingdom Brunel engineers engineering history biography biographies memoir
Wonders of Victorian Engineering: An Illustrated Excursion
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Jupiter Books 1978
KEYWORDS: history engineering design Victorian
A History of Tunnels
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1972
KEYWORDS: engineering history design tunnels excavation building
Crossing London's River
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1972
KEYWORDS: engineering London Thames bridges ferries tunnels maritime design building history
Thomas Telford: Engineer
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thomas Telford Ltd 1980
KEYWORDS: seminars engineering Thomas Telford history
The Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Institution of Civil Engineers 1976
KEYWORDS: Isambard Kingdom Brunel engineering engineers history
George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: engineering railways George Robert Stephenson history trains
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
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: John Murray 2017
KEYWORDS: history biographies biography memoir Charles Darwin evolution
John Scott Russell: A Great Victorian Engineer and Naval Architect
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1977
KEYWORDS: John Scott Russell engineers engineering Victorian history navy naval
Alexander Gibb: The Story of an Engineer
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1950
KEYWORDS: history biographies biography memoir Alexander Gibb engineers engineering
The World Economy Since the Wars: A Personal View
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: Sinclair-Stevenson 1994
KEYWORDS: John Kenneth Galbraith economics post-war history global economy
The World the Railways Made
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: Pimlico 1994
KEYWORDS: history transport engineering rail railways