Books - "history"
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The Classic Construction Series - 500 Years of Earthmoving
Quarto, white heavy boards, brown lettering to spine & front board, 260pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to top edges of boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to egdes, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: KHL International 1997
KEYWORDS: history construction building industry heavy duty plant machinery earthmovers earthmoving tools mechanical engineering
The Classic Construction Series - The History of Cranes
Quarto, white heavy boards, blue lettering to spine & front board, 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: KHL International 1997
KEYWORDS: cranes history construction building industry heavy duty plant machinery tools mechanical engineering
Axemen: Stand By Your Logs!
Quarto, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, sl soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Lansdowne Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian social history axe wood chopping competitions competitive New Zealand rural sports
Havana: History and Architecture of a Romantic City
Heavy quart, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Monacelli Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Havana history culture historical cultural architecture buildings Cuba Cuban south America American unesco
The Book of the Coronation Pacifics Mk2
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine & boards, iv + 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & fading to spine & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Irwell Press 2010
KEYWORDS: transport trains rail steam locomotives history design engineering coronation pacifics
Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana
Quarto, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus prelims, xvi + 272pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/rubbing to extrems, light to moderate adhesive staining to board edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to prelilms & terminals, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, G+ (v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges with some failing yellowing tape repairs to internal sides, heavy fading to spine, heavy wrinkling & chafing/surface loss)
PUBLISHER: D B Taraporevala Sons & Co 1963
KEYWORDS: Hindu Hinuism relationships love sex kama sutra English translations culture history historical erotica
The History of the Mongol Conquests
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xix + 275pp, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to ffep & terminals, occasional patch of sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1971
KEYWORDS: history Turkey Turks Mongols war conflict conquests geopolitics
Ammunition: Its History, Development and Use 1600 to 1943-.22 BB Cap to 40mm. Shell
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, white lettering & black illus to spine, blind stamp gun illus to front board, xii + 374pp, charts to rear pocket, illus, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning & rubbing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, note stipped in to front eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: William Morrow and Co 1944
KEYWORDS: weapons weaponry bullets ammo ammunition history cartridges ballistics
Aesop without Morals: the famous fables, and a life of aesop
Super 8vo, 317 pp.; black cl bds, spine lettered in white & yellow; illus. eps, frontis., illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy tearing (open tears to spine & upper right bds extrems) & chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Thomas Yoseloff 1961
KEYWORDS: Fables of Aesop moralistic moral didactic ancient Greek Greece classical history literature
Native Peoples of South America
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: McGray-Hill Book Company 1959
KEYWORDS: South America native population peoples American culture history
Red Man's America: A History of Indians in the United States
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1963
KEYWORDS: United States North America Native American history
Context and Meaning in Cultural Anthropology
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Free Press 1965
KEYWORDS: anthropology cultural culture social history religion
A Critique of the Study of Kinship
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The University of Michigan Press 1987
KEYWORDS: anthropology kinship ethnographic social life history family
Scheider on Schneider: The Conversation of the Jews and Other Anthropological Stories
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: David M Schneider anthropologist anthropology cultural social science history
The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: Nuer Southern Sudan Africa African social history culture economy politics anthropology
Tribes without Rulers: Studies in African Segmentary Systems
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1964
KEYWORDS: anthropology anthropologist Africa African social dynamic history politics political tribes
Kinship in Bali
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 1975
KEYWORDS: Bali Balinese kinship anthropology family friends relationships social dynamics history
Ancient Peoples and Places: The Maya
FIRST EDITION. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Frederick A. Praeger 1966
KEYWORDS: first edition anthropology Maya Mayan civilisation civilization culture social history
Hill Farmers of Nigeria: Cultural ecology of the Kofyar of the Jos Plateau
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: the University of Washington Press 1968
KEYWORDS: anthropology Africa African Nigeria farming farmers culture ecology social history
Materiality
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: anthropology cultural studies social theory history