Books - "history"
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Architecture and Ideology in Eastern Europe During the Stalin Era: An Aspect of Cold War History
Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sm adhesive label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Architectural History Foundation Inc 1992
KEYWORDS: history Cold War Stalin architecture politics government 20th twentieth century eastern Europe ideology
Valley of the Spirits: The Upper Skagit Indians of Western Washington
FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey/teal cloth boards, brown lettering to spine, xiii + 267pp, illus, VG+ light bruising & discolouration to spine extrems, sl foxing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate fading to spine & edges with light tanning also)
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press 1974
KEYWORDS: first editions native American Indians tribes Skagit Washington history anthropology
Symbolic Domination: Cultural Form and Historical Change in Morocco
Octavo, yellow light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, unpaginated illus prelims + 107pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & curling to cover egdes, moderate to heavy fading to spine & cover edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Morocco history culture politics Zaouia Sidi Lahsene Islam religion civilization civilisation
The Drama of the Portrait: Theater and Visual Culture in Early Modern Spain
Quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering to front board, xiv + 180pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Pennsylvania State University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: Spain Sapnish art literature history theatre theater
Siouxsie and the Banshees Photo Book
Quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus eps, 64pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & chafing/rubbing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, minor glue deterioration to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: Symbiosis 1983
KEYWORDS: punk rock music musicians Siouxsie and the Banshees history photos photography
A Boot Full of Right Arms: Adventures in the London-Sahara-Munich World Cup Rally and Other Motoring Marathons
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, ix + 281pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising/scuffing & dsicolouration to board & spine extrems, light discolouration to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm patch of correction fluid to top edge of ffep, moderate adhesion to half title & facing page, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- minor tape repairs to inside covers, light fading to spine, light tanning to flaps, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1975
KEYWORDS: first editions motoring motorsports marathons world cup rallies long distance history
Auckland Weekly News 1908, Christmas Number
Folio, illus stapled light card covers, printed inside covers, 64pp, illus/photos, VG- (v heavy scuffing to spine with surface loss, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to cover edges- some tape repairs to inside covers, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Wilson & Horton 1908
KEYWORDS: Auckland weekly news issues past years New Zealand papers history historical
Faraday, Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Prometheus Books 2014
KEYWORDS: science physics history emf electromagnetic field Michael Faraday James Clerk Maxwell
Rituals of the Kandyan State
FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 190pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps) VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: anthropology buddhist rites ceremonies rituals religion Sri Lanka Kandy first editions history
A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (1980 Facsimile)
1980 FACSIMILE PRINT, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xvi + 837pp, VG+ (light fading & rubbing/bruising to spine, sl bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publishing Co 1980
KEYWORDS: family tree research history genealogy England English Wales Welsh names surnames
A Topographical Dictionary of England (Four Volumes Bound as Two)
4 VOLS BOUND AS 2 VOLS (1996 FACSIMILE), super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, folding maps, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light discolouration to spines, light soiling to page edgesprev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown to both vols)
PUBLISHER: Genealogical Publilshing Co 1996 (Facsimile)
KEYWORDS: topography England English maps history historical topographical dictionaries
The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle, During the Years 1832-1836 (1980 Facsimile Reprint) 3 Vol Set
3 VOLUME SET, LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION (#247/750), very heavy set- extra shipping req'd, lg quarto, quarter leather bound brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule/decoration to spines, marbled eps, mixed pagination, illus/plates, VG (light to moderate chafing & soiling to leather work, light soiling & moderate fading to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, occasional ligt markings to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Nova Pacifica Publishing 1980
KEYWORDS: nature zoology species animals Charles Darwin history HMS Beagle 19th nineteenth century voyages
A Weaver's Life: Ethel Mairet 1872 - 1952
Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 136pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, heavy scuffing & creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, moderate creasing to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Crafts Council 1983
KEYWORDS: hobbies crafts art artists weaving weavers Ethel Mairet history biography biographies memoir
Assembly: A History of New Zealand Car Production 1921-1998
Square imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: New Holland 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand car industry history 20th twentieth century engineering economy
London Labour and the London Poor (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spines, mixed pagination, frontispieces, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing to covers/edges, light fading to spines, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1968
KEYWORDS: poverty crime criminal behaviour behavior London 19th nineteenth century sociology social science history
New Zealand, the Britain of the South; with a Chapter on the Native War, and Our Future Native Policy
2x FOLDING MAPS, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind decoration to spine & front board, folding map/frontispiece, xv + 519pp, VG (light to moderate rubbing & tanning to spine & board edges/extrems, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, residue of ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light soiling to eps, some closed tearing & foxing to folding maps, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Edward Stanford 1861
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history colonial governance
The Book of the Lion
FIRST EDITION, LACKS FEP, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & lion illus to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xix + 291pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, moderate soiling to boards, binding loose, heavy cracking to rear gutter & hinge- rear board shaky, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, plate opp. p154 detached but present)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1913
KEYWORDS: first editions literature lions lion hunting history Sir Alfred E Pease
The Passing Years
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to boards, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor discolouration to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Constable & Company 1924
KEYWORDS: literature history Richard Greville Verney Lord Willoughby de Broke
Discovering the End of Time: Irish Evangelicals in the Age of Daniel O'Conncell
Provenance attributed to Vincent O'Sullivan. Super 8vo, pp. [14] + 538; red heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; sl soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: McGill-Queen's University Press 2016
KEYWORDS: religion religious studies history Ireland Irish evangelicals 19th century Christian Christianity theology
Determining the Shakespeare Canon: Arden of Faversham and A Lover's Complaint
SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR TO VINCENT O'SULLIVAN. Super 8vo, pp. xii + 272; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; minor soiling to pg edges); in d/w, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Shakespeare poetry drama canon 16th century literature history critcism