Books - "history"
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Old and New London: A Narrative of its History, its People, and its Places: Vol VI The Southern Suburbs
THIS VOL ONLY, imperial octavo, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spine, gilt trim to leatherwork on boards, marbled page edges, vignettes to prelims, xii + 636pp, illus, VG- (heavy cracking to front hinge- front board sl shaky, moderate scuffing to leatherwork, moderate chafing & fading/soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to eps with minor water staining also, binding still sound)
PUBLISHER: Cassell Petter & Galpin N/D
KEYWORDS: England English cities London City south southern suburbs history culture buildings heritage Edward Walford
Lexicon Pentaglotton, Hebraicum, Chaldaicum, Syriacum, Talmudico-Rabbinicum & Arabicum
Lg quarto, half leather bound beige buckram reasonably modern boards- contemporary eps also, gilt lettering to green leather title plate to spine, spine also has raised bands with gilt roman numerals, red speckling to page edges, string binding- somewhat exposed at front & rear gutters, (8) + 1992 individually numbered columns + unpaginated Rasche Theboth + unpaginated Index to rear, VG (light to moderate rubbing & scuffing/soiling to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to front pastedown, sm historic annotation in ink to full title page, minor water staining to base of page block & some fore-edges, heavy creasing & moderate foxing to title page, light chipping to page edges, varying degrees of foxing throughout- some quite heavy, string binding exposed at front & rear gutters- only minor cracking to gutters themselves)
PUBLISHER: Francofurti ad Moenum, Typis Joannis Jacobi Hennai. MDCXII (1612)
KEYWORDS: Valentin Schindler Valentino Schindlero Oederano theology theological commentaries lexicons lexicon pentaglotton religion religious history Hebrew semitic languages Latin texts antiquarian books
The Year of the Flying Machine: 1903
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: Charles Scribner's Sons 1977
KEYWORDS: modern history 20th century juvenline children's literature flying airplane aircraft
An Empire of Plants: People and Plants that Changed the World
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: Cassell Illustrated 2002
KEYWORDS: Toby Will Musgrave plants plantlife world history tea tobacco opium cotton
Windows on the Past
4to 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: South Street residents, Nelson 1995
KEYWORDS: 19th century New Zealand local history Nelson
Qui e Li: Here and There: A photo essay on the life and hometowns of Italian Australians
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: Red Egg Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: Jane Burton Taylor Italy Italian Australia Australian social history photography migration
No Surrender: Greymouth's battle to Beat the Floods
4to 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 Greymouth Evening Star 1990
KEYWORDS: Kit Carson New Zealand history natural disaster flood floods flooding Greymouth
The Great Drought of 1976
Ex-library. 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: Hutchinson & Co. 1978
KEYWORDS: Evelyn Cox 20th century history natural disaster drought
Nero: The Man and the Legend
Ex-library. 8vo hardcover (VG-), lacking ffep, 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: Robert Hale 1964
KEYWORDS: John Bishop classical ancient history Rome Roman Empire emperor Nero
Caviar: The Strange History and Uncertain Future of the World's Most Coveted Delicacy
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: Broadway Books 2002
KEYWORDS: Inga Saffron caviar food delicacy history
The Last Days
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: Anthony Blond 1958
KEYWORDS: Anthony Hunter human affairs social history future prophecy prophecies
Torbruk
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: B. T. Batsford 1964
KEYWORDS: Michael Carver 20th century military history Tobruk Second World War 2 WW2 II WWII WW Egypt
Mons: The Retreat to Victory
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: B. T. Batsford 1960
KEYWORDS: John Terraine 20th century First World War 1 WW WW1 WWI I English British military history
El Alamein
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: B. T. Batsford 1962
KEYWORDS: Michael Carver El Alamein Second World War 2 WW WW2 WWII II Africa military history
Conquest 1066
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: Secker & Warburg 1966
KEYWORDS: 11th century Norman Conquest England history military war Anglo-Saxon Anglo Saxon
Early Britain
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: William Collins 1945
KEYWORDS: England English history Britain early
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
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: HarperCollins 2003
KEYWORDS: Peter Balakian history Armenian Genocide 19th 20th century
The Patient Assassin: A True Tale of Massacre, Revenge and Raj
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: Simon & Schuster 2019
KEYWORDS: 20th century history massacre true crime murder
The History of the Knights Templars
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PUBLISHER: Adventures Unlimited 1997
KEYWORDS: Knights Templars history religion secret society societies
Lebanon Days: Memories of an ancient land through economic meltdown, a revolution of hope and surviving the 2020 Beirut explosion
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PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2024
KEYWORDS: Lebanon history economy economic meltdown