Books - "history"
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The Legacy of the Ancient World
paperback (VG); all 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: Penguin Books 1967
KEYWORDS: history religion ancient greece israel rome classics ancient world w.g. burgh specials
Cosmic Coincidences; Dark Matter, Mankind and Anthropic Cosmology
originally published as The Stuff of the Universe
paperback (VG); all 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: Black Swan 1991
KEYWORDS: history science space physics astrophysics john gribbin martin rees specials
Sixteenth-Century England
paperback (VG); all 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: Penguin Books 1984
KEYWORDS: history britain england sixteenth-century joyce youings specials
A Pilgrimage to the Himalayas and other silhouettes from memory
first edition, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all 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: Peter Owen 1975
KEYWORDS: literature history biography autobiography mahadevi varma specials
The Cultural Origins of the French Revolution
softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Duke University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: france french history french revolution politics roger chartier lydia g. cochrane specials
Auguste Blanqui and the Art of Insurrection
softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Lawrence & Wishart 1971
KEYWORDS: history biography auguste blanqui french revolution politics samuel bernstein specials
Say the Bells of Old Missions; Legends of Old New Mexico Churches
ex-library, first edition, second impression, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 168pp, illus, VG (fading to spine, light wear, library stamps and markings to spine, fep and rear pastedown), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: B. Herder Book Co. 1945
KEYWORDS: history religion archaeology churches new mexico elizabeth willis dehuff
Lacis; Practical Instructions in Filet Brode, or darning on net
fully illustrated with patterns and working drawings
imperial octavo, blue cloth covers with gilt lettering to front board and spine, frontispiece, xviii + 143pp, illus, gilt page edges, VG+ (light soiling to boards, slight weakness to spine), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. 1909
KEYWORDS: history arts crafts lace needlework filet brode darning carita
Music Hall: Performance and Style
octavo, illus light card covers, xv + 175pp, illus, VG+ (light wear to extremities, pencil annotations throughout)
PUBLISHER: Open University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: arts music hall history britain j.s. bratton
New Zealand and France; Politics, Diplomacy and Dispute Management
octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 197pp, near fine (pages slightly bent)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Institute of International Affairs 2005
KEYWORDS: new zealand france politics international relations stephen hoadley history
Catalogue of the Fossil Sponges in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History)
with descriptions of new and little-known species
small quarto, brown cloth covers with gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated, illus, good (stains throughout caused by water damage, soiling and mould to boards, spine damaged), lacks d/w, owner's letters loosely enclosed (dated 1883)
PUBLISHER: Trustees of the British Museum 1883
KEYWORDS: natural history british museum archaeology fossil sponges geology george jennings hinde
African Nature Notes and Reminiscences
with a foreword by President Roosevelt and illustrations by E. Caldwell
ex-library, octavo, brown cloth boards with leather to corners and spine, gilt lettering to spine and front board, frontispiece, xxx +356pp, illus, good (complete but some pages loose, spine severely damaged, soiling to boards, library cancellation stamp to fep, light foxing throughout), first edition
PUBLISHER: Macmillan and Con. 1908
KEYWORDS: first edition natural history travel africa frederick courteney selous e. caldwell
Westward the Course; the new world of Oceania
first Australian edition, hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w; all 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: Oxford University Press 1942
KEYWORDS: history oceania australia new zealand paul mcguire specials
N'y Touchez Pas!
traduit de l'espagnol par Jovita Ventura Casto, preface d'Etiemble
french language, softcover octavo (VG); all 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: Gallimard 1980
KEYWORDS: french languages spanish history philippines jose rizal specials
France Since the Revolution
softcover octavo (VG); all 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 Free Press 1968
KEYWORDS: france french history french revolution politics donald j. harvey specials
Poetry and Parental Bereavement in Early Modern Lutheran Germany
octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 319pp, fine in near fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: literature literary criticism sociology lutheran germany history poetry parental bereavement anna linton
Lost Books of Medieval China
The Panizzi Lectures 1999
octavo, illus light card covers, vi + 79pp, VG+ (v light soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: The British Library 2000
KEYWORDS: chinese history medieval china literature books glen dudbridge panizzi lectures
The Israelis; Founders and Sons
paperback (VG); all 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: Sphere Books 1972
KEYWORDS: history politics israel religion amos elon specials
Nelson's Duchy; A Sicilian Anomaly
hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) dw (VG+); all 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: Spellmount 2005
KEYWORDS: history sicily lord nelson michael pratt specials
A Richer Dust; Echoes from an Edwardian Album
hardcover imperial octavo (VG) d/w (VG); all 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: Book Club Associates 1978
KEYWORDS: arts photography history colin gordon specials