Books - "history"
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The Story of the Solomons
Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG- (light bruising to spine & board corners, light soiling to rear board, minor insect damage to front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep potentially removed, light tanning & creasing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/wm VG (moderate creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges/folds at flaps, other minor soiling, 2cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, other sl closed tearing/chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: D O M Publications 1967
KEYWORDS: pacific islands Solomon Islands history colonialism anthropology geopolitics
Spectacle de la Nature: or, Nature Display'd; Being Discourses on Such Particulars of Natural History: Volume III
THIS VOL ONLY, sm octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering to spine (rubbed off) with raised bands also, frontispiece, 400pp, illus, G+ (heavy cracking to front & rear hinges/gutters- front board shaky, leather peeling from front board, other moderate rubbing & soiling/chafing to boards & spine, heavy tannin & soiling to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep, moderate foxing & soiling throughout, illus opp. pg61 has heavy creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Printed by A Reilly, for Edw. Exshaw, at the Bible on Cork Hill, M,DCC,XLII (1742)
KEYWORDS: antiquarian books leather bindings natural history Noel Antoine Pluche historical
Maori and Pakeha in North Otago
MISBOUND- PAGE BLOCK UPSIDE DOWN, octavo, illus stiffened covers, black lettering to spine, 156pp + index to rear, illus, VG- (moderate rust staining to spine, heavy soiling & moderate tanning to covers & page edges, light foxing & soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed N/D (c.1940s)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori pakeha North Otago history early settlers
The Victorian Church (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained blue, vol 1- x + 606pp, vol 2- viii + 510pp, VG (minor rubbing & bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards of vol 1, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate foxing to eps of vol 1, prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps of both vols, occasional cracking to gutters throughout, occasional foxing throughout, binding a little sloppy) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1966-70
KEYWORDS: history religion religious church churches Victorian era 19th nineteenth century England English
Piranesi: Antichita Romane Vedute di Roma
TEXT IN ITALIAN, square imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, brown/green lettering to spine, 172pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to half title page & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta 2000
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ITALIAN antiquity ancient Rome landscapes scenery art Piranesi history historical
The Eagle and the Spade: Archaeology in Rome During the Napoleonic Era
Super octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xxviii + 328pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman archeology archaeology antiquity history historical Napoleonic era early 19th nineteenth century
Religions of Rome (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & grey/brown lettering to spines, vol 1- xxiv + 454pp, vol 2- xiv + 416pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spines & cover edges, light chafing tpo covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear of both vols, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman religion religions history
A History of the Ranfurly Telephone Exchange 1922-1987
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to front board, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (sl chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ross K McGrath 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Ranfurly telephone exchange communication
Maniototo Inquests 1869-1925
Quarto, spiral bound illus light card wrappers, grey lettering to front cover, (6) + 79pp, illus, VG+ (sl soiling & creasing/curling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Hazel Harrison 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maniototo mining accidents research inquests
A History of Greek Literature
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, blue lettering on silver gilt backing to spine, top page edges stained red, xviii + 921pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate foxing, light to moderate creasing & chipipng to edges, sm pencil annotation to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1966
KEYWORDS: Greek literature history criticism
The Invention of Jane Harrison
Octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt face illus to front board, xiii + 229pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, sl soiling to page edges, moderate pencil annotaiton to terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: classical philology literature anthropology classicists mythology history historiography
New Zealand Jesus: Social and Religious Transformations of an Image, 1890-1940
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 268pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & cover edges, sl chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Peter Lang AG, International Academic Publishers 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand religion religious Christianity history doctrines Jesus Christ
Our Buried History: Coast Road Church Wainuiomata
Super ocatvo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, illus title page, 216pp, illus/photos, folding map of cemetery loosely enclosed to rear, VG+ (prev. bookseller's sm labels to spine & front coversl chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Wainuiomata Pioneer Church Preservation Society Inc 2016
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rural communities history old churches Wainuiomata Wesleyan church
A History of Philosophy Volume I: Greece and Rome: New Revised Edition
THIS VOL ONLY 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: The Newman Press 1963
KEYWORDS: history of philosophy ancient Greece Rome Socrates Plato Aristotle
A History of Philosophy Volume III: Ockham to Suarez
THIS VOL ONLY 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: The Newman Press 1963
KEYWORDS: history of philosophy middle ages early Renaissance
A History of Philosophy Volume VIII: Bentham to Russell [The Bellarmine Series XIX]
THIS VOL ONLY 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: Burns and Oates Limited 1966
KEYWORDS: history of philosophy utilitarianism empiricism idealism pragmatism realism
Flyboys: The Final Secret of the Air War in the Pacfic
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: Aurum Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Pacific war military history biography George Bush missing persons Chichi Jima
The Duke of Alba
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: Yale University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: Duke Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo of Alba historical biograhy imperial Spain Spanish history
Hidden Warships: Finding World War II's Abandoned, Sunk, and Preserved Warships
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: Zenith Press 2015
KEYWORDS: sunken ships warships shipwrecks world war two history undersea excavation
South Street: A Maritime History of New York
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: 7C's Press 1969
KEYWORDS: New York maritime history