Books - "history"
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Ennis: Architectural Heritage
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: An Foras Forbartha 1981
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish buildings architecture heritage history historical Ennis
Victorian Buildings of London 1837-1887: An Illustrated Guide
Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 175pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sm circular adhesive label to front cover, light tanning & chafing, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Architectural Press 1980
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings London Victorian era history historical
Battleships and Battle Cruisers, 1905-1970
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & maritime illus to front board, illus eps, 480pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name & ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl adhesive staining to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald and Jane's 1973
KEYWORDS: military history battleships battle cruisers historical maritime warfare warships design engineering
The Woman's Companion to Mythology
Super octavo, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine, xiv + 480pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & chafing to covers, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to half title page, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Pandora / HarperCollins 1997
KEYWORDS: ancient history mythology women
Malta Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of Ten Weeks of War, April-June 1942
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 201pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label residue to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Frontline Books 2011
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation fighter pilots aerial warfare combat Malta spitfires
Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 239pp, VG- (heavy damp wrinkling & staining to spine & boards, light to moderate scuffing to board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, heavy cracking to front gutters, heavy crack to rear gutter- tape repairs, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Robert J Creighton & Alfred Scales 1863
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand F E Maning a pakeha Maori history historical accounts
The Spiegelberger German Armor & Military Vehicles Series, Volume II: Sturmgeschutz
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, illus black boards, white lettering to spine, marbled eps, 253pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: Spielberger series military history armoured armored vehicles German tanks sturmgeschutz
Royal Navy Warships 1939-1945
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 120pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, minor adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & ink stamp to ffep, minor foxing to prelims, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & glue staining to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Almark Publishing 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Royal Navy warships maritime warfare
Summa Theologiae: Questions on God
Super octavo, green glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xli + 298pp, Near FINE (minor pencil annotation to rear eps, prev bookseller's label to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Thomas Aquinas theology history philosophy summa theologiae
Song of the Stone
FIRST EDITION, LENGTHY INSCRIPTION IN TE REO MAORI & ENGLISH, THEN SIGNED BY AUTHOR, oblong imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 192pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Stoneprint Press 1995
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Barry Brailsford New Zealand nature philosophy ancient history
In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
Super octavo, cream heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue spine, x + 342pp, illus/diagrams, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling/foxing to boards, light tanning & moderate yellowing foxing to page edges, pencil annotation to rear ep, light to moderate yellowing foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light creasing to flap edges)
PUBLISHER: Basic Books 2012
KEYWORDS: mathematics equations history Pythagoras Newton gravity calculus fourier
The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (Facsimile Edition)
1971 FACSIMILE EDITION, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, teg, unpaginated prelims + 720pp + appendices, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1971 (Nathaneal Brooke 1672)
KEYWORDS: order of the garter facsimile copies editions history historical nobility aristocracy knighthoods knights
The Artillery at Anzac
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 376pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Big Sky Publishing 2021
KEYWORDS: military history anzacs anzac war weaponry artillery heavy weapons
Bats: An Illustrated Guide to All Species
Imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 400pp, illus/photos, VG+ (heavy bruising to base of spine- sl cracked at impact point, otherwise a near fine copy) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Ivy Press 2019
KEYWORDS: animals bats nocturnal species mammals natural history
The Trinitarian Theology of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xii + 440pp, VG+ (light creasing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: St Thomas Aquinas theology religion middle ages history historical
The Reign of the House of Rothschild
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding family tree frontispiece, xii + 511pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light tanning/fading & foxing to spine, light soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional foxing & soiling to pages throughout, occasional sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1928
KEYWORDS: first editions house of Rothschild family genealogy history biography biographies
The Disputed Questions on Truth (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xxvi + 472pp, vol 2- xi + 463pp, vol 3- xiii + 530pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Henry Regnery 1952-54
KEYWORDS: Thomas Aquinas middle ages theology religion religious Christianity history historical
Ajanta & Ellora: Our World in Colour
Quarto 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: The Guidebook Company 1991
KEYWORDS: India peninsula Ellora Ajant acaves travel brochures souvenirs guides culture ancient history
The Work of Robert Adam
Imperial 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: Bloomsbury Books 1987
KEYWORDS: Robert Adam architects architecture history historical buildings design
The U-Boat Hunters
Imperial 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: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers 1976
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history naval maritime warfare navies u-boats warships