Books - "history"
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The Rise and Fall of the House of Medici
IN SLIPCASE; super octavo hardcover (near FINE) in slipcase (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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2015
KEYWORDS: House of Medici historical biography political dynasties Italian history renaissance Italy
White Man's Dreaming: Killalpaninna Mission 1866-1915
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: Oxford University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Aboriginal Australian colonial history missionaries religion anthropology Killalpaninna mission Diyari
The Washing of the Spears: A History of the Zulu Nation under Shaka and Its Fall in the Zulu War of 1879
Reprint, lacks d/w; super 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: Jonathan Cape1966
KEYWORDS: Zulus Zulu kingdom history Shaka Anglo-Zulu war South Africa 1800s
Khruschev Remembers
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: Book Club Assocciates 1971
KEYWORDS: Nikita Khruschev memoirs autobiography Soviet Union Russia 20th century Russian history
Description de l'Egypte
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: Taschen 2007
KEYWORDS: ancient Egyptian art architecture heiroglyphics maps French English text history Egypt buildings design
Art and Anarchy: The Reith Lectures 1960 Revised and Enlarged
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: Faber and Faber 1963
KEYWORDS: Reith lectures philosophy of art art criticism history essays
In Sickness and in Power: Illness in heads of government during the last 100 years
REVISED EDITION, super ocavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Methuen 2011
KEYWORDS: Politics political history medical biography government
428 AD: An Ordinary Year at the End of the Roman Empire
Super ocavo 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: Princeton University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: Roman empire history ancient Rome
Before California: An Archaeologist Looks at Our Earliest Inhabitants
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: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2003
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity California archeology archaeology anthropology
Phar Lap: 'Big Red' Souvenirs
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: ETT Imprint 2021
KEYWORDS: sport history horseracing horse racing equine horses Phar Lap
The Cobbler's Left Thumb
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: Page Publishing 2020
KEYWORDS: history cobblers shoes shoemakers old crafts attire fashion
A World to Gain: The Battle for Global Domination and Why America Entered WWII
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: Clairview 2004
KEYWORDS: global world history US America conflicts ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Anton Pieck: Ambachtsman
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, illus heavy boards, red & grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, 189pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Van Holkema & Warendorf/Unieboeck bv 1991
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history Anton Pieck illustrations collected works
Anton Pieck: Herinneringen aan Amsterdam
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 175pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl fading to board edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate soiling to rear flap edges)
PUBLISHER: Van Holkema & Warendorf 1987
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history Anton Pieck illustrations collected works Amsterdam
Maritime is Number Ten: A History of No 10 Squadron RAAF: The Sunderland Era 1939-1945
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt maritime illus to front board, illus eps, xiii + 466pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing & fading to board & spine edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing/chipping & moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: K C Baff 1983
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation RAAF Royal Australian Air Force 10 ten squadron armed forces
Window on the Unknown: A History of the Microscope
Ex-library, super octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 188pp, illus/photos, VG (usual librarty markings, light rubbing/scuffing to board edges, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor staining to front & rear eps) in d/w, VG- (both corners of front flap clipped, moderate scuffing & tearing to edges, binder's label to base of spine & front cover, light tanning, mnor tanning & tearing to fore-edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1966
KEYWORDS: science history microscopes technology equipment
Books to the People: A History of Regional Library Services in New Zealand
SIGNED, super octavo, white light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & covers, xi + 122pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing to cover edges, moderate soiling to wrappers, light tanning to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor cracking/glue to front gutter, author's signed bookplate to inside front cover & author's signature & date to top corner of half title page)
PUBLISHER: Ancora Press / New Zealand Library Association 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand library services history resources signed Mary Ronnie
History of the Motorcycle Trade in Dunedin 1900-1983
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 36pp, illus, VG (boards sl warped, sl fading & soiling to front board, moderate chafing/scuffing & soiling to rear board, light tanning to page edges, sl creasing to top corners of pages)
PUBLISHER: Mark L Henderson 1983
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history transport motorcycles motorbikes trade business Dunedin 20th twentieth century signed Mark Henderson
Die Goede Oude Tyd
TEXT IN DUTCH, quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, 143pp, illus, VG+ (minor bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges- minor peeling also, light chafig & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Zuid-Hollandsche Uitgeversmaatschappy 1980
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN DUTCH art history appreciaiton collected works Anton Pieck
Chappaquiddick: That Sometimes Separated But Never Equalled Island (2nd Edition)
2ND EDITION, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, pastel pink & peach lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxxvi + 347pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges & eps, lengthy gift inscription in ink to half title page, prev. owner's annotation to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Chappaquiddick Island Association 2008
KEYWORDS: US America American history Massachusetts Chappaquiddick Island Hatsy Potter