Books - "history"
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Truth is Stranger than Fishin'
8vo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+); 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 Morrow & Company 1955
KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler water river sports fly history
My Rod My Comfort
8vo 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: Putnam 1957
KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler water river sports fly history
Dry-Fly Fishing
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: Herbert Jenkins 1922
KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler water river sports fly history
The Gentle Art: Some Sketches and Studies
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: John Murray 1911
KEYWORDS: fishing fish angling angler water river sports fly history
The Hall of a Thousand Columns: Hindustan to Malabar with Ibn Battutah
Super 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: John Murray 2005
KEYWORDS: travel writing travelling Near East Asia traveller journey adventure history
Live to Ride: The Rumbling, Roaring World of Speed, Escape, and Adventure on Two Wheels
Super 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: Atria Books 2010
KEYWORDS: vehicles motorcycles history speed sport
Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: A Sketch
Paperback (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: Hesperus Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Russian romance fiction social history women
Voyages and Discoveries: The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
Paperback (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 Books 1972
KEYWORDS: English voyages ship renaissance anecdote history Richard Hakluyt
Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2020
KEYWORDS: classical history ancient Roman emperors Augustus Caesar Constantine
Rare Pacific Voyage Books from The Parsons Collection of David Parson (2 vols)
2 VOL SET. Imp 8vo hardcover catalogue (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: Hordern House Rare Books 2005
KEYWORDS: rare books antiquarian pacific voyage history historical catalogue
New Found Land: Maps in the History of Exploration
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: The British Library 1998
KEYWORDS: maps cartology history voyages discovery exploration
The Great South Sea: English Voyages and Encounters 1570-1750
Super 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: Yale University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: English voyages exploration discovery ship history
The Life and Letters of the Great Earl of Cork
Super 8vo, grey/brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontis. & plates with tissue guards, xvi + 531 pp., plates, VG- (light to moderate soiling/scuffing to boards, moderate 2cm tear to front joint, moderate scuffing & tearing to edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps/prelims/terminals, prev owner's inscription in black ink to ffep, moderate tanning to plate tissue guards, sporadic light soiling & foxing throughout, light to moderate cracking to front hinge, bgd sl sloppy).
PUBLISHER: Duckworth and Company 1904
KEYWORDS: 16th century Earl of Cork England renaissance social history biography life lives esquire gentlemen
Khaki Angels: Kiwi Stretcher-Bearers in the First and Second World Wars
Super 8vo, glossy illus heavy card boards, yellow/white lettering to spine & boards, 208 pp., illus/photos, NF (light rubbing/scuffing to boards, v minor bruising to spine extrems, sl tanning to pg edges, gift inscription to ffep).
PUBLISHER: Ngaio Press 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand World War 1 2 WW1 WW2 I II medics stretcher military history warefare conflict
Prometheus and the Bolsheviks
8vo, red buckram boards, tooled label to front board & spine with gilt lettering & rules, frontis., [12] + 256 pp., plates, foldout map to rear, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & spine, moderate fading to spine, light bruising to edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges, minor foxing throughout), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: The Cresset Press 1937
KEYWORDS: Soviet Union Georgia Europe 20th century history Russia socialism communism
Treasure-House of the Language: The Living OED
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: Yale University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: linguistics language dictionaries Oxford English dictionary etymology history
Empire of Words: The Reign of the OED
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: Princeton University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: linguistics language dictionaries Oxford English dictionary etymology history
Byron's Journal of His Circumnavigation 1764-1766
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: Hakluyt / Cambridge University Press 1964
KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history maritime nautical John Byron 18th eighteenth century journals diaries voyages
The Navigation of the Frobisher Voyages: The Hakluyt Society Annual Talk 1997
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 1998
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual talks past years 1997 exploration voyages Frobisher history historical nautical maritime
The Impact of Physical, Spiritual & Mental Health on Shipboard Order in the Early English East India Company Voyages, 1601-1611: The Hakluyt Society Annual Lecture 2018
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 2019
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual talks past years 2018 exploration voyages history historical nautical maritime early English East India 17th seventeenth century