Books - "history"
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Dadland: A Journey into Uncharted Territory
FIRST EDITION, 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: Chatto & Windus 2016
KEYWORDS: Keggie Tom Carew biography first editions autobiography memoir history
London 1945: Life in the Debris of War
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: St Martin's Press 2005
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 London England social life history
The Henry Wood Proms
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: BBC 1980
KEYWORDS: music history tradition Night at the Proms concerts Henry Wood
The Eighth Wonder
Super 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: B.F. Sturtevant Co. 1927
KEYWORDS: new york new jersey holland tunnel transport technology history engineering tunnels tunneling civil transportation public works infrastructure america american
Allen Hall: 100 Years, 100+ Voices
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: University of Otago Dept. of Music 2014
KEYWORDS: allen hall university of otago dunedin history lisa warrington alison finigan theatre theater drama music arts
An Unfinished History of the World
FIRST EDITION; 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: Hamish Hamilton 1979
KEYWORDS: hugh thomas herodotus h.g. wells raleigh history britain british england english first edition
Needs
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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1987
KEYWORDS: garrett thomson need needs philosophy history science ethics
The Poverty of Historicism
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: Routledge 1966
KEYWORDS: karl popper austria austrian britain british philosophy history historicism politics historiography
Descartes' Dream: The World According to Mathematics
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: Penguin 1988
KEYWORDS: rene descartes philip j davis reuben hersh history philosophy mathematics ideas culture rationality reason computers computing information
James Watt: Craftsman & Engineer
FIRST EDITION; LACKS D/W; super 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: Babckock & Wilcox Ltd. 1935
KEYWORDS: first edition james watt steam engine scotland scottish technology history biography industrial revolution
The Marvel Vault: A Museum in a Book, With Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel
Oblong quarto, illus spiral bound binder, grey & white lettering to spine, printed inside boards, illus prelims, 192pp, illus, replica collectables in protective pouches- all items present, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to spine & boards, light fading to board edges, minor bending/curling to some pages at spiral binding, sl tanning & chipping to some page edges, light blue staining/rubbing to title page- from verso page)
PUBLISHER: Running Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Marvel universe comics comic books superheroes history collectables collectibles Stan Lee
The Beatles: Get Back
Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, illus eps, 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards) in 1/2 jacket/sleeve, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Callaway Arts & Entertainment & Apple Corps 2021
KEYWORDS: popular culture pop music The Beatles bands music musicians history autobiography biographies memoir
The History of Napoleon Vol I
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, half leather bound maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with raised bands & blind stamp decoration on spine, marbled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 232pp + illus/plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy rubbing & cracking to spine & extrems with some surface loss, heavy chafing & moderate fading to boards with some minor soiling also, light discolouration to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional moderate foxing to pages throughout, occasional light chipping to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Robert Tyas 1840
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte history biography memoir French war
Lives of the Engineers; the Steam-Engine; Boulton and Watt
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & black rule to front board, frontispiece, viii + 416pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing/chipping to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & water staining to prelims)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1874
KEYWORDS: history engineering Matthew Boulton James Watt steam engine biographies
Thomas Brassey: Railway Builder
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 183pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light minor foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, light fading & chafing/surface loss to spine, light chafing & soiling/tanning)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1969
KEYWORDS: transport history rail railways trains Thomas Brassey civil engineering
Brindley at Wet Earth Colliery: An Engineering Study
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 156pp, illus/photos, VG+ (v sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1968
KEYWORDS: engineering James Brindley history water Manchester mine pumping operation Clifton Wet Earth Colliery 18th eighteenth century industrialisation industrialization
Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xiv + 342pp, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page- historical)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1863
KEYWORDS: Samuel Smiles history iron tools industrial industrialisation industrialization engineering
Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule & decoration to boards, frontispiece, xvi + 359pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & chipping/fraying to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky, light to moderate staining to eps, sm ink numerals in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1862
KEYWORDS: civil engineering biographies memoir Sir Marc Isambard Brunel history engineers
Innovation and the Rise of the Tunnelling Industry
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 355pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light creasing & chafing, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: first editions history tunnelling civil engineering industry
Tunnelling History and My Own Involvement
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, WITH HOLOGRAPH LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispice, xiv + 258pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Golder Associates 1981
KEYWORDS: signed tunnelling history tunnels tunnel building digging civil engineering geology Sir Harold Harding