Books - "history"
Showing 4961 to 4980 of 43592 results.
Club Cameos
portraits of the day
355pp ills.[b/w] VG (brown cloth w.black dec.borders,mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear to extrems.,bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,title browned,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: sampson low london 1879
KEYWORDS: biography literature history club cameos
New Cloak,Old Dagger
how britain's spies came in from the cold
first edition 338pp ills.[b/w] NF (black cloth,minor shelf wear) in NF d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: gollancz london 1996
KEYWORDS: military history politics spies michael smith
Modern Paris
[first edition] 300pp ills.[b/w] VG- (blue cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,unevenly sunned,mod.bumps to extrems.,owner's bookplate to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: t.werner laurie london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history geography paris robert harborough sherard
Japanalia
first edition thus [colonial edition] 193pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (green cloth,v.sl.soiled,maps to eps,owner's sign.to half-title,content edges sl.foxed) in VG- d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.several mod.losses,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: gifford london 1938
KEYWORDS: japan geography history travel
Notable Voyages from Columbus to Parry
[first edition] 568pp ills.[b/w] G+ (blue cloth w.black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,rubbed and soiled,wear and chipping to extrems.,lacks prelims.but has title page,sl.loss to head of title but not affecting text,some minor soiling to contents,aeg,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: routledge london 1880
KEYWORDS: travel history nautical columbus parry william kingston
Pictures from Roman Life and Story
[first edition] 344pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG- (red cloth w.gilt/blacl/grey dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and mod.soiled,spine sunned,bevelled edges sl.worn,prelims.sl.soiled,aeg,spine cracked and sl.shaky)
PUBLISHER: hutchinson london [nd]
KEYWORDS: literature history roman life church
Round the Globe
through greater britain
[first edition thus - isbister home library] 384pp ills.[b/w] VG- (fawn cloth w.green/white/black/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and stained,bevelled edges sl.worn,gm stain to front pastedown,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: isbister london [nd]
KEYWORDS: history travel procter literature
Invention and Discovery
first edition 442pp+ads.ills.[b/w] VG (blue cloth w.pink/blue/yellow/gilt dec.stamps to top board and spine,sl.rubbed and soiled w.sl.wear to extrems.,school prize bookplate to ffep,owner's bookplate to frontis.verso,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed/soiled)
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton london 1896
KEYWORDS: history science literature invention discovery temple
The Life of Goethe
second impression 578pp VG (burgundy cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,sunned spine w.unevenly sunned boards,sl.bumps to extrems.,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed)
PUBLISHER: george routledge london [nd]
KEYWORDS: goethe literature history biography george henry clewes
The Age of Uncertainty
first edition [inscribed by author to late former nz prime minister robert muldoon] 366pp ills.[b/w and col.] FINE (brown cloth,author's warm inscription to ffep - dated 1977) in NF d/w (v.sl.rubbed and soiled)
PUBLISHER: bbc andre deustch london 1977
KEYWORDS: new zealand politics history john kenneth galbraith robert muldoon signed
Escape From Germany
first edition 318pp VG (red cloth,sl.wear to extrems.,lacks ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,price-clipped,some internal tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: collins london 1956
KEYWORDS: military history biography aidan crawley
The Forest Trees of Britain
[first edition] 431pp ills.[b/w] VG (blue textured cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,sl.rubbed and soiled,browned spine,owner's inscr.to ffep,content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked)
PUBLISHER: society for promoting christian knowledge london 1912
KEYWORDS: natural history britain boulger
City of the Plains: A History of Hastings
first edition 464pp ills.[b/w] VG+ super octavo hardcover in VG+ d/w
PUBLISHER: victoria university press wellington 1984
KEYWORDS: new zealand geography history hastings boyd
English Children's Books 1600 to 1900
third impression 256pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ (green cloth,sl.shelf wear,sl.cocked) in VG+ d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,spine sl.sunned,sl.wear to extrems.,price-clipped)
PUBLISHER: batsford london 1979
KEYWORDS: literature children's books percy muir history
Reminiscences of Twelve Months' Residence in New Zealand
first edition thus 275pp VG+ (burgundy cloth,minor bumps to extrems.,some minor pencil marks to contents) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled w.remains of price sticker to front cover,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: capper press christchurch 1973
KEYWORDS: new zealand history biography mckillop
The World of John Boultbee
first edition 329pp imperial octavo hardcover ills.[b/w] VG+ (tan cloth,sl.shelf wear,eps and content edges sl.soiled) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed/chipped and soiled,sl.sunned spine)
PUBLISHER: whitcoulls christchurch 1979
KEYWORDS: new zealand history travel biography john boultbee begg
Sorrows and Joys of a New Zealand Naturalist
first edition limited/numbered and signed by author [784/1000] 252pp ills.[b/w] VG+ (green cloth,sl.rubbed and soiled,prelims.and content edges v.sl.soiled,author's sign.to numbered colophon) in VG- d/w (mod.rubbed and stained,chipping and wear to extrems.,large tear to rear cover repaired internally w.tape)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1936
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography natural history guthrie-smith signed
Birds of the Water,Wood & Waste
first edition 197pp ills.[b/w] VG (olive cloth w.gilt dec.stamps to top board,mod.rubbed and soiled,sl.bumps to extrems.,owner's inscr.to ffep,prelims.and content edges sl.soiled) lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: whitcombe & tombs wellington 1910
KEYWORDS: new zealand natural history guthrie-smith
Charles Darwin 1809-1882
a centennial commemorative
first edition limited [this copy out of series] 376pp ills.[b/w and col.] NF (in plain black paper wrappers,sl.rubbed and soiled,contents clean)
PUBLISHER: nova pacifica wellington 1982
KEYWORDS: new zealand biography charles darwin travel natural history chapman duval
Sketches of Field Sports as followed by The Natives of India
first edition 261pp VG- (marbled paper boards w.burgundy half leather,rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.losses to corners and head of spine,several insect holes through binding and margins of contents,new eps,contents browned and mod.foxed)
PUBLISHER: longman,hurst,rees,orme,and browne great torrington 1822
KEYWORDS: sport natural history india daniel johnson