Books - "history"
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Caesar: The Gallic War
DUAL ENGLISH / LATIN TEXT, small 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1958
KEYWORDS: Loeb Classical Library Dual English and Latin text Caesar Gallic war military history ancient Rome Roman empire
The Death of Tragedy
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1995
KEYWORDS: literary theory history criticism tragedy tragedies
The Model Store 1885-1985: Grace Bros.: 100 Years Serving Sydney
Large 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Keven Weldon and Associates 1985
KEYWORDS: Grace Bros. department store Sydney Australian retail history fashion commercial art black and white photographs illustrations
Gardening with Silk and Gold: A History of Gardens in Embroidery
Large 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Reader's Digest 2010
KEYWORDS: gardens embroidery garden motifs decorative needlework arts crafts textile history colour photographs
New Zealand
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd (n/d - c.1960s?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori pakeha illustrated industrial development colour and black and white photographs
Hans Holbein
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Reaktion Books 1997
KEYWORDS: Hans Holbein the Younger Renaissance artists biography painter art history illustrations in colour and black and white
Moorish Style
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1999
KEYWORDS: Moorish art design architecture history middle eastern Arabic colour photographs
The Letters of Thomas Gainsborough
Ex-library LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION quarto 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: The Lion and Unicorn Press 1961
KEYWORDS: Thomas Gainsborough artist's letters painters art history black and white illustrations
Dragons
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 1979
KEYWORDS: dragons mythology folklore art history illustrations in colour and black and white
By Underground to Kew: London Transport Posters 1908 to the Present
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Studio Vista 1994
KEYWORDS: London transport museum poster art graphic design commercial posters history illustration underground Kew Gardens
Palestine: God's Monument of Prophecy: The Wonders of a Remarkable Book in a Remarkable Land
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Evangelical Press / Pickering & Inglis 1933
KEYWORDS: Palestine Jerusalem bible history religion
The New Zealand Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Exploration and Adventure: Vol 1, No 4, November 1893
THIS NUMBER ONLY, octavo, grey stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, pgs 179-241, VG (light creasing to cover edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to covers & spine, minor insect damage to rear cover & terminals, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to title page)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1893
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ alpine journals journal series past issues mountain climbing mountaineering exploration history historical
The Royal Navy: A History, from Earliest Times to the Present (7 Vol Set)
7 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt maritime motis to front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional cracking to gutters, moderate soiling to eps, moderate foxing throughout- mostly to prelims & terminals, tissue guard of vol 1 frontis missing, prev. owner's names in ink & pencil to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1897-1903
KEYWORDS: royal navy maritime military history naval first editions
The World of Harlequin: A Critical Study of the Commedia dell'Arte
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, xvi + 243pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & curling/creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1976
KEYWORDS: art history comedy harlequins jesters
The Evolution of Language
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 610pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges & spine, sl chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: language linguistics history communication anthropology
The Stork Club Bar Book
Octavo, red faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 136pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: New Day Publishing 2003
KEYWORDS: Lucius Beebe literature the Stork Club New York history
Modern Rationalism, Being a Sketch of the Progress of the Rationalistic Spirit in the Nineteenth Century (Revised Edition)
Octavo, grey light card wrappers, dark blue lettering to spine & covers, 200pp, VG- (cracking to rear hinge with archival repair tape, mino rchipping to spine extrems- sl loss, light tanning & creasing to cover edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate cracking to gutters, moderate pencil annotation & underlining to text)
PUBLISHER: Watts & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: history 19th nineteenth century literature Joseph McCabe rationalism theology philosophy science religion
Forest Homes: The Story of the Scandinavian Settlements in the Forty Mile Bush, New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 137pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light fading & staining to spine, sm patch of paper residue to base of rear board, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light tape staining to front eps, prev. owner's details in ink & prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, 3cm loss to base of full title page, numerous gift inscriptions in ink to dedication page, light tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals, sl tanning & soiling to pages throughout) in d/w, G- (whole jacket in multiple pieces but it's good that its present- except front cover which is missing)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1956
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Scandinavian settlers history pioneers forty mile bush
Murano Magic: Complete Guide to Venetian Glass, Its History and Artists
Lg quarto, black buckram boards, grey/white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 256pp, illus/photos, VG- (sl bruising to extrems, heavy soiling to boards, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, otherwise a lovely copy still) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling, sl tanning & soiling to edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 2004
KEYWORDS: arts crafts Venetian glass history antiques glassware Murano Venice Italy Italian
Behind Europe's Curtain
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton 1949
KEYWORDS: first edition Europe political reportage journalism interviews public figures postwar period history iron curtain