Books - "history"
Showing 40401 to 40420 of 40467 results.
The Clan Cameron: A Brief Sketch of its History and Traditions
REPRINT, octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: N/D (Modern Reprint)
KEYWORDS: family history genealogy Cameron Scottish heritage
The Meaning of Hitler
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 Publishing 1979
KEYWORDS: Nazi Germany Hitler power abuse ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history
The New Zealand Shipping Company's Pocket-Book
Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece, x + 159pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional smatterings of foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1908
KEYWORDS: New Zealand shipping pocket books passenger guides travel information historical history
Australians: Origins to Eureka ; Eureka to the Diggers (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, teal heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xi + 628pp, vol 2- xiv + 449pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spines & board extrems, light tanning & sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & wrinkling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2009-11
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history Thomas Keneally
Story of a Bohemian
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 104pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & staining to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & tanning to edges & flaps, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: United Writers 1989
KEYWORDS: Jan Shuster Czechoslovakia history autobiography autobiographies memoir childhood politics political
Sword for Hire: The Saga of a Modern Free-Companion
LACKS D/W, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 337pp, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional foxing throughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1934
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Douglas V Duff British merchant seamen history
Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago
TIRED COPY, octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 321pp, illus/photos, G+ (heavy scuffing & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, sm water staining to lower pg corners of prelims, top portion of title page removed, v heavy cracking to gutters- binding loosened, occasional annotation to margins)
PUBLISHER: J Wilkie & Co 1912
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history south island Otago Dunedin early settlers pioneers settlements John Wilson
A Step in the Dark
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 161pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges-, price clipped, light to moderate chafing & tanning/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1978
KEYWORDS: esp parapsychology esoteric ancient history archeology archaeology T C Lethbridge
Gogmagog: The Buried Gods
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 181pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & moderate bruising to board extrems/edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling, minor tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1975
KEYWORDS: T C Lethbridge ancient history archeology archaeology gods deities spirituality religion
The Hard Road to Klondike
Ex-library, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 150pp, illus/photo, VG (spine cocked, usual library markings, moderate fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (1x corner sl clipped, light creasing & v heavy tape staining to flaps & cover edges, light to moderate wrinkling & chafing/soiling, front flap & base of covers untidily trimmed)
PUBLISHER: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1962
KEYWORDS: goldmining gold mining history Michael MacGowan Ireland American autobiography autobiographies memoir
Tutira: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station
THIRD EDITION, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt NZ illus to front board, frontispiece, xxxi + 444pp, illus/photos, 2x folding maps to rear, VG+ (light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate tanning & foxing to terminals & folding maps) extremely scruffy/tatty jacket enclosed at rear
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sheep stations Tutira rural communities agriculture farming
Constructing Communities in the Late Roman Countryside
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 269pp, Near FINE (sm gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2011
KEYWORDS: ancient Roman history communities rural countryside classical studies
The Sixth Column
Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 368pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, 3cm loss to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1955
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography autobiographies memoir Lt Col Mahmood Khan Durrani pows prisoners of war
Alone in the Sky
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 190pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, sl tanning to edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Technical Books / Airlife 1979
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history Jean Batten biography biographies memoir signed
The Teti Cemetery at Saqqara: Volume III The Tombs of Neferseshemre and Seankhuiptah
Quarto, illus grey light card covers, maroon lettering to spine & front cover, 74pp + plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG+ (light discolouration & foxing to spine & covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Aris and Phillips 1998
KEYWORDS: egyptology ancient Egypt Egyptian history antiquity cemetery teti Saqqara tombs Neferseshemre Seankhuiptah
Prestige and Interest: International Relations in the Near East ca. 1600-100 BC
Super octavo, mustard yellow stiff card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 313pp, VG+ (light staining & curling to cover edges, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Sargon SRL, Padova 1990
KEYWORDS: ancient near east studies history politics alliances war ideology
Winston Churchill's Anti-Drepression Proposal
LACKS D/W, octavo, cream & green buckram boards, green lettering to spine, frontispiece, 226pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to spine & boards, light staining to front board, moderate tanning & light staining to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Public Revenue Education Council 1958
KEYWORDS: history finance economics Winston Churchill politics tax taxation
Winston S Churchill: Volume I Companion Part I 1874-1896
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xxi + 678pp, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1967
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political
Winston S Churchill: Volume II Companion Part 3 1911-1914
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 1374-2159, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to boards/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence
Winston S Churchill: Volume II Companion Part 2 1907-1911
THIS VOL ONLY, LACKS D/W, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, pgs vii + 677-1373, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing to spine & boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1969
KEYWORDS: biography biographies memoir Sir Winston Churchill Randolph history former British prime ministers politics political letters correspondence