Books - "history"
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The Canadian Indian: A History Since 1500
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: Collier-Macmillan 1972
KEYWORDS: specials E Palmer Patterson II history native canadian indian anthropology
Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + 194pp, illus, nr fine (v small spot of fading to lower spine extrem) in d/w VG+ (v. light soiling to rear, tiny closed tear to front upper edge, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of the Otago Centennial Historical Publications 1949)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history settlers Tokomairiro DJ Sumpter JJ Lewis
Cassell's History of the Boer War 1899-1902 Volume 1
Revised and Enlarged Edition
This volume only (Vol 1 of a two-volume set), imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board and blind-stamped decorative rule to spine and boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 928pp + 16pp book publications, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate browning to eps, v small stain spot to page fore-edges)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1903
KEYWORDS: Cassell's Boer War military history South Africa Natal Mafeking Ladysmith Colenso Magersfontein Bloemfontein
Sketches of a Summer Trip to New York and the Canadas
First edition, octavo, light brown polished leather boards with blind rule to board edges, mottled page edges, iv + 293pp, VG- (moderate chaffing & staining to boards, leather of spine missing, neat cloth tape repair to upper spine, binding sloppy, 3cm scuff with loss of leather to rear board upper corner, 6cm black stain patch (burn?) to front board upper corner, bruising & fraying to board corners & edges, crease to fep, moderate browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Sherwood, Gilvert & Piper et al 1837
KEYWORDS: D Wilkie history travel New York Canada
Stalin and the Shaping of the Soviet Union
Octavo softcover (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: Fontana/Collins 1987
KEYWORDS: specials Alex De Jonge Joseph Stalin biography Soviet Union history
Southern Alps: Nature & History of New Zealand's Mountain World
First edition, small folio, light blue illus boards with light blue lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus prelims, 320pp, illus,VG+ (slightly cocked), in d/w, VG (v slight foxing to inside, sl soiling, creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Random House 2007
KEYWORDS: first edition Alison Ballance New Zealand mountains Southern Alps natural history flora fauna ecology geology botany exploration expeditions native forest
Lotus Buds
Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & gilt decorative motif to front board, blind rule to board edges, frontispiece with captioned tissue guard, xvi + 340pp + 10pp book adverts, illus with 50 half tone engravings, VG (slight rubbing to spine extrems & board edges & corners, owner's name & address in ink to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Morgan & Scott 1912
KEYWORDS: Amy Wilson-Carmichael India travel history religion missionary orphanage
Port Chalmers: Gateway to Otago
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece fold-out map, vi + 224pp, illus, VG (bruising to spine extrems and board corners, prev owners stamp to paste down) in d/w, G+ (torn, scuffed and stained)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1948
KEYWORDS: H Bowman New Zealand Otago Port Chalmers Dunedin history
The Dunstan: A History of the Alexandra-Clyde District
Octavo, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 124pp, illus, VG+ (v slight soiling to page upper edges) in d/w, VG+ ((some fading to spine & edges, some rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Capper Press 1978 (Reprint of Otago Centennial Publications 1953)
KEYWORDS: CWS Moore New Zealand Otago Alexandra Clyde Dunstan history gold mining rush
Deadwood: The Golden Years
First edition, super octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow prelims, xiv + 302pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press 1981
KEYWORDS: first edition Watson Parker USA South Dakota Deadwood history frontier gold rush
Africa in Modern History
The Search for a New Society
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Pelican Books 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Basil Davidson history Africa African continent twentieth century
Jazzbook 1955
first edition 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: Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1955
KEYWORDS: specials albert mccarthy jazz music journalism history
Chaplin
hardcover octavo, lacks 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 1975
KEYWORDS: specials roger manvell biography charlie chaplin history film entertainment comedy
The English Opium-Eater - A Biography of Thomas De Quincey
softcover octavo (FINE); 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: Pegasus Books 2010
KEYWORDS: specials thomas de quincey robert morrison literature history biography
Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace -The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
softcover octavo (FINE); 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: Bloomsbury 2012
KEYWORDS: specials kate summerscale history biography sexuality isabella robinson
Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
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: Natural History Press 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Andrew P Vayda anthropology Pacific islands culture history articles anthology
Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals
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: Basic Books 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Niall Ferguson theoretical history essays anthology John Adamson JCD Clark Alvin Jackson
Churchill: His Life in Photographs
Imperial 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 cost
PUBLISHER: The Reprint Society London 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Winston Churchill Randolph S Churchill Helmut Gernsheim photographic history biography photography
Tyrants: History's 100 Most Evil Despots & Dictators
Quarto softcover (nr fine); 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: Capella 2005
KEYWORDS: specials Nigel Cawthorne history historical figures reference dictators
The Social Production of Art
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: Macmillan 1982
KEYWORDS: specials Janet Wolff art sociology visual culture history