Books - "history"
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Origen and Greek Patristic Theology
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: T & T Clark 1901
KEYWORDS: theology Greek history William Fairweather
The Tolstoys: Twenty Generations of Russian History 1353-1983
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: Coronet / Hodder and Stoughton 1985
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian families Tolstoy history biography biographies
In the South Seas
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: Chatto & Windus 1900
KEYWORDS: history historical travel writing literature adventure exploration Robert Louis Stevenson Marquesas Paumotus Gilbert Islands south seas
A History of Printed Textiles
Ex-library. 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: Studio Vista 1969
KEYWORDS: Stuart Robinson printed textiles history
This Mortal Coil: A History of Death
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: Bloomsbury 2022
KEYWORDS: Andrew Doig history mortality death
The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women who took the Measure of the Stars
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: 4th Estate 2016
KEYWORDS: Dava Sobel astronomy history of science observatory
Nagigating the Golden Compass: Religion, Science and Daemonology in His Dark Materials
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: Benbella Books 2005
KEYWORDS: His dark materials daemonology demonology science golden compass history criticism
Music to My Ears: The Billboard Essays: Profiles of Popular Music in the 90's
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: Henry Holt an Company 1996
KEYWORDS: popular music musicians history criticism Timothy White essays
Solomon Islands Christianity: A Study in Growth and Obstruction
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: Lutterworth Press 1967
KEYWORDS: Solomon Islands Christianity mission social history religion religious Church
Browns of Kyeburn Peninsula
SCARCE, octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 220pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked & chafed/soiled, light creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, prev. owner's sm adhesive label to front cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Wally Brown 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Moses Brown family genealogy Kyeburn Peninsula Otago south island
Complete Record of the Games Played in the First American Tourney (March 18th to 24th, 1907, at Boston Mass.)
FIRST LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#152/300), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, viii + 92pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various minor annotation in ink to front eps, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Angel Guardian Press 1907
KEYWORDS: hobbies games draughts checkers past games tournaments tourneys American strategy tactics history historical first editions limited numbered
The Comedy of Catherine the Great
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp lettering & decoration to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 368pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading/tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate to heavy foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & last index page, smatterings of minor foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: G Bell & Sons 1912
KEYWORDS: first editions history historical Catherine the Great Russia Russian royal family
The Petersens: A New Zealand Family
Ex-library, illus covers on library heavy boards, black & blue lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 77pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, tidy adhesive covering to covers/boards, light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges, minor adhesive staining to eps)
PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history families Petersen family children's books settlers pioneers
The History of Australian Exploration, From 1788 to 1888
A TIRED COPY, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map to frontispiece, folding maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, 474pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing to extrems, heavy staining & wrinkling to front board, spine warped- from heavy cracking at front gutter, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate tearing to frontis folding map- some sm patches of tape repairs, v heavy cracking to front gutter, cracking to gutters throughout- mostly minor & occasionally heavy, illus plate detached but re-attached to rear ep with tape, pgs 231-234 partially detached)
PUBLISHER: Turner & Henderson 1888
KEYWORDS: history exploration adventure Australia Australian maps
Gothic Sculpture in France 1140-1270
Heavy quarto, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 527pp, illus/photos, VG (binding a little sloppy, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, sm ex-libris label to front pastedown, light foxing throughout, occasional but moderate cracking to gutters, moderate fading to inside rear board edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- archival tape repairs, light fading, moderate chafing & wrinkling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1972
KEYWORDS: gothic art sculptures France French 12th 13th twelfth thirteenth century history historical carvings
A Guide to the Sources of United States Military HIstory: Supplement I
THIS VOL ONLY, very tidy ex-library, octavo, bue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 300pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to rear board, sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Archon Books 1981
KEYWORDS: US America American military history guides sources reseach supplements armed forces bibliography bibliographies
New Guinea Crocodile Poacher
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, white & red lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (sl bruising to board extrems, light discolourtion to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & tidy archival tape repairs to spine area, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Jarrolds 1964
KEYWORDS: first editions military war history Gunther Bahnemann autobiography autobiographies memoir
On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects (Second Edition)
Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 108pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to eps, light foxing to pages throughout, moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1874
KEYWORDS: entomology insects bugs studies Sir John Lubbock natural history biology zoology
Fordkloden efter Syndfloden (The Earth After the Flood)
TEXT IN DANISH, DANISH FIRST EDITION, octavo, half leather bound black heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, patterned eps, frontispiece, 507pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to leatherwork on spine & board corners, light fading to spine, 1cm scuff to top edge of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: P G Philipjens Forlag 1869
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH first Danish editions Louis Figuier geography geology history historical
Havet Med dets Plante- og Dyreverden
TEXT IN DANISH, octavo, half leatherbound black heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, marbled page edges, patterned eps, viii + 455pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor rubbing/chafing to leatherwork, light tanning to page edges, light occasional cracking to gutters, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals & plates)
PUBLISHER: P G Philipjens Forlag 1866
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DANISH natural history flora fauna plants botany animals nature Dr G Hartwig