Books - "history"
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The Vade-Mecum of Fly-Fishing for Trout: Being a Complete Practical Treatise on that Brance of the Art of Angling; with Plain and Copious Instructions for the Manufacture of Artifical Flies
Sm 8vo, green paneled cl bds with both tooled & embossed decorations to bds & spine, gilt lettering to spine, yelloe eps, xii + 186 pp.+ [2] pp. advts., VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds & spine, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, light to moderate cracking to rear gutters, light foxing throghout).
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans 1851
KEYWORDS: anecdotes angling fishing angler fisherman fishermen trout salmon history 19th century river stream sport game
Good to Eat: Riddles of Food and Culture
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: Allen & Unwin 1986
KEYWORDS: food culture culinary anthropology history customs beliefs
Curry: A Tale of Cooks and Conquerors
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 2006
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature history culture India Indian curry curries food cuisine recipes
Napoleon Bonaparte in Exile; or, A Voice From St Helena
Duodecimo 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: W Tweedie, Strand N/D
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte history St Helena politics political military leaders French France
New Zealand's First World War Heritage
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: Exisle Publishing 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand ww1 the great war first 1st world war one i 1 history heritage communities
Freemasons' Hall London
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: Williams Lea and Company (Printer) 1963
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic lodges London history historical buildings secret societies
Grand Lodge of New Zealand: A Guide to Masters
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: Grand Lodge of New Zealand 1968
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic lodges New Zealand history historical masters secret societies
Handbook for Management and Maintenance of Masonic Buildings
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: Grand Lodge of New Zealand 1990
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic lodges New Zealand history historical buildings maintenance management secret societies
The Seddons: An Autobiography
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 Bros & Co 1968
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Seddon family history New Zealand early settlers pioneers
Hakluyt Society: Sir Thomas Roe: Eyewitness to a Changing World: Annual Lecture 2017
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: The Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2018
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2017 history historical exploration Sir Thomas Roe
Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture 2016: Experiments in Reading Richard Hakluyt's 'Principal Navigations'
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: The Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2017
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2016 history historical exploration Richard Hakluyt principal navigations
Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture 2014: Geographies of the Prime Meridian
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: The Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2015
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2014 history historical exploration navigation prime meridian measurements
Hakluyt Society Annual Talk 1996: Richard Hakluyt and His Books
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: The Hakluyt Society 1997
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures talks 1996 history historical exploration Richard Hakluyt literature books maritime voyages
A Brief History of Otahuhu
Ex-library, quarto 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: Otahuhu Borough Council 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otahuhu boroughs towns
Ancient Chinese Pottery - A Crystallization of Life and Wisdom
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: Chen Kuei-miao 1989
KEYWORDS: ancient Chinese pottery art crafts artefacts history
City of Birmingham Official Handbook 1938
Super octavo softcover (VG-) cracking to central gutters; 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: General Purposes Committee 1938
KEYWORDS: English British cities history official guides 1938 culture activities
Post-War Laos: The Politics of Culture, History and Identity
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: ISEAS 2006
KEYWORDS: Laos politics political history ideology ethnography anthropology
Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (Near 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: Chatto & Windus 2023
KEYWORDS: art history criticism philosophy biographies Laura Cumming
An Introductory Guide to the Corporation of London Records Office
Octavo stapled stiff 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: Corporation of London 1994
KEYWORDS: London records office administration history historical
Plain Tales from the Raj: Images of British India in the Twentieth Century
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: Andre Deutsch 1976
KEYWORDS: British India colonies colonial history 20th twentieth century