Books - "history"
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An Amazing Journey: Isadora Duncan in South America
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 288pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate fading & chipping to spine & spine extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light scuffing to board corners, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1933
KEYWORDS: history travel literature writing Isadora Duncan biography biographies memoir South America Maurice Dumesnil
Pigot & Co.'s a Directory of London and its Suburbs (Facsimile Reprint)
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, folding map to prelims, 536pp + indices to rear, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers/edges, moderate soiling & staining to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's sm ink stamps to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Michael Winton 1993
KEYWORDS: England Great Britian English British cities London directories history historical facsimiles pigot & co suburbs
Howard Finster: Man of Visions: The Life and Work of a Self-Taught Artist
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, unpaginated prelims + 242pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & bruising to board edges & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor scuffing to front eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1989
KEYWORDS: first editions art history appreciation interpretation biography biographies memoir Howard Finster artists criticism
The Art of Adolf Wolfli: St Adolf-Giant-Creation
FIRST EDITION, quarto, beige cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 111pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to rear ep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: American Folk Art Museum / Princeton University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: first editions art exhibitions Adolf Wolfli appreciation history
Dutch & Flemish Paintings: The Collection of Willem Baron van Dedem
Lg quarto, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp illus to front board, frontispiece, 294pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2002
KEYWORDS: art history collections Dutch Flemish Willem Baron van Dedem appreciation
The Silent Cities: An Illustrated Guide to the War Cemeteries and Memorials to the 'Missing' in France and Flanders: 1914-1918
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, frontispiece, xv + 407pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems, light tanning & chafing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor fioxing to prelims, bottom corner of pgs 259/260 torn off)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1929
KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war graves memorials cemeteries France Flanders imperial war graves commission
Directory of New Zealand Manufacturers: A Guide to New Zealand Industries, August 1939
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 227pp, VG (moderate tanning & light foxing to spine & covers, moderate creasing to cover edges & spine, moderate creasing & cracking to spine extrems & cover edges & hinges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Hutcheson, Bowman & Johnson (Printer) 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand directories past issues years industry manufacturers commerce history historical
New Science: Principles of the New Science Concerning the Common Nature of Nations
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 1999
KEYWORDS: history philosophy Giambattista Vico
Serving the Reich: The Struggles for the Soul of Physics Under Hitler
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 Bodley Head 2013
KEYWORDS: history popular science physics nazi Germany third reich philosophy ideology
Santa Fe Chiefs
Quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+ ) minor closed tearing to top edge of jacket; 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: MBI Publishing 2005
KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail travel passenger Santa Fe chief chiefs US America American
Paul Nash: The Portrait of an Artist
Ex-library, 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: Faber and Faber 1955
KEYWORDS: art history biographies biography memoir Paul Nash
The Journals of Soren Kierkegaard
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: Fontana Books 1958
KEYWORDS: Soren Kierkegaard journals diaries literature history English translations
Waikiki Yesteryear
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: Mutual Publishing 1999
KEYWORDS: Hawai'i Hawaii history Waikiki culture
Contemporary Cultures of Display
Ex-library, 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: Yale University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: fine art arts history historical artefacts exhibitions museums techniques public relations
Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG+) ffep missing; 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: Sutton Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: family history genealogy research resources ancestry guides
South African War Honours & Awards, 1899-1902: Officers and Men of the Army and Navy Mentioned in Despatches
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: Arms and Armour Press 1971
KEYWORDS: military history war medals awards honours South Africa African officers soldiers army navy
Palace and Hovel, or, Phases of London Life
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: Abelard-Schuman 1963
KEYWORDS: Daniel Joseph Kirwan London Americans culture history travel cultural writings
To the Letter: A Journey Through a Vanishing World
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: Canongate 2013
KEYWORDS: history communication correspondence language Simon Garfield
Trade Signs and Their Origin
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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1957
KEYWORDS: symbols signs trade businesses merchants history origin Cecil A Meadows
Aubrey Beardsley (Second Edition)
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: John Lane / The Bodley Head N/D (c.1920s)
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Aubrey Beardsley history