Books - "history"
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The Library of Entertaining Knowledge: The New Zealanders
Duodecimo brown heavy boards with blind stamp decoration & gilt border to boards, gilt decoration to spine, gilt lettering to green section of spine, brown speckling to page edges, marbled eps, iv + 424, illus / maps, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy soiling & tanning to page edges, prelims & terminals, previous owners' names in ink to prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Charles Knight, Pall Mall East 1830
KEYWORDS: new zealand zealanders history george lillie craik nineteenth century
Eastern Nights - and Flights: A Record of Oriental Adventure
Small octavo blue buckram boards, black lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 315pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, minor fading/tanning to spine, slight scuffing & soiling to hinges & edges, moderate creasing to rear board, moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to eps, sporadic light soiling to pages, previous owner's name in ink to fep & prelims, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1920
KEYWORDS: the great war first i world history memoir alan contact bott
Siluria: The History of the Oldest Known Rocks containing Organic Remains; with a brief sketch of the distribution of Gold over the Earth
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, half leatherbound green shiny cloth boards with gilt borders to leather, gilt lettering & decoration plus blind stamp decoration & raised bands to spine, speckled page edges, marbled eps, folding map to front, xvi + 523 + 37 plates- all counted & present, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spine with minor loss to some leatherwork at rear, light scuffing to front board & extrems, heavy foxing to most plates, other light foxing throughout, light tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to prelims)
PUBLISHER: John Murray, Albemarle Street, London, 1854
KEYWORDS: siluria paleontology fossils united kingdom history sir roderick impey murchison first edition
The History of England in Three Volumes: The Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Reign of James II; From the Reign of William and Mary to the Death of George II; and From the Accession of George III to the Twenty-Third Year of theReign of Queen Victoria
THREE VOLUME SET, imperial octavo, half leather bound green textured buckram boards with gilt border to leatherwork on boards, gilt lettering & decoration with raised bands to spines, marbled page edges and eps, frontispieces with tissue guards, illus title pages, mixed pagination, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to leather work- some surface loss, light tanning & fading to page edges, prominent early Dunedinite's signature to feps [RCB Greenslade], prev bookseller's label to front pastedowns, heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, minor foxing & soiling to pages, 3cm tear to hinge of volume III, front gutter of volume III lightly cracked and board shaky, title page of volume III partially detached, coloured patch to spine of vol I rubbed away)
PUBLISHER: James S Virtue, City Road and Ivy Lane, London ca. 1860s??
KEYWORDS: history england david hulme tobias smollett e farr e h nolan
Tribal Peoples of Southern Africa
Quarto, cream illus boards, black lettering to boards & spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 206pp, illus, VG- (moderate soiling to boards & spine, moderate bruising to spine & extrems, front gutter & gutter between p98-99 lightly cracked and board shaky, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, prelims & terminals, light to moderate foxing throughout) in d/w G+ (4cm sections missing from top & bottom of spine & lower front corner of jacket, heavily tanned & foxed, moderate soiling, chafing & creasing to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Books of Africa 1968
KEYWORDS: africa southern barbara tyrrell art anthropology african history culture tribal religion shamanism
Sallust
LACKS D/W, super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1964
KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome Romans Sallust
From the Maccabees to the Mishnah (Third Edition)
THIRD EDITION, super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Westminster John Knox Press 2014
KEYWORDS: religion Judaism Jews Jewish history Hebrew literature
On History
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1980
KEYWORDS: history Fernand Braudel
Famine and Food Supply in the Graeco-Roman World: Responses to Risk and Crisis
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) occasional pencil markings: 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: Cambridge University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: wealth distribution poeverty famine food history supply
Conquerors and Slaves: Sociological Studies in Roman History, Volume 1
THIS VOL ONLY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Rome Roman slavery slaves social science sociology
The Divinity of the Roman Emperor
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Scholars Press N/D (Modern reprint of 1931 copy)
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Roman emperors
Libertas as a Political Idea at Rome During the Late Republic and Early Principate
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: Cambridge University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Rome Roman republic politics political Libertas
Hitler's War Directives 1939-1945
Paperback (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: Pan Books 1966
KEYWORDS: military history nazi Germany third reich Hitler ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Josephus: The Historian and His Society
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: Gerald Duckworth & Co 1983
KEYWORDS: Josephus antiquity ancient history historians
Life in Egypt Under Roman Rule
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Egypt Roman rule
Jesus and the Chaos of History: Redirecting the Life of the Historical Jesus
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: religion history Christianity Jesus
Rome and the Friendly King: The Character of the Client Kingship
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: Croom Helm 1984
KEYWORDS: ancient Rome Roman foreign relations rulers kings leaders history antiquity
The Religions of the Roman Empire
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: Thames and Hudson 1970
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Rome Roman religion religions empire
The Noblest Roman: Marcus Brutus and His Reputation
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: Thames and Hudson 1981
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Rome Roman romans Marcus Brutus
Death and Burial in the Roman World
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: Thames and Hudson 1982
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Rome Roman death burial rites rituals