Books - "history"
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Mutiny for the Cause
The story of the revolt for Ireland's 'Devil's Own', the Connaught Rangers, in British India in 1920
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 London 1969
KEYWORDS: Ireland British India milirary military history mutiny
SAS Operation Oman
First edition. 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: William Kimber 1980
KEYWORDS: military military history SAS Oman 20th century communism
A History of Modern Chinese Fiction
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: Yale University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: China Chinese fiction history
Lawrence: The Uncrowned King of Arabia
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: Penguin 1999
KEYWORDS: T E Lawrence military history biography Arabian revolt
The Worlds of John Aubrey
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 1988
KEYWORDS: John Aubrey biography history education philosophy
Brother Cadael's Penance
First US edition. 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: The Mysterious Press 1994
KEYWORDS: The Brother Cadfael Chronicles ficton history England
The City of the Strait; A Centennial History; Wellington and Its Province
Heavy 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 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington history 19th century 20th century
Questioning Edmond Jabes
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: University of Nebraska Press 1990
KEYWORDS: metaphysics social history literary criticism France Edmond Jabes
D-Day: The Soldiers' Story
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
KEYWORDS: D-Day military military history Giles Milton
Barawa and the Ways Birds Fly in the Sky
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: Smithsonian 1986
KEYWORDS: anthropology cheifdom Sierra Leone Africa social history
Out of Time: Designs for the Twentieth-Century Future
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PUBLISHER: Harry N. Abrams 2000
KEYWORDS: 20th century forecasting future history design
Edwardian Wellington
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PUBLISHER: William Main 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington 20th century history
The Queen's Wife: A memoir of a turbulent time--and a chess game that broke all the rules
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sexuality Maori history
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