Books - "history"
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Elizabeth I
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 2005
KEYWORDS: British monarchs folio society history queens Queen Elizabeth i 1st first royal family
Ghost South Road
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: Atuanui Press 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history war Great South Road
Xenophon: I, Books I-IV
THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN GREEK & ENGLISH, sm octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG) moderate water damage/staining to boards; 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GREEK & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient Greece Greek history Xenophon
Saint Augustine: The City of God Against the Pagans II: Books IV-VII
THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1963
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history Rome Roman Saint Augustine
Suetonius, Vol I
THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history Rome Roman antiquity Seutonius
Saint Augustine: The City of God Against the Pagans, I: Books I-III
THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, sm 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: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history antiquity Saint Augustine
Seneca: Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales, Vol II
THIS VOL ONLY, TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH, LACKS D/W, sm 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Loeb / William Heinemann / Harvard University Press 1962
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN LATIN & ENGLISH Loeb classical library series literature ancient history antiquity Seneca
Striding Both Worlds: Witi Ihimaera and New Zealand's Literary Traditions
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xix + 255pp, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Rodopi N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture literary traditions Witi Ihimaera history literature
Rabble Rousers and Merry Pranksters: A History of Anarchism in Aotearoa/New Zealand From the Mid-1950s to the Early 1980s
SIGNE D& INSCRIBED, super octavo, illus light card covers, red & white lettering to spine, x + 144pp, illus, VG+ (light curling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Katipo Books / Irrecuperable Press 2007
KEYWORDS: signed Toby Boraman New Zealand modern history anarchy anarchism civil unrest
Limbs Dance Company: Dance For All People 1977-1989
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, frontispiece, 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Marianne Schultz 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand dance companies Limbs company history entertainment
Character and Structure of the Action in Maori
Octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 66pp, VG (light creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges, minor chipping & loss to spine extrems, light tanning to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: I Kommission hos Ejnar Munksgaard 1948
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture history
The History of Cartography, Volume Two Book Two: Cartography in the Traditional East and Southeast Asian Societies
THIS VOL ONLY, VERY HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quartom grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 970pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, occasional closed tearing to page edges of prelims) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1994
KEYWORDS: maps history mapping cartography east southeast Asia exploration
Into the Dark Continent: The Travels of Henry Morton Stanley
IN SLIPCASE, FOLDING MAPS LOOSELY ENC., imperial octavo, brown/beige heavy boards, gilt & black lettering & illus to spine & front board, top page edges stained beige- sl faded, frontispiece, xxiv + 596pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2002
KEYWORDS: folio society exploration travel adventure history Africa Henry Morton Stanley
The Sun King
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt & white illus to spine & front board, illus title page, xxi + (5) + 246pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (v sl bruising to corners)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011
KEYWORDS: folio society literature Nancy Mitford history France French Louis xiv
A History of Europe (3 Vol Boxed Set)
3 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, gilt decoration to front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/photos, Near FINE, in illus slipcase, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2011
KEYWORDS: folio society history Europe European
The English Civil War: The King's Peace ; The King's War ; The Trial of Charles I 1637-47 (3 Vol Boxed Set)
3 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained maroon, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light fading & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2001
KEYWORDS: folio society England English civil war King Charles 1st i first history roundheads cavaliers
The Story of the Renaissance (5 Vol Boxed Set)
5 VOL SET, IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, maroon/blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2001
KEYWORDS: folio society history renaissance travel discovery exploration reformation Europe European Florentine Florence
Beyond the Imperial Frontier: The Contest for Colonial New Zealand
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black & white lettering to spine, 280pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, minor dark stain to base of page block)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonial history colonialism Maori crown land
Exhibiting Maori: A History of Colonial Cultures of Display
SIGNED, super octavo, illus light card covers, grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + (6) + 243pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & peeling to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine, sl soiling to page edges, ghost lettering from author's signature on title page)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2007
KEYWORDS: signed Conal McCarthy New Zealand history Maori colonialism culture cultural artefacts displays exhibitions
The Mirror of Herodotus: The Representation of the Other in the Writing of History
Super octavo, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xxv + 386pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1988
KEYWORDS: classical classic literature historians history antiquity Herodotus historiography criticism literary