Books - "history"
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The Building of London: from the conquest to the Great Fire
Super 8vo 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: British Museum Press 1993
KEYWORDS: John Schofield London building construction British English history
Lone Star: A History of Texas and the Texans
Ex-library. Super 8vo 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: American Legacy Press 1983
KEYWORDS: T R Fehrenbach Texas history American America
Jazz Records 1897-1942 Volume 2: Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke
Ex-library. This volume only. Super 8vo 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: Arlington House Publishers 1978
KEYWORDS: Brian Rust Jazz music musicians records history 19th 20th century
Governing the Metropolis: Politics, Technology and Social Change in a Victorian City: Melbourne 1850-1891
Ex-library. Super 8vo 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: Melbourne University Press 1984
KEYWORDS: David Dunstan Victorian Melbourne 19th century politics social change political history
The British Destroyer
Super 8vo 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: Godfrey Cave Associates 1979
KEYWORDS: Captain T D Manning England English Britain British navy naval history maritime vessel ship destroyer
The Fault, Black Man ...
Ex-library. 8vo 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: Howard Timmins 1971
KEYWORDS: Barnett Potter South Africa African nationalism politics political history social
Alexander the Great: A Bibliography
Ex-library. 8vo 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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Kent State University Press 1970
KEYWORDS: Nancy J Burich Alexander the Great ancient classical history Greece Greek reference bibliography
Tudor Secretary: Sir William Petre at Court and Home
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PUBLISHER: Longmans 1961
KEYWORDS: Sir William Petre Tudor England history
Wagner Nights
8vo 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: Putnam & Company 1974
KEYWORDS: Ernest Newman Richard Wagner Wagnerian criticism history music classical
Redoute's Fairest Flowers
4to, pp. 312; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; peeling to covers).
PUBLISHER: The Herbert Press 1987
KEYWORDS: British Museum Natural History William T Stearn Redoute flowers
Novogorodian Icon-Painting
Parallel text in English and Russian. 4to, pp. 199; rec cl boards, spine & front board lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping & archival repairs to spine extrems at head & tail; light tanning).
PUBLISHER: ISK Usstvo 1981
KEYWORDS: V N Lazarev Novogorodian icon painting icons religion religious art history Russian Russia
Columns, Cornices, & Coal: The Heritage Resources of Nanaimo
Imp. 8vo, pp. 90; illus. light card covers; photos, illus.; VG (moderate tanning, foxing, scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in black ink to tp).
PUBLISHER: The Nanaimo Commuity Heritage Commission 1999
KEYWORDS: Nanaimo city heritage history community buildings
Western Heritage: A Study of the Colonial Architecture of Perth, Western Australia
Imp. 8vo, pp. [12] + 104; tan cl boards, spine lettered in silver gilt; illus. eps, frontis., photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ht); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping, esp to spine extrems; light tanning; sm open tear to spine).
PUBLISHER: Lamb Publications 1967
KEYWORDS: Ray John Oldham colonial heritage history Perth Western Australia Australian architecture colonialization
Illustrated Maps of Scotland: From Blaeu's Atlas Novus of the 17th Century
Fol., 95; green heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; spine lightly cocked; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Studio Editions 1991
KEYWORDS: Jeffrey Stone Scotland Scottish maps history
Oriental Carpets: Their Iconology and Iconography from Earliest Times to the 18th Century
4to, pp. 532; red heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt, motif to front board in white; photos, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Taschen 1998
KEYWORDS: Colkmar Ganthorn oriental Asia central Asian ancient history art craft design Armenia Armenian carpet carpets
Information Graphics
Fol., 480; black heavy card boards, spine & front board lettered in blind; frontis., illus. tp & illus. prelims, photos, illus., pp. 97 ff. larger sized paper than pp. 1-96, foldout plates, coloured pg edges; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; sl water damage to rear); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems;
PUBLISHER: Taschen 2012
KEYWORDS: Sandra Rendgen Julius Weidemann information graphics informatics visual history development essays
Patterns of Fashion 3: The cut and construction of clothes for men and women, c1560-1620
This volume only. Obl fol., pp. 128; illus. light wrappers; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals; wrappers sl wraped).
PUBLISHER: Quite Specific Media 1985
KEYWORDS: Janet Arnold 16th 17th century clothing fashion history costume tailor tailoring clothes
The Making of Scotland: A Comprehensive Guide to the Growth of its Cities, Towns and Villages
Heavy. Imp. 8vo, pp. xxxii + 992; blue heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate to heavy cracking to front & rear hinges, bdg sloppy); in d/w, VG (moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate tanning & foxing; prev bookseller's sticker to rear cover).
PUBLISHER: Canongate 2001
KEYWORDS: Robin Smith Scotland Scottish history development guide handbook cities city towns villages
Flying Navy: The Story of New Zealanders Who Flew in the Fleet Air Arm in World War I and World War II and the Roll of Honour of Those Who Died in Action and on Active Service
OWNERSHIP OF FORMER DIRECTOR OF AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, light creasing to rear cover, sl chafing to covers, sl foxing & soiling to page edges, aforementioned prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Fleet Air Arm Museum of New Zealand 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history aviation Fleet Air Arm soldiers roll of honour honor 20th twentieth century FAA RNAS Royal Navy Air Service
The Second Schelswig War: A Guide to the German - Danish War of 1864
Quarto, light card covers- front cover illus & laminated, black clasp to spine, 62pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to front cover, minor creasing & soiling to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Pickelhaube Press 1995
KEYWORDS: German Danish war history 19th nineteenth century second 2nd Schleswing