Books - "history"
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Guitar Family Trees: The History of the World's Most Iconic Guitars
Super 8vo, pp. 256; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).
PUBLISHER: Apple 2011
KEYWORDS: music musical instruments guitar history company companies
Hateruma: Socio-Religious Aspects of a South-Ryukyuan Island Culture
Imp. 8vo, pp. xi + 324; blue cl bds bordered in blind, spine & front board lettered in gilt, publisher's device in gilt to front board; illus., 140 plates to rear; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; prev ownership & gift inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Leiden, E. J. Brill 1985
KEYWORDS: Hateruma Japan Japanese island Okinawa Prefecture sociology religion religious socio-religious myth mythology legend social history custom culture
The Highland Bagpipe: Music, History, Tradition
Super 8vo, pp. xxv + 377; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus., disc to rear; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; prev owner's stamp in black ink to bottom pg edge, front pastedown & ffep); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems)
PUBLISHER: Ashgate 2009
KEYWORDS: Scotland Highlands music bagpipe history mmusical instrument
Weavers of Song: Polynesian Music and Dance
Super 8vo, pp. x + 543; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; disc to rear; VG moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in black ink to top & bottom pg edge, ffep & tp).
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands Polynesia Polynesian music dance arts ethnomusicology anthropology social history custom culture
The Face of Nature: An Environmental History of the Otago Peninsula
SIGNED. Super 8vo, pp. 376; illus. light card covers, french flaps; illus. prelims, photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Peninsula history environment environmental ecology cultural
At the Eastern Window: Three Essays
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Diana Bridge 2020
KEYWORDS: Diana Bridge 21st century essays culture social history criticism
Dharmacakra or the Wheel of the Law
8vo stapled light card covers (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Fine Arts Department 1968
KEYWORDS: Thailand Thair Dharmacakra culture custom history
The Gamekeeper at Homes: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life
8vo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906
KEYWORDS: 20th century game sport rural life natural history
A Book of Quaker Saints
8vo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: T. N. Foulis 1917
KEYWORDS: Quaker saints religion religious 20th century history
Independence Day: A Sketchbook
8vo hardcover (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1926
KEYWORDS: Philip Guedalla England English history
Performing Englishness: Identity and politics in a contemporary folk resurgence
Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: England English folk culture custom social history ethnography enthomusicology
A Vision, a Village and a Future: The Story of the Selwyn Foundation 1947-2007
Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Selwyn Foundation 2008
KEYWORDS: Selwyn Foundation history New Zealand Auckland
The Battle-Cruiser HMS Renown 1916-1948
Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2011
KEYWORDS: military history navy navy vessel HMS Renown
Telling Stories: Indigenous history and memory in Australia and New Zealand
Ex-library. 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2001
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand indigenous social history
Acting Like a Woman in Modern Japan: Theatre, Gender, and Nationalism
Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Palgrave 2001
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese culture custom nationalism history 19th century 20th 21st century theatre gender
The New Koreans: The Business, History and People of South Korea
Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Rider Books 2017
KEYWORDS: South Korea history custom culture business
The Great Game: A History of Wall Street
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Orion Business Books 1999
KEYWORDS: Wall Street history economics economy trade trading financial market
Saltwater Game Fish of the World: An Illustrated History
LIMITED EDITION. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. 4to, pp. xii + 292; black leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, illus. to front board; aeg, illus. prelims, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; bookplate to ffep); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Australian Fishing Network 2000
KEYWORDS: big game fishing history saltwater marine fish angling angler literature pictorial
Saltwater Game Fish of the World: An Illustrated History
LIMITED EDITION. BOOKPLATE SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS. 4to, pp. xii + 292; black leather bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt, illus. to front board; aeg, illus. prelims, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; bookplate to ffep); in slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Australian Fishing Network 2000
KEYWORDS: big game fishing history saltwater marine fish angling angler literature pictorial
American Fly Fishing: A History
Imp. 8vo, pp. x + 278; patterned maroon cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt; double roll-tooled border with floral cornerpieces & fish motif centerpiece in gilt to front board; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; adhesive markings to ffep).
PUBLISHER: Lyons & Burford 1987
KEYWORDS: 20th century fish fishing trout flies fly angling angler method technique strategy history
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