Books - "history"
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Engines of War: How Wars Were Won & Lost on the Railways
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: Atlantic Books 2010
KEYWORDS: transport military history trains rail
Fire & Steam: A New History of the Railways in Britain
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: Atlantic Books 2007
KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail Great Britain British
Blood, Iron & Gold: How the Railways Transformed the World
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: Atlantic Books 2009
KEYWORDS: transport history trains rail
The Life of Proclus or Concerning Happiness, being the Biographical Account of an Ancient Greek Philosopher Who Was Innately Loved by the Gods
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: Phanes Press 1986
KEYWORDS: ancient Greek philosophy philosophers Proclus history historical biography biographies
The War of 1812
Octavo softcover (VG) light to moderate water damage to base of page block; 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: Da Capo Press 1991
KEYWORDS: US America American war history 19th nineteenth century
The Psyche in Antiquity: Book Two: Gnosticism and Early Christianity - From Paul of Tarsus to Augustine
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo softcover (VG+) minor highlighting; 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: Inner City Books 1999
KEYWORDS: jungian psychology Jung ancient history antiquity philosophy theology religion
Symbols Around Us
FIRST EDITION, 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: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1981
KEYWORDS: first editions symbols symbolism signs history
Kakadu: Natural and Cultural Heritage and Management
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: Australian Nature Conservation Agency & North Australia Research Unit 1995
KEYWORDS: Australia natural history culture heritage Kakadu NT Northern Territory conservation
Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
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PUBLISHER: The Monacelli Press 1994
KEYWORDS: US America New York Manhattan buildings history culture
Frank Lloyd Wright's Marin County Civic Center: Commemorating 50 Years
Imperial octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Gwen Cheryl Lyn Sarandrea 2014
KEYWORDS: architecture Frank Lloyd Wright buildings civic center centre Marin County history
Whare Raupo: The Reed Books Story
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw/ (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: Reed Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: signed Gavin McLean New Zealand literature literary history Reed Books
European Cinema
Imperial 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: Oxford University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: film history movies Europe European cinema
The Forbidden Universe: The Occult Origins of Science and the Search for the Mind of God
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: Herman Graf / Skyhorse Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: history science occult
The Four-Legged Major
LACKS FEP, 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: Grantham House 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history canine dogs infantry battalion Major
Galloping Greats
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: MOA Publications 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand horses horse racing equine history turf riders jockeys
Abandoned Mansions of Ireland
Quartom red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, x + 338pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & soiling to spine & boards/edges, spine sl cocked, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor water staining to inside covers)
PUBLISHER: The Collins Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish castles derelict buildings mansions abandoned history historical
Memoirs of an Infantry Officer
FIRST EDITIONS, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 334pp, VG (moderate fading & light foxing to spine & board edges, light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, occasional light staining to margins og some pages)
PUBLISHER: Faber & Faber 1930
KEYWORDS: first editions military history Siegried Sassoon autobiography autobiographies memoir ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war infantry
Wired for Sound: The Stebbing History of New Zealand Music
Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed eps, illus prelims, 347pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history Stebbing Recording Studios
Crete (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
WITH FACSIMILE JACKET, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvii + 547pp, illus/maps, folding maps- all present, VG (light rubbing to extrems, light to moderate surface loss/rubbing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, minro foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (facsimile copy of original jacket, light creasing & chipping to edges, discreet clear tape to seam of rear cover, any other damage is transferred from original via copying)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1953
KEYWORDS: New Zealand official war histories history series Crete campaigns battles maps ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Alam Halfa and Alamein (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 507pp, illus/maps, folding maps- all present, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, sl staining to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing & tanning to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1967
KEYWORDS: New Zealand official war histories history series Alam Halfa Alamein campaigns military ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
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