Books - "history"
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Four Travel Journals: The Americas, Antarctica and Africa 1775-1874
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Hakluyt Society / Ashgate 2007
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history historical exploration voyages maritime nautical travel diaries journals 18th eighteenth century Americas Antarctica south pole Africa
Trout and Grayling: An Angler's Natural History
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: Adam & Charles Black 1980
KEYWORDS: hobbies angling fly fishing flyfishing trout grayling biology marine life natural history zoology
A History of Uppsala University 1477-1977
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG-) gift inscription in ink to ffep; 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: Uppsala University / Almqvist & Wiksell 1976
KEYWORDS: education Sweden Swedish universities Uppsala university history Europe 500th anniversary
Walton and Some Earlier Writers on Fish and Fishing
FIRST EDITION, 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.
PUBLISHER: Ellioy Stock 1894
KEYWORDS: first editions history writing prose literature hobbies fishing fish maritime nautical
Near Eastern Mythology
Ex-library, quarto 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: Hamlyn 1982
KEYWORDS: ancient history mythology myths legends near east eastern religion
Folklore in American Literature
LACKS D/W, tidy ex-library, imperial 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.
PUBLISHER: Row, Peterson & Company 1958
KEYWORDS: literary criticism American literature folklore lore mythology history
Persian Myths
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1993
KEYWORDS: mythology myths legends Persia Persian folklore lore ancient history
Scandinavian Mythology
LACKS FEP, ex-library, quarto 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.
PUBLISHER: Hamlyn Publishing 1969
KEYWORDS: Scandinavia Scandinavian mythology myths legends folklore lore ancient history
The Dragon: Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1979
KEYWORDS: dragons history culture spirituality religion
Holy Places of the British Isles: A Guide to the Legendary and Sacred Sites
Quarto 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: Ebury Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British isles travel guides sacred sites ancient history spirituality religious
Arthur and the Grail
Oblong quarto 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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1988
KEYWORDS: King Arthur history legends landscapes
'This Wonderful Volcano of Water': Sir Joseph Banks Exploere and Protector if Iceland 1772-1820: Annual Lecture 2003
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.
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2004
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2003 exploration history maritime nautical Sir Joseph Banks Iceland
Fort Yukon: The Hudson's Bay Company in Russian America: Annual Lecture 2005
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.
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 2005
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2005 exploration history maritime nautical Fort Yukon
Untruth and Consequences: Ralegh's Discoverie of Guiana and the 'Salting' of the Gold Mine: Annual Lecture 2006
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.
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2007
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2006 exploration history maritime nautical Ralegh
Voyaging Worlds: Annual Lecture 2007
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.
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2008
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2007 exploration history maritime nautical voyages
Religion and the Rebel
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) underlining & annotations in ink- quite minor; 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: Victor Gollancz 1957
KEYWORDS: first editions religion Christianity history theology philosophy
Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & Boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, 666pp, maps to rear, Near FINE (v sm scuff to front board)
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2004
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 battles Sicily operations
Chauvet Cave: The Discovery of the World's Oldest Paintings
Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine & covers, 135pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate bruising to spine, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2001
KEYWORDS: prehistoric cave art archaeology archeology Chauvet Cave France Ardeche ancient history historical
Geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Foto's en Documenten / History of the Second World War in Photos and Documents (20 Vol Set)
TEXT IN DUTCH, 20 VOL SET, sm octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering & black numbering to spines, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (light curling/creasing to cover edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front eps of each vol)
PUBLISHER: Bosch & Keuning 1962-64
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 photography photos military history
The Life of John Marshall 1755-1835 (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, subject's signature in gilt to front boards, deckled/roughcut page fore-edges, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeps)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1916-19
KEYWORDS: history historical figures John Marshall biography biographies memoirs Americans