Books - "history"
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Traumziel Samoa: Reisebilder aus den Jahren 1912 von Fritz Schlosser und 1978 von Seiner Tochter Katesa
TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fadin gto spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Museum fur Volkerkunde der Universitat Kiel 2003
KEYWORDS: text in German travel literature writing history Katesa Schlosser Samoa pacific islands history culture customs
Litewskie Lotnictwo Wojskowe 1919-1940
TEXT IN POLISH; Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, dark blue lettering to spine, 327pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers & page edges, light vertical creasing to some pages)
PUBLISHER: Torun 1999
KEYWORDS: text in polish military history european lithuanian lithuania air force aviation history airplanes aeroplanes aircraft
High Road to Command; The Diaries of Major-General Sir Edmund Ironside; 1920-1922
Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 251pp, illus plates & maps, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & discolouration, one small closed tear to bottom of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper Ltd 1972
KEYWORDS: memoirs diaries journals autobiography autobiographies english england great britain british history military army history edmund ironside
The First Churchill: The Life of John, 1st Duke of Marlborough
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: William Morrow and Company 1980
KEYWORDS: British history nobility John 1st first duke of Marlborough Churchill family history
Locks and Lavatories: The Architecture of Privacy
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: English Heritage / Gatekeeper N/D (modern)
KEYWORDS: British history English heritage gatekeeper series privacy architecture buildings history locks doors windows
Russian Land Soviet People
LACKS D/W, MANY FOLDING MAPS, super octavo hardcover (VG) boards faded; 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: George G Harrap & Co 1968
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history Soviet Union USSR geography geology climate history
The Adams Papers: Diary and Autobiography of John Adams 1755-1804 (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, varying pagination, VG+ (jackets sellotaped to boards- tape staining/residue to board edges & eps, minor bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edgesprev. bookseller's sm label to ffeps) in d/w, VG (in protective wrappers with adhesive edges- edges likely stained/damaged if removed, light wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1961
KEYWORDS: autobiogarphy autobiographies memoir Adams family diary diaries journals history US American history
Israel and the Nations
LACKS FEP, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy, pgs 47-50 detached; 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 Paternoster Press 1963
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity middle east Israel history biblical second temple
Sporting Rileys
Imperial octavo, maroon heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, vi + 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to board & spine edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasign & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, moderate chafing/soiling & wrinkling to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Oxford Illustrated Press / Haynes 1986
KEYWORDS: motorsport automotive car racing Riley history cars history
Silk Road: Monks, Warriors & Merchants on the Silk Road
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: Odyssey 2005
KEYWORDS: silk road Asia trade routes history travel writing literature history
So Greatly Blessed: Campbell & Ruby Stuart Sawmillers and Musicians
Quarto spiral bound 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: Stuart Timber Company 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy Campbell Ruby Stuart history timber company
The Ferrari Formual 1 Cars 1948-1976
Quarto, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 192pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, sl soiling & foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front & rear gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- some minor loss, moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Aztec Corporation 1976
KEYWORDS: automotive motoring motorsports formula one 1 f1 history racing cars Ferrari design engineering history
Montailou: Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in slipcase (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 Folio Society 2005
KEYWORDS: folio society history cathars cathar priests catholic church catholicism France French ancient history religion religious
The Arctic Ocean and Its Coast in the Cenozoic Era (Severnyi Ledovityi Okean i Ego Poberezh'e v Kainozoe)
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: Amerind Publishing Co 1982
KEYWORDS: paleogeogrpahy arctic ocean ancient history geology cenozoic era flora fauna nature natural history
Aesthetics from Classical Greece to the Present: A Short History
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: The University of Alabama Press 1982
KEYWORDS: classical history ancient history Greece Greek
The Ghosts of K2: The Epic Saga of the First Ascent
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: Oneworld 2015
KEYWORDS: mountaineering mountain climbing history k2 mountains history exploration ascents expeditions
The Future Eaters: An Ecological History of the Australasian Lands and People
SIGNED, DATED & INSCRIBED, super 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: Reed New Holland 2001
KEYWORDS: ecology history Australia Australasian anthropology natural history signed
The History of The Wellington Branch of the National Council of Women 1916-2006: The Story of Energy and Enterprise
SIGNED, INSCIRBED & DATED BY AUTHOR, 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 Wellington Branch of the National Council of Women N/D (c. 2006)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history National Council of Women Wellington signed politics women's movements social history gender
Ann the Word: The Story of Ann Lee, Female Messiah, Mother of the Shakers, the Woman Clothed with the Sun
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: Fourth Estate 2000
KEYWORDS: history women in history biography christianity feminism shakerism
Women and Children First: The Fiction of Two World Wars
Very tidy ex library. 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: Victor Gollancz 1978
KEYWORDS: Children's fiction World War 1 World War 2 history 20th century literary history