Books - "history"
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In My Tower: Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, v + pgs279-561, illus/photos, VG (light fading to spine, light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & rear ep, prev. bookseller's sm nik stamp to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1924
KEYWORDS: memoir autobiography autobiographies Lady Paget Walburga history historical
The Complete Knight's Cross: Volume One - The Years of Victory 1939-1941
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 404pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Fonthill 2021
KEYWORDS: knight's cross iron cross military history recipients awards nazi soldiers officers German Germany officers medals
Me 'n Elvis
PRODUCTION SAMPLE, FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (production sample slip stapled to front cover, light chafing & curling to covers, minor water damage to rear, sl staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Castle Books 1988
KEYWORDS: production samples first editions music history musicians Elvis Presley biographies memoir Charlie Hodge autobiography
Capital: A Critical Analysis of Capitalist Production
EARLY UK EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black motif to front board, xxxi + 816pp, VG- (light to moderate bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light bruising & rubbing to board corners, moderate to heavy discolouration to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling & light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, sm newspaper clipping tipped in to front pastedown- with sm ink numeral also, sm label tipped in to ffep- mostly missing/detached, light cracking to gutters, some minor underlining in blue pencil to early pages)
PUBLISHER: Swan Sonnenschein & Co 1908
KEYWORDS: early editions Karl Marx English translations economics money commodities philosophy literature history historical
Irish Brigades Abroad: From the Wild Geese to the Napoleonic wars
Super octavo, illus light card covers, grey & red lettering to spine, 288pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges/corners, sl soiling to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: The History Press Ireland 2014
KEYWORDS: military history Irish regiments Europe
Life of Hernan Cortes
Duodecimo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to maroon leather title plates on spine with gilt decoration/tooling also, title vignette to prelims, 344pp, VG (light rubbing to leatherwork on spine & board corners, light chafing & rubbing to boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, minor cracking to gutters at front, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light tanning throughout)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Co, and Hurst, Chance, and Co London 1829
KEYWORDS: antiquarian books biography biographies memoir Hernan Cortes Mexico Mexican history 16th sixteenth century Spanish conquistadors
Vietnam War Diary 1964-1975
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Silverdale Books 2003
KEYWORDS: military history 20th twentieth century Vietnam Southeast Asia soldiers
A History of New York, From the Beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty
Sm octavo, quarter leather bound black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, red speckling to page edges, illus title page, xxx + 368pp, VG (sl rubbing to board corners, light to moderate rubbing/crackling to leather spine, light to moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate 'ghost'lettering & tanning/foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's historic ink stamp to base of title page, sm numerals in purple pencil to copyright page, text block very clear & binding tight)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Tegg, 73 Cheapside; Rodwell and Martin ... 1824
KEYWORDS: Washington Irving Diedrich Knickerbocker history New York literature
The Romance of Westland: The Story of New Zealand's Golden Coast
Sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, viii + 187pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minor cracking to central gutter)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel writing literature Westland south island history
New Zealand Guide & Accomodation List (Fifth Edition)
Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, folding maps throughout, 258pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges & corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl cracking at gutters, occasional closed tearing to some maps with minor foxing also)
PUBLISHER: R Farnell & Co 1912
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel guides literature accomodation historical hotels history
The Queen Newspaper, Book of Travel: A Guide to Home and Foreign Resorts
Sm octavo, beige buckram soft boards, black lettering to spine & boards, rounded page & board corners, printed eps, x + 590pp, illus/folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to spine with sm adhesive label to base, moderate tanning & light soiling to page edges, covered ex-libris plate to front pastedown, heavy crack to front gutter with tidy tape repair/reinforcement, 1x sm library ink stamp to title page, minor foxing to some maps)
PUBLISHER: Horace Cox, Windsor House 1913
KEYWORDS: travel guides historical historic history resorts holidays vacation
Saqqara: The Royal Cemetary of Memphis: Excavations and Discoveries Since 1850
Imperial octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 248pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & fraying to spine & board corners, 15mm crack to top edge of spine, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1976
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology ancient history excavation sites antiquity Egypt Egyptian tombs Saqqara
Muskets & Marshes: The History of Meeanee
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus glossy light card covers, green & black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris label with white-out to top of title page)
PUBLISHER: L J Knight 1995
KEYWORDS: signed Laraine Knight New Zealand history early settlers pioneers Meeanee Hawke's Bay
Three Studies on Egyptian Feasts and Their Chronological Implications
Imperial octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to front cover only, xi + 68pp, illus to rear, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Halgo Inc 1992
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history feasts antiquity fasts calendars canopus stela wp rnpt esna festival customs
Egyptian Literature 1800 BC, Questions and Readings
Quarto, blue glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 226pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to spine & covers/edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm annotation in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Golden House Publications 2004
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian literature history readings writings
The Coffin of Zemathor and Other Rectangular Coffins of the Late Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, iv + 116pp, plates/illus to rear, VG+ (sl curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, sl staining to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Golden House Publications 2010
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history archeology archaeology coffins death afterlife Zemathor burial
Type: A Visual History of Typefaces and Graphic Styles, Volume I 1628-1900
THIS VOL ONLY, lg quarto, illus white boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 360pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & extrems, light to moderate soiling & foxing to boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to base of rear board, light soiling & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Taschen 2009
KEYWORDS: graphics typology design art lettering history historical
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Overland to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compass of These 1600 Years (10 Vol Set)
10 VOL SET, octavo, teal textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt maritime illus to spines & front boards, printed/illus eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus, VG- (light scuffing to board & spine extrems, moderate rubbing & tanning/soiling to spines, moderate staining to some boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to eps of some vols, moderate cracking to gutters of some vols, occasional foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: J M Dent & Sons 1927-28
KEYWORDS: Richard Hakluyt exploration voyages adventure history historical journeys dsicoveries
Zawiyet el-Aryan: The Cemetaries Adjacent to The Layer Pyramid
Lg quarto, mustard yellow light card covers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, xv + 78pp + plates to rear, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, archival tape repairs to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Deoartment of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 1978
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt Egyptian history antiquity burial tombs pyramids archaeology archeology
Hungry Beat: The Scottish Independent Pop Underground Movement (1977-1984)
Super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xviii + 446pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & rubbing to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: White Rabbit 2022
KEYWORDS: music history Scotland Scottish underground movement post-punk