Books - "history"
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An Atlas of the Life of Christ
Softcover string bound super 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: George Philip & Son, Ltd. Undated
KEYWORDS: specials John F Stirling religion religious literature Jesus Christ history
Richard Meinertzhagen
Soldier, Scientist & Spy
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: Mandarin Paperbacks 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Mark Cocker biography history espionage
Guide to Human Thought
Ideas that shaped the world
Softcover imperial 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: Bloomsbury Publishing Limited 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Kenneth McLeish philosophy history of ideas psychology
The Homeland Handbooks Volume 30: Littlehampton Arundel and Amberley with their Surroundings
With Town Plans of Littlehampton and Arundel and Many illustrations from Photographs
Duodecimo, yellow & red light card covers with black lettering, illus eps, xxiv pp adverts + folding map + frontispiece + 88pp + 22pp adverts, illus, VG (rubbing to spine & wear to spine edges, slight soiling to covers, v slight foxing)
PUBLISHER: Homeland Association 1925
KEYWORDS: W Goodliffe Homeland Association Britain Littlehampton Arundel Amberley history maps geography travel
The Page of James the Fifth of Scotland
Ex library, first edition, octavo, red cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, 258pp, VG (usu library markings, plastic-covered boards, browning to eps, foxing to page edges, occasional foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: R & T Washbourne 1900
KEYWORDS: James V Fifth Scotland Scottish history regency biography
Plutarch: Alexander: A Commentary
super octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, lxix + 231pp, VG+ (small stain spot to rear board, v.slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (tanning to spine, soiling spots to front & rear, sellotape stains to inside, foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: JR Hamilson Plutarch Alexander Macedonia biography history classics
Introduction to the Sacred Scriptures In Two Parts
Ex library, super octavo, maroon buckram boards with gilt lettering to front board & gilt rule to spine extrems, yellow eps, iv + 271pp, VG- (bruising to spine extrems & board edges, slight fading to spine, owner's name & address in ink to fep, heavy browning to eps, light tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Sealy, Bryers & Walker / Benziger Brothers 1889
KEYWORDS: ex library Rev John MacDevitt religion theology scriptures ecclesiastical history Bible old new testament
South to the Pole: The Early History of the Ross Sea Sector Antarctica
Imperial octavo, yellow cloth boards with gilt lettering in blue decorative panel to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xx + 481pp + folding map to rear, illus, VG+ (inscription in ink to half-title page, v slight foxing to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG- (bruising & nicks to spine extrems & corners, moderate tanning to interior, creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1967
KEYWORDS: first edition LB Quartermain Antarctic Ross Sea South Pole Bellingshausen Cook Borchgrevink Shackleton Scott Amundsen whalers David Mawson Mackay Campbell history diaries expeditions exploration
Land, Sea, and Air: Reminiscences of Mark Kerr
First UK edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, x + 406pp, illus + folding chart, VG (heavy fading to spine, moderate fading to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, inscription in ink to fep, heavy tanning to some pages esp prelims, moderate foxing elsewhere)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1927
KEYWORDS: Mark Kerr memoir reminiscence history biography travel nautical air exploration expedition
Aphrodisiacs: An Encyclopedia of Erotic Wisdom
EXPLICIT CONTENT, quarto, red boards with white lettering to spine, patterned eps, illus half-title & titles pages, 160pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (tape repair to 2cm closed tear to lower spine extrem, v slight fading to spine, foxing to interior)
PUBLISHER: Hamlyn Publishing Group 1990
KEYWORDS: Encyclopaedia reference aphrodisiacs sex sexual behaviour intercourse sexual history
Making and Thinking
Ex-library 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: Hollis and Carter, undated
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Walter Shewring history literature art philosophy essays
The People of Aristophanes
A Sociology of Old Attic Comedy
Ex-library 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: Basil Blackwell, 1943
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Victor Ehrenberg classical studies history comedy theatre sociology society
St. Francis and The Song of the Brotherhood
Ex-library softcover super 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: The Seabury Press 1981
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Eric Doyle biography history Francis of Assisi religion theology
Commando
Ex-library 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: Tandem Publishing Ltd 1975
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Brigadier John Durnford-Slater military history special forces commandos World War Two
Father McShane of Maryknoll
Missioner in South China
Ex-library 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: Dial Press Inc., 1932
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials James Edward Walsh religion religious history biography missionary journeys China
The Ern Malley Affair
hardcover octavo in d/w first edition copy of sebastian black (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: University of Queensland 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Heyward first edition literary criticism hoax history
The Face of War: New Zealand's Great War Photography
Super octavo, illus light card covers with black & red lettering to spine, frontispiece, vii + 150pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Sandy Callister New Zealand First World War One WWI military photography photographs history soldiers medics journalists
The Pioneer Craftsmen of New Zealand
Quarto, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG- (light rubbing and soiling to covers, ruising and chipping to upper edge, archival tape repairs to upper front cover)
PUBLISHER: Wiliams Collins Publishers 1982
KEYWORDS: Gilbert L Pearce New Zealand artisan craftsmen craftsmanship history stone timber woodwork shipbuilders brick iron bridges dams wharves shoes clothing watchmaking engraving
Hitler and the Christians
first edition, ex library, octavo, black cloth boards with red lettering to spine, top edges stained red, ii + 175pp, VG (usu library markings, owner's stamp to fep)
PUBLISHER: London Sheed & Ward 1936
KEYWORDS: first edition ex library waldemar gurian adolf hilter christianity germany history
Sydney's Jewish Community
Materials for a Post-War (II) History
Super octavo 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: Australian Jewish Communities Series 1953
KEYWORDS: specials Joseph Staedter Hans Kimmel Australia Sydney Jews Jewish community history