Books - "history"
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Steam Nostalgia: Locomotive and Railway Preservation in Great Britain
octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 270pp, illus, VG (v light wear, light damp stains to front board, pencil owner's name to fep) in VG+ d/w (v light wear, light soiling to front)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1972
KEYWORDS: sir gerald nabarro steam locomotive railways trains transport great britain history
From Subsistence to Exchange and Other Essays
with an introduction by Amartya Sen
octavo, navy cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xi + 153pp, near fine in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: peter bauer essays philosophy amartya sen economics anthropology politics political science history
Social Indicators for Aboriginal Governance: Insights from the Thamarrurr Region, Northern Territory
super octavo, illus light card covers, xiii + 116pp, illus, near fine
PUBLISHER: ANU Press 2004
KEYWORDS: j. taylor aborigine aboriginal australian history thamarrur region northern territory sociology racial issues politics government anthropology
Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar
translated by Antonina W. Bouis
first edition, octavo, yellow heavy card boards with brown cloth and gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 463pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear, v light damp stain to rear board) in VG+ d/w (light wear, damp stains to interior)
PUBLISHER: Free Press 2005
KEYWORDS: edward radzinsky antonina w. bouis russian history alexander II the last great tsar politics biography
Rulers and Victims: The Russians in the Soviet Union
octavo, purple heavy card boards with black cloth and silver lettering to spine, xi + 484pp, VG+ (v light pencil annotation to text, would otherwise be pristine) in VG+ d/w (v light wear and rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: geoffrey hosking russian history soviet union politics bolshevik revolution
The Railway Encyclopaedia
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in VG 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Harold Starke 1963
KEYWORDS: specials Ernest F Carter railways encyclopaedia trans transport terminology jargon reference history Stephenson to Beeching Stockton & Darlington to BR
The Railway Barons
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Osprey 1979
KEYWORDS: David Mountfield trains transport railways industrial revolution history Britain Europe USA Thomas Brassey George Hudson James Hill Edward Harriman Jay Gould Jim Fisk
Dart Valley Railway Pictorial
Oblong super octavo stapled light card covers (nr 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: D Bradford Barton Ltd (year?)
KEYWORDS: specials Tony Fairclough Alan Wills JR Besley trains railways steam engines locomotives Torbay pictorial history photography photographs
Rail Portfolios: The 40s
Oblong imperial octavo hardcover (nr 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing 1984
KEYWORDS: specials Murray Brown trains railways transport history pictorial photography English Electric Company Type 4 Class 40
Trains of the World: A Swift Picture Book
First edition, imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards, illus title page, erratum slip tipped in, unpaginated, illus, VG (damage to top 1cm of upper spine extrem, slight bruising to corners, tanning to upper page edges)
PUBLISHER: Longacre Press 1962
KEYWORDS: BG Wilson trains railways transport photography pictorial history
In My Day. Looking at New Zealand's Past
Quarto 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Cumulus / Whitcoulls 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Wolfe New Zealand pictorial photographs social history homes houses work holidays children wartime travel entertainment leisure educationsport transport
Motherland: A Philosophical History of Russia
Super 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Lesley Chamberlain philosophy history Russia individualism politics communism
Dependence and Underdevelopment: Latin America's Political Economy
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: Doubleday Anchor 1972
KEYWORDS: specials James Cockcroft Andre Gunder Frank Dale Johnson Latin America history economics politics GNP third world capitalism
A History of Western Philosophy 6: English-Language Philosophy 1750-1945
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: specials John Skorupski history of philosophy English-language Reid Coleridge Bentham John Stuart Mill Moore Russell
A History of Western Philosophy 5: The Empiricists
Ex library, octavo hardcover (VG) in plastic-covered 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: Oxford University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: specials ex library RS Woolhouse philosophy empiricism history Bacon Hobbes Locke Berkeley Hume Pierre Gassendi Royal Society London
Not in God's Image
First edition, super octavo hardcover (G+) 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: Maurice Temple Smith 1973
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Julia O'Faolain Lauro Martines gender female feminine roles history society classical Greece to 19th century women femininity
Culture, Power, and the State: Rural North China 1900-1942
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Prasenjit Duara China history
China: Tradition & Transformation
Imperial 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1990
KEYWORDS: specials John Fairbank Edwin Reischauer China history Chinese traditional civilisation Western influence
Bedfordshire Historical Record Society: The Railway Age in Bedfordshire
Volume 53
Super 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Bedfordshire Historical Society 1974
KEYWORDS: specials FG Cockman England Bedfordshire history trains railways locomotives steam engines
Last Steam Locomotives of Spain & Portugal
Quarto 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Ian Allen 1978
KEYWORDS: specials trains railways steam engines locomotives Spain Portugal photographs pictorial history RENFE