Books - "history"
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Ancient Voyagers in Polynesia
Octavo, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 159pp, illus, VG (light soiling to board edges, some tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing to edges, some wear to front flap fold, 1cm closed tear to front lower edges)
PUBLISHER: Paul's Book Arcade 1963
KEYWORDS: Pacific Polynesia New Zealand history navigation prehistory exploration
Whitcombe's Story Books: A Trans-Tasman Survey & Supplement
Two-volume set, large quarto, illus beige lgiht card covers with orange lettering to front, frontispiece, xvi + 256pp, xvi + 72pp (supplement), illus, VG (v small tear to upper spine, owner's name in red ink to front cover, ding to front/spine upper corner, some annotation in red ink throughout)
PUBLISHER: University of Melbourne 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Australia Whitcombe & Tombs children's books literature literary history publishing
Sophia: Regent of Russia 1657-1704
Super octavo, turquoise heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, black eps, frontispiece, xvii + 345 pp, illus, nr fine (v slight bruising to spine extrems, very slight tanning to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: sophia alekseevna biography regent russian history
Byzantium: Treasures of Byzantine Art and Culture from British Collections
Quarto hardcover (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: British Museum Press 1994
KEYWORDS: byzantine art culture history archaeology
Henrietta Maria
Super octavo hardcover (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: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1976
KEYWORDS: henrietta maria marie de medici biography french history queen of france
The Incas of Pedro de Cieza de Leon
Super octavo hardcover (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: University of Oklahoma Press 1959
KEYWORDS: peruvian history travel inca civilisation anthropology memoir pedro de cieza de leon
The English Jesuits: From Campion to Martindale
Octavo hardcover (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: Burns & Oates 1967
KEYWORDS: english history jesuits religion christian
First Lady of Versailles: Marie Adelaide of Savoy: Dauphine of France
Octavo hardcover (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: Hamish Hamilton 1978
KEYWORDS: princess marie adelaide of savoy biography french royal history
Her Story: Women in Christian Tradition
Super 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Fortress Press 1989
KEYWORDS: women's history christian religion
Behold the Moon: The European Occupation of the Dunedin District, 1770-1848
Revised edition, imperial octavo, light card covers, 300pp VG ( moderate creasing to cover corners, light scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Port Daniel Press 2010
KEYWORDS: dunedin archaeology history otago south island new zealand early colonisation settlement
Taranto
First edition, octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus, 204 pp + 4 pp book ads, VG (slight tanning to page edges and eps, bookseller's stamp to fep) in d/w, VG (some staining to edges & flap folds)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1959
KEYWORDS: second word war 2 two ii wwii ww2 british italian naval airforce military aviation history
The Habsburg Empire 1790-1918
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering & gilt coat of arms to spine and front board, xiv + 908 pp, illus, VG (some fxing to upper page edges, and less so to others, ding to rear board lower edge, light bruising to spine base) in d/w, VG- (6 cm closed tear to front lower edge repaired with archival tape, moderately heavy creasing to edges esp lower front, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, price clipped, light rubbing to rear)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1971
KEYWORDS: habsburg empire german history
America 1585: The Complete Drawings of John White
Quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to orange cloth spine, brown eps, iii + 213 pp, illus, VG (some foxing to upper page edges, three very small stains to first 5 pages + fep) in d/w, VG (some creasing to head of spine & rear upper edge, some rubbing to front & back covers, some fading to spine & upper edges)
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press 1984
KEYWORDS: north american native indigenous history anthropology art us usa 1585 1500s sixteenth 16th century setllement colonisation
The Search for Amelia Earhart
First edition, octavo, navy blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 289 pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light browning to spine and flap edges)
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1966
KEYWORDS: amelia earhart crash search aviation planes history female women pilots
Sir Moses Montefiore 1785-1885
Quarto hardcover (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: Muller Blond & White Ltd 1984
KEYWORDS: biography sir moses montefiore english jewish history
The Pilgrimage of Grace: The rebellion that shook Henry VIII's throne
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: Phoenix 2003
KEYWORDS: henry viii tudor england history politics rebellion
THe Formation of Christendom
Super 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 Press 1989
KEYWORDS: christian religion history origins
Signs & Symbols in Christian Art: With Illustrations from Paintings of the Renaissance
Octavo softcover (VG-), ex library; 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 Hesperides Book 1961
KEYWORDS: christian art history interpretation signs symbols
The Mezuzah in the Madonna's Foot: Maranos and Other Secret Jews: A Woman Discovers Her Spiritual Heritage
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: HarperCollins 1994
KEYWORDS: judaism spain spanish history religion
Hanns and Rudolf: The German Jew and the Hunt for the Kommandant of Auschwitz
Octavo 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: Windmill Books 2014
KEYWORDS: german holocaust auschwitz jewish history post-war hunt hanns alexander rudolf hoss