Books - "history"
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This Holyest Erthe: The Glastonbury Zodiac and King Arthur's Camelot
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 106pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate pencil annotations throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Perennial Books 1974
KEYWORDS: England English history Glastonbury King Arthur Isle fo Avalon zodiac
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates: Second Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives 1856 to 1858
Super octavo, brown textured heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xliii + 604pp, VG- (moderate scuffing, chafing & soiling to spine & boards with moderate discolouration also, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, ffep missing, moderate chafing & soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: G Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885
KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics parliament parliamentary debates council house of representatives
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates. First Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives 1854 to 1855
Super octavo, dark blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xl + 558pp, G+ (heavy cracking & rubbing/fading to spine- flapping slightly, moderate chafing , fading & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate soiling to eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: G Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1885
KEYWORDS: New Zealand political history politics parliament parliamentary debates council house of representatives
Sermons on Several Occasions, with a Life of the Author (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, sm octavo, half leather bound black buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard to vol 1, vol 1- xlix + 769pp, vol 2- xvi + 992pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & chafing to spines & board extrems, light chafing & staining to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, moderate staining to page edges of vol 1, v heavy foxing to prelims of vol 1, occasional cracking to gutters- mostly quite heavy- esp. to vol 2 & binding loosened)
PUBLISHER: Wesleyan-Methodist Book-Room N/D (c. early 1800s?)
KEYWORDS: religion religious sermons John Wesley Christianity history
The Sign and the Seal: A Quest for the Lost Ark of the Covenant
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: BCA 1992
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology research biblical relics artefacts lost ark of the covenant ancient history old testament
Natural and Supernatural: A History of the Paranormal from Earliest Times to 1914
LACKS D/W, super 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: Hodder and Stoughton 1977
KEYWORDS: paranormal supernatural phenomena esoteric parapsychology history physical research
The Airship: A History
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: Hart-Davis 1974
KEYWORDS: aviation airships history militarty aeriel warfare combat
Early Days in Central Otago (New Zealand), Being Tales of Times Gone By (Second Edition- Revised and Enlarged)
SECOND EDITION, ex-library, rebacked, 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: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D (c.1941?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Central Otago early settlers pioneers
The Making of the English Working Class
Paperback (G+) scruffy; 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 Books 1974
KEYWORDS: English social history working class
Colour: A Visual History
Quarto 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: Hachette / ILEX 2019
KEYWORDS: art history colour color visual
Ford & Fordson Tractors
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: Bounty Books 2006
KEYWORDS: heavy plant machinery Ford tractors farming agriculture equipment Fordson history engineering design
Beautiful Tractors: Portraits of Iconic Models
Oblong 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: Murdoch Books 2012
KEYWORDS: tractors farming machinery models farm history historical
A Yankee Inventor's Flying Ship
Oblong 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: Minnesota Historical Society 1969
KEYWORDS: aviation history aerial flying ships airships
The World's Aeroplanes and Airships
Octavo hardcover (G+) front hinge cracked, lacks frontispiece; 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: Sampson Low, Marston & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: aviation history aeroplanes airships
An Illustrated History of Airships
Square 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: Spurbooks 1973
KEYWORDS: aviation history airships aeronautical design engineering
Vintage John Deere
Oblong 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: Town Square Books 1995
KEYWORDS: farming machinery equipment John Deere tractors historical history vintage
Moonlight Ranges: The Story of Dipton 1877-1977
LACKS D/W, Imperial 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: The Dipton Centennial Committee 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Dipton centenary centennial moonlight ranges
Folk Tales of the British Isles
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: Macmillan 1977
KEYWORDS: British folk tales history literature fantasy myths
London's East End: Life and Traditions
Oblong 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: Phoenix Illustrated 1997
KEYWORDS: English cities history London east end
Dirigibles That Made History
Oblong 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: G P Putnam's Sons 1962
KEYWORDS: aviation history dirigibles aircraft pioneers