Books - "history"
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Thou Art Peter
A History of Roman Catholic Doctrine and Practice
First edition 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: C.A. Watts & Co., Limited 1950
KEYWORDS: first editions specials A.D. Howell Smith religion religious history Roman Catholic Catholicism
The European Peasantry
The Final Phase
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: Methuen & Co, Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: specials S.H. Franklin European history peasantry Germany France Italy Poland Yugoslavia
Towns in Roman Britain
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Shire Publications Ltd 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Julian Bennett archaeology Roman Empire Roman Britain ancient history societal development cultural impact
The Persian Empire
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: Book Club Associates 1983
KEYWORDS: specials J.M. Cook ancient history Persia Persian Empire
The Zealots of Masada
First edition 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: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Moshe Pearlman ancient history Zeaot Masada mass suicide Roman siege Herod the Great archaeology
The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire
Super octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind lettering to front board, iii + 359pp, VG- (bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing to boards, paper to gutters split but intact, binding sloppy, heavy browning to eps, booksellers' label to front pastedown & stamp to fep, two owners' names in ink & crossed out to fep, foxing & tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co1919
KEYWORDS: TR Glover religion history Roman empire stoics plutarch Jesus Christianity Judaism Jews Celsus Tertullian
Rails to Roxburgh: The Story of a Provincial Railway
Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 256pp, illus, nr. fine
PUBLISHER: Molyneux Press Ltd 2010
KEYWORDS: WJ Cowan New Zealand Central Otago transport railways trains steam engines history Roxburgh engineering
Steam in Europe
Quarto, brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 198pp, illus, VG+ (slight staining to boards edges, soiling to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG- (damage & staining from black tape to plastic cover, foxing internally)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Ltd 1966
KEYWORDS: PB Whitehouse Europe railways transport steam engines locomotioves trains photographic pictorial history Ireland Britain Denmark Norway Sweden Finland Poland Russia Turkey Greece Bulgaria Yugoslovia Rumania Czechoslovakia Austria Italy Switzerland Germany
Straphangers and Grippers: The Ups and Downs of the Mornington Cable-car System 1883 to 1957
Signed by both authors, imperial octavo, illus yellow light card covers, 120pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1994
KEYWORDS: Bill Campbell Ray Hargreaves New Zealand Dunedin Mornington passenger transport cable cars cablecars engineering construction history
British Steam Railways
First edition, signed & dated by author, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 326pp, illus with 8 colour plates & 94 photographs, VG+ (browning to eps, bookseller's stamp to fep, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, bruising & staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Adam & Charles Black 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition OS Nock Britain British railways trains transport steam engines locomotives enineering carriages stations architecture signals history
As Directed by Train Control
Signed, oblong quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with yellow lettering to spine & front board, 145pp, illus + printed map to rear eps, VG+
PUBLISHER: Ken & Denise Cousins (year?)
KEYWORDS: Ken Denise Cousins New Zealand transport railways trains steam engines locomotives routes photographic pictorial history passengers freight
Trains at Work in New Zealand
Re-bound in cloth boards with original paper illus covers included, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece, 240pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Railway Preservation & Museum 1973
KEYWORDS: GT Radcliffe JA Murphy New Zealand transport trains railways locomotives steam engines photographic pictorial history
The Aspinall Era
Super octavo, dark brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, iii + 270pp, illus, VG- (staining to boards, sellotape residue to boards, bookseller's label to front pastedown, two owners' inscriptions in ink to fep, tanning to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy foxing & tanning internally, sellotape residue stains internally)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1967
KEYWORDS: HAV Bulleid Sir John Aspinall Lancashire & Yorkshire Great Southern & Western transport railways trains engineering history
The Springburn Story: The History of the Scottish Railway Metropolis
Octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 260pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (foxing) in d/w, VG (price clipped, fading)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles / Dawlish Macdonald 1964
KEYWORDS: John Thomas Springburn Scotland Scottish railways trains locomotives engineering history Caledonian and North British steam locomotive builders
London's First Railway - The London & Greenwich
Octavo, maroon heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, illus, VG+ (ding to front board lower edge, slight soiling to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling to edges)
PUBLISHER: B.T. Batsford Ltd 1972
KEYWORDS: Ronald HG Thomas London Bridge Greenwich transport trains railways construction history viaduct
Register of New Zealand Railways Steam Locomotives 1863-1971
Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, vi + 129pp, illus, VG+ (v slight staining to boards) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)
PUBLISHER: NZ Railway & Locomotive Society (Otago Branch) Dunedin 1974
KEYWORDS: WILLIAM G Lloyd New Zealand railways transport trains steam engines locomotives history
Nelson: A History of Early Settlement
Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xvii + 458pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light foxing to eps) in VG- (light chipping to upper spine extrems, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1965
KEYWORDS: Ruth M Allan New Zealand Nelson Maori Tasman Cook D'urville Wairau massacre history settlement
The NZR Garratt Story
Imperial octavo, turquoise boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 100pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (slight rubbing)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1978
KEYWORDS: EJ Mcclare New Zealand Garratt locomotives railways trains transport steam engines history
The Fall of the Roman Empire: A Reappraisal
Imperial octavo, light blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to dark blue cloth spine & gilt motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, VG+ (slight tanning to lower board edges, ding to rear board lower edge) in d/w, vg (bruising to spine extrems, corners & edges, rubbing, nick to upper spine right side)
PUBLISHER: The Annenberg School Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Michael Grant Roman Empire ancient history
A Journey Through Ancient Pompeii
Guide to the Excavations
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Viedopulsar 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Sergio Troiano archaeology ancient history Italy Pompeii excavations society classical studies