Books - "history"
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
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: Penguin Books 2012
KEYWORDS: world history artefacts British Museum
British Photography: Towards a Bigger Picture
Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) heavy water damage to boards & inside jacket- text block mostly unaffected with just some minor wrinkling; 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: Aperture 1988
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British photos photography art history essays criticism appreciation interpretation
Military Smallarms of the Twentieth Century
LACKS D/W, 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: Arms and Armour Press 1973
KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry guns firearms 20th twentieth century history military
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
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: Phoenix 2004
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Muhammad Islam Islamic history
The Jew Store
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.
PUBLISHER: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1998
KEYWORDS: Jewish history US America American Jews business Tennessee childhood
The Myths of Greece & Rome: Their Stories Signification and Origin
Octavo hardcover (G) some pages loose; 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: George G Harrap & Co 1923
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Rome myths mythology history
From Gun to Gavel: The Courtroom Recollections of James Mathers of Oklahoma
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Souvenir Press 1955
KEYWORDS: James Mathers Oklahoma justice court history law order
Madder Music, Stronger Wine; The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent
Ex-library, reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 211pp, illus. b&w photo plates, VG (light soiling & adhesive residue to boards, light tanning to page edges, usual library markings & stamps) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & sun-fading, library barcode label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 2000
KEYWORDS: ex-library literary biography biographies poets poetry poems english victorian england decadent period history ernest dowson
Lord Denning: The Judge and the Law
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxv + 486pp, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & sun-fading, moderate creasing)
PUBLISHER: Sweet & Maxwell Limited 1984
KEYWORDS: law legal history essay anthologies collections retrospectives reviews england english high court judges lord alfred denning
Lloyd's Register of Shipping; United with the Underwriters' Registry for Iron Vessels in 1885; From 1st July, 1916, to the 30th June, 1917 (Volume II. - Appendix)
THIS VOL. ONLY; Very tidy ex-library (no external markings), bookmark loosely enclosed; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spine & front board, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, all page edges stained red, felt textured eps, cxxxv + 939pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards & page edges, light sun-fading to boards, usual library markings to eps)
PUBLISHER: Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1916
KEYWORDS: ex-library lloyd's shipping registers maritime history index indices reference appendix appendices steamers sea ocean transport vessels
Humanity and inhumanity; The photographic journey of George Rodger
Square quarto, white light card covers, black lettering to spine, photo illus prelims, 319pp, illus - b&w photo plates, VG (light scuffing, soiling, discolouration & creasing to covers, light soiling throughout) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, soiling & creasing, in removeable plastic protective sleeve)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press Limited 1999
KEYWORDS: art photography second world war two wwii africa asia middle east pictorial history journalism media life magazine collections retrospectives phaidon british english george rodger illustrated
Saunterings in Florence; A New Artistic and Practical Hand-Book for English and American Tourists
SEVENTH EDITION; Sm. octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black lettering to front board, illus. to front board, xxiv + 464pp + 8pp adverts at front + 12pp adverts corresponding to index tabs, illus / folding map to rear, scruffy VG- (gutters heavily cracked with some pages coming loose - boards moderately shaky, moderately heavy tanning to page edges/extrems, heavy chipping to index tabs, light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to map at folding creases, prev. owner's name in black ink to fep, bookseller's label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: R. Bemporad & Figlio 1927
KEYWORDS: travel writing guides hand books historical history tourism tourists italy florence firenze e grifi
Archaeological Survey in Southeastern Mindanao
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to white spine, errata loosely enclosed, 161pp + unpaginated plates at rear, illus plates, VG (light creasing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges, light warping to pages from moisture)
PUBLISHER: The National Museum of the Philippines / The University of Hawaii 1979
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology archaeological surveys surveying philippines southeastern mindanao indonesia talaud island south east asian pacific islands history illustrated
Recent Archaeological Discoveries in the Republic of Korea
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to yellow spine, illus title page, xi + 79pp + 16pp colour plates at rear, illus, VG (light soiling/creasing & moderate sun-fading to covers)
PUBLISHER: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization / The Centre for East Asian Cultural Studies 1983
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology archaeological surveys surveying korea east asian ancient history illustrated
De Re Metallica; Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556; with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Materials, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times t
Reprint; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy chipping & creasing, multiple small closed tears mostly with tape repairs, light soiling/discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Inc. n/d
KEYWORDS: industry industrial geological geology mining metallurgy mineralogy machinery technology medieval early history field studies research
Acknowledge No Frontier; The Creation and Demise of New Zealand's Provinces, 1853-76
Super octavo, illus light card covers, green, black & white lettering to spine, 343pp, illus, VG+ (v. light rubbing to covers/page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2016
KEYWORDS: new zealand 19th nineteenth century history provinces provincial period provincialism politics local government national identity
The Great War for New Zealand; Waikato 1800-2000
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 688pp, illus colour plates, Nr FINE in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing/creasing)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books Ltd 2016
KEYWORDS: new zealand north island waikato history nineteenth 19th century 1860s military war warfare conflicts maori pakeha tainui settler colonialism
The Maori Hei-Tiki (Otago Museum Booklet No. 1)
Duodecimo, twine-bound illus light card covers, hei-tiki motif to front cover, illus prelims, 15pp, illus, VG (light rubbing, creasing & sun-fading to covers, small light pencil annotations to first and last page)
PUBLISHER: Otago Museum 1942
KEYWORDS: new zealand maori pounamu hei tiki jewelry jewellery pendants art design history otago museum booklets
From Child to Adult; The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health & Development Study
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 340pp, VG+ (light rubbing & sun--fading to boards) in d/w, VG- (heavy sun-fading, light rubbing & creasing, one small closed tear to top cover near spine with archival tape repair)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press New Zealand 1998
KEYWORDS: essay collections anthologies new zealand south island university of otago dunedin history health human social psychology psychological multidisciplinary health and development study academic survey research infants children childhood adolescent adolescence
Industry Before the Industrial Revolution; Incorporating a study of the Chartered Companies of The Society of Mines Royal and of Mineral and Battery Works (Volume I)
THIS VOL. ONLY, LACKS D/W; Tidy ex-library; Imperial octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 363pp, illus / folding maps throughout, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light foxing/discolouration to page edges, light-moderate creasing to folding maps, usual library markings, fragment of d/w glued to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: University of Wales Press 1968
KEYWORDS: ex-library united kingdom british britain english england early industrial history revolution industry chartered companies of the society of mines royal mineral battery works mining