Books - "history"
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The Ivory King: A Popular History of the Elephant and its Allies
Crown 8vo, pp. xiv + 330; brown buckram bds, black label to spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board lettered in black & decorated in red; frontis., plates; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in pencil to ffep; light cracking to front & central gutters).
PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1891
KEYWORDS: Charles Frederick Holder 19th century elephant wildlife animals natural history zoology
Angling in America: Its Early History and Literature
LIMITED EDITION OF 500 COPIES. Super 8vo, pp. xiv + 381; textured grey leather bds, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device in gilt to front board; teg, marbled eps, frontis., plates; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges); in cream cl slipcase, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; some tearing away to cl).
PUBLISHER: The Flyfisher's Classic Library 1996
KEYWORDS: American United States fish fishing angling angler history sport game
Katherine Mansfield's New Zealand
Revised edition. Obl 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: Steele Roberts 2013
KEYWORDS: Katherine Mansfield New Zealand pictorial history 20th century
The Poetry of Thought: From Hellenism to Celan
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: New Directions 2011
KEYWORDS: literature poetry poetic history philosophy 21st century criticism
Culture and the Death of God
Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. 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: Yale University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Terry Eagleton social history culture philosophy cultural religion
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Relatedness, Religiousity, and the Real
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 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 2009
KEYWORDS: Michael Jackson anthropology religion religious social history
The Ethnomusicologist
Super 8vo, pp. xxviii + 400; orange buckram bds, spine & front board lettered in green; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in black ink to top & bottom pg edge & front pastedown).
PUBLISHER: The Kent State University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: music musicology ethnomusicology research theory anthropology history social
Currency Companion to Music & Dance in Australia
Super 8vo, pp. 734; blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).
PUBLISHER: Currency House 2003
KEYWORDS: music dance art arts Australia Australian Currency Companion history
Guitar Family Trees: The History of the World's Most Iconic Guitars
Super 8vo, pp. 256; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).
PUBLISHER: Apple 2011
KEYWORDS: music musical instruments guitar history company companies
Hateruma: Socio-Religious Aspects of a South-Ryukyuan Island Culture
Imp. 8vo, pp. xi + 324; blue cl bds bordered in blind, spine & front board lettered in gilt, publisher's device in gilt to front board; illus., 140 plates to rear; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; prev ownership & gift inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Leiden, E. J. Brill 1985
KEYWORDS: Hateruma Japan Japanese island Okinawa Prefecture sociology religion religious socio-religious myth mythology legend social history custom culture
The Highland Bagpipe: Music, History, Tradition
Super 8vo, pp. xxv + 377; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos, illus., disc to rear; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl tanning & soiling to pg edges; prev owner's stamp in black ink to bottom pg edge, front pastedown & ffep); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems)
PUBLISHER: Ashgate 2009
KEYWORDS: Scotland Highlands music bagpipe history mmusical instrument
Weavers of Song: Polynesian Music and Dance
Super 8vo, pp. x + 543; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; disc to rear; VG moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in black ink to top & bottom pg edge, ffep & tp).
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands Polynesia Polynesian music dance arts ethnomusicology anthropology social history custom culture
The Face of Nature: An Environmental History of the Otago Peninsula
SIGNED. Super 8vo, pp. 376; illus. light card covers, french flaps; illus. prelims, photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals; light soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Peninsula history environment environmental ecology cultural
At the Eastern Window: Three Essays
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. 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: Diana Bridge 2020
KEYWORDS: Diana Bridge 21st century essays culture social history criticism
Dharmacakra or the Wheel of the Law
8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Fine Arts Department 1968
KEYWORDS: Thailand Thair Dharmacakra culture custom history
The Gamekeeper at Homes: Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder, & Co. 1906
KEYWORDS: 20th century game sport rural life natural history
A Book of Quaker Saints
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: T. N. Foulis 1917
KEYWORDS: Quaker saints religion religious 20th century history
Independence Day: A Sketchbook
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1926
KEYWORDS: Philip Guedalla England English history
Performing Englishness: Identity and politics in a contemporary folk resurgence
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: Manchester University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: England English folk culture custom social history ethnography enthomusicology
A Vision, a Village and a Future: The Story of the Selwyn Foundation 1947-2007
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 Selwyn Foundation 2008
KEYWORDS: Selwyn Foundation history New Zealand Auckland