Books - "history"
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Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxx + 682pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: mythology ancient history religion Greek Greece deities antiquity
The Revolution of Ideas: Philosophy, Religion & Some Ultimate Questions
Octavo, glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, boardered title-page, xix + 399 pp., VG (light curling, creasing & scuffing to front & back covers, moderate soiling/foxing to pg edges & eps, light cracking/glue residue to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Hale & Iremonger 1982
KEYWORDS: the history of ideas philosophy religion Greek philosophy of mind God life and death
The Art of Dr. Seuss: A Retrospective on the Artistic Talent of Theodor Seuss Geisel / The Art of Dr. Seuss: The Secret Art Collection (2 vols in 1)
2 VOLS AS 1, FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine and boards, illus boards & eps, extra internal eps seperate each volume, two illus title-pages, 95 + 92 pp., numerous illus/plates not counted presumed present, contains errata slip, VG+ (light to moderate fading to edges of boards, light soiling to title-page, light to moderate adhesion to pgs), in d/w VG (light scuffing to front & back covers, light to moderate curling/creasing & chipping with minor archival tape repairs to edges, 7cm repaired closed tear)
PUBLISHER: Random House 2002
KEYWORDS: Dr Seuss children's books art exhibition collection cartoon criticism history archive
New Zealand Involvement: Special Opporations Australia South-West Pacific World War II
8vo, blue heavy card bds, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 289 pp., illus/photos, NF (sl bruising to bds extrems, inscription to p. [2]) in d/w VG+ (light bruising & sl creasing to extrems, light scuffing)
PUBLISHER: The Pentland Press 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Australia special operations World War 2 20th century
The History of the First West India Regiment
FIRST EDITION. 8vo, red buckram bds, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front bds, blind stamp to rear bds, black eps, frontispiece with tissueguard, illus/plated title-page, xii + 365 + 40 pp, adverts to rear., maps/plates- counted & all present, VG- (moderate soiling & chaffing to boards & spine, brusing to spine & board extrems, sl tearing to front & rear hinges, small repair made to center of front board, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, light foxing & soiling to prelims, minor pencil annotation to p. 1, light to moderate cracking to central gutters)
PUBLISHER: Chapman and Hall Limited 1885
KEYWORDS: India England military West India Regiment 19th century army millitary history
The Royal Victoria Keepsake; or Souvenir of Literature and Art
ORIGINAL BINDING, 8vo, blue cloth boards, blind stamped & gilt decoration to bds, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, aeg, frontispiece, viii + 280 pp., plates not counted assumed all present, G+ (moderate soiling & chaffing to bds & spine, moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, minor tear to cloth of rear hinge & spine extrems, moderate rubbing & surface loss to spine, ffep missing, moderate soiling/foxing to eps & prelims & terminals, moderate cracking of front/rear & central gutters, light foxing/soiling & tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Holmes (Successor to Edward Lacey,) 76, St. Paul's Church Yard, and sold by all booksellers 1855
KEYWORDS: Victorian art literary literature essays social history op ed opinions
The Marble Foot: An Autobiography 1905-1938
LACKS D/W, octavo 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: William Collins Sons & Co 1976
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Peter Quennell history
Hugh Walpole: A Biography
LACKS D/W, octavo 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: Macmillan & Co 1952
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Hugh Walpole literature literary history English novelists writers authors New Zealand born
Reality Hunger: A Manifesto
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: Vintage 2011
KEYWORDS: modern literature history criticism modernism David Shields
Grand Canyon
LACKS D/W, octavo 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: Michael Joseph 1942
KEYWORDS: novels fiction literature alternate alternative history V Vita Sackville-West
Lytton Strachey by Himself: A Self Portrait
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: William Heinemann 1971
KEYWORDS: Lytton Strachey autobiography autobiographies memoir history literary
Duncan Grant
Oblong 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: Penguin 1945
KEYWORDS: art history artists Duncan Grant modern painters
Dear Lady Ginger: An Exchange of Letters Between Lady Ottoline Morrell and D'Arcy Cresswell
Slim octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Century 1984
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Lady Ottoline Morrell D'Arcy Cresswell Bloomsbury era New Zealand England English history literary
Remarkable Relations: The Story of the Pearsall Smith Family
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: Victor Gollancz 1980
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Pearsall Smith family history
Good Company: Diaries, January 1967-December 1970
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: HarperCollins 1994
KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir history
Everything to Lose: Diaries 1945-1960
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: Victor Gollancz 1985
KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir history
Life Regained: Diaries January 1970-December 1971
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1998
KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals autobiography autobiographies memoir history
Who's Who in Bloomsbury
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: The Harvester Press 1987
KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury biographies portraits history
Ancestors and Friends
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo 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: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1962
KEYWORDS: art history Lehmann first editions
The Letters of Charles Greville and Henry Reeve 1836-1865
Octavo 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: T Fisher Unwin 1924
KEYWORDS: letters correspondence Charles Greville Henry Reeve history politics political