Books - "history"
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The Operators: The Wild and Terrifying Inside Story of America's War in Afghanistan
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: Orion 2012
KEYWORDS: politics political war military modern history Afghanistan
Art and Symbols of the Occult
Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow & white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 128pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, adhesive label residue to front)
PUBLISHER: Tiger Books International 1993
KEYWORDS: occult occultism esoteric art symbols symbolism ancient history
Alchemy: The Medieval Alchemists and Their Royal Art
Quarto, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, (6) + 248pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising to spine & boards/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Aquarian Press 1989
KEYWORDS: esoteric alchemy spirituality medieval art history criticism alchemists mysticism
Memoirs of a Bugatti Hunter: Archives of a Passion
Quarto, illus glossy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, 248pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Maeght Editeur 1997
KEYWORDS: automotive racing cars high performance history Bugatti motorsports Antoine Raffaelli collections
Bugatti: The Man and the Marque
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges & spine, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 1992
KEYWORDS: automotive high performance cars Ettore Bugatti engineering design history
The South Explored (Revised Edition)
REVISED EDITION, SIGNED, imperial octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/map to eps, 172pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & creases/flaps, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co 1998
KEYWORDS: signed John Hall-Jones New Zealand history south southern Otago Southland settlers pioneers
Pauatahanui Inlet - An Environmental Study
Imperial octavo, olive green faux leather heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, 198pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to title page, light occasional chipping to page edges, map opp. pg67 moderately wrinkled) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling/surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Scientific Information Division , DSIR 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand environment environmental science studies scientific industrial research history landscape geology Pauatahanui inlet
My Mountain Calls: Jane Thomson and her Mountain Adventures
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, illus/maps to inside covers, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, sl tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Betty Moore & Graham Langton 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers early settlers Jane Thomson women mountain climbing climbers alpine club biography biographies adventure adventurers
Waiuta: The Gold Mine, the Town, the People 1906-1951 (Updated Edition)
UPDATED EDITION, oblong imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, (8) + 141pp, illus/photos, VG (minor creasing & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Friends of Waiuta Inc 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waiuta pioneers settlers
Lives of the Engineers
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & black illus to front board, illus eps & title page, xviii + 380pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (minor bruising & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2006
KEYWORDS: folio society engineers engineering history industrial James Brindley John Smeaton Matthew Boulton Jame sWatt John Rennie Thomas Telford George Robert Stephenson
An Embassy to China; Being the Journal Kept by Lord Macartney During His Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to green spine, illus/map to eps, illus title page, xviii + 314pp, illus, VG+ (sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light soiling to half title page, sl soiling & adhesion to terminals) in slipcase, VG+ (sl bruising & chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2004
KEYWORDS: folio society history China journals diaries Lord Macartney 18th eighteenth century embassies
The Pioneer Explorers of New Zealand
Octavo, blue heavy boards, black lettering & coloured illus to spine, beige lettering & coloured illus to front board, illus/maps to eps, frontispiece, vi + 121pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising/rubbing & soiling to spine & board edges/extrems, light foxing & tanning to spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to plate, minor foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss also, moderate tanning to spine, light adhesive staining & foxing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1929
KEYWORDS: New Zealand adventure exploration explorers pioneers history historical
The Castaways of Disappointment Island, being an Account of Their Sufferings
REBACKED, octavo, brown patterned buckram boards, blind rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, frontispiece, 319pp, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, multiple newspaper clippings glued in to front eps & prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, frontispiece moderately torn & wrinkled with tape repairs at gutterlight to moderate foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Partridge 1911
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime history nautical Dundonald Auckland Island literature novels true stories
A Biblical History of Israel
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Westminster John Knox
KEYWORDS: israel biblical history christians holy land theology
Early Israel: A New Horizon
VERY TIDY EX LIBRARY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 2010
KEYWORDS: israel biblical history christians holy land theology
The Holy Land: The Land of Jesus
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Palphot n/d
KEYWORDS: israeli history zion zionist holy land christian
Jerusalem: The Holy City in the Eyes of Chroniclers, Visitors, Pilgrims and Prophets from the Days of Abraham to the Beginnings of Modern Times
VERY TIDY EX LIBRARY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press n/d
KEYWORDS: jerusalem holy city land biblical history abrahamic faith
Jerusalem: City of the Great King
Quarto 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: Carta Jerusalem 2015
KEYWORDS: jerusalem holy land city interfaith history
A Visual Guide to Bible Events
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Baker Books 2009
KEYWORDS: biblical history bible lands holy land christian theology
The Splendor of the Temple: A Pictorial Guide to Herod's Temple and its Ceremonies
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Angus Hudson 2000
KEYWORDS: biblical history bible lands holy land christian theology herod temple