Books - "history"
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Fallout: Hedley Marston and the British Bomb Tests in Australia
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: Wakefield Press 2001
KEYWORDS: roger cross nuclear testing australia history
The Real Middle Earth: A History of the Dark Ages that Inspired Tolkein
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: Pan Books 2022
KEYWORDS: brian bates j r r tolkein middle earth history
Great Geological Controversies
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: Oxford University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: geological controversy geology history a hallam
Travels in Tandem: The Writing of Women and Men Who Travelled Together
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: Holo Books The Women's History Press 2012
KEYWORDS: history gender society travel writing travelogue susanna hoe
Precious Cargo: Scots and the China Trade
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: National Museums of Scotland Publishing
KEYWORDS: scot history china trade relations scotland
Roman Imperialism
Super octavo, blue buckram boards gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 365pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink & pencil to front eps, moderate cracking to gutters at terminals, other minor cracking to gutters occasionally throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1914
KEYWORDS: ancient Rome roman imperialism politics political rulers rule government history historical antiquity
Maori Religion and Mythology; being an Account of the Cosmogony, Anthropogeny, Religious Beliefs and Rites, Magic and Folk Lore of the Maori Folk of New Zealand (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- 424pp, vol 2- 682pp, VG (minor bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine & rear board of vol 1, minor fading to spine of vol 2, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of both vols) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: Ta Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori religion mythology Elsdon Best anthropology anthropogeny culture
The Influence of Sea Power Upon the French Revolution and Empire 1793-1812 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship illus to front boards, teg, deckled page fore-edges, vol 1- xx + 380pp, vol 2- xvii + 428pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine extrems, moderate bruising & light rubbing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- ffeps partially detached, heavy glue residue to front pastedowns of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate water staining to fore-edges of pages to vol 1, minor soiling throughout to vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Company N/D (c.1892?)
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical French revolution military navy naval France
The Blood Libel Legend: A Casebook in Anti-Semitic Folklore
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, red lettering to spine- faded, ix + 385pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, light to moderate creasing to cover edges, sl chafing & tanning/soiling to covers, moderate knife damage/cutting to front cover through to prelim pages, ephemera loosely enc. to front)
PUBLISHER: The University of Wisconsin Press 1991
KEYWORDS: anthropology Judaism folklore lore religion religious studies Jews antisemitism history antiquity
A History of Key Characteristics in the Eighteenth and Early Ninetenth Centuries (Second Edition)
Super octavo, green glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, xiv + 408pp, VG+ (moderate bruising to spine, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, sl cracking to head of gutter at half title page)
PUBLISHER: University of Rochester Press 2002
KEYWORDS: 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century music history philosophy criticism
Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art, with Apecial Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry (Facsimile Edition)
FACSIMILE EDITION, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt lettering & black illus to front board, xvi + 276pp, illus, VG (sl bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Gale Research Company 1969 (Chapman and Hall 1906)
KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints animals creatures fantastical beasts fantasy fiction art history appreciation criticism
The Summa Musice: A Thirteenth-Century Manual for Singers
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 275pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University {ress 1991
KEYWORDS: music theory history singing singers manuals instruction chants
Theoricum Opus Musice Discipline
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, lxxii + unpaginated text, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Libreria Musicale Italiana 1996
KEYWORDS: music theory history Greek
Raffaele Brandolini on Music and Poetry (De musica et poetica, 1513)
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xxxv + 124pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies 2001
KEYWORDS: Raffaele Brandolini music poetry history historical theory criticism
Musica Enchiriadis and Scolica Enchiriadis
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, liv + 106pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to board edges, occasional pencil annotation) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: music theory history Scolica enchiriadis musica
The Dodge Story
Quarto, white heavy bpards, red gilt lettering to spine, red gilt lettering & illus to front board, 320pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked/warped, light to moderate bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to spine & boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to bottom corner of front board, sl soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Crestline / Motorbooks International 1992
KEYWORDS: classic vintage cars automotive Dodge design history
Mack 50 Years: New Zealand Trucking
Quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Long Haul Publications 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand haulage transport history Mack trucking magazine
A Classic World & When the Engine Roars
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, unpaginated prelims + 234pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing/wrinkling & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Begg and Allen 1999
KEYWORDS: signed George Begg New Zealand Zealanders automotive motor sport cars racing history high performance
6th New Zealand Men's Indoor Basketball Championships, Monday to Thursday 17th to 20th Sept. 1951 Souvenir Programme
SCARCE, octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, green & black lettering to front cover, 16pp, VG- (moderate to heavy tanning/foxing & creasing to covers, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate creasing & minor notation in ink to contents with occasional staining also)
PUBLISHER: D Rabone & Co (Printer) 1951
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports programmes souvenirs basketball men championships
NZ Men's Basketball Champs: 16, 17, 18, 19 September 1952 Souvenir Programme
SCARCE, octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, unpaginated, VG+ (sl creasing & soiling to covers, sl rusting to staples, occasional minor foxing, page edges cut roughly)
PUBLISHER: Times Print (Printer) 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history sports programmes souvenirs basketball men championships