Books - "history"
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Dante in Love
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: Atlantic Books 2011
KEYWORDS: dante alighieri italy italian infero divine comedy biography beatrice history poet literary history
The Makers of Florence: Dante, Giotto, Savonarola and their City
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: Macmillan & Co. 1888
KEYWORDS: mrs. mrs oliphant florence florentine history italy italian dante alighieri giotto girolamo savonarola middle ages culture cultural history
The Jews of Islam
Very tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: Princeton University Press 1987
KEYWORDS: history Jews Jewish history Judaism religion religious Islam
The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan 1982
KEYWORDS: Grigorii Rasputin tthe Mad Monk biographies memoir Russia Russian Soviet history court courtiers history
Russian Autocrats from Ivan the Great to the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty: An Annotated Bibliography of English Language Sources to 1985
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Scarecrow Press 1987
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Russia Russian Soviet history autocrats information resources history historical
An Atlas of Modern Geography
Octavo, half faux leather bound marbled boards- rebound, title plate with black lettering to front board, xxiii maps- all present + 32pp prefatory note & index to rear, VG (modern/rebound spine & eps, heavy chafing & surface loss to board extrems & boards, heavy tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, purple ink remnants & pencil to prelims & terminals- prev. owner, bookbinder's ink stamp to rear pastedown, NZ hand drawn on to map xxiii in pencil, considerable pencil annotation to back of map xxiii also, occasional light staining/foxing to some maps throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman N/D (c.1826)
KEYWORDS: Samuel Butler maps geography cartography history history historical atlases
The Zulu War; A Pictorial History
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1987
KEYWORDS: michael barthorp zulu war pictorial history zululand south africa boer britain british empire imperialism colonialism military history combat warfare photo illustrated
Dunedin; Early Photographs
Ex-library; Oblong octavo, illus light card covers with plastic adhesive protective covers, spine reinforced with twine & black tape (originally spiral bound - now removed), unpaginated, illus. 20 black & white photo plates, VG- (light rubbing/soiling & moderately heavy sun-fading/tanning to covers, moderate creasing to cover & some page corners, light soiling/discolouration throughout including to page edges & plates, light dampstaining to top fore-edge impacting most plates, 4x7cm section cut-out of final blank page, usual library markings/stamps/barcodes to covers, text block, prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1985
KEYWORDS: ex-library hardwicke knight dunedin early photographs photographic photography photos history otago south island new zealand early settler colonial pictorial history
Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household
FIRST US EDITION; 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: Basic Books 2018
KEYWORDS: first edition adrian tinniswood britain british england english monarchy servant servants staff domestic history royals royalty history ,
The Looting of Nicaragua
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 251pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & fading to front board, 2cm closed tear- mended- to front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, moderate foxing thorughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Wright & Brown N/D (c.1920s?)
KEYWORDS: first editions literature Nicaragua Rafael de Nogales Latin South America history politics political history
England's Thousand Best Houses
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: Viking Studio 2003
KEYWORDS: simon jenkins illustrated history britain british england english history house houses architecture design interior
Out of Poland; When the best revenge is to have survived
SIGNED BY AUTHOR; 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: Lamplighter Press 2017
KEYWORDS: jenny harrison siegel family history histories new zealand migrants immigrants holocaust survival survivors jewish poland polish history world war two second wwii 2
SAS Undercover Operations: From World War II to Afghanistan
Imperial 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: Amber Books 2019
KEYWORDS: sas British secret services elite military history history undercover operations special air service
SAS Rescue Missions: From the Jungles of Malaysia to the Iranian Embassy Siege
Imperial 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: Amber Books 2019
KEYWORDS: rescue missions sas British secret services elite military history history special air service
With Quakers in France
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light discolouration & wrinkling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedownlight foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: C W Daniel 1921
KEYWORDS: first editions France French history diaries journals quakers communities history
The Real Siberia, Together With an Account of a Dash Through Manchuria
Ex-library, octavo, half leather bound maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with raised bands & rule to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 279pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing/rubbing to spine & extrems, heavy chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor library labelling/marking, moderate cracking to some gutters, moderate but occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1904
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature history Siberia John Foster Fraser history culture customs
The Garden of Ideas: Four Centuries of Australian Style
Lg 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press 2011
KEYWORDS: gardening history botany horticulture history culture
Notable Trees of the Strath Taieri; A collection of the 22 best trees in the area with historical information (Second Edition)
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED; 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: Anne Elliot 2005
KEYWORDS: signed new zealand south island otago strath taieri dunedin history significant notable trees flora nature natural history illustrated
Collected Works (Volume 2; 1895-1897)
THIS VOL. ONLY, LACKS D/W; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Foreign Languages Publishing House 1960
KEYWORDS: russian russia history politics political economics history vladimir vi lenin collected writings works capitalism capitalist criticism communism leninism
The Achenese (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xxi + 439pp + foldng maps & diagrams to rear, vol 2- 384pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light discolouration to spines, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps with sm ink stains to ffep of vol 1, sm ink notation to title pages of both vols, moderate tanning/browning to pages throughout, light cracking to gutters, moderate creasing & chipping to brittle edges of diagrams, maps to rear of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: E J Brill 1906
KEYWORDS: Acheh culture cultural history travel writing literature Netherlands-Indian government reports religion religious politics political history Achenese