Books - "history"
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No Gifts from Chance: A Biography of Edith Wharton
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: Hamish Hamilton / Penguin 1994
KEYWORDS: literature literary biographies biography memoir Edith Wharton history historical
The 21 Lessons of Merlyn: A Study in Druid Magic & Lore
Super 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: Llewellyn Publications 1994
KEYWORDS: druid magic druidism celtic history esoteric
The Origins of Modern Science 1300-1800
FIRST EDITION, 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: G Bell and Sons 1965
KEYWORDS: history science theories H Butterfield
Descartes
FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) boards stained; 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: Allen Lane 1974
KEYWORDS: first editions Descartes philosophy history metaphysics
The History of the Calculus and its Conceptual Development (The Concepts of the Calculus)
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: Dover Publications 1959
KEYWORDS: mathematics calculus concept history
Claver Almanac for the African Missions 1931 (Vol X)
Sm 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: The Sodality of St Peter Claver for the African Missions 1931
KEYWORDS: African missions history historical past issues almanacs St Peter Claver
Modern Christianity in the Holy Land
Super 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: AuthorHouse 2010
KEYWORDS: Christianity religion religious history holy land Jerusalem
Musical Instruments Through the Ages
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 1966
KEYWORDS: music history musical instruments culture
The Legacy of Hiroshima
FIRST EDITION, 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: Macmillan & Co 1962
KEYWORDS: first editions war history Hiroshima warfare weapons weaponry philosophy
A Picture History of Flight
Quarto 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: Hulton Press 1955
KEYWORDS: aviation history flight
The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
Super 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: Orion 2012
KEYWORDS: politics political war military modern history Afghanistan
Art and Symbols of the Occult
Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 128pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, adhesive label residue to front)
PUBLISHER: Tiger Books International 1993
KEYWORDS: occult occultism esoteric art symbols symbolism ancient history
Alchemy: The Medieval Alchemists and Their Royal Art
Quarto, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, (6) + 248pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising to spine & boards/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Aquarian Press 1989
KEYWORDS: esoteric alchemy spirituality medieval art history criticism alchemists mysticism
Bugatti: The Man and the Marque
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges & spine, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 1992
KEYWORDS: automotive high performance cars Ettore Bugatti engineering design history
Pauatahanui Inlet - An Environmental Study
Imperial octavo, olive green faux leather heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 198pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, light occasional chipping to page edges, map opp. pg67 moderately wrinkled) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling/surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Scientific Information Division , DSIR 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand environment environmental science studies scientific industrial research history landscape geology Pauatahanui inlet
My Mountain Calls: Jane Thomson and her Mountain Adventures
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, illus/maps to inside covers, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Betty Moore & Graham Langton 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers early settlers Jane Thomson women mountain climbing climbers alpine club biography biographies adventure adventurers
Waiuta: The Gold Mine, the Town, the People 1906-1951 (Updated Edition)
UPDATED EDITION, oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, (8) + 141pp, illus/photos, VG (minor creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Friends of Waiuta Inc 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waiuta pioneers settlers
Lives of the Engineers
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black illus to front board, illus eps & title page, xviii + 380pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2006
KEYWORDS: folio society engineers engineering history industrial James Brindley John Smeaton Matthew Boulton Jame sWatt John Rennie Thomas Telford George Robert Stephenson
An Embassy to China; Being the Journal Kept by Lord Macartney During His Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to green spine, illus/map to eps, illus title page, xviii + 314pp, illus, VG+ (sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light soiling to half title page, sl soiling & adhesion to terminals) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2004
KEYWORDS: folio society history China journals diaries Lord Macartney 18th eighteenth century embassies
The Pioneer Explorers of New Zealand
Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spine, beige lettering & coloured illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, vi + 121pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/rubbing & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light foxing & tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to plate, minor foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss also, moderate tanning to spine, light adhesive staining & foxing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1929
KEYWORDS: New Zealand adventure exploration explorers pioneers history historical