Books - "history"
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The History of Freemasonry, its Antiquities, Symbols, Constitutions, Customs etc: Volume III
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling/illus to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, 502pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (heavy rubbing & surface loss to spine & board edges- leather parts only, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl occasional cracking to gutters, sl tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate tanning & foxing to frontis)
PUBLISHER: T C & E C Jack / Grange Publishing Works N/D
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic secret societies history antiquities grand lodges international
A Historical Account of the Belief in Witchcraft in Scotland
FIRST EDITION THUS, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to title plate on spine, deckled/rough cut page edges, 268pp, VG- (moderate rubbing/discolouration & chipping to spine & extrems, heavy rubbing to title plate in spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to some gutters, first 16 pgs partially detached- pgs 5-12 almost completely detached)
PUBLISHER: Hamilton, Adams & Co / Thomas D Morison 1884
KEYWORDS: first edtions THUS history magic witchcraft Europe Scotland Scottish beliefs
Freemasonry and the Ancient Gods
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt masonic symbol to front board, deckled lower page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxii + 373pp, illus/plates- counted & all present, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co 1921
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic secret societies antiquity history first editions
War Elephants
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 333pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Praeger 2006
KEYWORDS: first editions military war history animals elephants
The Archaeology of Human Ancestry: Power, Sex and Tradition
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxiii + 446pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, occasional creasing to lower page edges, some prelim pgs sl detached at gutter- still a very tidy copy)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2012
KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history archeology archaeology socioecology hominids humans
Before Columbus: Links Between the Old World and Ancient America
Super octavo, yellow heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with light loss & archival tape repairs, sl fading to spine, light chafing, light tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Turnstone Press 1972
KEYWORDS: ancient history America Americas ethnography archaeology archeology
The New Naturalist: Fossils
Super octavo hardcover (VG), lacking 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1960
KEYWORDS: fossils prehistory prehistoric history
Bird Navigation: The Solution of a Mystery?
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: Hodder & Stoughton 1984
KEYWORDS: birds navigation history migration biology
Bombay to Bloomsbury: A Biography of the Strachey Family
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: Oxford University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: history biography Strachey family
Tranzit Through Time: The Story of the Tranzit Group 1924-2000
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: Tranzit Group 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Tranzit Group transport history
Menders of the Mind: A History of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists 1946-1996
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: Oxford University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand psychiatrists psychiatry psychology history
A History of British Infantry Volume One 1660-1914: For Love of Regiment
This volume only. 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: Leo Cooper 1994
KEYWORDS: military history British military infantry
Showing the Flag
Paperback (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: Abacus 1990
KEYWORDS: Jane Gardam England social history English fiction
Gramercy Park: An American Bloomsbury
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: Houghton Mifflin Compant 1987
KEYWORDS: cultural history America New York intellectual lives
Ancient African Kingdoms
Square 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: Edward Arnold 1971
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology Africa African ancient history antiquity female archaeologists Margaret Shinnie
Van d'Oude School tot Lingecollege
TEXT IN DUTCH, SIGNED BY 39 PEOPLE, 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: Reeks, uitgegeven door het Streekarchivariaat Tiel-Buren-Culemborg 1995
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH, school lingecollege college history holland dutch education academic institution alumni gymnasium
Harry S. Truman
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo hardcover (NR FINE); 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 Easton Press 1972
KEYWORDS: american presidents library of the presidents harry s truman democrat 33rd president post war politics history political diplomacy
Opera in Chicago: A Social and Cultural History 1850-1965
TIDY EX LIBRARY - NO EXTERNAL MARKINGS, 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: Appleton-Century / Meredith Press 1966
KEYWORDS: opera classical music american chicago civic opera house chicago lyric opera social and cultural history 1850-1965
Falklands - The Secret Plot
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: Preston 1987
KEYWORDS: falklands britain england argentina thatcher history politics reagan menendez geopolitics war islas malvinas malvinas isles
Midway on the Waves
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: Faber & Faber 1987
KEYWORDS: fourth volume of diary diaries memoir twentieth century 1948 1949 british history architecture historical