Books - "history"
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The Crisis of the Twelth Century: Power, Lordship, and the Origins of European Government
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxviii + 677pp, illus, Nr FINE (slight bruising to board edges, v slight soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to corners, light soiling tanning & fading to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: twelth century thomas n bisson european politics political history analysis power lordship
Memoir of the Life and Episcopate of George Augustus Selwyn: Bishop of New Zealand 1841-1869; Bishop of Lichfield 1867-1878 [in two volumes]
IN TWO VOLUMES, REBOUND FOR LIBRARY USE, super octavo, black leather binding, gilt ruled border to boards, gilt stamped decoration to boards, gilt decoration, leather raised bands & gilt lettering to spines, all page edges marbled, marbled eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, varied illustration maps/lithographs/charts/facsimile journal pages, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to boards, edges & spines, moderate scuffing and cracking to hinges (secure), light soiling & fading to boards, edges & spines, sporadic slight foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: William Wells Gardner 1879
KEYWORDS: archbishop bishop of new zealand george augustus selwyn anglican new zealand history
Our New Zealand Cousins
INSCRIBED WITH THE AUTHOR'S COMPLIMENTS, small octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to boards & spine, gilt bands to spine, illus eps, xii + 311pp + 32ads, VG (light brusing to boards & spine, v slight scuffing to edges of boards, light to moderate foxing to page edges & ads to rear, heavy tanning to fep & half title page, previous owner's name in ink to pastedown & fep, previous bookseller's label to pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington 1887
KEYWORDS: james inglis travelogue new zealand aotearoa travel writing colonial history
Festivals of the Athenians
Octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt publishers stamp to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to edges of boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pastedowns, prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w VG- (moderate to heavy tanning & fading to jacket, 2cm open tear to front corner of jacket, slight scuffing to edges of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1977
KEYWORDS: ancient greek athenian athens religion religious history classical h w parke
The Saga of Themistocles
Octavo, burgundy heavy boards, gilt publishers stamp to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 248pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to edges of boards & spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pastedowns, prelims/terminals & page edges, diagonal section cut from fep with remnant of previous owner's name in ink) in d/w VG (moderate tanning & fading to jacket, light soiling to jacket, slight scuffing to edges of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1978
KEYWORDS: ancient greek themistocles robert j lenardon grecian history classical
Greek and Roman Voting and Elections
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt publishers stamp to front board, gilt lettering to spine, 271pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to edges of boards & spine, light tanning & soiling to pastedowns, prelims/terminals & page edges) in d/w VG (light tanning & fading to jacket, light soiling to jacket, slight scuffing to edges of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1982
KEYWORDS: ancient greek history classical grecian political politics voting elections
The Nuremberg Chronicle: A Facsimile of Hartmann Schedel's Buch der Chroniken
Folio, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to black section on front board & spine, unpaginated prelims + 289pp, extensively illus/maps/diagrams, VG+ (v slight scuffing to board corners & spine, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, v slight chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Landmark Press 1979
KEYWORDS: nuremberg chronicles german european history fifteenth century hartmann schedel anton koeberger
Revolution in Judaea: Jesus and the Jewish Resistance
Octavo blue heavy boards, quarter bound in red cloth, silver gilt lettering to spine, deckled edges, 256pp, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (moderate fading to spine, 2cm closed tear to front of jacket, light to moderate soiling to jacket, light tanning to jacket, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Taplinger Publishing Company 1980
KEYWORDS: ancient judaea revolution jesus abrahamic religions religiou history christian hyam macoby
Tangata Whenua: A History
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & white text to spine & wrapper, viii + 536pp, Nr FINE (v slight rubbing to edges of wrapper, v slight soiling to page edges, previous owner's stamp to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2020
KEYWORDS: tangata whenua aotearoa new zealand history atholl anderson judith binney aroha harris
High Adventure
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: 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: Readers Book Club 1957
KEYWORDS: Sir Edmund Hillary exploration adventure history
Escape Alone
JUNIOR EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: 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: Collins 1960
KEYWORDS: war history literature David Howarth junior edition
The Monumental History of the Early British Church (Facsimile reprint)
FACSIMILE REPRINT, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Llanerch Publishers N/D (reprint of 1889 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)
KEYWORDS: religion religious history church British Great Britain historical Christianity
Pacatus: Panegyric to the Emperor Theodosius
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Liverpool University Press 1987
KEYWORDS: classical literature Latin translations history historians Emperor Theodosius Pacatus
Victor of Vita: History of the Vandal Persecution
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Liverpool University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: classical studies history Victor of Vita vandal persecution Roman empire
Ancient Slavery and Modern Ideology
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: Chatto & Windus 1980
KEYWORDS: ancient history slavery ideology
Hard Times: An Oral History of the Great Depression
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket torn/scruffy: 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: Pantheon Books 1970
KEYWORDS: history great depression economy economics US America American
The Cycling Pioneers
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Kennett Brothers 2024
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history hobbies cycling bicycles
Lenin, Volume Two: All Power to the Soviets
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy: 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: Pluto Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history Lenin politics economics
The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient and Early Christian Worlds
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: history religion Christianity afterlife death theology
Stepping Out: A History of Clutha County 1876-1976
Ex-library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Clutha County Council 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland history Clutha