Books - "history"
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The Story of the Sri Lankans (A Small People With a Great History of Over 2500 Years From the Tiny Island in the Indian Ocean)
Imperial octavo, cream heavy card boards, brown title patch to spine, illus prelims, xxix + 576pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, prev. bookseller's price ink stamp to fep, some subtle personal ink & white-out corrections by prev. owner to text sporadically throughout- mostly to correct typos) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & sun fading to spine & edges, light soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Sridevi Publication 1998
KEYWORDS: Sri Lanka history illustrated Indian Ocean islands anthropology culture antiquity ancient history
The American Leonardo - A Tale of Obsession, Art and Money
Super octavo, hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Oxford 2009
KEYWORDS: biography history art history
Law in War - Freedom and Restriction iin Australia During the Great War
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: Newsouth 2020
KEYWORDS: australia history war legal history military political
Pathfinders - A history of Aboriginal trackers in NSW
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: NewSouth 2020
KEYWORDS: australia aus history trackers tracking aboriginals nsw new south wales indigenous history
The Lyalldale Waltz - A light-hearted look at rural life about South Canterbury over the past seventy years
Lacks fep, 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: Kopje 1975
KEYWORDS: south canterbury history nz new zealand local history pareora estate farming
The True Story of the Novel
Super octavo softcover (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, com plete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Fontana/HarperCollins 1998
KEYWORDS: literature history novels evolution antiquity ancient history
A Theatre in the House - The Carey's Globe
Super octavo softcover (nr 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: University of Otago Press 1999
KEYWORDS: nz history otago dunedin globe theatre history carey family
A Series of Thirty Engravings in Outline, From the Elgin Marbles
Oblong quarto, blue light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, unpaginated, illus, VG-/scruffy (heavy creasing & scuffing to cover edges & spine, light staining, heavy loss to bottom corners of rear pages - 13cm x 3cm sections - engravings still good, light to moderate tanning & foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: W. T. Robinson 1826
KEYWORDS: British Museum Elgin marbles engravings Stewart Haydon history antiquity ancient history Greece Greek drawings art
The Flight of the Emu : A Hundred Years of Australian Ornithology 1901- 2001
Imperial octavo, hardcover (nr FINE) in d/w (nr 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: Melbourne University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: aus australia ornithology birds history zoology natural history
Provand's Lordship and Old Glasgow
Glasgow Museums
oblong 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: Glasgow City Council 2004
KEYWORDS: glasgow scotland scottish history city history provand's lordship
F1 Retro 1980
Quarto, green cloth boards, green & silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt 80 to front board, 280pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Motor Sport Magazine 2017
KEYWORDS: formula one 1 f1 history 1980s eighties illustrated history photos motorsport motor car racing
Before Orientalism: London's Theatre of the East 1576-1626
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 238pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, v sl foxing to page edges & rear eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: trade history India England Indian English illustrated business drama theatre history
The Tomb of St Peter: The New Discoveries in the Sacred Grottoes of the Vatican
EX-LIBRARY, super octavo, purple cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, illus, VG+ (usual but minimal library markings, light discolouration to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with hefty tape reinforcements, light chafing with sl surface loss)
PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap 1960
KEYWORDS: religion Saint Peter vatican Rome history Christianity biblical history ancient antiquity archaeology archeology illustrated
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (18 Vol Set)
HEAVY 18 VOLUME SET- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, blue plastic boards (folders), silver gilt lettering to spines, approx. 12x illus individual issues to each folder, VG (moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spines heavily cocked, light soiling & foxing to some issues)
PUBLISHER: Orbis N/D
KEYWORDS: aviation history military international engineering aircraft history encyclopedia encyclopaedia periodicals
The Gringo in Latin America
EX-LIBRARY, sm 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: Jonathan Cape 1967
KEYWORDS: latin America politics geopolitics history anthropology history culture
Rich Dessert's & Captain's Thin: A Family and Their Times 1831-1931
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: Chatto & Windus 2010
KEYWORDS: history nonfiction carr's of carlisle family business history baking
Men Who Blazed the Trail: Stories of the Churche's Pioneers in Canada, Australia and New Zealand
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: The Society for the Propogation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 1926
KEYWORDS: pioneer settler history missionaries colonisation new zealand history religion christian christianity
Whaling in Southern Waters
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Frank Tod 1982
KEYWORDS: whaling maritime history colonial new zealand history aotearoa nz
Medieval Women
In slipcase. Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in case (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 Folio Society 2001
KEYWORDS: medieval women women's history womens gender roles in europe european history the folio society
The Maorilander: A Study of William Satchell
OWNERSHIP OF NORTHLAND HISTORIAN KAY BOESE, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 163pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges & flaps, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers & spine)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors history literature literary biography memoir criticism William Satchell history
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