Books - "history"
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Port Fairy: Pioneer Whaling Station
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: Mullaya Publications 1973
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history whaling stations pioneer whaling station port fairy maritime
British Racing Green
Ex-library, 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: George Allen & Unwin 1969
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport British racing cars history
Old Cars the World Over: The Story of the World-Wide Renaissance of Veteran and Vintage Cars
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: Arco Publications 1958
KEYWORDS: automotive history vintage classic cars
Halifax: The First 250 Years
Oblong 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: Formac Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: Canada Canadian history Halifax
Bikes at Brooklands
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: Goose & Son 1973
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsport motorbikes motor cycles racing history Brooklands
Japanese Brush Painting Techniques: Sumi-e: A Meditation in Ink
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: Sterling Publishing 1983
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese art painting brush techniques sumi-e history
Valley of the Kings
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: Michael O'Mara 1988
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history valley of the kings antiquity tombs excavations archeology archaeology mummies
Ten Days to Destiny: The Battle for Crete, 1941
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: Franklin Watts 1985
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history military campaigns Crete Greece
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
LACKS D/W, octavo hardcover (VG+) not illustrated; 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: BCA / Book Club Associates 1980
KEYWORDS: sex sexual relationships Richard Burton English translations kama sutra history
O'Keeffe, Preston, Cossington Smith: Making Modernism
Quarto 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: Heide Museum of Modern Art / Art Gallery NSW 2016
KEYWORDS: modern art appreciation modernism Georgia O'Keeffe history
Creation Myths: Man's Introduction to the World
Quarto 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: Thames and Hudson 1977
KEYWORDS: anthropology history antiquity culture philosophy
Time: Rhythm and Repose
Quarto 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: Thames and Hudson 1978
KEYWORDS: anthropology history antiquity culture philosophy
Classic Art: An Introduction to the Italian Renaissance
Imperial 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: Phaidon Press 1953
KEYWORDS: art history renaissance Italy Italian criticism appreciation interpretation
Orders and Decorations
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket v tatty; 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: Paul Hamlyn 1967
KEYWORDS: history orders decorations awards Vaclav Mericka
Phar Lap
Quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket tatty; 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: Sue Hines / Allen & Unwin 2000
KEYWORDS: sport horse racing history Phar Lap horses
The Porsche Book: A Definitive Illustrated History (2nd Edition)
Imperial octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt porsche motif to front board, 584pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing/chipping & tanning to edges, light to moderate chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1983
KEYWORDS: automotive high performance cars Porsche history design development engineering styles
Mercedes-Benz: Personenwagen 1886-1984
TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt Mercedes motif to front board, 574pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, minor rubbing to board edges/extrems, sl tanning & light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling & peeling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Motorbuch Verlag 1984
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN automotive cars history Mercedes Benz development design engineering high performance
Motoring To-Day and To-Morrow
LACKS D/W, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 155pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light fading to board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1928
KEYWORDS: automotive cars motor car history transport hobbies
W O: An Autobiography
Octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt Bentley motif to front board, frontispiece, 223pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light soiling to spine & boards, spine sl cocked, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & tearing/loss to edges, moderate rubbing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1958
KEYWORDS: automotive history motoring cars W O Bentley autobiography autobiographies memoir
Wolseley: A Saga of the Motor Industry
Octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 156pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, heavy soiling to rear board, moderate fading to spine, light soiling & discolouration to front board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label & ink stamp to front eps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, G (extremely heavy tearing & loss, moderate chafing & soiling/tanning, prev. bookseller's label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: G T Foulis & Co 1949
KEYWORDS: automotive motoring history Wolseley British industry