Books - "history"
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Blood, Iron & Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
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: Atlantic Books 2009
KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail
The Life of Proclus or Concerning Happiness, being the Biographical Account of an Ancient Greek Philosopher Who Was Innately Loved by the Gods
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: Phanes Press 1986
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek philosophy philosophers Proclus history historical biography biographies
The War of 1812
Octavo softcover (VG) light to moderate water damage to base of page block; 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: Da Capo Press 1991
KEYWORDS: US America American war history 19th nineteenth century
The Psyche in Antiquity: Book Two: Gnosticism and Early Christianity - From Paul of Tarsus to Augustine
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo softcover (VG+) minor highlighting; 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: Inner City Books 1999
KEYWORDS: jungian psychology Jung ancient history antiquity philosophy theology religion
Symbols Around Us
FIRST EDITION, 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: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1981
KEYWORDS: first editions symbols symbolism signs history
Kakadu: Natural and Cultural Heritage and Management
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: Australian Nature Conservation Agency & North Australia Research Unit 1995
KEYWORDS: Australia natural history culture heritage Kakadu NT Northern Territory conservation
Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
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: The Monacelli Press 1994
KEYWORDS: US America New York Manhattan buildings history culture
Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin County Civic Center: Commemorating 50 Years
Imperial octavo softcover (Near FINE); 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: Gwen Cheryl Lyn Sarandrea 2014
KEYWORDS: architecture Frank Lloyd Wright buildings civic center centre Marin County history
Whare Raupo: The Reed Books Story
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw/ (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: Reed Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: signed Gavin McLean New Zealand literature literary history Reed Books
European Cinema
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: Oxford University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: film history movies Europe European cinema
The Forbidden Universe: The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God
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: Herman Graf / Skyhorse Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: history science occult
The Four-Legged Major
LACKS FEP, 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: Grantham House 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history canine dogs infantry battalion Major
Abandoned Mansions of Ireland
Quartom red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, x + 338pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & soiling to spine & boards/edges, spine sl cocked, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor water staining to inside covers)
PUBLISHER: The Collins Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish castles derelict buildings mansions abandoned history historical
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
FIRST EDITIONS, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 334pp, VG (moderate fading & light foxing to spine & board edges, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light staining to margins og some pages)
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1930
KEYWORDS: first editions military history Siegried Sassoon autobiography autobiographies memoir ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war infantry
Alam Halfa and Alamein (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 507pp, illus/maps, folding maps- all present, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl staining to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & tanning to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1967
KEYWORDS: New Zealand official war histories history series Alam Halfa Alamein campaigns military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Leonardo da Vinci
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xii + (8) + 599pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, top corner of front pastedown missing) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading & rubbing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 2017
KEYWORDS: first editions art history Leonardo da Vinci
A History of Coggeshall, in Essex; with an Account of its Church, Abbey, Manors, Ancient Houses etc
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 272pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading/tanning to spine & board edges, moderate bruising to board corners, sl staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Marshall Brothers 1890
KEYWORDS: first editions England English towns Coggeshall Essex history historical towns
Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, a Handbook for Visitors and Residents; with Chapters on Archaeology, Natural History & C. of the District; A History, with Statistics of the East Coast Herring Fishery and an Etymological and Comparative Glossary of the
LACKS TITLE PAGE, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, Great Yarmouth Borough coat of arms in gilt to front board, 728pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling & chafing to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to front pastedown, light soiling & foxing sporadically throughout, heavy cracking to gutters at rear- pgs485-516 partially detached, aforementioned title/copyright page missing)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Reader & Dyer, London 1866
KEYWORDS: England English towns Great Yarmouth east coast coastal East Anglia Norfolk Suffolk fishing industry herring trade language dialects records etymology history historical
The Ancient & Shining Ones: World Myth, Magick & Religion
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, yellow lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 437pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light soiling & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications 1993
KEYWORDS: esoteric magic magick religion mythology myths ancient history
Recipients of Bars to the Military Cross 1916-1920, To Which is Added MCs to Warrant Officers 1915-1919
LOOSELY ENCLOSED CARD WITH HOLOGRAPHIC INSCRIPTION & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, purple heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, silver gilt medal illus to front board, 199pp, VG (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light bruising to extrems, light fading to rear board, light foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, some highlighting & annotation in ink to text)
PUBLISHER: Jack V Webb 1988
KEYWORDS: military history war heroes military cross MC recipients ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war medals signed