Books - "history"
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The Treaty of Waitangi: How New Zealand Became a British Colony
Ex-library, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiii + 393pp, illus/photos, folded chart/diagram, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising & heavy scuffing & surface loss to board edges/extrems, moderate tape residue/staining to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, base of rear ep missing, folding diagram lightly foxed & moderately creased with tape repairs) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori treaty of Waitangi documents colonisation colonies British T Lindsay Buick
A History of German Literature (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering & publisher's motif to spines, gilt rule to spines & boards, vol 1- xv + 401pp, vol 2- vii + 425pp + 8pp appendix to rear, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems/edges, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters of both vols, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1886
KEYWORDS: German literature history literary criticism
Franklin D Roosevelt: Selected Speeches, Messages, Press Conferences and Letters
FULL LEATHER BINDING, octavo, blue full leather binding, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decorations to spine & boards, aeg, printed eps, xxiv + 391pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1989
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings US America American the library of the presidents series history historical speeches letters correspondence collector's editions Franklin D Roosevelt
Great Presidential Decisions: State Papers That Changed the Course of History from Washington to Reagan
FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, black full leather heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, irridescent patterned eps, 526pp, Near FINE (sl scuffing to board edges, sl staining to top corner of page block)
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1992
KEYWORDS: full leather bindings US America American presidents state papers history historical documents
All's Fair: Love, War, and Running for President
SIGNED BY BOTH AUTHORS, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, black full leather heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, irridescent/patterned eps, xii + 493pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994
KEYWORDS: signed full leather bindings US American politics political history presidential campaigns
Truman (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, maroon full leather heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spines, gilt decoration to spines & boards, aeg, illus/patterned to eps, 1117pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Harry S Truman full leather bindings US America American former presidents history biography biographies memoir
Divided We Fall: Gambling With History in the Nineties
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FULL LEATHER BINDING, super octavo, grey full leather heavy boards, gilt lettering & raised boards to spine, gilt decoration to spine & boards, aeg, irridescent/patterned eps, 431pp, Near FINE (sl fading to edges of eps)
PUBLISHER: The Easton Press 1994
KEYWORDS: signed Haynes Johnson full leather bindings politics political history economics crime
John Fowler, Benjamin Baker Forth Bridge
4to 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: Edition Axel Menges 1997
KEYWORDS: architecture engineering bridges industy architecture history
The Gambia
Imp 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Classic Publications 1977
KEYWORDS: Senegambian Gambia travel writing archeology history Africa
The History of Motor Cycling
4to 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: Orbis Publishing 1979
KEYWORDS: vehicles motorcycles history illustration photographs
The Silent Land: A Pictorial Record of the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand
Ex-library. Imp 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1966
KEYWORDS: The Caxton Press New Zealand West Coast South Island pictorial history illustrations photo photographs
World Oilmen
4to hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: Sylvan Press 1955
KEYWORDS: oil seismology chemical engineering refinery oil men geology micropalaeontology social history
The Martyr's Crown: Being the Life of Carl S. Volkner
4to stapled 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: South Pacific Reprints 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand missionary missionaries Carl Sylvius Volkner Church history
Veterans of the Road: A Pictorial History of the Automobile
Imp 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hart Publishing Company 1978
KEYWORDS: automobile history vehicles pictorial illustrations photos photographs
Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Pantheon Books 2003
KEYWORDS: Louisiana Gulf Coast bayous social history customs travel environment
The Way, The Truth and The Life: A Hand Book of Christian Theosophy Healing and Phychic Culture
Seventh Edition. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: J. H. Dewey Publishing Company 1888
KEYWORDS: Christian theosophy healing psychic social history customs culture religion
Omens of Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams, and Resurrection
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 1997
KEYWORDS: new age religion Jewish Christian Muslim criticism history
The Discovery of Time
Ex-library. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Scientific Book Club 1967
KEYWORDS: time history of ideas philosophy universe modern science
Pathways to the Supreme
Lg 12mo 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 1995
KEYWORDS: literature religion philosophy history Christianity
Geomorphology: An Introduction to the Study of Landforms
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1960
KEYWORDS: geomorphology geology landforms landscapes environment history