Books - "history"
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All Puns Intended: The Verbal Creation of Jean-Pierre Brisset
Octavo, maroon glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 184pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Legenda / European Humanities Research Centre, University of Oxford 2001
KEYWORDS: Jean-Pierre Brisset humanities literature language French linguistics history
South With Shackleton
Sm octavo, teal buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, ix + 182pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light to moderate tanning & staining to spine, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. ownership ink stamps to ffep & full title page, scruffy closed tearing to rear page edges- text block still intact, boards sl shaky) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with some loss to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low 1949
KEYWORDS: exploration adventure south pole expeditions Antarctic Antarctica Ernest Shackleton Dr L D A Hussey history meteorologists autobiography memoir
The Gypsies: Waggon-Time and After
Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 144pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name label & ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1979
KEYWORDS: gypsies culture history travelling travellers
Australia Rocks! Remembering the Music of the 1950s to 1990s
Square imperial octavo, black glossy heavy boards, white & grey lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 175pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & rear board, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Exisle Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: music entertainment history Australia Australian late 20th twentieth century
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, VOLS 2, 3 & 4 FIRST EDITIONS- VOL 1 REPRINT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, mixed pagination, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor water damage to lower extrems- light staining & wrinkling to lower page edges, top corner of ffep of vol 2 clipped, numerous ex-libris stamps in ink to prelims, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, heavy closed tearing & tape repairs to spine of vol 1, moderate tanning & staining, vols 1, 3 & 4 price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1956-58
KEYWORDS: British history politics political Winston Churchill first editions geopolitics war monarchy
Ayrshire: The Third Statistical Account of Scotland
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained maroon, printed eps, frontispiece, folding map to rear, xviii + 885pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals inc. folding map, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1951
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history Ayrshire statistics historical data
The Band: A Musical History
COMPLETE WITH 6 CDs AT REAR, quarto, illus heavy boards, white & gold lettering to spine, illus title page & prelims, 111pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl scuffing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Capitol Records 2005
KEYWORDS: music history The Band entertainment folk
The Dominici Affair
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Museum Press 1956
KEYWORDS: true crime history homicide murder Sir Jack Drummond Gaston Dominici miscarriages of justice wrongful convictions law legal
Shackleton's Argonauts: A Saga of the Antarctic Ice-packs
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1949
KEYWORDS: exploration travel adventure Ernest Shackleton south pole Antarctica history
Should We Fall to Ruin
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Ultimo Press 2022
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 New Guinea Rabaul
The Conversion of Augustine
Ex-library, 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Sands & Co 1960
KEYWORDS: theology religion catholicism catholic church philosphy literature Romano Guardini Augustine antiquity ancient history
Bernadette of Lourdes: Sheperdess, Sister and Saint
Ex-library, 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1953
KEYWORDS: religion theology Bernadette of Lourdes history
The Epic of Captain Scott
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: The Falcon Press 1948
KEYWORDS: exploration history Captain Scott sailing maritime nautical adventure
West Otago: A Pictorial Glimpse of the Past
Super octavo stapled light card covers (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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: West Otago Community 1990 Committee / West Otago Historical Society 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history south island west Otago settlers pioneers pictorial photos
Galileo Heretic (Galileo Eretico)
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: history science religion theology
Francesco Redi on Vipers
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: E. J. Brill 1988
KEYWORDS: snakes history serpents literature criticism literary Francesco Redi
Galileo Galilei: Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems - Ptolomaic & Copernican
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: University of California Press N/D
KEYWORDS: history science Galileo Galilei
Jordan vs Banks Match Games
Sm 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: E. H. Greene 1914
KEYWORDS: checkers draughts games hobbies matches past world championships history historical
Sixth American Checker Tourney: Held at the Hotel Alamac New York City April 29th to May 14th, 1924
Sm 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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Morris-Systems Publishing 1925
KEYWORDS: checkers draughts games hobbies matches past championships history historical
On a Voiceless Shore: Byron in Greece
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. All online listings are held in Dunedin
PUBLISHER: Henry Holt and Company 1998
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Byron Greece 19th nineteenth century biographies poets history first editions