Books - "history"
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The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Overland to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compass of These 1600 Years (10 Vol Set)
10 VOL SET, octavo, teal textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt maritime illus to spines & front boards, printed/illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG- (light scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate rubbing & tanning/soiling to spines, moderate staining to some boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to eps of some vols, moderate cracking to gutters of some vols, occasional foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1927-28
KEYWORDS: Richard Hakluyt exploration voyages adventure history historical journeys dsicoveries
Zawiyet el-Aryan: The Cemetaries Adjacent to The Layer Pyramid
Lg quarto, mustard yellow light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, xv + 78pp + plates to rear, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, archival tape repairs to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Deoartment of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1978
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history antiquity burial tombs pyramids archaeology archeology
Mark Gertler: Selected Letters
Super octavo, brown/maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top edges stained maroon, 271pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to egdes, light chafing & tanning/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Rupert Hart-Davis 1965
KEYWORDS: art artists history Mark Gertler letters correspondence autobiographical
Duncan Grant: A Biography
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 570pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl rubbing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1997
KEYWORDS: Duncan Grant artists art history biography biographies memoir
There's the Lighthouse: A Biography of Adrian Stephen
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 187pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (v sl soiling to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: James & James 1997
KEYWORDS: bloomsbury group history biography biographies memoir Adrian Stephen
Memoirs of a Polyglot
LACKS D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 381pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate fading & chafing/soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Duckworth 1931
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir William Gerhardi history
Apollo's Angels: a History of Ballet
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Random House 2010
KEYWORDS: ballet dance history
A Book About Books
Octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1948
KEYWORDS: book bookbinding history about books
Papermaking : The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications Inc.1978
KEYWORDS: papermaking bookbinding printing history technique
Engineers of the Soul: In the Footsteps of Stalin's Writers
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Vintage 2011
KEYWORDS: stalin poitics writing russian revolution history russia soviet union ussr
English Printed Books
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1936
KEYWORDS: printing english books publishing history
Tooth and Veil: The Lifeand Times of the New Zealand Dental Nurse
Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020
KEYWORDS: dental nursing dentistry pediatric orthodontic new zealand history
Acts of Valour: The History of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand
Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2016
KEYWORDS: new zealand victoria cross military armed forces history
More Sources of World War I Army Ancestry
Octavo staple bound (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Federation of Family History Societies n/d
KEYWORDS: world war i ancestry genealogy military history
World War I Army Ancestry
Octavo staple bound (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Federation of Family History Societies n/d
KEYWORDS: world war i ancestry genealogy military history
Identifying your World War I Soldier from Badges and Photographs
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Federation of Family History Societies n/d
KEYWORDS: world war i ancestry genealogy military history
Karekare: An Album from the Past
Oblong octavo staple bound (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Lodestar Press
KEYWORDS: karekare surf life saving club history
Monet: The Garden Paintings
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to pink cloth spine, illus prelims & terminals, 200pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Kunstmuseum Den Haag / Hannibal 2019
KEYWORDS: art artists Claude Monet history criticism exhibitions appreciation
The Milk of Paradise: Diaries, 1993-1997
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 319pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to front board edge, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 2005
KEYWORDS: diaries journals James Lees-Milne National Trust history autobiography literature literary
The Exile: A Life of Ivy Litvinov
Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1983
KEYWORDS: Ivy Litvinov biography biographies memoir literature literary history historical