Books - "history"
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The Mansions of England and Wales illustrated in a Series of Views of the Principal Seats with Historical & Topographical Descriptions: The County Palatine of Lancaster Vol III Southern Division: The
This volume only, front board & prelims detached from rest of book, folio, brown leather boards with gilt decorative rule to front board, gilt lettering in red & green decorative leather panels between raised bands to spine, a.e.g, marbled eps, gilt decorative edging to front & rear pastedowns & eps, double-page frontispiece, 99pp + aprox 60 original lithograph illus, VG- (front board & prelims detached, heavy damage with loss of leather to aprox half of spine, bruising & rubbing to board edges & corners with loss of leather, some staining, chaffing & scratching to boards, complete horizontal tear to front ep repaired with tape, foxing & browning) some foxing and staining mostly evident to rear of plates but some showing through
PUBLISHER: Ackerman & Co 1847
KEYWORDS: Edward Twycross Lancaster Country mansions stately homes houses England lithograph West art Darby Salford illustrations history
Mr Justice Richmond and the Taranaki War of 1860: A Great Judge Vindicated
Small octavo, light green heavy card boards with title label mounted to front board, frontispiece, 35pp, illus, VG (tanning to pages) in d/w, VG (browning to spine, some bruising & tanning to edges)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1948
KEYWORDS: W Downie Stewart New Zealand Justice Richmond Taranaki war history biography
Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba
Quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 511pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Heartland 2009
KEYWORDS: Allan Levine Canada Manitoba Jews Jewish history Judaism
Rails Across New Zealand: A History of Rail Travel
Quarto, illus light card covers, 144pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 2003
KEYWORDS: Matthew Wright New Zealand transport history trains steam engines railways locomotives rail travel pictorial photographic record
The Black Eagle
Quarto, dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 279pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to front board lower corner, slight tanning to page edges, d/w sellotaped to rear board) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Acord Books / Russel Friedman Books 1990
KEYWORDS: Valerie Gargett black eagle ornithology boards natural history birds of prey Matobo Hills Zimbabwe Verreaux's Eagle Graeme Arnott
Aspects and Issues in the History of Children's Literature
Super octavo, blue cloth boards wityh silver lettering to spine & front board, xi + 207pp, nr fine (v slight foxing to fep)
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1995
KEYWORDS: Maria Nikolajeva literary criticism anthology essays children's literature history of children's literature
New Zealand Then & Now
Oblong quarto, illus heavy card boards with blue lettering to spine & front board, blue eps, illus prelims, 176pp, illus, VG+ in d/w, VG+ (slight fading/tanning to edges, slight bending to lower edges)
PUBLISHER: Cameron House 2007
KEYWORDS: Jenny Haworth New Zealand pictorial photographic portrait history landscape scenery culture people towns cities
The Colt Heritage: The Official History of Colt Firearms from 1836 to the Present
With Nearly 250 Original Illustrations in Full Colour
Oblong quarto, navy blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 358pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to board edges) in d/w, G+ (6cm closed tear to rear lower edge, scruffy stained sellotape repair to rear lower edge, 5cm untidy closed tear to rear/flap fold, heavy creasing to rear lower edge, lighter creasing to spine extrems & upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing 1979
KEYWORDS: RL Wilson Sid Latham Samuel Colt firearms guns weapons pistols history
Voices of a People
The Story of Yiddish Folk Song
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Thomas Yoseloff Ltd 1963
KEYWORDS: specials Ruth Rubin music folk songs Yiddish culture history
Women in the New Asia
From Pain to Power
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: Spinifex Press 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Yayori Matsui womens rights asian studies human rights history politics culture economics globalizaton Asia
A History of Engineering in Classical and Medieval Times
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: Routledge 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Donald Hill history engineering design
My Country, Right or Wrong
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: A.C. Fifield, 1910
KEYWORDS: specials Gustave Herve history politics philosphy France nationalism socialism
Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men
A History of the American Civil War
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG+) inscribed, signed and dated by author ; 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: Open Court Publishing Company 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Jeffrey Rogers Hummel American history United States civil war
No Paradise Yet
The World's Women Face the New Century
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: The Panos Institute and Zed Books 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Judith Mirsky Marty Radlett contemporary history politics womens rights human rights equality
Desert Duel - New Zealand's North African War 1940-43
softcover square 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: Reed 2002
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand matthew wright war history ww2 military africe photography
The Royal Navy Reserves - In War & Peace 1903-2003
hardcover super octavo with 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: Leo Cooper 2003
KEYWORDS: specials navy war history stephen howarth military
A History of the Hapsberg Empire 1526-1918
hardcover octavo with 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: Barnes & Noble Books 1977
KEYWORDS: specials history hapsburg robert kann politics religion war
Paddle Steamers of the Thames
softcover octavo, faded f/c + spine (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: Tempus 2000
KEYWORDS: specials paddle steamers sea ships sailing history thames peter box
A Concise History of The Spanish Civil War with 156 illustrations
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: Thames and Hudson 1980
KEYWORDS: specials history spin civil war gabriel jackson illustrated
The History of the White Star Line
hardcover octavo with d/w, d/w spine faded (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: Ian Allan Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: specials history sea sailing ships robin gardiner