Books - "history"
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Muslim Spain and Portugal: A Political History of al-Andalus
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xvi + 342pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & rubbing to covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, light foxing & tanning to inside covers)
PUBLISHER: Longman / Pearson Education 1996
KEYWORDS: history Spain Portugal Spanish Portugese muslim muslims Islam religion politics
Southeast Asia in the Age of Commerce 1450-1680 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, illus light card covers, white & cream lettering to spines, vol 1- xvi + 275pp, vol 2- xv + 390pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light bruising/creasing to top edge of front cover of vol 2, light chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1988-93
KEYWORDS: Southeast Asia history commerce business trade politics
Looking at Lovemaking: Constructions of Sexuality in Roman Art 100 B.C. - A.D. 250
Imperial octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xvii + 372pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to front cover, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1998
KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome Roman artefacts sex erotica art sexuality antiquity
History of Limehills 125th Celebration
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, 300pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing/curling to front cover, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Limehills School 125 Year Jubilee Celebrations Committee 1996
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Limehills school district settlers pioneers history
Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrine of Nikko
SECOND EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus & rule to front board, frontispiece, xxiv + 336pp, illus, VG (tracks mis-spelled on spine, sl bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, moderate staining & discolouration to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning/foxing to eps, modern ex-libris label to front pastedown, light cracking to some gutters, light smatterings of foxing to pages sporadically thorughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1911
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese travel writing literature adventure exploration history
Cairo: 1001 Years of The City Victorious
Quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xiv + 284pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Egypt Cairo ancient history antiquity sociology anthropology
Esau's Tears: Modern Anti-Semitism and the Rise of the Jews
Super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, xxiv + 568pp, VG+ (light creasing to coevr edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: history Jews Jewish anti-semitism contemporary
A Garland from Quatt
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 333pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to photographic pages)
PUBLISHER: Marjory F E Adams 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sutobiography memoir signed Marjory Adams pioneers
The Hawaiian Kingdom 1778-1874 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispiece to vol 1, illus eps, vol 1- xiii + 453pp, vol 2- x + 310pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of both vols, sm numbers in ink to prelims of vol 1) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spines, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1980-82
KEYWORDS: history Hawaii Hawai'i politics political government
Ross in the Antarctic: The Voyages of James Clark Ross in Her Majesty's Ships Erebus & Terror 1839-1843
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 276pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tanning & foxing to first 16 pages, foxing to loosely enclosed ephemera) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light discolouration to front, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Caedmon of Whitby 1982
KEYWORDS: exploration history maritime nautical James Clark Ross voyages pioneers
Freed to Care, Proud to Nurse: 100 Years of the New Zealand Nurses Organisations
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, 310pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand nursing history healthcare nurses organisation organization
Queen Victoria: Her Life and Times, Volume One: 1819-1861
THIS VOL. ONLY; 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 1972
KEYWORDS: queen victoria britian british england english monarchy governement royals history biography cecil woodham-smith victorian era politics culture
The Geographer's Daughter
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: Water Under the Bridge Publications 2017
KEYWORDS: alison nevill new zealand otago memoir history naomi miller india travel family
Walter Scott and the Historical Imagination
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1979
KEYWORDS: ex-library sir walter scott literary criticism history britain scotland scottish waverley novels david brown
The Tectonic Plates are Moving!
EX-LIBRARY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: roy livermore plate tectonics earth science geology earthquakes natural history tsunamis ocean oceans
What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response
TIDY 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2002
KEYWORDS: middle east colonialism imperialism eastern imperial history politics bernard lewis
Grandeur and Illusion: French Literature and Society 1600-1715
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Basic Books 1972
KEYWORDS: antoine adam french france literature society history culture renaissance
The Living Years
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: Constable 2014
KEYWORDS: genesis mike rutherford britain british england english rock music history culture memoir
Sydney Harbour: A History
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: NewSouth 2022
KEYWORDS: australia australian history sydney harbour maritime gameragal gadigal foreshore
A Select Bibliography of Gujarat: Its History and Culture 1600-1857
Reasonably tidy ex-library, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 232pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & moderate tape/adhesive staining to board edges & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page egdes & eps, moderate adhesive staining to eps & prelims/terminals, sm numerals in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (heavy adhesive staining & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: New Order Book Co 1972
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Gujarat history politics economics