Books - "history"
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Pennell of the Afghan Frontier: The Life of Theodore Leighton Pennell
Ex library, sulper octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 464pp + 16pp adverts, illus incl folding map to rear (VG), VG- (usual library markings incl notice to front pastedown, foxing esp to prelims and page edges, rubbing fading & damp stains to boards, fraying to board edges & corners)
PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1914
KEYWORDS: ex library AM Pennell Theodore Leighton Pennell Afghanistan biography history medicine Indus
Yankee from Olympus: Justice Holmes and His Family
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: Bantam Books 1964
KEYWORDS: biography history oliver wendell jones law legal system american supreme court justice catherine drinker bowen specials
Popular Fiction 100 Years Ago; An Unexplored Tract of Literary History
first edition, 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: Cohen & West 1957
KEYWORDS: popular fiction literature literary criticism history margaret dalziel first edition specials
Edward Stafford: New Zealand's First Statesman
Softcover octavo (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: Hazard Press 1994
KEYWORDS: new zealand history edmund bohan edward stafford biography politics statesman specials
British Canals: An Illustrated History
first edition, 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: David & Charles 1966
KEYWORDS: british canals history britain england waterways charles hadfield specials
The Travel Journal of Antonio De Beatis: Germany, Switzerland, The Low Countries, France and Italy 1517-1518
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 1979
KEYWORDS: travel history j.r. hale j.m.a. lindon antonion de beatis germany switzerland the low countries france italy specials
The Russian Terrorists: The Story of Narodniki
first edition, 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: Barrie and Rockcliff 1966
KEYWORDS: terrorism russia history politics narodniki ronald seth russian revolution specials
Thames Crossings: Bridges, Tunnels and Ferries
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: David & Charles 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Phillips London Thames England bridges tunnels ferries transport history
Super in the South: The Early History of the Southland Co-operative Phosphate Co. Ltd
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Southland Cooperative Phosphate Co 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Clive A Lind New Zealand Southland history Phosphate Cooperative fertiliser commerce business agriculture
The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages AD500-1600
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: specials Samuiel Eliot Morison American history discovery exploration Cabots Verrazzano Gomez Cartier Gilbert Frobisher Raleigh
The Voyage of Semen Dezhnev in 1648: Bering's Precursor with Selected Documents
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1981
KEYWORDS: raymond h. fisher history semen dezhnev bering specials
The English New England Voyages 1602-1608
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1983
KEYWORDS: history exploration travel david b. quinn alison m. quinn new england specials
Sir Francis Drake's West Indian Voyage 1585-86
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society 1981
KEYWORDS: sir francis drake mary frear keeler history west indian voyage travel exploration specials
The Growth of the American Republic (fifth edition)
two volume set in slipcase, hardcover octavo (VG) d/w vol 1 (VG) d/w vol 2 (VG-), slipcase (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: Oxford University Press 1962
KEYWORDS: united states of american american republic history politics samuel eliot morison henry steele commager specials
From Tasman to Marsden: A History of Northern New Zealand From 1642 to 1818
Octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to front board and gilt lettering to spine, xv + 236pp, VG (slight bruising to spine extrems, foxing & browning to page edges, browning to front & rear eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: J Wilkie & Co 1914
KEYWORDS: Robert McNab New Zealand history Tasman Cook Kermadecs timber whaling te Pahi Boyd Marsden Bay of Islands
The Way We Were: Pictorial Memories of Early New Zealand: Dunedin / Coastal Otago
Oblong quarto, illustrated light card covers, illus eps, 80pp, illus, nr fine (slight rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Moa Beckett 1994
KEYWORDS: Valerie Davies New Zealand pictorial history photography Dunedin Coastal Otago
Parliamentary Practice in New Zealand
Octavo 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: Hasselberg Government Printer 1985
KEYWORDS: specials David McGee New Zealand politics government parliament procedures rules history
Norway
Black's Popular Series of Colour Books
First edition, octavo, light blue boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind lettering & blind tooling to front board, frontispiece, vii + map + 196pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy damp staining to boards & spine, inscription in ink to fep, foxing & browning throughout) in VG- d/w (bruising & nicks to spine extrems & adges & corners, crease to full length of rear, tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: A & C Black Ltd 1928
KEYWORDS: first edition SC Hammer A Heaton Cooper Norway travel tourism history landscape
The Travels of Ibn Battuta AD 1325-1354 Volume III (Volume 3)
Hakluyt Society Second Series, Volume 141
This volume only, octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt stamped design & blind rule to front board, xi + 539-771pp, illus, nr fine, in VG+ d/w (rubbing & tanning, small ding to front edge, tanning to interior)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Cambridge University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: Sir Hamilton Gibb Ibn Battuta history travel biography North Africa Asia Minor Mecca Central Asia India China Muslim countries
Dickens
First edition, super octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, xvi + 1195pp. Illus, nr fine, in VG+ d/w (slight rubbing to front, sticker residue to front)
PUBLISHER: Sinclair Stevenson 1990
KEYWORDS: first edition Peter Ackroyd Charles Dickens biography history literary criticism