Books - "history"
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A Bibliography of the English Colonial Treaties with the American Indians, Including A Synopsis of Each Treaty
FACSIMILE OF 1917 TEXT; VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY (UNREAD); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: AMS Press 1971
KEYWORDS: bibliography english colonial treaties american indian indians native americans five 5 nations henry f de puy america history british britain england english settler settlers colonisation colonization
The Egyptian Book of the Dead: Translation and Commentary
Appears to be mis-bound with final section at rear possibly the title section with index, quarto, brown textured buckram boards, no external lettering, deckled page edges, illus/plates, 376pp + xxi index/title to rear, VG- (minor scuffing & soiling to spine & boards with some sl surface loss, heavy tanning to page edges, some pages & edges v brittle/delicate, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, original 1893 title page is detached & heavily cracked/brittle with some loss, some minor cracking to gutters- otherwise main page blocks reasonably sound, please feel free to contact us for more details/photos if required)
PUBLISHER: The Society of Biblical Archaeology 1904 (Original bound sections published 1893)
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history book of the dead antiquity translations
The White Lotus: Teachings in Chinese Religious History
Super octavo, blue glossy light card covers, white & dark blue lettering to spine & front cover, ix + 343pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Chinese religion wisdom religious history teachings white lotus sect rebellion buddhism
Ireland Since the Famine: 1850 to the Present
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 852pp, VG (light bruising & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner' name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing to flaps & rear, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1971
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history famine economics government
The Greeks and Greek Love: A radical Reappraisal of Homosexuality in Ancient Greece
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 634pp, illus, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor adhesion & scuffing to eps) in d/w VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl stickiness to internal sides of flaps, sm patch of label adhesive residue to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2007
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek love relations men homosexuality social aspects history antiquity gay
The Dynamics of Change in a Slave Society: A Sociopolitical History of the Free Coloreds of Jamaica, 1800-1865
Very tidy ex-library- posibly unread, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 393pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Jamaica Jamaican history slave trade freedmen slavery racial sociopolitics
The Development of Capitalism in Northern Nigeria
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 169pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Nigeria north northern economy economics history capitalism politics
Early and Rare Polonica of the 15th-17th Centuries in American Libraries
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xi + 193pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light staining to rear board)
PUBLISHER: G K Hall & Co 1973
KEYWORDS: bibliographies bibliography catalogues early print books history historical union lists incunabula Poland
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia Volume IV
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 308pp + maps to rear, VG (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1889
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Australasia history
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia Volume I
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, plates to prelims- not counted presumed all present, viii + 309pp + maps, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling/fading to spine & boards, light soiling to eps, light to moderate cracking to gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Australasia history
Tinwald: A Canterbury Plains Settlement
Ex-library, octavo, orange buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, light to moderate scuffing & soiling/taoe residue to spine & boards/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective covers with adhesive edges- edges likely stained, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: E R Bayliss 1970
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Tinwald Canterbury plains settlers pioneers settlements
The Voyages of Cadamosto, and Other Documents on Western Africa in the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship illus & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, folding frontispiece, xlv + 159pp, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with some sl loss to edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1937
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages Cadamosto Western Africa African 15th fifteenth century first editions
Select Documents Illustrating the Four Voyages of Columbus, Including Those Contained in R H Major's Select Letters of Christopher Columbus (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spines, gilt ship illus & blind decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some may remain uncut, frontispieces, vol 1- clv + 188pp, vol 2- lxxxix + 164pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss, moderate to heavy tanning & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1930-33
KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society exploration adventures history travel Christopher Columbus documents
Handbook for Australia & New Zealand (Including Also the Fiji Islands) with New Map of the Colonies (Second Edition)
LACKS FOLDING MAP, sm octavo, red buckram soft boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed eps, x + 449pp + catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, folding map at front missing, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to some gutters, some pgs loose and/or out of order)
PUBLISHER: S W Silver & Co / Office of 'The Colonies' 1874
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand travel writing guides literature history historical
Maori Prisoners of War in Dunedin 1869-1872: Deaths and Burials and Survivors
UNCOMMON, quarto, illus stapled light card covers, 21pp, illus, VG+ (tidy red adhesive reinforcement to spine, light creasing to covers, light staining to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Hexagon 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history prisoners of war Dunedin late 19th nineteenth century death sburials survivors
The Railway Problem in New Zealand
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF HISTORICAL FIGURE & AUTHOR E E VAILE, SON OF SAMUEL VAILE, ex-library, octavo, cream stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, various pagination, VG- (tidy red reinforcement to spine, heavy tanning, creasing & staining to front cover, light chafing & soiling to rear cover, various ink stamps to front eps, minimal library markings, heavy tanning to ffep- brittle edges with chipping/loss)
PUBLISHER: Railway Reform League 1891
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport railway reform league history Samuel Vaile
North to Kimbolton (Birmingham)
UNCOMMON, octavo, stapled illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 133pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers & edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: D Thomas Waugh N/D (c.1986)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Kimbolton history settlers pioneers
The Complete Greek Temples
Imperial octavo, light blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2006
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek temples history antiquity gods architecture buildings
One Small Finger: Overseas Mission in a Changing World, 1949-69
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, ii + 153pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing & creasing/curling to spine & covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Church of New Zealand N/D (c.1988)
KEYWORDS: prebysterian church New Zealand religion Asia pacific history missionaries
The Exeter Book
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, cxvii + 382pp, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board corners, sl chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1936
KEYWORDS: anglo-saxon poetry literature Exeter book historical history verse poems