Books - "history"
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Placing the Dead: Tombs, Ancestral Villages, and Kinship Organization in Madagascar
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 241pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to boadr & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate rubbing & creasing to edges with chipping/closed tearing also, minor tanning & staining to spine, light soiling & moderate discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Seminar Press 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions anthropology history culture Madagascar villages Merina society
The Life & Work of Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929
Imperial octavo, deep brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus title page, 72pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: GMP Publishers 1987
KEYWORDS: Henry Scott Tuke art history British artists biography biographies memoir
Architecture and Ideology in Eastern Europe During the Stalin Era: An Aspect of Cold War History
Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sm adhesive label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Architectural History Foundation Inc 1992
KEYWORDS: history Cold War Stalin architecture politics government 20th twentieth century eastern Europe ideology
Symbolic Domination: Cultural Form and Historical Change in Morocco
Octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated illus prelims + 107pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover egdes, moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Morocco history culture politics Zaouia Sidi Lahsene Islam religion civilization civilisation
The Drama of the Portrait: Theater and Visual Culture in Early Modern Spain
Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, xiv + 180pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Spain Sapnish art literature history theatre theater
Siouxsie and the Banshees Photo Book
Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus eps, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & chafing/rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, minor glue deterioration to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Symbiosis 1983
KEYWORDS: punk rock music musicians Siouxsie and the Banshees history photos photography
Auckland Weekly News 1908, Christmas Number
Folio, illus stapled light card covers, printed inside covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG- (v heavy scuffing to spine with surface loss, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to cover edges- some tape repairs to inside covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton 1908
KEYWORDS: Auckland weekly news issues past years New Zealand papers history historical
Rituals of the Kandyan State
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 190pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: anthropology buddhist rites ceremonies rituals religion Sri Lanka Kandy first editions history
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (1980 Facsimile)
1980 FACSIMILE PRINT, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 837pp, VG+ (light fading & rubbing/bruising to spine, sl bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publishing Co 1980
KEYWORDS: family tree research history genealogy England English Wales Welsh names surnames
A Topographical Dictionary of England (Four Volumes Bound as Two)
4 VOLS BOUND AS 2 VOLS (1996 FACSIMILE), super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light discolouration to spines, light soiling to page edgesprev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown to both vols)
PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publilshing Co 1996 (Facsimile)
KEYWORDS: topography England English maps history historical topographical dictionaries
The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle, During the Years 1832-1836 (1980 Facsimile Reprint) 3 Vol Set
3 VOLUME SET, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#247/750), very heavy set- extra shipping req'd, lg quarto, quarter leather bound brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spines, marbled eps, mixed pagination, illus/plates, VG (light to moderate chafing & soiling to leather work, light soiling & moderate fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ligt markings to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Nova Pacifica Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: nature zoology species animals Charles Darwin history HMS Beagle 19th nineteenth century voyages
New Zealand, the Britain of the South; with a Chapter on the Native War, and Our Future Native Policy
2x FOLDING MAPS, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine & front board, folding map/frontispiece, xv + 519pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & tanning to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, residue of ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light soiling to eps, some closed tearing & foxing to folding maps, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Edward Stanford 1861
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial governance
The Book of the Lion
FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & lion illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 291pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to boards, binding loose, heavy cracking to rear gutter & hinge- rear board shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. p154 detached but present)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1913
KEYWORDS: first editions literature lions lion hunting history Sir Alfred E Pease
The Passing Years
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1924
KEYWORDS: literature history Richard Greville Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke
Discovering the End of Time: Irish Evangelicals in the Age of Daniel O'Conncell
Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Super 8vo, pp. [14] + 538; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 2016
KEYWORDS: religion religious studies history Ireland Irish evangelicals 19th century Christian Christianity theology
Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 272; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare poetry drama canon 16th century literature history critcism
Imagination and Time
Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. 8vo, pp. xi + 193; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Blackwell 1994
KEYWORDS: Mary Warnock religion religious studies philosophy human nature Christian Christianity image metaphor history values custom habit social
Irish Divorce/Joyce's Ulysses
SIGNED& INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xxviii + 289; light card covers; VG (moderate scuffing, rubbing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
KEYWORDS: Peter Kuch Ireland Irish divorce social history marriage relationships
The Other Shore: Essays on Writers and Writing
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR FOR VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 8vo, pp. xi + 205; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2013
KEYWORDS: American fiction 20th 21st century history criticism literature writing authorship
Zane Grey: A Photographic Odyssey
FIRST EDITION. Imp. 8vo, pp. [8] + 211; grey cl bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, tanning & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Taylor Publishing Company 1985
KEYWORDS: Zane Grey fish fishing angler angling photos photograph photography pictorial history