Books - "history"
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The Life of the Bee
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: Dover 2015
KEYWORDS: natural history philosophy bees
Voices from the Snow: Tsugaru in Legend, Literature, and Fact
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: Hirosaki University Press (n/d)
KEYWORDS: Tsugaru region Honshu Japan short fiction literary essays cultural history folklore mythology anthology
L E Smith Glass Company, the First 100 Years: History, Identification and Value Guide
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white & black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 398pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl adhesion to pages)
PUBLISHER: Collector Books 2007
KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles glass glassware L E Smith history valuations valuations guide guides
When Rock Got Rolling: The Wellington Scene 1958-1970
SOME PAGES LOOSE- ROUGHLY RE-ATTACHED BUT PRESENT, quarto, illus light card wrappers, red & white lettering to spine & front cover, printed inside covers, 111pp, illus/photos, VG- (some pages detached but reaffixed with tape, minor creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, sl fading to spine, sl tanning to rear cover, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history Wellington rock n roll musicians bands
The Prairie School
Square 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: W. W. Norton 1972
KEYWORDS: Frank Lloyd Wright Prarie School architectural movement architecture design history
The Folklore of Florida Southern College
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: Aventine Press 2003
KEYWORDS: Florida Southern College history folklore urban legends
Ritual Magic in England: 1887 to the Present Day
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: New English Library 1972
KEYWORDS: English magic occult history England
From Mellor to Hocken: Fifty Years of Geography at the University of Otago
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: Department of Geography, University of Otago 1995
KEYWORDS: geography university of Otago New Zealand higher education history
This Land is Our Land: The Struggle for Britain's Countryside
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: Gaia Books 1997
KEYWORDS: British countryside conservation private land ownership environmentalism activism history Britain
Shipmasters of Cape Cod: With Illustrations
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: Rich & Cowan (n/d)
KEYWORDS: shipmasters Cape Cod maritime history biographies
A History of the English Speaking Peoples: The Birth of Britain ; The New World ; The Age of Revolution ; The Great Democracies (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top page edges stained red- mostly all faded off, mixed pagination, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, gift inscriptions in ink to ffeps of vols 3 & 4, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of front pastedown of vol 4, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals plus sporadically throughout also) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate tanning & foxing, other light general soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cassell and Company 1956-1958
KEYWORDS: first editions Winston S Churchill English history British England Great Britain
The Alvis Car 1920-1966
Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt motif to front board, (6) + ix + 170pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl soiling to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (fully laminated, light to moderate creasing & chipping to egdes, light tanning & soiling to spine, other general light soiling)
PUBLISHER: K R Day / Lewis Cole & Co (Printer) 1967
KEYWORDS: automotive history cars Alvis manufacturers British motor industry transport classic vintage
The Inchiquin Manuscripts
Super octavo, red buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & rule to spine, ix + 749pp, VG (light fading & rubbing/scuffing to spine, sl bruising & scuffing to board corners, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional ink & pencil markings to margins- unobtrusive)
PUBLISHER: Irish Manuscripts Commission 1961
KEYWORDS: O'Brien family estate Earls of Inchquin Ireland Irish papers history historical
Arabian Highlands
Super octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board, xvi + 771pp, illus, folding map to rear pocket, VG (light fading to spine, light scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor creasing to ffep, minor cracking/tearing to gutter at title page, moderate cracking to gutter at index, minro soiling to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Cornell University Press 1952
KEYWORDS: geography travel journeys history historical Arabia Arabian literature H St J B Philby exploration
Giotto and the Orators: Humanist Observers of Painting in Italy and the Discovery of Pictorial Composition 1350-1450
Super octavo, green illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 185pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to spine & covers/edges, sl chafing to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press N/D (c.2000s?)
KEYWORDS: art history Italy Italian humanist composition paintings painting
Great Knock: Sim's Australians v Canterbury, Played at Lancaster Park, Christchurch 27, 28 February, 2 March 1914
LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, SIGNED BY PRINTER/PUBLISHER, square duodecimo, brown buckram boards, brown lettering to title plate on front board, illus title page, 67pp, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling/staining, sl foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Nag's Head Press 1978
KEYWORDS: signed limited numbered editions sport history cricket matches Australia New Zealand
Outlines of Scripture Geography and History: Illustrating the Historical Portions of the Old and New Testaments
LACKS FEP, sm octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp illus/decoration to spine & boards, printed eps, vi + 372pp, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate chipping & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing & light soiling to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soilling to page edges, ffep mssing, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals & sporadically throughout, pgs 111-130 partially detached but present, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans 1853
KEYWORDS: bible old new testament geography history scripture religion religious
Te Kooti Rikirangi: General and Prophet
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 196pp, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, minor creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, moderate foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Collins Bros & Co 1966
KEYWORDS: Te Kooti Rikirangi New Zealand Maori history outlaws activists first editions
Journal de James Morrison, Second Maitre a Bord de la Bounty
TEXT IN FRENCH, super octavo, grey light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, xxiii + 200pp, VG- (moderate to heavy staining & light to moderate creasing to spine & covers, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, a lot of page edges remain uncut, moderate staining to rear eps & prelims, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Societe des Etudes Oceaniennes 1966
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH maritime history mutiny HMS Bounty James Morrison second mate journal diary
Alvis Three Litre in Detail: TA21 to TF21 1950-67
Quarto, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tnning, sl fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Herridge & Sons 2003
KEYWORDS: British motor motoring industry Alvis design engineering classic vintage cars automotive history 3 three litre liter