Books - "history"
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The Life and Times of Bishop Pompallier
Ex-library, super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, top page edges stained brown, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, boards lightly tanned & warped, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters, ex-libris plate to ffep, minor closed tearing to edges of prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape reapirs, rear cover ripped off at spine but impressively taped together again, moderate tape adhesive staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1957
KEYWORDS: Bishop Pompallier New Zealand religion Christianity catholic history biographies memoir
Red Star Over China (Revised Edition)
FIRST REVISED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus eps, xiv + 520pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, sporadic but heavy annotation in ink to text throughout)
PUBLISHER: Random House 1938
KEYWORDS: first REVISED editions China communism history Chinese politics
Britomart: The Story
Folio, cream cloth boards, white lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 228pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate foxing/staining to boards, sl foxing to page edges) in quarter d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: PQ Blackwell 2014
KEYWORDS: Britomart New Zealand history biography business
The Panama Canal
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: Frederick Muller 1966
KEYWORDS: history Panama Canal engineering
The House
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: Allen & Unwin 2018
KEYWORDS: Sydney Opera House architecture buildings building design history Australia Sydney
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant
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: John Murray 1992
KEYWORDS: Isamabard Kingdom Brunel engineers engineering history biography biographies memoir
Wonders of Victorian Engineering: An Illustrated Excursion
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Jupiter Books 1978
KEYWORDS: history engineering design Victorian
A History of Tunnels
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1972
KEYWORDS: engineering history design tunnels excavation building
Crossing London's River
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1972
KEYWORDS: engineering London Thames bridges ferries tunnels maritime design building history
Thomas Telford: Engineer
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thomas Telford Ltd 1980
KEYWORDS: seminars engineering Thomas Telford history
The Works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Institution of Civil Engineers 1976
KEYWORDS: Isambard Kingdom Brunel engineering engineers history
George and Robert Stephenson: The Railway Revolution
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: engineering railways George Robert Stephenson history trains
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
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: John Murray 2017
KEYWORDS: history biographies biography memoir Charles Darwin evolution
John Scott Russell: A Great Victorian Engineer and Naval Architect
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1977
KEYWORDS: John Scott Russell engineers engineering Victorian history navy naval
Alexander Gibb: The Story of an Engineer
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1950
KEYWORDS: history biographies biography memoir Alexander Gibb engineers engineering
The World Economy Since the Wars: A Personal View
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: Sinclair-Stevenson 1994
KEYWORDS: John Kenneth Galbraith economics post-war history global economy
The World the Railways Made
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: Pimlico 1994
KEYWORDS: history transport engineering rail railways
I Have Landed: The End of a Beginning in Natural History
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 2002
KEYWORDS: first editions natural history science Stephen Jay Gould evolution
A Deep Cry: First World War Soldier-Poets Killed in France and Flanders
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: Sutton Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war poetry poems porise literature France Flanders soldiers poets
From Sea to Sea: The Canal du Midi
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: Allen Lane 1973
KEYWORDS: engineering canals maritime history L T C Rolt Canal du Midi