Books - "history"
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Architecture: Man in Possession of His Earth: Frank Lloyd Wright
Lg 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: Macdonald & Co 1963
KEYWORDS: architecture architects Frank Lloyd Wright buildings design biography biographies history
Historical Racing Records, and Inauguration of the Racing and Trotting Clubs in Otago and Southland
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: Evening Star Company (Printer) 1949
KEYWORDS: New Zealand horse racing equine records Otago Southland clubs history historical
The Journals of Ernest George Fenton Hall
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: Worldwide Evangelization Crusade et al 1930
KEYWORDS: journals diaries Ernest George Fenton Hall history historical missionaries pioneers
Man Crowned King: The Divine Drama Unfolds
Paperback (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: Bantam Books 1974
KEYWORDS: Edgar Cayce psychics clairvoyance clairvoyants history historical events old testament religion religious
Swedenborg: Life and Teaching
Paperback (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: Pillar Books / Swedenborg Foundation Inc. 1976
KEYWORDS: Emanuel Swedenborg natural science history philosophy biography biographies
Krishnamurti: The Years of Awakening
Paperback (G+) scruffy copy; 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: Avon 1976
KEYWORDS: spirituality teachers Krishnamurti biography biographies history religion religious leaders
Modern Painters (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET- comprising first edition (vol v), second editions (vols iii & iv), fourth edition (vol ii) & seventh edition (vol i), super octavo, half leatherbound brown patterned boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spines with raised bands also, marbled page edges & eps, mixed pagination, illus to vols iii-v, VG- (heavy rubbing & surface loss to leatherwork on boards & spines, heavy chipping & cracking to spines/extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, historic ex-library plates to front pastedowns of each vol- no other library markings detected, light foxing to pages sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters- minor)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co, 65, Cornhill 1858-1868
KEYWORDS: John Ruskin art history painters antiquarian books appreciation criticism interpretation
The Harley Davidson Book
Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (minor scuffing to base of rear board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: teNeues 2017
KEYWORDS: classic motorbikes motorcycles Harley Davidson design history evolution
Adam's Gene and the Mitochondrial Eve
Super octavo, grey cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 285pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light staining to page edges, some minor creasing to page edges/corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Xlibris 2009
KEYWORDS: religion religious creationism anthropology genetic evolution paleo-anthropology scriptures science biblical history Adam and Eve biology
Twelve Years in Canterbury, New Zealand, with Visits to the Other Provinces, and Reminiscences of the Route Home Through Australia, etc (From a Lady's Journal)
Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration/tooling to spine, blind rule & decoration to boards, xiv + 226pp + 16pp to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name & inscription in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to gutters, some terminal pages loose but still present)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Son and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill (N/D)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature history historical journals Canterbury Mrs Charles Thomson
Harley Davidson: The Complete History
Quarto, black faux leather boards, white lettering to spine & front board, 3x illus plates to front board, illus eps & prelims, double-sided fold-out poster loosely enclosed at front, 240pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & bruising/rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks 2016
KEYWORDS: classic motorbikes motorcycles Harley Davidson history design evolution
Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 477pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 2cm scuff to base of front cover, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 1996
KEYWORDS: history lgbtq communities 19th nineteenth century US America American same-sex couples relationships Mormon church faith religion
Men in Love: Masculinity and Sexuality in the Eighteenth Century
Octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine & covers, xii + 214pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Columbia University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay men homosexuals homosexual homosexuality 18th eighteenth century history sexuality sexual orientation literature
Taoism: The Road to Immortality
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: Shambhala 2000
KEYWORDS: John Blofeld Tao Taoism Taoist philosophy Eastern history spiritual spirituality
Lady Newall's New Zealand Gift Book
Super 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: P.E.N. 1943
KEYWORDS: 20th century New Zealand Lady Newall history
The Trees, Shrubs, and Plants of Virgil
Sm 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: B. H. Blackwell 1920
KEYWORDS: John Sargeaunt botany plants plantlife Virgil classical history Rome Roman ancient
The Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 416pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges, minor adhesive staining to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & adhesive staining to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Editions Didier Millet 2006
KEYWORDS: India Indian history diaspora communities settlements global international
Famines in India: A Study in Some Aspects of the Economic History of India (1860-1965)
Tidy ex-library, octavo, black buckram boards, white lettering to spine, folding map to prelims, x + 389pp, VG (minimal library markings, light to moderate bruising & staining to board edges, light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor adhesive staining to eps, light foxing ot prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with loss to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling, price clipped, light tape residue/staining to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Asia Publishing House 1967
KEYWORDS: India economy famine poverty economics history
The Frisbees of the South Seas
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, LACKS D/W, octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to yellow spine, black illus to front board, illus eps & title page, 239pp, illus, VG (whole item slightly warped/bent, light bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to baords, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1959
KEYWORDS: south seas pacific signed first editions history Frisbie family
The Life and Times of Sir George Grey
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind decoration & rule to boards, patterned eps, frontispiece, (6) + 496pp, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page egdes & eps, ex-libris plate & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, v heavy cracking to front & rear gutter- boards shaky, moderate wrinkling to prelims, inscription in ink to title page, moderate foxing & pencil markings throughout)
PUBLISHER: H Brett of Lake Takapuna 1892
KEYWORDS: Sir George Grey biography biographies memoir history historical