Books - "history"
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The China Bird
hardcover super octavo, first edition (G+) in d/w (G+) ex library; 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: Chatto & Windus 1961
KEYWORDS: specials David R MacGregor first edition ex library maritime nautical voyage clipper history ship import export
The North Staffordshire Railway
Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 333pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1971
KEYWORDS: Rex Christansen RW Miller North Staffordshire railways trains transport history
The Fiji of To-day
With Seventy-five Illustrations
First edition, lacks fep, super octavo, blue/grey cloth boadrs with gilt lettering & gilt palmtree motif to spine, gilt lettering, white rule & mounted illus to front board, teg, frontispiece, 364pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG- (lacks fep, bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to spine sides, 1cm stain spot to rear board, foxing throughout & to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Charles H Kelly 1910
KEYWORDS: first edition John Wear Burton Rev AJ Small Fiji history religion Christianity
The Liners of Liverpool Parts 1, 2 and 3
Three-volume set, octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 114pp (vol1), 128pp (vol2), 173pp (vol3), illus, VG+ (owner's name label to fep in all vols, owner's red name stamp to fep & several other pages in all vols)
PUBLISHER: Countyvise Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: Derek M Whale Liverpool Pier Head ocean liners nautical history boats shipping ferry ferries tugs pilot boats cargo passenger shipping port
Isle of Man Tramways
With drawings & maps by S Broomfield, DG Coakham, JC Cooke, P Hammond and JN Slater with an appendix on Tickets by WH Bett
Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering, 379pp, illus, VG (soiling to eps & to page edges), in d/w, VG (fading to spine, soiling to inside)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1970
KEYWORDS: FK Pearson S Broomfield DG Coakham JC Cooke P Hammond JN Slater Isle of Man trams tramways transport history
Bordeaux: A Legendary Wine
Quarto, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind lettering to front board, patterned eps, 268pp, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: Michel Dovaz Michel Guillard wine oenology viticulture vineyards grapes Bordeaux France winemaking history vinification tasting reference science
Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821
Super octavo, black cloth boards with orange lettering to spine, xix + 3pp family trees + 502pp, VG+ (slight staining to spine & boards, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (fading to spine, bruising to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to upper front edge)
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row Publishers 1977(?)
KEYWORDS: Robert V Remini Andrew Jackson United States American president biography politics history
Steam Up Indonesia and Thailand
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to rear cover, light foxing to front)
PUBLISHER: J & A Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: John Joyce Allan Tilley Indonesia Thailand trains railways locomotives steam engines photography photographic history pictorial record
Roman Roads of Europe
Quarto, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruisng to spine extrems & board corners, dings to board lower edges) in d/w, VG+ (internal foxing, bruisng to corners, spine extrems & lower edges)
PUBLISHER: Cassell Ltd 1981
KEYWORDS: NHH Sitwell Roman roads Britannia Hispania Gallia Germania Italia Macedonia Africa Aegyptul Asia Imperium Romanum transport communication military history
Inside Stories: A History of the New Zealand Housewife 1890-1975
Super octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus eps, 375pp, patterned page fore-edges, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Godwit Random House 2011
KEYWORDS: Frances Walsh New Zealand housewives history domesticity cooking cleaning housework chores sewing decorating knitting sewing children
The Spotted Hyena: A Study of Predation and Social Behaviour
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, xvi + 335pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to rear cover, bruising to front cover upper edge, foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Hans Kruuk spotted hyena hyaena natural history predators animal behaviour wildlife ecology zoology
The Hanoverian Army during the Seven Years War
Gmundener Prachtwerk
Quarto, yellow cloth boards with white lettering to spine & white decorative crest to front board, frontispiece, 86pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (rubbing, bruising & creasing to corners, rubbing & creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Bent Carlsens Forlag Kopenhagen 1977
KEYWORDS: Joachim Niemeyer Georg Ortenburg Hanoverian military history uniforms army infantry artillery cavalry Light troops Legion Britannique
Comic Angels and other Approaches to Greek Drama Through Vase-Painting
Dated, inscirbed & signed by author, super octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 129pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Oliver Taplin classics ancient Greece Greek Athenian drama literature literary criticism art history
Operation White Lion
First edition 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: Collins and Harvill Press 1981
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Chris McBride natural history white lions African wildlife animals conservation
The Cats of Shambala
The extraordinary story of an actress's life with the big cats
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: Century Hutchinson Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Tippi Hedren natural history African wildlife conservation lions tigers cheetahs elephants
Cry for the Lions
A story of the lions of Mashatu epitomising the need for the conservation of the lions of all Africa
Hardcover super 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: Aftex Trading Company 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Gareth Patterson natural history wildlife conservation African lion
Discoveries of a Crocodile Man
Hardcover super octavo (VG) 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: William Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1982
KEYWORDS: specials Tony Pooley natural history African wildlife crocodiles conservation
Oxford in the History of the Nation
Ex-library 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1975
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials A L Rowse Oxford history England Britain university influence
The First Five Centuries of the Church
Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks 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: University of London Press, Ltd & Hodder and Stoughton. Ltd 1938
KEYWORDS: specials James Moffatt religion religious history early Church
Sex Problems in Wartime
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: Student Christian Movement Press 1940
KEYWORDS: specials G L Russell religion reigious literature military history sexuality