Books - "history"
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Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life
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PUBLISHER: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster 1996
KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin darwinian theory evolution biology science history
A Little History of Science
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PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: history popular science
Experience and Enlightenment: Socialization for Cultural Change in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
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PUBLISHER: Edinburgh University Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history 18th eighteenth century culture
Richelieu and His Age, Volume III: Power Politics and the Cardinal's Death
THIS VOL ONLY, octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1965
KEYWORDS: politics political history Cardinal Richelieu biography biographies
Richelieu and his Age, Volume II: Assertion of Power and Cold War
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy; 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: Harcourt Brace & World 1970
KEYWORDS: politics political history Cardinal Richelieu biography biographies
The Three Waves of Globalization: A History of a Developing Global Consciousness
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PUBLISHER: Zed Books 2004
KEYWORDS: history politics political theory globalisation globalization
The Habsburgs: The Rise and Fall of a World Power
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PUBLISHER: Allen Lane / Penguin 2020
KEYWORDS: Habsburgs history dynasty Europe
Heroes: Volume II of Mythos
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PUBLISHER: Penguin 2019
KEYWORDS: classical studies history mythology Stephen Fry ancient Greece Greek
The Morioris of Chatham Islands: Memoirs of the Bernice P Bishop Museum Volume IX, Number 1, Bayard Dominick Expedition, Publication Number 4
FIRST EDITION, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to red section of spine, page edges speckled red, 140pp + plates (all present), illus, VG (moderate fading to spine, 3cm closed tear to lower front hinge, light scuffing to boards, edges & spine, light bruising to board corners, light to moderate fading & soiling to boards, light to moderate soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Honolulu, Hawaii, Published by the Museum 1923
KEYWORDS: morioris moriori chatham chathams rekohu archaeology ethnology new zealand history h d skinner otago university academic
The Cook Voyages Encounters: The Cook Voyages Collections of Te Papa
Imperial octavo, orange heavy boards, white text to front board & spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 279pp, extensively illus, Nr FINE (v slight chafing & bruising to board corners & spine) in d/w VG (light creasing to edges & slight soiling to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2019
KEYWORDS: captain james cook voyages colonisation colonial new zealand history te papa tongarewa museum of new zealand collection
The Sheep and Wool Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks 1781-1820
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 641pp, illus, VG+ (slight scuffing to edges & spine, slight soiling & chafing to boards, slight foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light creasing & scuffing to edges, light foxing, soiling & chafing to jacket)
PUBLISHER: The Library Council of New South Wales in Association with the British Museum (Natural History) 1979
KEYWORDS: sheep wool joseph banks botanist colonist correspondence new zealand history
Te Heke O Rangihouhiri
Imperial octavo stapled green light card wrappers, black text to front wrapper, v + 45 pp, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate soiling & foxing to wrapper & page edges, light tanning to wrapper & page edges, slight creasing to wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Memoir No 6 Whakatane & District Historical Society, Incorporated, NZ, No. 1
KEYWORDS: new zealand aotearoa history walter e gudgeon cecil watt maori te heke o rangihouhiri te arawa ngati pikiao hinekura te takinga parua kawiti tamakari makino whakaue tura ahuru rangitihi rangiteaorere uenukukopako rangiwewehi tarawhai tuara tu tuhourangi tuwharetoa tapuika moko waitaha a hei iwikorako kumaramoa kurapoto mataatua awa tuhoe pukeko ngariki tainui haua maru toa raukawa maniapoto ngaitai ranginui pirirakau ponga
The Ring of Fire Volume II: Polynesian Seafaring: A Disquisition on Prehistoric Celestial Navigation and the Nature of Seagoing Double Canoes with Illustrated Reproducing Original Field Sketches, Wash Drawings, or Prints by Artists on the Early Voyag
Quarto, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind stamped decoration to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (light fading & scuffing to board edges & spine, light foxing & tanning to pages, light to moderate foxing to pastedowns, previous owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w (several >2cm closed tears to edges, light scuffing & creasing to edges, light soiling & chafing to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Dodd , Mead & Company 1972
KEYWORDS: polynesian seafaring voyaging edward dodd history pacific hawaiki polynesia nautical maritime
The People of the Sea: The Maritime Dimension of Pacific Island History
WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED PHD THESIS, LATER PUBLISHED AS BOOK OF THE SAME TITLE, quarto, royal blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 335pp, illus, Nr FINE, (v sl foxing to page edges, v sl bruising to corners)
PUBLISHER: A Thesis Submitted for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy of The Australian National University, March 2001
KEYWORDS: phd thesis paul d'arcy pacific island history polynesia maritime marine
A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean 1796-1798
FACSIMILE EDITION WITH FOLDING MAPS TO REAR, super octavo, white heavy boards, black text to spine, xix + 420pp, illus/maps (all present), VG+ (slight bruising to spine, light soiling to board edges, upper page edges moderately foxed) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, slight soiling to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Fruhe Reisen Und Seefahrten in Originalberichten Band 5, Akademische Druck Austria 1966
KEYWORDS: james wilson missionary missionaries south seas pacific polynesia christianity history colonisation
Documents on Germany Under Occupation 1945 - 1954
Imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 660pp, folding map to rear, VG+ (slight bruising & scuffing to spine & board corners, light to moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, boards slightly warped) in d/w VG- (light chipping & creasing to edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to jacket)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, 1955
KEYWORDS: occupied germany under occupation beate ruhm van oppen history post world war two second ii historic documents
A History of the Crusades: Volume III; The Kingdom of Acre and the Later Crusades
THIS VOLUME ONLY, octavo, cerise heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 530pp, illus + folding map & chart to rear, VG+ ( v slight brusing to edges of spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, pastedowns & prelims/terminals, previous owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w VG+ (slight scuffing to edges of jacket, moderate & chafing tanning to spine of jacket, slight tanning & soiling to jacket, price clipped, two >3cm closed tears to top & bottom of rear jacket hinge)
PUBLISHER: The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: crusade christian religious history kingdom of acre later crusades steven runciman northern hemisphere
A History of the Crusades: Volume II; The Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Frankish East 1100 - 1187
THIS VOLUME ONLY, octavo, cerise heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 523pp, illus + folding chart to rear, VG+ ( v slight brusing to edges of spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w VG+ (slight scuffing & chipping to edges of jacket, moderate & chafing tanning to spine of jacket, slight tanning & soiling to jacket, price clipped, 2cm closed tear bottom of front jacket hinge)
PUBLISHER: The Syndics of the Cambridge University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: crusade christian religious history kingdom of jerusalem frankish east steven runciman northern hemisphere
The Eastern Schism: A Study of the Papacy and the Eastern Churches During the XIth [11th] and XIIth [12th] centuries
Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled lower edges, vii + 189pp, VG+ (v slight scuffing to edges of spine, v slight foxing to upper page edges, slight tanning to page edges, moderate soiling to fep & rep) in d/w VG+ (light tanning & soiling to jacket, v slight creasing to edges of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955
KEYWORDS: eastern great schism papacy eastern churches eleventh twelth century christian history steven runciman
The Congress of Arras 1435: A Study in Medieval Diplomacy
Super octavo, dark blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 266pp, VG+ (v slight foxing to upper page edges, slight tanning to page edges, moderate soiling to fep & rep) in d/w VG+ (slight tanning & soiling to jacket, v slight creasing to edges of jacket)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1955
KEYWORDS: congress of arras joycelyne gledhill dickinson medieval diplomacy european history fifteenth century