Books - "history"
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Persian Myths
Ex-library, 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: British Museum Press 1993
KEYWORDS: mythology myths legends Persia Persian folklore lore ancient history
Scandinavian Mythology
LACKS FEP, ex-library, quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hamlyn Publishing 1969
KEYWORDS: Scandinavia Scandinavian mythology myths legends folklore lore ancient history
The Dragon: Nature of Spirit, Spirit of Nature
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 1979
KEYWORDS: dragons history culture spirituality religion
Holy Places of the British Isles: A Guide to the Legendary and Sacred Sites
Quarto 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: Ebury Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British isles travel guides sacred sites ancient history spirituality religious
Arthur and the Grail
Oblong quarto 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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1988
KEYWORDS: King Arthur history legends landscapes
Calanais: The Standing Stones
Square 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: Urras nan Tursachan 1995
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish heritage ancient history Calanais ritual sites astronomy spirituality
'This Wonderful Volcano of Water': Sir Joseph Banks Exploere and Protector if Iceland 1772-1820: Annual Lecture 2003
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2004
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2003 exploration history maritime nautical Sir Joseph Banks Iceland
Fort Yukon: The Hudson's Bay Company in Russian America: Annual Lecture 2005
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 2005
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2005 exploration history maritime nautical Fort Yukon
Untruth and Consequences: Ralegh's Discoverie of Guiana and the 'Salting' of the Gold Mine: Annual Lecture 2006
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2007
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2006 exploration history maritime nautical Ralegh
Voyaging Worlds: Annual Lecture 2007
Octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society c/o Map Library 2008
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society annual lectures 2007 exploration history maritime nautical voyages
Religion and the Rebel
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) underlining & annotations in ink- quite minor; 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: Victor Gollancz 1957
KEYWORDS: first editions religion Christianity history theology philosophy
Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, maroon full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, printed/illus eps, 432pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1990
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings library of the presidents series US American former presidents politics political leaders autobiography autobiographies memoir Ronald Reagan history speeches
Speeches of the American Presidents (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FULL LEATHER BINDING, imperial octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, gilt decoration to spines & boards, aeg, illus/printed to eps, vol 1- xxv + 374pp + pgs819-848 index to rear, vol 2- vii + pgs375-848 which includes index to rear, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1995
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings library of the presidents series US American former presidents politics political leaders speeches history historical
Certain Trumpets: The Call of Leaders
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, navy blue full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, 336pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings signed Garry Wills US America American politics political history Abe Abraham Lincoln former presidents leaders
Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily, 1943
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, green full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & Boards, aeg, iridescent patterned eps, 666pp, maps to rear, Near FINE (v sm scuff to front board)
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 2004
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 battles Sicily operations
Syria: The Holy Land and Asia Minor, Illustrated (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, imperial octavo, green textured buckram half leather bound boards, gilt lettering to leather title plates to spines, gilt tooling/decoration to spines & boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces with tissue guards to vols 1+2, unguarded frontispiece to vol 3, folding maps to prelims of vol 1, maps to prelims of vol 3, plates, mixed pagination, illus/plates - all counted & present with tissue guards, G+ (v heavy chipping/scuffing/bruising to spines & board extrems/edges with some moderate loss, moderate tanning to spines, moderate to heavy staining/fading/discolouration to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, sm ex-libris plates to front pastedowns of all vols, moderate fading & water staining to eps, minor cracking to front and/or rear gutters to each vol, light to moderate tanning and/or foxing throughout with moderate water staining to top edges of most pages of each vol)
PUBLISHER: Peter Jackson, Late Fisher, Son & Co 1842
KEYWORDS: history culture travel writing literature Syria illustrated Asia Minor religion religious land
Chauvet Cave: The Discovery of the World's Oldest Paintings
Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine & covers, 135pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate bruising to spine, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2001
KEYWORDS: prehistoric cave art archaeology archeology Chauvet Cave France Ardeche ancient history historical
Geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Foto's en Documenten / History of the Second World War in Photos and Documents (20 Vol Set)
TEXT IN DUTCH, 20 VOL SET, sm octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering & black numbering to spines, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (light curling/creasing to cover edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front eps of each vol)
PUBLISHER: Bosch & Keuning 1962-64
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 photography photos military history
The Life of John Marshall 1755-1835 (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, subject's signature in gilt to front boards, deckled/roughcut page fore-edges, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffeps)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1916-19
KEYWORDS: history historical figures John Marshall biography biographies memoirs Americans
Collecting the Edged Weapons of the Third Reich (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, VOLS 1 & 5 SIGNED, imperial octavo, grey buckram boards, red lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board extrems, light foxing to spines, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to front pastedowns to vols 1 & 5, minor adhesion to pages, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, moderate foxing)
PUBLISHER: Thomas M Johnson 1976-85
KEYWORDS: military history memorabilia collectables collectibles weaponry nazi third reich swords ceremonial presentation war