Books - "history"
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The March of Man: A Chronological Record of People and Events from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day: Comprising a Comparative Time Chart of Universal History in Seven Sections, An Historical Altlas of 96 Pages and 64 Plates
Quarto hardcover (G+); 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 Encyclopaedia Britannica Co 1935
KEYWORDS: encyclopaedia prehistoric history
A Lexicon of Freemasnory; Containing a Definition of all its Communicable Terms, Notices of its History, Traditions, and Antiquities, and An Account of the Rites and Mysteries of the Ancient World (Eleventh Edition)
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to spine & boards, 490pp, G+ (light bruising & heavy rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, heavy staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky & binding heavily loosened, numerous prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, light foxing & soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Charles Griffin and Co N/D
KEYWORDS: freemasons freemasonry masonic lexicons dictionary dictionaries terms terminology history historical rites rituals secret societies
The Historical Landmarks and Other Evidences of Freemasonry, Explained; in a Series of Practical Lectures, With Copious Notes, in Two Volumes: Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy half leather bound boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine with raised bands also, marbled page edges & eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xx + 750pp, illus, VG- (light to moderate rubbing & surface loss to board edges, moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink & sm ex-libris label to prelims, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, pgs 257-258 & folding plate partially detached, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Richard Spencer 1846
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic secret societies lectures history rites rituals first editions
Zaha Hadid: Complete Works 1979-Today
Heavy quarto, white heavy boards, with dust jacket, still sealed in manufacturers plastic cover, FINE
PUBLISHER: Taschen (Date Unavailable)
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings design history Zaha Hadid
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