Books - "history"
Showing 37261 to 37280 of 45246 results.
A Nest of Singing Birds: 100 Years of the New Zealand School Journal
Quarto 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: Learning Media 2007
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature school journal centenary centennial history
Leading Ladies
Quarto 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: Conran Octopus 1986
KEYWORDS: Hollywood history leading ladies screen icons actresses biographies portraits
The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Volume 80 1994
Quarto 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: The Egypt Exploration Society 1994
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology ancient history antiquity Egypt Egyptian journals
The Economic Development of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) pencil annotations/underlining; 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 John Hopkins Press 1965
KEYWORDS: png papua new guinea economy economics politics political history
178 A Brill Returns
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: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport trams history Brill 178 Christchurch
Strait of Adventure
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: A H & A W Reed 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Cook Strait Raukawa
The King's Royal Rifle Corps Chronicle 1933
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: Warren and Son 1934
KEYWORDS: military history king's rifle corps chronicle
A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray, with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843
Octavo hardcover (G+) prelims detached but present; 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: John Murray 1911
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir John Murray publishers history
The Painter of Modern Life, and Other Essays
Imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt portrait/illus to front board, frontispiece, xx + 224pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor wrinkling to half title page) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- yellowing tape repairs to internal sides, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling/staining)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1964
KEYWORDS: art criticism essays prose literature Charles Baudelaire history
July 1914, The Outbreak of the First World War: Selected Documents
PENCIL ANNOTATIONS, super octavo, cream buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 400pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to board edges & extrems, light staining/discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tape staining to pastedowns, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, pencil annotation & underlining to text- unobtrusive) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading)
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1967
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war beginning documents documentation politics political
Singing Coral
Super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 292pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, minor bruising & rubbing/fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minro tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: James Barrie 1951
KEYWORDS: exploration anthropology polynesia polynesian people history Pacific islands culture customs
In the High Himalayas
LACKS D/W & FEP, scruffy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 223pp, illus/plates- some loose and/or missing, G (heavy rubbing & bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy wrinkling to spine, usual library labels/markings, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boads sl shaky, prelim pgs clipped at lower corner, moderate foxing to prelims & throughout, numerous pgs detached with some plates missing)
PUBLISHER: H F & G Witherby 1924
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Himalayas natural history Hugh Whistler
Eighty Years in New Zealand, Embracing Fifty Years of New Zealand Fishing
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spine & front board, 255pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, illus/plate to rear detached but present) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping to spine & edges with tearing & loss also, heavy fading to spine & front cover, failing mysterious reinforcement affixed to inside covers, heavy wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Simpson & Williams 1943
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history fishing autobiography autobiographies memoir G E George Edward Mannering leisure first editions
South Africa and the Transvaal War (7 Vol Set)
7 VOL SET- 6 MAIN VOLS & 1 SUPPLEMENT VOL, imperial octavo, cream buckram boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spines & front boards, frontispieces, illus/plates- presumed all present, mixed pagination, VG- (moderate to heavy rubbing & bruising to edges & extrems, heavy soiling to spines & boards, spines cocked, moderate soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, minor cracking to gutters, occasional underlining to text, occasional loose page)
PUBLISHER: T C & E C Jack 1900-01 (Supplement by Caxton Publishing)
KEYWORDS: military history South Africa transvaal war
The Story of E R A
Quarto, illus stiff card covers, spiral bound, 46pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining & ink annotation to rear eps, sm adhesive label to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1949
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport motoring racing cars E R A high performance cars history
Monza 1922-72: Cinquant'anni di Storia / Fifty Years of History
TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH, quarto, illus heavy boards, green lettering to grey buckram spine, 164pp + appendices to rear, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & front eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: SIAS 1972
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN & ENGLISH automotive motorsport monza racing motor cars history
The Enthusiast's Guide to Vintage Specials
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing/fading to extrems, sl staining to rear board, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling, prev, bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes 1994
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport racing vintage classic cars British history
Il Tridente: Storia Della Maserati
TEXT IN ITALIAN, quarto, illus heavy boards, black & white lettering to spine, 259pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Terza Edizione 1970
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN cars automotive Maserati motorsport racing history
Maserati Road Cars: The Postwar Production Cars 1946 to 1979
Square quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 229pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Osprey 1979
KEYWORDS: automotive high performance Maserati history cars design engineering
The Golden Reign: The Story of my Friendship with 'Lawrence of Arabia'
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & light to moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, sl foxing thorughout) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chpiing/fading to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1978
KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence of Arabia history biography biographies memoir