Hard To Find Books
Books

Search For Hard To Find Books

Advanced Search

Books - "history"

Showing 6941 to 6960 of 43665 results.

$8.00
xxcpe3999

Granta 57; India, the Golden Jubilee


JACK, IAN (ed)

large format paperback; 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; 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: granta

KEYWORDS: literature specials history journalism essays prose arts ian jack granta

$18.00
2f14/25

Exile on Main St. A Season in Hell With the Rolling Stones


GREENFIELD, ROBERT

large format gloss illus light card covers 258pp illus Nr. FINE

PUBLISHER: da capo press 2006 cambridge

KEYWORDS: music history rolling stones rock arts robert greenfield biography

$27.50
1p5a/55

To The Limit; The Untold Story of the Eagles


ELIOT, MARC

large format illus light card covers vii + 394pp illus VG

PUBLISHER: da capo press 2005 cambridge

KEYWORDS: arts music the eagles biography rock history marc eliot

$17.50
1p5a/62

Daughter of the Reich; The Incredible Story of Louise Fox


FOX, LOUISE & DOWLING, CINDY

large format photo illus light card covers with french flaps 222pp illus FINE

PUBLISHER: hourglass 2006 wollombi

KEYWORDS: world war two hermann goering third reich history autobiography louise fox cindy dowling australia

$50.00
u28a/5

The Rev. James Buller 1812-1884


GADD, BERNARD (BULLER, Reverend JAMES)

octavo stapled card wrappers 40pp illus VG (light soiling to covers, sl rusting to staples, prev owners bookplate)

PUBLISHER: wesley historical society 1966 auckland

KEYWORDS: church history new zealand wesley wesleyan religion cghristianity missionary reverend james buller bernard gadd biography

$35.00
u28a/8

Steamers Down the Firth


A Short History of the Trade From Auckland to Clevedon and Outports, and in particular, of the Clevedon Steam Navigation Company Limited

LAXON, W A

stapled gloss card wraps 44pp illus VG (light wear and soiling)

PUBLISHER: w a laxon 1966 greenlane

KEYWORDS: w a laxon new zealand transport steamers shipping nautical maritime auckland clevedon steam navigation company history

$300.00
u28a/9

Four Centuries of Leige Gunmaking


GAIER, CLAUDE

Small Folio brown faux-leather boards with gilt motif to front board,and gilt lettering to spine 287pp illus VG++ (light fading to bottom edge or boards, sl discolouration to eps) in VG d/w (small closed tears to extremities, light fading at edges and spine, laminate lifting at spine)

PUBLISHER: eugene wahle and Sotherby Parke Bennet 1976 London

KEYWORDS: history military firearms weapons gunmaking liege belgium claude gaier

$1550.00
u28a/11

Wanderings in Spain (in Two Volumes)


HAVERTY, MARTIN

original blindstamped brown boards, two volume set, gilt motifs and lettering to spines 337pp + 324pp + 8pp adverts G+ (boards rubbed and bruised with closed tear to front board of vol2, small chips and tears to heads and tails, closed tears to top (3cm down) and bottom of spines,fep loose vol one, lacks frontis vol one, frontis loosening vol two, owners details and booksellers label on front pastedowns, modertae foxing throughout) A reasonable set of a very scarce edition

PUBLISHER: parry, blenkarn and co 1847 london

KEYWORDS: spain travel history martin haverty

$25.00
u28a/17

Race, Colour & Identity in Australia and New Zealand


DOCKER, JOHN & FISCHER, GERHARD

Super octavo illus light card covers, xiii + 288pp illus VG+ (light rubbing, sl crease to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: unsw press 2000 sydney

KEYWORDS: sociology race relations racism new zealand australia history john docker gerhard fischer

$25.00
u28a/32

The History of Gothic Fiction


ELLIS, MARKMAN

large format illus light card covers ix + 261pp illus FINE

PUBLISHER: edinburgh university press 2007 edinburgh

KEYWORDS: literature specials gothic fiction markman ellis history literary criticism

$10.00
xxcub4003

Icons, Saints and Divas; Initimate Conversations With Women Who Changed the World


MITCHELL, SUSAN

large format paperback; 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: harper collins

KEYWORDS: specials sociology history feminism susan mitchell journalism

$35.00
w2a/6

The Ways of the Bushwalker On Foot in Australia


HARPER, MELISSA

large format light card covers xv + 348pp illus VG+

PUBLISHER: unsw press 2007 sydney

KEYWORDS: sport hiking recreation australia melissa harper history

$25.00
w2a/8

The Transformation of Australia's Population 1970-2030


KHOO, SIEW-EAN & MCDONALD, PETER (eds)

large format light card covers xi + 302pp diagrams FINE

PUBLISHER: unsw press 2003 sydney

KEYWORDS: australia demographics sociology history science population growth

$25.00
231010rg1

The Summer Exercises


GIBSON, ROSS

first edition, large format illus light card covers with french flaps 270pp illus FINE

PUBLISHER: university of western australia press 2008

KEYWORDS: literature modern first edition history arts photography ross gibson australia

$30.00
w2a/21

Cosas De la Colonia ( Details of the Colony)


MEDINA, JOSE TORIBIO

large format printed boards with library cloth re-inforced spine xxiv + 500pp Ex libris (usual pockets and markings) VG (light rubbing and marking to boards)

PUBLISHER: Fondo Historico y Bibliografico Jose Toribio medina1952 santiago

KEYWORDS: chile history colonies eighteenth century jose toribio medina

$95.00
2g10/33

The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period


EDWARDS, RALPH

small folio red cloth boards 684pp illus VG+ ( light rubbing and wear to extremities, label removed from right lower front corner, owners details on fep, a couple of light discolouration marks) HEAVY ITEM

PUBLISHER: spring books

KEYWORDS: english antiques furniture history ralph edwards reference

$22.00
q31/5

Cockroach


COPELAND, MARION

light card covers 200pp illus FINE (still in plastic seal)

PUBLISHER: reaktion books 2004 london

KEYWORDS: natural history science cockroach marion copeland

$125.00
q31/17

Life of Vice- Admiral Edmund, Lord Lyons


With an Account of Naval Operations in the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff 1854-56

EARDLEY-WILMOT, Captain S

dark blue cloth boards with gilt illustration to front board and gilt lettering to spine xiv + 437pp VG- (moderate wear to extremities, light rubbing, cracking to gutters, moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: sampson low, marston and company 1898 london

KEYWORDS: naval maritime history military captain s eardley-wilmot vice-admiral edmund lord lyton black sea sea of azoff

$55.00
q31/23

Where the White Man Treads


second edition (revised)

BAUCKE, WILLIAM

dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine 313pp VG- (soiling to boards, moderate fading and wear to extremities, mild discolouration to eps and foredges)

PUBLISHER: wilson and horton 1928 auckland

KEYWORDS: new zealand maori history william baucke

$14.00
xxcqd4164

The Mirror of Britain Series: The Battlement Garden; Britain From the War of the Roses to the Age of Shakespeare


HODGES, C WALTER

hardcover in dustwrapper (tidy); 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: andre deutsch

KEYWORDS: specials history great britain c walter hodges

site powered by - Turboweb :: Simple Web Manager