Books - "history"
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Early Dunedin
8vo stapled light card covers (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Dunedin Technical High School n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago Dunedin social history
The Gentry: Stories of the English
Super 8vo 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: Harper Press 2011
KEYWORDS: Adam Nicolson England English history stories social history
Armies of the Greek and Persian Wars 500 to 350 BC: Campaigns, organisation, tactics, dress & weapons
Super 8vo 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: War Games Research Group n/d
KEYWORDS: Ancient Greece Greek Persia Persian War Games Research Group classical history military history army armies
System and Process in International Politics
LACKS D/W, 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: John Wiley & Sons 1957
KEYWORDS: politics world political history processes systems theory history
Waterloo in 100 Objects
Imperial 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: The History Press 2015
KEYWORDS: waterloo history military history napoleonic wars
Dictionary of Demons: A Guide to Demons and Demonologists in Occult Law
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG (minor water damage to base of spine, light bruising & soiling to board edges & extrems, minor soiling to rear board, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping with moderate water staining to edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Guild Publishing 1988
KEYWORDS: demons demonology supernatural occult history esoteric evil spirits culture history historical religion religious
A Vision Betrayed: The Jesuits in Japan and China 1542-1742
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: Orbis Books 1994
KEYWORDS: China Chinese history jesuits missions Japan Japanese church history
The Illustrated Companion to South Indian Classical Music
Super 8vo, pp. xvii + 376; illus. heavy card bds; illus. eps & prelims, photos, illus.; VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; light cracking to front gutters); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: India South Indian music Oxford Companion illustrated history ancient classical history arts
Discovering the Roman Family: Studies in Roman Social History
8vo, pp. green buckram bds, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus.; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & foxing to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems; prev bookseller's price sticker to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Pres 1991
KEYWORDS: ancient classic classical history Rome Roman social history family organisation organization relationships
Myth, Scandal, and History: The Heinrich Schliemann Controversy and a First Edition of the Mycenaean Diary
SIGNED, INCRIBED & DATED BY AUTHOR TO FRIEND. Super 8vo, pp. 273; black buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus, VG+ (minor scuffing & soiling to bds; sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping).
PUBLISHER: Wayne State University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: ancient classical history Mycenae Micenaean diary Heinrich Schliemann 19th century archaeology history Greece Greek Rome Roman art
The Jack Brabham Story
Lg quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 253pp + 3pp index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & closed tearing to edges & front, light fading to spine, prev. bookseller's label to rear & front, light chafing, sl tanning to edges of flaps)
PUBLISHER: Minidi 2004
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports history drivers autobiographies biographies memoir Sir Jack Brabham grand prix f1 formula one 1 history Australian
Legends of the Maori
First edition, thus. Super royal 8vo, pp. xi + 320; brown cl bds, spine & front board lettered in gilt & decorated in gold koru; illus. eps, illus.; VG (moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light chipping; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in blue ink to ffep, tp, p. 20, 47, 79, 143, 207 & colophon; sm closed tear to p. 191 at top edge; light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Fine Arts (N.Z.) 1930
KEYWORDS: New Zealand early history Maori social history myth mythology legend
The Ancient Near East in Pictures: Relating to the Old Testament
Imp. 8vo, pp. xvi + 396; red buckram bds, black label to spine lettered in gilt; illus. tp, photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & soiling; moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with moderate chipping; moderate fading, esp to back; moderate tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap at head).
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: ancient classical history Near East Old Testament Bible Biblical archaeology anthropology social history life lives
Lawrence District High and Consolidated Schools: Centennial History 1864-1964
8vo stapled light card covers (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: Otago Daily Times [1964]
KEYWORDS: 19th 20th century New Zealand history Lawrence high school centennial centennary history
Pioneers of Martins Bay
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 116pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges- yellowing tape repairs to base, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, heavy crease to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers 1947
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Martins Bay history Alice Mackenzie early settlers pioneers
Vanilla: Travels in Search of the Luscious Substance
8vo 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: Michael Joseph 2004
KEYWORDS: Tim Ecott vanilla plant history natural history
Spanish and Portuguese Conflict in the Spice Islands: The Loaysa Expedition to the Moluccas 1525-1535. From Book XX of The General and Natural History of the Indies
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, xix + 194pp, illus/maps, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Routledge 2021
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages Spanish Portuguese expeditions 16th sixteenth century Indies natural history
The History of the Illustrated Book: The Western Tradition
4to, pp. 288; brown cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, publisher's device to front board in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; lg closed tear to back).,
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1981
KEYWORDS: printing publishing history book arts design illustrated history illustrations
Faith of our Fathers 1866-1966
8vo stapled light card covers (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: The Presbyterian Church in Balclutha N.D.
KEYWORDS: New Zealand local history Balclutha Otago centennial centenary history Presbyterian Church
Romance of the Empire: Australia
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: T C & E C Jack N/D (c.1910s?)
KEYWORDS: Australia Australain history exploration history discovery