Books - "history"
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The Football Hall of Fame: The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Footballing Legends of All Time
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY MARK HUGHES, square 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: Portico / Robson Books 2008
KEYWORDS: signed Mark Hughes English soccer football players history legends
A Span of Bridges: An Illustrated History
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1970
KEYWORDS: bridges engineering maritime design history
Shackleton's Forgotten Expedition: The Voyage of the Nimrod
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: Bloomsbury 2004
KEYWORDS: exploration history expeditions voyages Ernest Shackleton Nimrod south pole Antarctica discovery British
The Enchanted Places
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: Eyre Methuen 1974
KEYWORDS: literary history A A Milne Christopher Robin autobiography memoir
First Map: How James Cook Charted Aotearoa New Zealand
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: HarperCollins 2019
KEYWORDS: exploration history New Zealand James Cook maps cartography voyages
A Wanderer in Inca Land
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket v tatty; 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 House 1948
KEYWORDS: travel literature writings Incas culture customs history Peru
Heritage: The Parks of the People
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: Lansdowne Press 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand national parks travel literature writings Maori land heritage history
The Thoroughbred Among Banks in New Zealand: Volume III Banking in New Territory 1984-2000
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: The National Bank of New Zealand 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand banking finance history National Bank
The Thoroughbred Among Banks in New Zealand: Volume I The Early Years 1872-1947
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: The National Bank of New Zealand 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand banking finance history National Bank
A History of Mountain Climbing
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: Flammarion 1996
KEYWORDS: history exploration mountain climbing mountaineering the Alps ranges adventure
The Seven Mountain - Travel Books
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: Diadem 1983
KEYWORDS: mountaineering mountain climbing travel exploration adventure H W Tilman history
A Rage to Live: A Biography of Richard and Isabel Burton
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: W W Norton & Company 2000
KEYWORDS: Richard Isabel Burton biographies biography memoir explorers scholars exploration travel history
The Tuntsa
FIRST EDITION, 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: Arthur Barker 1962
KEYWORDS: first editions history nautical adventures maritime voyages Tuntsa exploration sailing
The Great Days of Sail
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: Conway Maritme Press 1973
KEYWORDS: nautical sailing maritime sailing clippers travel writings literature Captain Shewan history
Sir Francis Drake
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: Book Club Associates / BCA 1972
KEYWORDS: English history Sir Francis Drake biographies biography memoir
The Fatal Shore: A History of the Transportation of Convicts to Australia, 1787-1868
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: Collins Harvill 1987
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian convicts transportation convict colonies history British prison fleets
The Skilled Labourer 1760-1832
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: Longmans, Green and Co 1920
KEYWORDS: labour force labourers history workers English trades
War Diaries: Notebooks from a Phoney War November 1939-March 1940
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: Verso 1999
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 diaries soldiers journals Jean-Paul Sartre
German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Lg heavy quarto, cream illus cloth boards, beige lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, VG+ (light to moderate chafing/rubbing to spine & boards, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 4cm closed tear to top edge of front- discreet archival tape repairs, moderate fading to spine, light chafing, prev. booksellers sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Museum of Modern Art 2011
KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation German expressionism history
Chinese Art: The Minor Arts II
Ex-library, no jacket- front flap loosely enclosed, lg heavy quarto, beige cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, 323pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, lightr bruising & moderate staining to boards/edges, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light to moderate scuffing & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ugly heavy tape repair to rear gutter- rear ep neatly torn out, light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Oldbourne Press 1965
KEYWORDS: art history criticism appreciation China Chinese artefacts minor arts