Books - "history"
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The Bathysphere Book: Effects of the Luminous Ocean Depths
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: One / Pushkin Press 2023
KEYWORDS: history marine biology zoology ocean creatures Atlantic exploration William Beebe bioluminescence
Horrible Shipwreck!
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: Naval Institute Press 2010
KEYWORDS: maritime history disasters shipwrecks British convict ships Amphitrite 19th nineteenth century
Zealandia: The Valley That Changed a Nation
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Kotare Publications 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealandia conservation natural history Jim Lynch
The Last Tall Ships: Gustaf Erikson and the Aland Sailing Fleets 1872-1947
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Mayflower Books 1977
KEYWORDS: maritime history tall ships nautical Gustaf Erikson Aland sailing fleets
Barque Polly Woodside (Rona)
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: Lowden Publishing 1978
KEYWORDS: first editions maritime history nautical sailing Polly Woodside Rona trade ships
Pacific Steamers
FIRST EDITION, 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: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions maritime history pacific steamers ships shipping
Georgian Grace: A Social History of Design from 1660 to 1830
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Spring Books 1967
KEYWORDS: history Georgian era design homes buildings architecture
Dear Chairman: Boardroom Battles and the Rise of Shareholder Activism
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: Harper Business 2015
KEYWORDS: business boardroom shareholders history Jeff Gramm
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
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: University of California Press N/D (c.1990s)
KEYWORDS: anthropology ancient history myths mythology Greece Greek rituals sacrifices
A Dialogue Between a Philosopher and a Student of the Common Laws of England
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: University of Chicago Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Thomas Hobbes history historical dialogues philosophy law
The Invercargill Book
Octavo softcover, spiralbound (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: Morepork Press N/D (c.2005)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Southland Invercargill cities south island pioneers
The Origin of Russian Communism
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: Geoffrey Bles 1948
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian economics politics communism history
Modern Architecture Since 1900 (Third Edition)
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2001
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings modern history 20th twentieth century
The Ship That Stood Still
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: Patrick Stephens 1993
KEYWORDS: maritime disasters nautical Captain Stanley shipwrecks history
Gold Was the Mortar: The Economics of Cathedral Building
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) pgs 79-82 detached but present; 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 & Kegan Paul 1979
KEYWORDS: religion religious history buildings cathedrals finance economics
The English Governess at the Siamese Court: Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok
Super 8vo, pp. xx + 267; purple buckram boards, spine lettered in yellow; plates; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep).
PUBLISHER: Roy Publishers [1954]
KEYWORDS: Anna Leonowens Siam Siamese Thailand court history 19th 20th century
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848
Super 8vo, pp. xx + 904; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; plates; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Prwss 2007
KEYWORDS: United States of America 19th century American history politics government economic conditions economics social change international relations Daniel Walker Howe
Prohibition and Politics: Turbulent Decades in Tennessee, 1885-1920
Ex-library. First edition. Super 8vo, pp. x + 301; red cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; library markings to prelims & terminals; tape to boards, adhesive residue from tape to eps); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; light to moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: The University of Tennessee Press 1965
KEYWORDS: Paul E Isaac United States of American 19th 20th century American history Tennessee prohibition
The Drug Beat
Ex-library. 8vo, pp. xxii + 278; black buckram boards, spine lettered in yellow; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesive residue from tape to boards & eps; library markings to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: Cowles Book Company 1971
KEYWORDS: Allen Geller Maxwell Boas 20th century drug use drugs social history
The Drugtakers: The social meaning of drug use
Ex-library. First edition. 8vo, pp. 240; black heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; adhesive residue from tape to boards & eps; library markings to eps, prelims & terminals; light to moderate cracking to front & central gutters; pp. 5-8 peeling from gutter); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; price clipped to front flap; some water damage).
PUBLISHER: MacGibbon & Kee 1971
KEYWORDS: Jock Young 20th century drug use drugs social history first edition