Books - "history"
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Robert Louis Stevenson: Man and Writer (in two volumes)
A Critical Biography
2 volume set, first edition, super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece to both volumes, vi + 351pp (vol 1) and vi + 304pp (vol 2), both vols VG (bruising to spine extrems, slight rubbing to board edges, owner's name in pencil to feps, heavy foxing to pages & esp. page edges, browning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1924 (?)
KEYWORDS: first edition JA Steuart Robert Louis Stevenson biography literary criticism history
The History of the Manx Grand Prix 1923-1998
Signed by Bill Walker and Mick Walker, quarto, illustrated light card covers, 200pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Amulree Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: Bill Snelling Peter Kneale Mick Walker grand prix Manx Motorcycle Club Amateur TT history racing biogs
Berlin and Its Culture: A Historical Portrait
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xiii + map + 416pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front ep) in nr fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Ronald Taylor Germany Berlin history culture medieval to reunification literature philosophy music theatres
Reliques of Ancient English Poetry, consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, together with some few of a later date
edited by Henry B. Wheatley
three volume set, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board and spine, gilt device to front board and blind rule to front board, (I) xcvii + 460pp (II) vii + 397pp (III) vii + 423pp, VG (all volumes in tidy condition, with light wear and fading to boards, bruising to corners and heads and tails of spine, edge of fep to vol. II creased with small closed tear, ink owner's details to fep of all vols, pages lightly tanned, occasional foxing esp. to eps, front gutter of vol. I cracked), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co. 1887
KEYWORDS: poetry english literature history thomas percy henry b. wheatley ballads songs music old english
Hungarian Jewry and the Papacy: Pope Pius XII Did Not Remain Silent
Reports, documents and records from Church and State archives
ex-library, octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine, xii + 132pp, illus, VG (light wear, library stamps to prelims and pockets to rear pages, v light foxing to eps and page edges) in VG- d/w (light soiling and rubbing, library marking to spine, small closed tear to upper edge neatly repaired with tape, closed tear to upper right corner of front)
PUBLISHER: Sands & Co. 1968
KEYWORDS: history judaism hungarian jewry religion christianity catholicism papacy papal pope pius xii world war two WWII second world war holocaust jeno levai j.r. foster
The Fontana Economic History of Europe Vol 3: The Industrial Revolution
ex library paperback, some foxing (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: fontana
KEYWORDS: specials history europe economics politics industrial revolution carlo cipolla
The Fontana Economic History of Europe Vol 4: The Emergence of Industrial Societies - 2
ex library paperback, some foxing (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: fontana
KEYWORDS: specials history europe economics politics industrial revolution carlo cipolla
The Fontana Economic History of Europe Vol 1: The Middle Ages
ex library paperback, some foxing (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: fontana
KEYWORDS: specials history europe economics politics industrial revolution carlo cipolla middle ages
The Complete Angler; or, the Contemplative Man's Recreation & Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a Clear Stream
with copious notes, for the most part original, a bibliographical preface, giving an account of fishing and fishing-books, from the earliest antiquity to the time of Walton, and a Notice of Cotton and
first U.S. edition, two parts bound as one, original binding, small octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus to front board and spine, blind rule to boards and spine, frontispiece, cxi + 249pp (part one) + 249pp (part two), illus, VG (fading and rubbing to boards esp. spine, wear to extremities esp. corners and head and tail of spine, small hole to upper spine, small closed tear to head and tail of spine, light tanning, occasional foxing), lacks d/w
PUBLISHER: Wiley & Putnam 1847
KEYWORDS: charles cotton isaac walton fishing history sport angling outdoors trout grayling america
More Houses and Homes
Quarto, 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 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Lois Galer New Zealand houses homes architecture buildings history Dunedin Otago
In Step with Sturt
Imperial octavo, hardcover 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: Graphic Books 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Keith Swan Margaret Carnegie Charles Sturt biography Australian explorer history Riverina New South Wales
The Surgeon's Log: Impressions of the Far East
Paperback (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: Penguins 1938
KEYWORDS: specials James Johnston Abraham travel adventure shipboard life ship's doctor history nautical
Growing Up in New Guinea
First edition thus, paperback (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: Pelican 1942
KEYWORDS: first edition thus specials Margaret Mead New Guinea history anthropology education society family Manus life
Boadicea's Chariot: The Warrior Queens
First edition, super octavo hardcover 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1988
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Antonia Fraser Boadicea chariots history warrior queens heroines
The New Zealand Sea Shore
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-) in tatty d/w ; 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: Collins
KEYWORDS: specials John Morton Michael Miller New Zealand illustrated guide marine life plants animals flora fauna natural history
Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World
Super octavo hardcover in d/w (fine); 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: Little, Brown & Company 2012
KEYWORDS: specials Evan Thomas Dwight Eisenhower American history USA president politics biography
The Bruneval Raid: Flashpoint of the Radar War
With a Foreward by Admiral of the Fleet The Earl Mountbatten of Burma
First edition, octavo hardcover 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Bodley Head 1974
KEYWORDS: specials first edition George Millar history WWII world war two second world war Germany resistance intelligence agents radar raidBruneval Normandy
Kidman: The Forgotten King
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson
KEYWORDS: specials Jill Bowen Sidney Kidman Australia history biography cattle king grazier businessman
The Life Histories of New Zealand Birds
First edition, 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Search Publishing Co 1932
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Edgar F Stead New Zealand birds ornithology natural history
Costly Gold: Clutha Riches and their Human Toll
Quarto, 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: AH & AW Reed (1977?)
KEYWORDS: specials JS Murray RW Murray New Zealand history Otago goldmining Clutha