Books - "history"
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Reid Farmers; The Rural Servicing Company; The Company Celebrates Its First Century 1900-2000
Super octavo illus 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: Reid Farmers Limited 2000
KEYWORDS: new zealand south island otago farming agriculture agricultural stock station rural service servicing businesses companies history centennial centenary reid farmers
Te Motunui Epa
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, red gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, minor chafing & soiling, light fading/discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori art carvings carved panels te motunui epa culture history
The Adams Papers: Legal Papers of John Adams (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, blue/grey buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, vol 1- cxliv + 334pp, vol 2- x + 441pp, vol 3- viii + 434pp, occasional illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edgesprev. bookse;;er's sm label to ffeps of first two vols) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate staining to spines- light to covers, all price clipped)
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: law legal history John Adams papers US America American cases
United States Army in the Korean War: South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu (June-November 1950)
Imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt insignia to front board, xxiv + 813pp, illus, folding maps + rear pocket, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army 1970
KEYWORDS: military history armed forces US army Korean War 1950 America American troops
Fruhgriechische Tierkeramik: Zur Entwicklung und Bedeutung der TiergefaBe und der hohlen Tierfiguren in der spaten Bronze- und fruhen Eisenzeit (ca 1600-700 v. Chr.)
TEXT IN GERMAN, lg quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 408pp, tables/illus to rear, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Verlag Philipp von Zabern 1996
KEYWORDS: text in German early Greek pottery artefacts ancient history archaeology archeology animal hollow figures figurines late Bronze early Iron age antiquity
Knossos the South House
Quarto, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 224pp, plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light to moderate bruising to extrems/board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The British School at Athens 2003
KEYWORDS: ancient Greece Greek history pottery historical artefacts south house Knossos archaeology archeology restoration excavations
Aegean Wall Painting: A Tribute to Mark Cameron
OWNERSHIP OF ANNE MACKAY, quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, frontispiece, 250pp, illus, plates to rear- all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board, sl tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: British School at Athens 2005
KEYWORDS: ownership of Anne Mackay ancient classical Greek Greece Aegean wall painting history
The Black Watch: Fighting in the Front Line 1899-2006
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xxxvi + 828pp, illus/maps/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page egdes) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Head of Zeus 2017
KEYWORDS: first editions military history black watch royal highland regiment 20th twentieth century battles
The Highland Furies: The Black Watch 1739-1899 Volume I
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 728pp, illus/photos/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, signed Victoria Schofield in ink to title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Quercus 2012
KEYWORDS: first editions early military history black watch royal highland regiment century battles
Proceedings of the XVIth International Congress of Classical Archaeology Boston, August 23-26, 2003, Common Ground: Archaeology, Art, Science, and Humanities
Heavy quarto, black heavy boards, green lettering to spine, xxiv + 630pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffign to extrems, moderate chafing/scratching to boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxbow Books 2006
KEYWORDS: classical archaeology archeology science humanities proceedings congress Boston 2003 antiquity ancient history historical
Tradition and Originality: A Study of Exekias (BAR International Series 2092) 2010
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, heavy quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus title page, xiii + 413pp, plates to rear, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Archaeopress 2010
KEYWORDS: E Anne Mackay signed ancient history classical artefacts archeology archaeology pottery
The Manuscripts of the House of Lords 1693-1704 (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning to page edges, some minor staining to edges of eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to some ffeps) in d/w, VG (in adhesive protective wrappers- edges likely stained/damaged, light to moderate tanning to spines, light soiling, lg section of rear cover of vol 1 missing)
PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1964-65
KEYWORDS: politics political England English House of Lords history historical manuscripts parliament parliamentary records
The First 150 Years of Singapore
Super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xix + 731pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate tanning to boards & spine, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some minor loss also, moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing)
PUBLISHER: Donald Moore Press 1969
KEYWORDS: history Singapore empire
The Life and Times of Bishop Pompallier
Ex-library, super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, top page edges stained brown, 415pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, boards lightly tanned & warped, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters, ex-libris plate to ffep, minor closed tearing to edges of prelims & terminals) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape reapirs, rear cover ripped off at spine but impressively taped together again, moderate tape adhesive staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1957
KEYWORDS: Bishop Pompallier New Zealand religion Christianity catholic history biographies memoir
Red Star Over China (Revised Edition)
FIRST REVISED EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, illus eps, xiv + 520pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, sporadic but heavy annotation in ink to text throughout)
PUBLISHER: Random House 1938
KEYWORDS: first REVISED editions China communism history Chinese politics
Britomart: The Story
Folio, cream cloth boards, white lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 228pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light to moderate foxing/staining to boards, sl foxing to page edges) in quarter d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: PQ Blackwell 2014
KEYWORDS: Britomart New Zealand history biography business
The Panama Canal
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: Frederick Muller 1966
KEYWORDS: history Panama Canal engineering
The House
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: Allen & Unwin 2018
KEYWORDS: Sydney Opera House architecture buildings building design history Australia Sydney
Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Engineering Knight-Errant
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: John Murray 1992
KEYWORDS: Isamabard Kingdom Brunel engineers engineering history biography biographies memoir
Wonders of Victorian Engineering: An Illustrated Excursion
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: Jupiter Books 1978
KEYWORDS: history engineering design Victorian