Books - "history"
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Palace and Hovel, or, Phases of London Life
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PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1963
KEYWORDS: Daniel Joseph Kirwan London Americans culture history travel cultural writings
To the Letter: A Journey Through a Vanishing World
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: Canongate 2013
KEYWORDS: history communication correspondence language Simon Garfield
Trade Signs and Their Origin
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PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1957
KEYWORDS: symbols signs trade businesses merchants history origin Cecil A Meadows
Aubrey Beardsley (Second Edition)
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PUBLISHER: John Lane / The Bodley Head N/D (c.1920s)
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Aubrey Beardsley history
Village Buildings of Britain
Imperial 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: Little, Brown & Company 1992
KEYWORDS: Great Britain England British English villages buildings history historical culture cultural art paintings
George Baxter (Colour Printer): His Life and Work: A Manual for Collectors
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PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1908
KEYWORDS: art history printers biographies biography memoir George Baxter
S P E Tract No LXV, The Critique of Pure English, From Caxton to Smollett
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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1946
KEYWORDS: language history linguistics pure English
Punch and Judy
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) moderate staining to spine of jacket; 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: B T Batsford 1970
KEYWORDS: puppet shows puppets puppetry Punch and Judy comedy humour humor history entertainment children's performances theatre theater
The Puppet Theatre
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PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1947
KEYWORDS: puppet shows puppets puppetry history entertainment children's performances theatre theater
Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832
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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1994
KEYWORDS: nobility aristocracy 18th eighteenth century history women Lennox sisters
Woman: The American History of an Idea
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PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2022
KEYWORDS: gender women history US America American womens studies Lillian Faderman
Brave Hearted: The Women of the American West 1836-1880
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PUBLISHER: Spiegel and Grau 2022
KEYWORDS: gender women history US America American womens studies wild west Katie Hickman
Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War: A Modern History
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PUBLISHER: Macmillan 2007
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian USSR modern history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Soviet politics Kremlin political
The Thames: England's River
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PUBLISHER: Little, Brown 2005
KEYWORDS: England Great Britain English British history cities London River Thames rivers waterways
Art and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Russia
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PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history culture art nationalism society criticism
Siegfried Sassoon: A Biography
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PUBLISHER: Picador 2005
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Siegfried Sassoon history
In Confidence: Moscow's Ambassador to America's Six Cold War Presidents
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PUBLISHER: Unknown (page missing)
KEYWORDS: politics political modern history Cold War Russia Russian Anatoly Dobrynin
The Last Epic Naval Battle: Voices From Leyte Gulf
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PUBLISHER: NAL Caliber / New American Library 2007
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval battles sea warfare Leyte Gulf
Souvenir: Northern Bowling Association of New Zealand
Oblong demy 8vo, 77 pp. + [10 (advts.)]; heavy geen card bds, red spine, front board lettered & decorated in black; illus. tp, photos, illus.; G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription to front pastedown in blue & black ink; moderate cracking to front hinge; moderate to heavy cracking to central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: McKee & Co. 1902
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Northern Bowling Association sports sporting history
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind and Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow (2 vols)
2 VOL SET. Super 8vo, x + 443 pp., ix + 449 pp.; heavy card bds. spine lettered in gilt (vol. 1) & white (vol. 2); photos, illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (sl bruising & creasing to edges & extrems, minor creasing); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2015-17
KEYWORDS: Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens human history ancient classical modern future