Books - "history"
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Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
2 VOL. SET; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces, xi + 539pp / vii + 541pp, illus, VG/VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems of Vol. II, boards slightly cocked & soiled, light cracking to gutters on both volumes, a few pages coming loose & one or two small open tears not impacting text, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to Vol. I fep)
PUBLISHER: D. Appleton and Company 1901
KEYWORDS: england english history letters writings autobiography autobiographies memoirs biography biographies thomas henry h huxley biology biologists anthropology anthropologists science scientists theory of evolution natural selection darwin
Memoirs of Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and the Court of Queen Anne (In Two Volumes)
2 VOL. SET; RE-BOUND; Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, xxviii + 475pp / vii + 573pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light discolouration to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Henry Colburn 1839
KEYWORDS: england english royal history royalty monarchs monarchy monarchies memoirs biography biographies queen anne court courtiers sarah churchill duchess of marlborough
Music of the Star Mountains: A Naturalist's Guide to the Composition of Songs in Central New Guinea
MUSIC CD AT REAR; Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxvi + 289pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing, creasing & sun-fading to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's stamp to half-title page)
PUBLISHER: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies 2014
KEYWORDS: papua new guinea music art performing arts ethnomusicology composition culture cultural social history traditions customs musical instruments
Muck, Silk and Socialism; Recollections of a Left-wing Queen's Counsel
LENGTHILY INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY TOM PLATTS-MILLS; Reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 687pp, illus photo plates, VG+ (light bruising to boards, light soiling to page edges, inscription to fep in black ink) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & chipping)
PUBLISHER: Paper Publishing 2002
KEYWORDS: autobiographies autobiography memoirs great britain british english england politics politicians political activism socialism socialists barristers lawyers law 20th twentieth century history
Memoirs of a Bugatti Hunter; Archives of a Passion
Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, 245pp, photo illus, VG (heavy adhesion damage to title page - two pages still stuck together, otherwise one or two small spots of light adhesion damage throughout, light soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: Maeght Editeur 1997
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoirs automobiles antiques historic cars collections collecting antoine raffaelli pictorial illustrated history photographs racing motorsports bugatti
The Chinese Theatre
Sm. folio, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering, rule & illustration to front board, gilt patterned eps, deckled page edges, 35pp + additional unpaginated, illus colour plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light cracking to front hinge & moderate chipping to spine extrems, light foxing & tanning to pages, plates clean in appearance, prev. owner's label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1922
KEYWORDS: chinese china theatre theater plays drama performing arts colour prints printing culture cultural social art history collections
Tell it to the Dead: Memories of a War
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: Nelson-Hall 1975
KEYWORDS: military Vietnam strategy history racism Cold War
Medal of Honor: Profiles of America's Military Heroes from the Civil War to the Present
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: Hyperion 2002
KEYWORDS: military biography World War American Civil Vietnam medals history journalism
Der Fuehrer
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: Houghton Mifflin 1944
KEYWORDS: biography Adolf Hitler history nazi Germany
Donitz: the last Fuhrer
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: Panther 1985
KEYWORDS: military nazis World War 2 biography Karl Donitz Germany naval warfare navy history
The Lost Lady of the Amazon: The Story of Isabela Godin and her Epic Journey
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Carroll & Graf Publishers 2003
KEYWORDS: Isabela Godin travel literature writing exploration Amazon tropical rainforests history biographies memoir
America at Work
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: Cassell & Company 1909
KEYWORDS: US America American history John Foster Fraser
English Pottery and Porcelain: An Historical Survey
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: Main Street Press / Universe Books 1978
KEYWORDS: antiques antique Engllish pottery porcelain guide history identification identifying marks
Soviet Attitudes Toward Authority: An Interdisciplinery Approach to Problems of Soviet Character
Super octavo hardcover (VG) some pencil annotation; 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: McGraw-Hill Book Comapny 1951
KEYWORDS: RAND series Russia Russian Soviet authority history politics political communism
The History of the T.U.C. 1868-1968: A Pictorial Survey of a Social Revolution
Ex-library, 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: General Council of the Trades Union Congress 1968
KEYWORDS: history trade unions labour labor force tuc congress
Commemorative Booklet: The Friendly Invasion of New Zealand by American Armed Forces June 1942-October 1944
Oblong quarto 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: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history US American armed forces ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Miss Willmott of Warley Place: Her Life and Her Gardens
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: Faber and Faber 1980
KEYWORDS: Miss Ellen Willmott biographies memoir gardening horticulture gardens history
Europe and the People Without History, With a New Preface
Super octavo softcover (VG) some underlining in ink: 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: University of California Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Europe European history economic social conditions
Communism in Latin America
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket v scruffy with archival tape repairs: 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: Rutgers University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: Latin South America American history politics political economics communism
An Enormous Reckless Blunder: The Story of the Lewis Chemical Works
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Islands Book Trust 2017
KEYWORDS: signed Ali Whiteford Lewis Chemical Works history industry business