Books - "history"
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First Position: A Century of Ballet Artists
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: Praeger 2007
KEYWORDS: dance ballet art artists history
Aircraft Versus Submarine
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: Jane's Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: military history design evolution anti-submarine aircraft aviation naval navies
Dorsey
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: Mountain Wusa 2006
KEYWORDS: Dorsey McDaniel Canada Canadian immigrants history biography biographies memoir signed Wendy Marie Bush
The Rebels
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: The New Zealand-China Society / The Progressive Book Society 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature Rewi Alley China Chinese history
Geoffrey Keyes: Royal Scots Greys
FIRST 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: George Newnes 1956
KEYWORDS: first editions Geoffrey Keyes biography biographies memoir military history
Roman Lincolnshire
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: History of Lincolnshire Committee / Lincolnshire Local History Society 1975
KEYWORDS: England English history Roman Lincolnshire antiquity
Lucian Freud: Paintings
Imp. 8vo, pp. 135; illus. llight card covers; illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges with some light chipping; light to moderate tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ht).
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1989
KEYWORDS: Lucian Freud 20th century art artists painting painter paintings life lives biography criticism history
True Tales of Great Barrier Island
4to, pp. 184; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; sl cracking to front gutters).
PUBLISHER: Great Barrier Island History Research Group N.D.
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Great Barrier Island history stories tales nonfiction
Untold Stories of Onehunga (Volume Two)
Signed by author. 4to, pp. 120; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front gutter).
PUBLISHER: Norine borchard 2004
KEYWORDS: Norine Borchard New Zealand Auckland Onehunga history stories tales nonfiction
Untold Stories of Onehunga (Volume One)
Signed by author. 4to, pp. 120; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing, creasing & soiling to covers; moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front gutter; light tanning throughout).
PUBLISHER: Norine borchard 1993
KEYWORDS: Norine Borchard New Zealand Auckland Onehunga history stories tales nonfiction
The Knesset: Parliament in the Israeli Political System
Ex-library. 8vo, pp. 254; green cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate adhesive residue from tape to boards & eps; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Fairleigh Dickenson University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: Gregory S Mahler Knesset Israel Israeli politics political system government history
Dublin's Trade in Books, 1550-1800: Lyell Lectures, 1986-1987
Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. xvi + 280; blue buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to top & bottom pg edge, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; library sticker to spine; taped to boards).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Mary Pollard book history trade Ireland Dublin bibliography bookselling books
Katikati in legend & history
Signed by author. 8vo, pp. 87; illus. light card covers; illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing, fading & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; light cracking to rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: E. T. Jordan 1989
KEYWORDS: E T Jordan New Zealand Katikati history Maori myth legend mythology
The New Naturalist: The Natural History of Shetland
First edition. 8vo, pp. 380; green cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; plates, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; gift inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing, fading & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning; price clipped to front flap);
PUBLISHER: Collins 1980
KEYWORDS: R J Berry J L Johnston naturalist naturalism natural history Shetland British Isles plants plantlife animals wildlife environment
Plantation Societies, Race Relations, and the South: The Regimentation of Populations
Ex-library. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. xvi + 407; brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to spine, eps, ht & tp verso); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Duke University Press 1975
KEYWORDS: Edgar T Thompson plantation society race relations social history anthropology sociology first edition
British Bookplates: A Pictorial History
Fol., 160; brown buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; 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).
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1979
KEYWORDS: Brian North Lee British English book arts design bookplates provenance ownership history research guide reference
A History of the Old English Letter Foundries: With Notes Historical and Bibliographical on the Rise and Progress of English Typography
Imp. 8vo, pp. xiv + 400; green buckram boards, spine lettered in gilt; foldout frontis., type specimens, illus. VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate to heavy tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, G+ (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; closed tears to covers, esp along spine & front flap crease).
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1952
KEYWORDS: Talbot Baines Reed A F Johnson England English typography letter foundries type founder founding typefounding book history arts design bibliography
Round About New Zealand: Being Notes from a Journal of Three Years' Wanderings in the Antipodes
First edition. 8vo, pp. xii + 368; blue cl boards, spine lettered in gilt, front board lettered in black & decorated in gilt; top edge sl deckled, frontis., plates, foldout map to rear; 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; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep; moderate cracking to front hinge, moderate to heavy cracking to rear hinge; sl spine cocked; moderate cracking to front, central & rear gutters).
PUBLISHER: Chapman & Hall 1888
KEYWORDS: E W Payton early New Zealand history travel travelling description journey
A History of Fly Fishing for Trout
8vo, pp. [10] + 224; brown cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; plates; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership sticker to front pastedown; annotations in pen to rear); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light to moderat tanning; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Barry Shurlock 1973
KEYWORDS: John Waller Hills fishing angling angler sport history fly flies trout river stream
Morbo: The Story of Spanish Football
8vo 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: WSC Books 2001
KEYWORDS: Phil Ball Spain Spanish football soccer history