Books - "history"
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Hebrew Captives of the Kings of Assyria
Super 8vo, pp. viii + 344 + viii; blue cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; fore & bottom edges deckled, chapter initals; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate to heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping esp to spine extrems; moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy; gift inscription in black ink to tp; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling throughout).
PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co, 1890
KEYWORDS: ancient history Hebrew Assyria Kings Mesopotamia social
Vinland Saga: Book Five
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: Kodansha Comics 2014
KEYWORDS: manga graphic novels Vinland series saga history historical Vikings literature Makoto Yukimura book five v 5
Vinland Saga: Book Six
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: Kodansha Comics 2015
KEYWORDS: manga graphic novels Vinland series saga history historical Vikings literature Makoto Yukimura book six vi 6
Vinland Saga: Book Seven
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: Kodansha Comics 2015
KEYWORDS: manga graphic novels Vinland series saga history historical Vikings literature Makoto Yukimura book seven vii 7
William Wallace: The True Story of Braveheart
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: Tempus 2007
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish heroes history William Wallace Braveheart
History of American Ceramics: The Studio Potter
Signed & inscribed by author. Imp. 8vo, pp. xviii + 260; grey heavy card boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).
PUBLISHER: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company 1978
KEYWORDS: America American pottery arts art craft design ceramics history
Further Papers Relative to the Affairs of New Zealand. (In continuation of Papers presented 8th July, 1869.) Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty, 8th April, 1870
Rebound, retaining orig. wrappers within boards. Fol., pp. xiv + 247; brown buckram boards, green label to spine lettered in gilt; blue wrappers to front & rear; VG (sl scuffing & soiling to boards; minor bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to wrappers; heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to wrappers; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: William Clowes & Sons 1970
KEYWORDS: New Zealand politics political government papers social history House of Parliament
Colonial Casualties: Chinese in Early Victoria
8vo, pp. xii + 175; brown heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG (SL scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; minor soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate water damage to textblock extrem at tail, resulting mild adhesion of pgs); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; lght to moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1982
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history Victoria goldfields gold fields China Chinese immigrants colonial racism social political
Fundamentals of T'ai Chi Ch'uan
8vo, pp. [6] + ix + 6-559 + [1] ; illus. light card covers, french flaps; photos, foldout sheet; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; indentations from prev owner's writing on paper over book; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev bookshop's stamp in purple ink to ffep).
PUBLISHER: South Sky Book Company 1974
KEYWORDS: T'ai Tai Chi Chuan Ch'uan history development technique methods guide Laura Huxley
A Democracy at War
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: Harvard University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: US America American politics government ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history 20th twentieth century
Korea Around the 1900: Paintings of Gisan
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: Royal Ontario Museum 2005
KEYWORDS: paintings oriental Korea Korean art exhibtions history Royal Ontario Museum
Enemy Coast Ahead
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: Michael Joseph 1952
KEYWORDS: raf royal airforce British armed forces military history aviation aerial warfare combat
Pharaoh to Farouk
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket 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: John Murray 1955
KEYWORDS: ancient history Egypt antiquity
The Man Who Deciphered Linear B: The Story of Michael Ventris
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: Thames & Hudson 2002
KEYWORDS: Michael Ventis biography biographies memoir linear b archaeology archeology artefacts ancient history Crete
The Migration of Skivins
Oblong quarto 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 1962
KEYWORDS: Benjamin Sydcup Skivins Canada Canadian adventures illustrated history
I See a Voice: A Philosophical History of Language, Deafness and the Senses
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: Flamingo / HarperCollins 2000
KEYWORDS: senses hearing deaf deafness philosophy history
Victory in the Kitchen: The Life of Churchill's Cook
Octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Profile Books 2020
KEYWORDS: British history Winston Churchill household staff cooks food 10 Downing Street prime ministers
The Convict Settlers of Australia
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: Melbourne University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history NSW News South Wales convicts early settlers criminals
The Physical World of Late Antiquity
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: Routledge and Kegan Paul 1962
KEYWORDS: cosmology antiquity ancient history philosophy
The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday: Being Some Random Reminiscences of a British Diplomat
PRINT ON DEMAND EDITION, 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: Facsimile Publisher 2017
KEYWORDS: British diplomats politics history political Lord Frederick Hamilton