Books - "history"
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Aristocrats: Caroline, Emily, Louisa and Sarah Lennox 1740-1832
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus front board, frontispiece, xvi + (6) + 425pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Folio Society 2007
KEYWORDS: folio society history aristocrats aristocracy nobility nobles families Caroline Emily Louisa Sarah Lennox family English British
The Maya
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, purple buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt illus/decoration to spine & front board, illus title page, xxxi + 297pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2003
KEYWORDS: folio society ancient history cultures civilisations civilizations Maya Mayan Norman Hammond anthropology
Julius Caesar
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, green cloth boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, copper gilt portrait of Julius Caesar to front board, illus/printed epa & title page, ix + 507pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & fading to edges)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 1998
KEYWORDS: ancient history Rome Roman leaders republic biography biographies politics political war Julius Caesar folio society
John Adams: Party of One
IN SLIPCASE, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus to front board, frontispiece, xxii + 469pp, illus, Near FINE, in slipcase, VG+ (light bruising & chafing)
PUBLISHER: The Folio Society 2008
KEYWORDS: folio society US America American former presidents 2nd second president government leaders statesmen white house politics political history
The Old Northwest: Pioneer Period 1815-1840 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces, vol 1- xvi + 632pp, vol 2- x + 686pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to spines & extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm labels to base of rear pastedowns, minor staining/soiling to rear eps) in slipcase, VG- (heavy scuffing & cracking to joins)
PUBLISHER: Indianan University Press 1962
KEYWORDS: US America American history old northwest pioneers pioneer period early 19th nineteenth century
Illustrated History of New Zealand
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white & green lettering to spine, 488pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history histories Alexander Turnbull Library
Voices from the New Zealand Wars / He Reo no nga Pakanga o Aotearoa
Imperial octavo, illus stiff card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 439pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover corners, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Vincent O'Malley wars Maori pakeha early settlers
Comrade: Bill Andersen: A Communist, Working-Class Life
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 412pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand trade union history Bill Andersen biography biographies memoir labour work force labor
The St Petersburg Imperial Theaters: Stage and State in Revolutionary Russia, 1900-1920
Octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, x + 214pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: McFarland & Company 2000
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history theater theatre St Petersburg imperial early 20th twentieth century revolution
Coffee Houses of Wellington 1939 to 1979: The Pre-Espresso Period in New Zealand
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus to inside front cover, illus prelims, xii + 161pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light foxing to page edges, minor cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Millers 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture modern contemporary history coffee houses social baristas Wellington signed Craig Miller
The Barnett Shale Play Phoenix for the Fort Worth Basin: A History
Quarto, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, unpaginated prelims + 202pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: The Fort Worth Geological Society / The North Texas Geological Society 2007
KEYWORDS: US American history north Texas Fort Worth basin geology oil gas energy resources geochemical
D Day
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus stapled light card covers, red lettering to front cover, illus title page, unpaginated, VG (light to moderate tanning & foxing to cover edges, minor scuffing & tearing to staples/spine, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Caxton Press 1944
KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 d day landings Normandy anecdotes Denis Glover
Cecil Collins: Painter of Paradise
FIRST EDITION, octavo, stapled blue light card covers, blue lettering to front cover, 25pp, VG+ (light creasing & tanning to spine & edges, sl foxing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Golgonooza Press 1979
KEYWORDS: first editions art history biographies memoir English painters Cecil Collins Kathleen Raine
The Log of a Sea Angler: Sport and Adventures in Many Seas with Spear and Rod
FULL LEATHER BINDING, LIMITED EDITION- THIS COPY UNNUMBERED BUT ONE OF 500, quarto, blue full leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & rule with illus to front board, aeg, marbled eps, x + (2) + 385pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Derrydale Press 1998
KEYWORDS: blue water classics full leather bindings limited editions fishing angling sea US America American waters history
Roman Mosaics or Studies in Rome and its Neighbourhood
EX-LIBRARY, 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 costs
PUBLISHER: MacMillan and Co1892
KEYWORDS: roman mosaic archaeology history rome
Art in Greece
Super octavo hardcover (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, & Co1927
KEYWORDS: grecian art ancient greek archaeology history
The Life and Letters of Lord Macauley: In Two Volumes
TWO VOLUME SET, super octavo hardcover (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1876
KEYWORDS: lord macauley life letters memoir history
A Study of Australian Art
EX-LIBRARY, super octavo hardcover (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Currawong Publishing Co 1949
KEYWORDS: australian art history australia artists
Picasso: The Complete Writings
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: Beacon Press 1985
KEYWORDS: gertrude stein picasso art history
Age of Surrealism
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: Indiana University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: surrealism surrealist movement history modern thought