Books - "history"
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Cyclopedia of New Zealand: Volume 6 Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Wellington
Lacks title page, quarto, half-bound blue cloth boards with gijlt lettering to leather spine & gilt motif to front board, patterned eps, lacks fep, xxvi + 767pp, illus, G+ (heavy rubbing & fading to boards, staining & dampstaining to boards, small portion of front board lower edge broken off, small hole to rear spine upper fold, soiling and rubbing to eps, owner's name in ink to verso ep, lacks title page, foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Co Ltd (1908?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedia Taranaki Hawke's Bay Wellington history towns cities districts people society
Dionysius and The History of Archaic Rome
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xviii + 253pp, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Emilio Gabba Dionysius classics Rome Roman Empire Greek Greece ancient history
The Founding of the Roman Empire
Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, vii + 313pp, VG+ (tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy browning internally and to spine & edges, bruising with loss to spine extrems, 2cm closed tear to front/flap fold, 2cm closed tear to rear upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1927
KEYWORDS: Frank Burr Marsh Roman empire republic ancient history
Greek Sanctuaries
Super octavo, dark pink boards with gilt lettering to spine, 150pp, illus + 2 folding maps, fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Elek Books 1976
KEYWORDS: RA Tomlinson ancient classical Greece history archaeology architecture temples altars gateways theatres stadia monuments construction Acropolis Olympia Delphi Delos
The Concise Encyclopaedia of World Railway Locomotives
Imperial octavo, brown/orange cloth boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine & blind lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 512pp, illus, VG (fading & foxing to spine, staining to front board, tanning to eps, foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson of London 1959
KEYWORDS: P Ransome-Wallis trains steam engines locomotives railways transport construction electric hydraulic mechanical transmission diesel electric history Switzerland Mexico Australia Britain France USA South Africa Canada
Trout and Salmon Fishing in Otago (Including the Southern Lakes District)
First edition, octavo, yellow boards with blue lettering to spine & front board & blue fishing motif to front board, 24pp adverts + frontispiece + 96pp + folding map to rear, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, foxing, tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago Angers' Association 1948
KEYWORDS: first edition GJ Benfield Otago Anglers New Zealand Otago fishing trout salmon angling sport history
Maps and Plans Illustrative of Herodotus
Containing The World, Northern Greece, Southern Greece, Coast of Asia Minor, Egypt, The Delta, Leythia, Battle of Marathon, Xerxes Bridge, Thermopylae, Salamis, Platoea, Samos, Mycale, Asia, Lybia, At
First edition (?), all plates present, super octavo, red cloth boards with title label to front board, 4pp adverts + unpaginated double-page maps, illus, VG- (plastic-covered boards, heavy fading & staining to boards, 2cm missing portion to rear board fore-edge, 3cm tear with loss to rear board/spine fold, sellotape residue stains to eps when plastic cover removed, creasing to Battle of Plataea map, foxing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Oxford 1825
KEYWORDS: J Vincent Herodotus classics maps plans classical history literary criticism
Greek Lands in History: Macedonia - 4000 Years of Greek History and Civilization
Quarto, red buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 572pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (foxing, slight bruising to upper edges & upper spine extrem)
PUBLISHER: Ekdotike Athenon 1992
KEYWORDS: MB Sakellariou Greece Greek Macedonia ancient history archaeology historiography hellenism
Paestum: Greeks and Romans in Southern Italy
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (slight foxing & tanning) in d/w, VG+ (slight tanning to spine & upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson Ltd 1990
KEYWORDS: John Griffiths Pedley Paestum ancient history classical archaeology Greece Rome Greeks Romans
Footprints on the Sands of Time
octavo stapled wrappers (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: Tablet Print 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Maud McLay historical survey kaka point church port molyneux history balclutha
Big Country of the South Island
North of the Rangitata
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Newton New Zealand South Island history farming
A History of Greek Political Thought
Ex-library Hardcover super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd 1959
KEYWORDS: specials T.A. Sinclair politics political science history classical studies Greek philosophy government ancient Greece
A History of the Greek City States 700-338 B.C.
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Raphael Sealey classical studies ancient history Greece Greek society ancient government politics
The Fastest Men on Earth
The men and cars that smashed the world land speed record
Ex-library 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1964
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Paul Clifton transport cars speed records history technical engineering chronicle competition world records
Women in Antiquity
Hardcover super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Charles Seltman ancient history classical studies women in antiquity society politics culture
Anne Frank
Hardcover oblong 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Jospehine Poole Angela Barrett childrens nonfiction biography Anne Frank WWII Jewish Nazi history
Hogarth's England
A Selection of Engravings with descriptive text
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG) lacks slipcase ; 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: Folio Society 1957
KEYWORDS: specials Eveline Cruickshanks history art England engraving commentary society
Great Western Steam around Bristol
First edition Hardcover square 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: D. Bradford Barton Ltd 1975
KEYWORDS: first edition Colin L. Williams transport history trains locomotives Bristol Great Western
The Edge of the Town
Historic Caversham as seen through its streets and buildings
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Alma Rutherford New Zealand history Caversham Dunedin Otago
Early Christian Interpretations of History
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: A. and C. Black Limited 1954
KEYWORDS: specials R.L.P. Milburn religion Christian history development of the Church Christianity