Books - "history"
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The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XXXI: The Last Years January 1885 to August 1890
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 328pp + 111pp supplement to rear, VG+ (minimal library markings, light adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, in plastic protective covers with adhesive edges- likely stained, light fading to spine & edges/covers, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: John Henry Newman letters diaries journals correspondence history roman catholic church clergy religious religion cardinals
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XXIX: The Cardinalate January 1879 to September 1881
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 468pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl scuffing & bruising to edges, light soiling to page edges, light adhesive staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- likely stained, light fading & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: John Henry Newman letters diaries journals correspondence history roman catholic church clergy religious religion cardinals
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XIX: Consulting the Laity January 1859 to June 1861
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 594pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards & page edges, sl tanning to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- likely stained, light fading & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1969
KEYWORDS: John Henry Newman letters diaries journals correspondence history roman catholic church clergy religious religion cardinals
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XXX: A Cardinal's Apostolate October 1881 to December 1884
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 488pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tape staining to board edges & eps, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- likely stained, light fading & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: John Henry Newman letters diaries journals correspondence history roman catholic church clergy religious religion cardinals
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XXVIII: Fellow of Trinity January 1876 to December 1878
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 478pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- likely stained, light to moderate fading & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: John Henry Newman letters diaries journals correspondence history roman catholic church clergy religious religion cardinals
The United States and Russia: The Beginning of Relations 1765-1815
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, lxxxii + 1184pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, spine sl cocked, moderate tape staining to board edges & eps, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light scuffing to gutters, text block from front flap o fjacket tipped in to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- likely stained, flaps removed)
PUBLISHER: Library of Congress / United States Government Printing Office 1980
KEYWORDS: US America Russia Russian foreign relations politics early history
The Penguin Book of New Zealand War Writing
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, illus eps, 528pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in glassine d/w, scruffy (v heavy cracking/creasing & loss to edges with considerable tape repairs - it's been in the wars!)
PUBLISHER: Penguin Random House 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history war writing anecdotes
Air and Space History: An Annotated Bibliography
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 571pp, illus/photos, VG+ (v minimal library markings)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1988
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues space history astronautics aeronautics space sciences
Women and Resistance in South Africa
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, illus heavy boards, green lettering to spine, ix + 309pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, occasional light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Onyx Press 1982
KEYWORDS: history women gender South Africa resistance rebellion politics political
Kanake: The Melanesian Way
TIDY EX-LIBRARY; 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: Les Editions du Pacifique 1978
KEYWORDS: kanake melanesia J M Tjibaou anthropology melanese south pacific culture illustrated pictorial history melanesian anthropology religion culture religious cultures university of the south pacific fiji
The World of Rome
The History of Civilization
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: Cardinal 1974
KEYWORDS: michael grant rome roman empire republic augustus provinces slave revolts history ancient world classical historical mediterranean
Native Americans Today: Sociological Perspectives
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: Harper & Row 1972
KEYWORDS: howard bahr bruce a chadwick robert c. day native american americans indian indians indigenous people peoples first nations sociology culture history colonialism colonization colonisation
A Bibliography of the English Colonial Treaties with the American Indians, Including A Synopsis of Each Treaty
FACSIMILE OF 1917 TEXT; VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY (UNREAD); 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: AMS Press 1971
KEYWORDS: bibliography english colonial treaties american indian indians native americans five 5 nations henry f de puy america history british britain england english settler settlers colonisation colonization
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: Translation and Commentary
Appears to be mis-bound with final section at rear possibly the title section with index, quarto, brown textured buckram boards, no external lettering, deckled page edges, illus/plates, 376pp + xxi index/title to rear, VG- (minor scuffing & soiling to spine & boards with some sl surface loss, heavy tanning to page edges, some pages & edges v brittle/delicate, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, original 1893 title page is detached & heavily cracked/brittle with some loss, some minor cracking to gutters- otherwise main page blocks reasonably sound, please feel free to contact us for more details/photos if required)
PUBLISHER: The Society of Biblical Archaeology 1904 (Original bound sections published 1893)
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history book of the dead antiquity translations
Ireland Since the Famine: 1850 to the Present
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 852pp, VG (light bruising & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner' name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing to flaps & rear, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1971
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history famine economics government
The Greeks and Greek Love: A radical Reappraisal of Homosexuality in Ancient Greece
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 634pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor adhesion & scuffing to eps) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl stickiness to internal sides of flaps, sm patch of label adhesive residue to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2007
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek love relations men homosexuality social aspects history antiquity gay
The Development of Capitalism in Northern Nigeria
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 169pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Nigeria north northern economy economics history capitalism politics
Early and Rare Polonica of the 15th-17th Centuries in American Libraries
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 193pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light staining to rear board)
PUBLISHER: G K Hall & Co 1973
KEYWORDS: bibliographies bibliography catalogues early print books history historical union lists incunabula Poland
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia Volume IV
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 308pp + maps to rear, VG (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1889
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Australasia history
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia Volume I
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, plates to prelims- not counted presumed all present, viii + 309pp + maps, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling/fading to spine & boards, light soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Australasia history