Hard To Find Books
Books

Search For Hard To Find Books

Advanced Search

Books - "history"

Showing 38761 to 38780 of 43639 results.

$16.50
xx58pol201571

Bloomsbury Women: Distinct Figures in Life and Art


MARSH, JAN & PARTRIDGE, FRANCES (Fore)

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: Pavilion Books 1995

KEYWORDS: literature literary art history Bloomsbury group women portraits

$25.00
xx58pol201572

Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia


MUHS, GABRIELLA GUTIERREZ Y et al (Eds)

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: Utah State Univerity Press 2012

KEYWORDS: history class ethnicity race relations academia academic women gender studies education institutions university

$25.00
xx58pol201573

Chaplin: A Life


WEISSMAN, STEPHEN & CHAPLIN, GERALDINE (Intro)

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: JR Books 2009

KEYWORDS: Charlie Chaplin screen legends comedians comedy humour humor actors silver screen history biography biographies memoir

$22.50
xx58pol201574

Julia Margaret Cameron: A Victorian Family Portrait


HILL, BRIAN

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: Peter Owen 1973

KEYWORDS: Julia Margaret Cameron family history Victorian era times

$15.00
xx58pol201576

Under Siege: Literary Life in London 1939-1945


HEWISON, ROBERT

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: Readers Union 1978

KEYWORDS: literature literary history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 London

$20.00
xx58pol201587

Maps of New Zealand Appearing in British Parliamentary Papers


HARGREAVES, R P

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: University of Otago Press 1962

KEYWORDS: New Zealand maps cartography geography landscapes British parliament papers history parliamentary

$15.00
xx58pol201588

Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (Revised & Enlarged Edition)


ARENDT, HANNAH

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

KEYWORDS: Adolf Eichmann trial history persecution Jews Jewish war crimes

$20.00
xx58pol201590

Eardley Knolleys 1902-1991: Selected Works from The Studio Estate


N/A

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: David Messum Fine Art 2002

KEYWORDS: art history exhibitions Eardley Knolley the studio estate

$25.00
xx58pol201601

Ups and Downs: Diaries 1972-1975


PARTRIDGE, FRANCES

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2001

KEYWORDS: Frances Partridge diaries journals history 70s seventies

$22.50
xx58pol201605

Moore: G E Moore and the Cambridge Apostles


LEVY, PAUL

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1979

KEYWORDS: G E Moore philosophy history literature biography biographies memoir

$22.50
xx58pol201617

Dearest Andrew: Letters From V Sackville-West to Andrew Reiber, 1951-1962


SACKVILLE-WEST, V & REIBER, ANDREW & MacKNIGHT, NANCY (Ed)

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: Michael Joseph 1980

KEYWORDS: letters correspondence V Sackville-West Andrew Reiber literature literary history

$32.50
xx58pol201621

The Omega Workshops


COLLINS JUDITH & BELL, QUENTIN (Fore)

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: Secker & Warburg 1983

KEYWORDS: Bloomsbury group furniture industry history trade England English art

$19.50
xx58pol201632

The Story of Beer: Beer and Brewing - a New Zealand History


McLAUCHLAN, GORDON

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: Viking / Penguin 1994

KEYWORDS: New Zealand alcohol alcoholic drink drinks beverages beer history culture brewing

$45.00
1y99f/1

The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1919


BUTCHER, J W

8vo, uncoloured heavy card bds, black lettering to spine & front bds, xiii + 968 pp., map facing p. 1, VG (light soiling & chaffing/ rubbing to boards & spine, light bruising & chipping to board/spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to top pg edge, sl tanning & foxing to fore & bottom edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, light sporadic foxing throughout, moderate stain & 4cm closed tear to l. 103, marginalia to pg. 1)

PUBLISHER: Marcus F. Marks 1919

KEYWORDS: New Zealand statistics population census year book 20th century social history

$50.00
1y99f/2

The New Zealand Official Year-Book, 1920


FRASER, MALCOLM

8vo, tan heavy card bds, black lettering to brown cloth spine, black lettering to front board, x + 414 pp., VG- (light soiling & rubbing to bds & spine, light bruising to board extrems, moderate cracking to front board extrem, light to moderate tanning/soiling to pg edges, ownership inscription to ffep, v light cracking to front gutter, v sl foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Marcus F. Marks 1920

KEYWORDS: New Zealand statistics population census year book 20th century social history

$80.00
1y99f/15

The Meaning of the Creative Act


BERDYAEV, NICOLAS; LOWRIE, DONALD A (transl)

FIRST EDITION. 8vo, blue heavy bds, gilt lettering to spine, 344 pp., VG (sl soiling, v sl bruising to upper spine extrem, light to moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ownership inscription & prev bookseller's stamp in purple ink to ffep, moderate marginalia/annotation & underlining in pen throughout) in d/w VG (light foxing & soiling- moderate at spine, light to moderate chipping to spine extrems, light closed tearing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1955

KEYWORDS: criticism history creative creativity religion love morality society philosophy

$75.00
1y99f/16

The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1906


WARD, Sir J G

8vo, illus cloth boards, gilt lettering & black rules & tooling to front board & spine, decorated eps, frontis., vi + 779 pp.,addenda & corrigenda, VG (sl tearing to front & back board joints, v sl scuffing, to boards & spine, light bruising to spine/board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light foxing & tanning to prelims/terminals, minor marginalia, creasing to paper at central gutters)

PUBLISHER: John MacKay 1906

KEYWORDS: New Zealand social history census population statistics land trade industry revenue politics year book

$42.50
1y99f/37

Tangata Ngai Tahu: People of Ngai Tahu: Volume One


BROWN, HELEN (Ed) & NORTON, TAKEREI (Ed)

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 352pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, 1cm closed tear/bruise to fore edge of front cover, sl bruising to spine, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Te Runanga o Ngai Tahu / Bridget Williams 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history culture Ngai Tahu deed of settlement collections archives heritage

$125.00
1y99f/38

Stewart Island's Kaipipi Shipyard and the Ross Sea Whalers


WATT, J P C

Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/illus eps, illus prelims, 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in pen to fep.) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & edges)

PUBLISHER: J P C Watt 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rakiura Stewart Island Kaipipi shipyard ross sea whalers whaling history maritime nautical

$46.00
1y99f/39

Washington: An Abridgment in One Volume (of the Seven-Volume 'George Washington' by Douglas Southall Freeman) (Library of the Presidents Series)


HARWELL, RICHARD (& FREEMAN, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL)

FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to boards, aeg, printed eps, frontispiece, xvi + 780pp, illus, Near FINE (minor creasing to edges of rear eps)

PUBLISHER: The Easton Press N/D (c.1985?)

KEYWORDS: US America American former presidents history politics political leaders George Washington abridgments Library of the Presidents series government full leather bindings

site powered by - Turboweb :: Simple Web Manager