Books - "history"
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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
Women of Northern Wairoa
Complementary bookmark loosely enclosed. Super 8vo, pp. [4] + 156; illus. stapled light card covers, brown card spine; photos; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderare tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: The North Auckland Times Co. 1985
KEYWORDS: Jane Wordsworth New Zealand life lives women history Wairoa
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
Air America: From World War II to Vietnam
The Explosive True Story of the CIA's Secret Airline
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: Asia Books 2003
KEYWORDS: CIA airline airplanes nonfiction history war conflict
The Poems of Catullus
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: Bristol Classical Press 1972
KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman Latin poetry poets Catullus classical history antiquity
Aboriginal Sovereignty: Reflections on race, state and nation
Ex-library. 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: Allen & Unwin 1996
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian aboriginal aboriginies legal status government nation state colonization colonial history
The Building of London: from the conquest to the Great Fire
Super 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: British Museum Press 1993
KEYWORDS: John Schofield London building construction British English history
Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans
Ex-library. Super 8vo 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: American Legacy Press 1983
KEYWORDS: T R Fehrenbach Texas history American America
Jazz Records 1897-1942 Volume 2: Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke
Ex-library. This volume only. Super 8vo 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: Arlington House Publishers 1978
KEYWORDS: Brian Rust Jazz music musicians records history 19th 20th century
Governing the Metropolis: Politics, Technology and Social Change in a Victorian City: Melbourne 1850-1891
Ex-library. Super 8vo 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: Melbourne University Press 1984
KEYWORDS: David Dunstan Victorian Melbourne 19th century politics social change political history
The British Destroyer
Super 8vo 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: Godfrey Cave Associates 1979
KEYWORDS: Captain T D Manning England English Britain British navy naval history maritime vessel ship destroyer
The Fault, Black Man ...
Ex-library. 8vo 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: Howard Timmins 1971
KEYWORDS: Barnett Potter South Africa African nationalism politics political history social
Alexander the Great: A Bibliography
Ex-library. 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: The Kent State University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: Nancy J Burich Alexander the Great ancient classical history Greece Greek reference bibliography
Tudor Secretary: Sir William Petre at Court and Home
Ex-library. Super 8vo 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: Longmans 1961
KEYWORDS: Sir William Petre Tudor England history
Wagner Nights
8vo 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: Putnam & Company 1974
KEYWORDS: Ernest Newman Richard Wagner Wagnerian criticism history music classical