Books - "history"
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Trials of an Ordinary Doctor: Joannes Groenevelt in Seventeenth-Century London
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 301pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (in removable protective plastic cover, light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The John Hopkins University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Joannes Groeneveld Netherlands Dutch medicine medical history 17th seventeenth century biographies memoir
Plain Tales From the Raj
Oblong 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: Owl / Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1985
KEYWORDS: India travel writing literature history photography photos
Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition (Third Edition, Enlarged)
LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG-) board corners heavily bruised; 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 1954
KEYWORDS: buildings architecture history design
Women in Uniform: 1939-45
Imperial 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: Sphia Histoire & Collections 2016
KEYWORDS: military history women uniforms clothing ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 armed forces service
Mysterious Marie Laveau, Voodoo Queen
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: Hope Publications N/D (c.1956?)
KEYWORDS: voodoo supernatural Marie Laveau New Orleans folk tales history
1968: Marching in the Streets
Imperial 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: The Free Press 1998
KEYWORDS: modern history protests revolution rebellion politics political people power 1968
New Zealand Art: Paintings 1827-1967
Imperial 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: A H & A W Reed 1968
KEYWORDS: New Zealand art history appreciation
The Last of the Nomads
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: Fremantle Arts Centre Press 2002
KEYWORDS: history Australia Australian indigenous communities Mandildjara tribe tribes desert nomads anthropology
Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1970
KEYWORDS: art sculpture drawings Henry Moore criticism appreciation history
I Know My Own Heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840
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: Virago 1988
KEYWORDS: diaries journals Anne Lister autobiography memoir social history English aristocracy
A History of Israel (Third Edition)
Super octavo softcover (VG) some cracking to gutters; 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: SCM Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Israel history ancient antiquity
Song of the Sky
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy but in a protective wrapper; 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: Secker & Warburg 1955
KEYWORDS: aviation history flight Guy Murchie
Memoirs of the Prince Imperial
FIRST EDITION; Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, decorative rule & coat of arms motifs to spine & front board, top edge stained black, frontispiece, xi + 247pp, illus photo plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate sun-fading to spine, light cracking to front hinge & heavy cracking to front gutter - boards slightly shaky, light creasing & moderate foxing/discolouration to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1913
KEYWORDS: first editions france french monarchy royalty royals history louis napoleon iv biography biographies memoirs prince imperial augustin filon translations
The Serajevo Crime
FIRST EDITION, SCARCE; Super octavo, dark grey cloth boards, red lettering & rule to spine & front board, publisher's logo in red to front board, 208pp, VG (moderate scuffing/chipping to board/spine edges, light soiling to boards, light sun-fading to spine, light-occasionally heavy soiling/foxing to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. 1925
KEYWORDS: scarce rare first editions european world war one wwi first military history serajevo sarajevo austria austro hungarian hungary balkans serbian black hand archduke franz ferdinand assassination
Thirty-Five Years in Russia
FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xxiii + 319pp, illus + folding map at rear, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front hinge, moderate sun-fading to spine, moderate cracking to front gutter - front board slightly shaky, moderate foxing to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)
PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. 1914
KEYWORDS: first editions george hume memoirs autobiography autobiographies russian history travel writing english england british britain diplomats businessmen
Louis XVI. and Marie Antoinette
FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt rule to front boards, teg, frontispieces, xi + 346pp / ix + 342pp, illus plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate-heavy foxing/discolouration to prelims/terminals & page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1909
KEYWORDS: first editions france french revolution monarchy monarchs royalty royals history louis xvi marie antoinette biography biographies
Seventy Centuries of the Life of Mankind; In a Survey of History from the Earliest Known Records Through All Stages of Civilizations, In All Important Countries, Down to The Present Time; With an Introductory Account of Prehistoric Peoples, And With
2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, dark green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, illus eps - maps, frontispieces, xviii + 465pp / xv + 539pp, illus plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light-moderate cracking to gutters - Vol. I boards slightly shaky, light soiling to eps, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: The C. A. Nichols Company 1905
KEYWORDS: general world histories history ancient medieval mediaeval modern early prehistoric epochs mankind civilisations civilizations jn larned illustrated
Lives of the Hanoverian Queens of England (Vol. I - Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Wife of George I; Caroline of Ansbach, Queen of George II / Vol. II - Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Queen of George III; Amelia Elizabeth Caroline of Brunswick,
FIRST EDITION, 2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, top edges stained red, frontispieces, xv + 419pp / xiii + 439pp, illus - maps & plates, VG- (light scuffing & soiling to boards - moderate black ink stains to front board of Vol I, heavy sun-fading to spines, light-moderate cracking to gutters, some pages starting to come loose in front sections but all present, light-moderate foxing/discolouration to pages/page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to eps)
PUBLISHER: George Bell and Sons 1909/1911
KEYWORDS: first editions english england royals royalty monarchs monarchy monarchies queens hanover hanoverian history biographies biography sophia dorothea of celle caroline of ansbach charlotte sophia of mecklenburg strelitz amelia elizabeth caroline of brunswick adelaide of saxe meiningen
Napoleon and His Court
FIRST EDITION; Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & crown motif to spine & boards, frontispiece, 247pp, illus plates, VG- (light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking to front gutter, a few pages loose/coming loose but all present, light-moderate foxing to pages, prev. owner's name in pencil & light pencil doodling to eps)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. Ltd. 1924
KEYWORDS: first editions france french military political politics imperial history napoleon bonaparte emperors court of biography biographies
He Kupu Taurangi; Treaty Settlements and the Future of Aotearoa New Zealand
Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, xv + 279pp, colour photo illus, Nr FINE (v. light rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2021
KEYWORDS: new zealand aotearoa maori treaty of waitangi claims settlements law legal history crown obligations cultural national identity colonialism colonisation