Books - "history"
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Packhorse Waggon and Post: Land Carriage and Communications under the Tudors and Stuarts
ex-library, hardcover octavo (VG) 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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1967
KEYWORDS: history england britain travel transport tudor stuart j. crofts specials
Newfoundland Discovered: English Attempts at Colonisation 1610-1630
hardcover octavo (VG+) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1982
KEYWORDS: gillian t. cell newfoundland history england colonisation hakluyt society specials
The Last Voyage of Drake and Hawkins
hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1972
KEYWORDS: biography history francis drake hawkins maritime nautical exploration england britain kenneth r. andrews specials
The Three Voyages of Edmond Halley in the Paramore 1698-1701
two volume set (book + maps), hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1981
KEYWORDS: england history edmond halley paramore maritime nautical naval exploration norman j.w. thrower specials
English and Irish Settlement on the River Amazon 1550-1646
hardcover octavo (VG+) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1990
KEYWORDS: history settlement colonisation england ireland river amazon joyce lorimer specials
The Iceland Journal of Henry Holland 1810
hardcover octavo (VG+) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1987
KEYWORDS: andrew wawn history iceland journal memoir henry holland travel medicine specials
To the Pacific and Arctic with Beechey: The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. 'Blossom' 1825-1828
hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1973
KEYWORDS: history barry m. gough lieutenant george peard diary journal memoir travel exploration pacific arctic h.m.s. blossom specials
The Journal of Rochfort Maguire 1852-1854: Two Years at Point Barrow, Alaska, aboard H.M.S. Plover in the search for Sir John Franklin
two volume set, hardcover octavo (VG) 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: The Hakluyt Society 1988
KEYWORDS: history journal john bockstoce rochfort maguire memoir point barrow alaska travel search party sir john franklin specials
The Hakluyt Handbook
two volume set, hardcover octavo (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: The Hakluyt Society 1974
KEYWORDS: history the hakluyt society reference reverend richard hakluyt d.b. quinn specials
Archives in New Zealand: A report
softcover stapled wrappers (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: Archives and Records Association of New Zealand 1978
KEYWORDS: new zealand archives records reference history wilfred i. smith specials
Kennedy
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Pan Books 1966
KEYWORDS: specials theodore sorensen john f. kennedy american presidents usa history politics biography
Kiss Me Goodnight, Sergeant Major: The Songs and Ballads of World War II
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Panther 1975
KEYWORDS: specials war ww2 songs ballads martin page theatre music history
Lawrence of Arabia: The Man and The Motive
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Signet 1963
KEYWORDS: specials lawrence arabia history biography ww1
Square-Peg Pioneers: Memoirs of a Pommy Pioneer in Outback Australia
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: D. Eley 1994
KEYWORDS: specials australia memoirs dick eley autobiography history
Magdala: The Story of the Abyssinian Campaign of 1866-7
Being the Second Part of the Original Volume Entitled 'Coomassie and Magdala'
Ex library, small octavo, dark maroon buckram boards with gilt lettering & embossed emblem to spine with blind rule to boards, vii + map + 190pp, illus, VG- (bruising to spine extrems, rubbing & soiling spots to boards, prize-winner's label to front pastedown, library stamps to front & rear eps, heavy browning to front & rear eps, foxing to pages & page edges, 7cm crease/fold to upper corner of page 5)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1896
KEYWORDS: ex library Henry M Stanley geography history Abyssinia Africa British military campaigns Coomassie magdala
Land of a Thousand Buddhas: A Pilgrimage into the Heart of Tibet and the Sacred City of Lhasa
Super octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 320pp, illus, VG (browning to boards edges & spine, bruising to spine extrems, scratch to rear board, owner's name in ink to fep, one page loose, foxing)
PUBLISHER: Rider & Co 1952
KEYWORDS: Theos Bernard Tibet Lhasa history shrines Lama religion Buddhism ceremonies pilgrimages
The Children's Book of Edinburgh
First edition, octavo, light blue buckram boards with gilt lettering & coloured design to front board & gilt & red lettering & coloured design to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, decorated title page, xi + 379pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to boards, fading to spine, owner's name in ink to fep, foxing to pages & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1906
KEYWORDS: First edition Elizabeth W Grierson Edinburgh children's books Scotland history tourism travel sights
Dream West
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: New English Library 1986
KEYWORDS: specials david nevin literature civil war history
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (in four volumes)
Four-volume set, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt design & blind rule to front board, all vols frontispiece, xx + 442pp & folding map in rear pocket (vol 1), ix + 442-786pp (vol 2), viii + 787-1230pp (vol 3), viii + 1231-1752pp (vol 4), all vols illus, all vols VG+ (owner's name & date to fep, vol 1 bruising & pencil mark to upper page edges) (vols 2, 3, 4 would be fine but for owner's name & date in ink to fep), all vols in VG+ d/w (bruising & rubbing to exterior & edges & corners)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984
KEYWORDS: George Vancouver W. Kaye Lamb history maritime exploration North Pacific journal travel
Where Golf is Great: The Finest Courses of Scotland and Ireland
Oblong quarto, green boards with gilt letter to spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 527pp, illus, VG+ (lacks fep, ding to upper front board corner) in VG+ d/w (2cm jagged ding to upper front corner, slight rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Artisan Workman 2006
KEYWORDS: James Finegan Laurence Lambrecht Tim Thompson golf courses sport Scotland Ireland photography course history architecture tournaments hole-by-hole commentary