Books - "history"
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The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas
Ex library, quarto, red cloth boards with grey lettering to spine & front board, 399pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, sellotape to boards, vertical crease to rear ep, sellotape residue stains) in d/w
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: ex library LynnPan China Chinese communities overseas encyclopaedia history
Hungarian Jewry and the Papacy: Pope Pius XII Did Not Remain Silent
Reports, Documents and Records from Church and State Archives
First edition, super octavo, red boards with black lettering to spine, xii + 131pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, bruising, rubbing & creasing to edges, folds & corners, 3cm tear with loss to upper rear, tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sands & Co (Publishers) Ltd 1968
KEYWORDS: first edition Jeno Levai history Hungary Hungarian Jews Pope Pius XII Hochhuth Catholic Church persecution anti-semitism
Antarctica
Ex library, first edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece map, xvi + 511pp, illus, VG- (soiling & sellotape residue to boards, front gutter shaken, sellotape residue stains to eps, label residue to eps) in d/w, VG-
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1965
KEYWORDS: Trevor Hatherton Antarctica oceanography marine life flora fauna natural history toppography meteorology polar ionosphere geomagnetic field
Dressed for the Job: The Story of Occupational Costume
Ex-library. Hardcover imperial octavo (G) in d/w (G); 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: Blandford Books Ltd 1982
KEYWORDS: Ex-library specials Christobel Williams-Mitchell fashion history clothing evolution of trends
Some Recollections of a happy Life
Marianne North in Australia and New Zealand
First Edition Thus. Hardcover imperial 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: Edward Arnold Australis Pty Limited 1986
KEYWORDS: First Edition Thus specials Helen Vellacott Daniel Thomas Marianne North Australia New Zealand nonfiction history biography botany
Bosnia: A Short History
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: Macmillan 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Noel Malcolm history Bosnia Easten Europe chronology
Highland Peoples of New Guinea
Ex-library. 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: Cambridge University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Ex-library specials Paula Brown anthropology New Guinea history nonfiction
Elizabeth & Leicester
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 Books Limited 1961
KEYWORDS: specials Elizabeth Jenkins history biography Queen Victoria Lord Leicester Victorian
Squash
A History of the Game
ex library, super octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw (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: Scribner 2003
KEYWORDS: specials James Zug squash history sport
Line Clear Ahead
75 Years of Ups and Downs
super octavo hardback in (nr fine) in dw (nr fine); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1982
KEYWORDS: specials O.S. Nock railways travel history trains transport
Journey into the Mind's Eye
first edition ex library, super octavo, (VG) in dw (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Lesley Blanch first edition ex library autobiography romance travel history
The Family in Ancient Rome
ex library, super octavo, (VG) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Croom Helm 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Beryl Rawson ex library ancient Rome history social family
Magnificent Obsession
The Story of the Mitchell Library, Sydney
ex library, super octavo, (VG+) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete 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 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Brian H. Fletcher Mitchell Library Sydney books Australia history
The Court of the Caliphs
The Rise and Fall of Islam's Greatest Dynasty
ex library, super octavo (VG+) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Hugh Kennedy ex library Islam history dynasty Muslim Middle East politics
J.F.K. and Vietnam
Deception, Intrigue, and the Struggle for Power
ex library, super octavo (VG+) in dw (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Warner Books 1992
KEYWORDS: specials John M. Warner ex library Vietnam J.F.Kennedy politics history
The Recorder & its Music
super octavo hardcover (VG) in dw (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1962
KEYWORDS: specials Edgar Hunt music recorder history
Duel in the Snows
The True Story of the Younghusband Mission to Lhasa
super octavo, hardcover (VG+) in dw (VG+) ex library; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, omplete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Murry 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Allen Lhasa Himalayas travel history anthropology
More Maoriland Adventures of J. W. Stack
First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with black lettering to spine & blind lettering to front board, illus pastedowns, printed eps, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (fading to spine & board edges, bruising to extrems, light foxing) in d/w, tatty (brown tape repair replacing most of rear cover and corner of front cover, chipping and small tears, creasing)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1936
KEYWORDS: first edition James West Stack AH Reed New Zealand autobiography travel history Maori
The Mystery of La Perouse
First edition, octavo, mustard-coloured cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 187pp, illus, VG+ (bookseller's label to fep, light tanning & foxing) in d/w, VG (2cm closed tears to front upper & lower edges & to lower rear/flap edge, bruising & creasing to spine extrems & corners, v slight soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: Bascands Ltd 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition Mona Gordon biography history Pacific exploration navigation navigator expedition naval nautical journey sailing
Tangweera: Life and Adventures among Gentle Savages
First edition (author is the brother of Gustavus von Tempsky), super octavo, white cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and brown lettering with brown illus to front board, black eps, tissue guard to title page, xi + 318pp, illus, VG- (heavy soiling to rear board, fading, staining & rubbing to spine, soiling to front board & bruising to front board fore-edge & lower corner, dampstaining to feps, owner's name in pencil to helf-title page, tanning)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold 1899
KEYWORDS: first edition C Napier Bell New Zealand biography travel anthropology history Central America Mosquito Indians