Books - "history"
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Secrecy and Power: The Life of J Edgar Hoover
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: Hutchinson 1987
KEYWORDS: US America American FBI J Edgar Hoover history biography memoir biographies
Desert Victory: Forgotten Voices (In Association with the Imperial War Museum)
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: Ebury Press 2011
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 North Africa battles campaigns desert warfare
American Politics: A Radical View
FIRST EDITION, 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: Blackwood & Janet Paul 1967
KEYWORDS: first editions US American America politics political views radical cold war Vietnam modern history
The Rise of Modern China (Sixth Edition)
SIXTH EDITION, 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: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: China Chinese modern history politics political 20th twentieth century
A History of Philosophy: Volume VI Wolff to Kant
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Burns and Oates 1960
KEYWORDS: philosophy history literature Frederick Copleston
Triumph TRs: The Complete Story
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: Crowood Press 1991
KEYWORDS: vintage classic cars Triumph automotive history
Man and His Symbols
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PUBLISHER: Aldus Books / Jupiter 1979
KEYWORDS: Carl G Jung symbols history psychology symbolism
When Santa was a Shaman: The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus & the Christmas Tree
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: Llewellyn Publications 1995
KEYWORDS: Santa Claus history Father Christmas shamanism northern Europe trees religion art mythology origins
J and C Harrison: The History of a Family Shipping Venture
Quarto 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: Ships in Focus Publications 2012
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history shipping companies J & C Harrison
Coast to Coast: The Great Australian Coastal Liners
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PUBLISHER: Rosenberg Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history coastal liners Australia Australian passenger ships cruise liners cargo
Captain James Cook: Seaman and Scientist
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PUBLISHER: Chaucer Press 2003
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history biography memoir Captain James Cook sailors exploration
FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast
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: Review 2004
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history exploration weather forecasting forecasts Robert FitzRoy HMS Beagle meteorology biography New Zealand
The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-13
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: Picador 1994
KEYWORDS: exploration history south pole Antarctic Antarctica polar
The Art of Featherwork in Old Hawai'i
Square imperial ocatvo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & sl soiling to extrems & board edges, sl plucking to cloth on boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to top edges, moderate creasing to base of jacket with 2x lg closed tears also, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Topgallant Publishing Co 1985
KEYWORDS: textiles fasion patterns design featherworks feathers Hawaii Hawai'i history historical clothing
Evolution: The First Four Billion Years
Super octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 979pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sl warping to spine) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: history evolution science biology sociobiology
Jardine Matheson: Traders of the Far East
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, viii + 280pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999
KEYWORDS: history trading traders business commerce far east oriental Jardine Matheson & Co China Canton
James Stephen and the British Colonial System 1813-1847
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 315pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to base of spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, sl tanning & foxing to flaps, sm ink marking to front flap)
PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 1953
KEYWORDS: history colonialism British colonial system James Stephen 19th nineteenth century empire
The Angevin Legacy and the Hundred Years War 1250-1340
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 317pp, illus, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges, v sl bruising to rear board) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1990
KEYWORDS: history angevin legacy Anglo-French war conflict medieval
Break of Day Islands: The New Hebrides Diary of Basil Nottage 1932-1939
Octavo, blue illus light card wrappers, blue lettering to spine & covers, x + 286pp, VG (minor tanning/fading & moderate creasing/rubbing to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate annotation in red ink to terminals- text block clear)
PUBLISHER: Presbyterian Church of New Zealand 1988
KEYWORDS: history Basil Nottage diaries journals religion missionaries presbyterian New Hebrides Vanuatu New Zealand
A Great Trusteeship
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 178pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate foxing & light soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Caravel Press 1958
KEYWORDS: history imperialism colonialism Sudan Nigeria Africa African M A Nigumi