Books - "history"
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Arctic Expeditions from British and Foreign Shores from the Earliest Times to the Expedition of 1875-76
VERY TATTY- yet still oozes character! Quarto, black leather boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to boards, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 824pp, folding maps & illus, G- (spine missing with v lg cracks to hinges- rear board detached, boards heavily chafed/rubbed but still beautiful- some surface loss, considerable closed tearing to some pages/folding maps, occasional page loose/detached, colossal cracking at gutters, heavy staining to page edges) Please feel free to ask for photos- recommended.
PUBLISHER: M'Gready, Thomson & Niven 1877
KEYWORDS: exploration expeditions arctic north pole history nautical maritime British voyages Parry Franklin Ross Dr John Rae Franklin Sir Edward Belcher Europe European
Rails to Cromwell: The Otago Central Railway in Stories and Pictures
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, 404pp, illus/photos, Nr FINE
PUBLISHER: The Molyneux Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Central Otago rail travel transport history trains railways
Andrea Palladio
Heavy quarto- extra shipping req'd, blue cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 465pp, illus/photos, VG (sl bruising & light discolouration/fading to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters, binding sl loose) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1975
KEYWORDS: Andrea Palladio architecture buildings design history criticism appreciation
Kamo: The Story of a Village
SIGNED & IN SCRIBED, quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, x + 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kamo Book Committee 1994
KEYWORDS: signed Diana Menefy New Zealand regional history Kamo north island towns villages
The Miners and British Politics 1906-1914
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: Oxford University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: history miners British politics Great Britain early 20th twentieth century labour labor
The Natural History of Selborne and The Naturalist's Calendar
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: Blackie & Son 1895
KEYWORDS: natural history nature English towns villages Selborne Hampshire
Parliament: Its Romance, Its Comedy, Its Pathos
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: P S King & Son N/D (c.1902)
KEYWORDS: British houses of Parliament Great Britain government anecdotes history
The Church by Martha Hill
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo 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: David More N/D (c.1981)
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand David More churches history St John's Anglican church Waihi
Penguin Portrait: Allen Lane and the Penguin Editors 1935-1970
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: Penguin Books 1995
KEYWORDS: litertaure literary history Penguin Allen Lane publishers biographies autobiography
A History of the World in 100 Objects
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: Penguin Books 2012
KEYWORDS: world history artefacts British Museum
British Photography: Towards a Bigger Picture
Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) heavy water damage to boards & inside jacket- text block mostly unaffected with just some minor wrinkling; 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: Aperture 1988
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British photos photography art history essays criticism appreciation interpretation
Military Smallarms of the Twentieth Century
LACKS D/W, quarto 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: Arms and Armour Press 1973
KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry guns firearms 20th twentieth century history military
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet
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: Phoenix 2004
KEYWORDS: biographies memoir Muhammad Islam Islamic history
The Jew Store
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: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1998
KEYWORDS: Jewish history US America American Jews business Tennessee childhood
The Myths of Greece & Rome: Their Stories Signification and Origin
Octavo hardcover (G) some pages loose; 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: George G Harrap & Co 1923
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Rome myths mythology history
From Gun to Gavel: The Courtroom Recollections of James Mathers of Oklahoma
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Souvenir Press 1955
KEYWORDS: James Mathers Oklahoma justice court history law order
Madder Music, Stronger Wine; The Life of Ernest Dowson, Poet and Decadent
Ex-library, reprint; Super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 211pp, illus. b&w photo plates, VG (light soiling & adhesive residue to boards, light tanning to page edges, usual library markings & stamps) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & sun-fading, library barcode label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd 2000
KEYWORDS: ex-library literary biography biographies poets poetry poems english victorian england decadent period history ernest dowson
Lord Denning: The Judge and the Law
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxv + 486pp, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & sun-fading, moderate creasing)
PUBLISHER: Sweet & Maxwell Limited 1984
KEYWORDS: law legal history essay anthologies collections retrospectives reviews england english high court judges lord alfred denning
De Re Metallica; Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556; with Biographical Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining Materials, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law from the earliest times t
Reprint; Imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi + 638pp, illus b&w plates, VG (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light soiling & creasing/tearing, moderate tanning/discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications, Inc. 1950
KEYWORDS: industry industrial geological geology mining metallurgy mineralogy machinery technology medieval early history field studies research
Lloyd's Register of Shipping; United with the Underwriters' Registry for Iron Vessels in 1885; From 1st July, 1916, to the 30th June, 1917 (Volume II. - Appendix)
THIS VOL. ONLY; Very tidy ex-library (no external markings), bookmark loosely enclosed; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering & decorative rule to spine & front board, blind-stamped decorative rule to boards, all page edges stained red, felt textured eps, cxxxv + 939pp, VG (light rubbing & soiling to boards & page edges, light sun-fading to boards, usual library markings to eps)
PUBLISHER: Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1916
KEYWORDS: ex-library lloyd's shipping registers maritime history index indices reference appendix appendices steamers sea ocean transport vessels