Books - "history"
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Kraton Jogja
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 256pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, minor wrinkling to lower page corners) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing/bruising to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Karaton Ngayogyakarta Hadiningrat & Indonesia Marketing Association 2002
KEYWORDS: history culture Kraton Jogja Indonesia Indonesian
Shiba Kokan: Artist, Innovator and Pioneer in the Westernization of Japan
Imperial octavo, teal cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxi + 200pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges, light tanning to page edges, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: John Weatherhill 1974
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Shiba Kokan Japan Japanese history art artists
Japanese Cloisonne: History, Technique and Appreciation
Imperial octavo, grey cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt illus to front board, xii + 323pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light discolouration to board edges, light plucking to cloth of boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- some surface loss, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: John Weatherhill 1982
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art cloisonne history decoration decorative enamels
A History of Japan: Early to 1867 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, cream cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- x + 500pp, vol 2- xix + 442pp, vol 3- xii + 258pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to board corners, moderate discolouration to spines, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ex-libris labels to front pastedown of each vol) in d/w, vols 1 & 3 only- vol 2 jacket missing, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate fading to spines, light soiling, moderate foxing to vol 1)
PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1958-1966
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese ancient history antiquity
The Rural Life of England (Second Edition, Corrected and Revised)
Super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling with raised bands to spine, gilt rule to boards, aeg, illus full title page, xxiv + 615pp, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing to spine & boards, light tanning to spine, moderate scuffing to gilt on page edges, light to moderate soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to some gutters, minor foxing & staining to some pages, prev. owner's name/inscription in ink to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans 1840
KEYWORDS: England English rural life customs history country life
Naval Power in the Twentieth Century
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 273pp, VG+ (sl bruising & staining to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & water staining to edges, light chafing, light fading)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1996
KEYWORDS: military history navy naval power 20th twentieth century maritime warfare
Dennistoun Past and Present
Duodecimo, grey light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, printed eps, 67pp, VG (moderate scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Dennistoun Press N/D (c.1922)
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish Glasgow towns Dennistoun history
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XII Rome to Birmingham January 1847 to December 1848
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 441pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1962
KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious
The Letters and Diaries of John Henry Newman: Volume XIII Birmingham and London January 1849 to June 1850
THIS VOL ONLY, tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, xiv + 520pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl fading to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, jacket glued to rear board) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective cover- probable staining to edges, affixed to rear board, price clipped, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1963
KEYWORDS: letters diaries journal literature John Henry Newman catholic church history theology religion religious
Even the Dogs Have Forgotten to Bark: The Events and the People of Lepperton, Sentry Hill and Waiongona
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 284pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: PT & LM Wilson 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Lepperton Sentry Hill Waiongona pioneers settlers
Reconstructing Faces: The Art of Wartime Surgery of Gillies, Pickerill, McIndoe & Mowlem
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, dvd to rear pocket, frontispiece, 262pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate chafing/soiling to boards, sl foxing to page edges, disc to rear pocket may not work- lightly scratched & soiled) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning to spine & rear)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: military history medical New Zealand plastic surgeons plastic surgery ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Gillies Pickering McINdoe Mowlem
The Invisible World: Early Modern Philosophy and the Invention of the Microscope
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 280pp, VG (moderate warping & soiling to boards, sl fading to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & wrinkling, light creasing to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: first edtions intellectual history philosophy science microscopes 17th seventeenth century
The Building in the Text: Alberti to Shakespeare and Milton
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 194pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to spine extrems, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl creasing to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: literature literary history criticism Italian
A Forest of Symbols: Art, Science, and Truth in the Long Nineteenth Century
Super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 315pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sm scuff to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Zone Books 2019
KEYWORDS: art mathematics symbolism history 19th nineteenth century theory
The Poethical Wager
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, xii + 279pp, VG+ (sl chafing & curling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2003
KEYWORDS: poetry literature art feminism feminist theory critical women morals history morals criticism
The Real Price of Everything: Rediscovering the Six Classics of Economics
Super octavo, white heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to red spine, 1467pp, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sterling Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: economics economy politics political Thomas Robert Malthus David Ricardo Charles Mackay Thorstein Veblen John Maynard Keynes history taxation theory
Leon Battista Alberti: Master Builder of the Italian Renaissance
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering & illus to black buckram spine, gilt illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 417pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hill and Wang 2000
KEYWORDS: first editions history architecture Italian renaissance Leon Battista Alberti historical buildings design art 15th fifteenth century
Remembering This: A History of the Auckland Primary Principals' Association 1901-2000
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: Primary Principals' Association 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand primary principals schools association history Auckland education institutions
In Darkest England and the Way Out
Super 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: International Headquarters of the Salvation Army N/D (c.1890)
KEYWORDS: salvation army England English chapters history charity charitable institutes institutions organisations
Singapore at War: Secrets From the Fall, Liberation & Aftermath of WWII
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.
PUBLISHER: Marshall Cavendish Editions 2012
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Singapore