Books - "history"
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Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1958
KEYWORDS: social history economics medieval Europe European commerce trade business
Reels: New Zealand Women's Suffrage Centenary Issue
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY EDITOR, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Griffin Press 1993
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand women voting suffrage history centenary centennial women's rights activism activists
Philosophy in the Mid-Century: A Survey
TEXT IN ENGLISH & FRENCH, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Firenza / La Nuova Italia Editrice 1967
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ENGLISH & FRENCH philosophy history philosophical theory
The Golden Jubilee Bookof the Auckland University College 1883-1933
PRINTED BY LEGENDARY PRINTER BOB LOWRY, imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University College Students' Association 1933
KEYWORDS: New Zealand academic history Auckland University College Bob Lowry
A Short History of the Printed Word
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) tanned copy; 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: Dorset Press 1989
KEYWORDS: printing history literature Warren Chappell
Understanding American Judaism: Toward the Description of a Modern Religion, Volume II
THIS VOL ONLY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Ktav Publishing 1975
KEYWORDS: religion religious history Jews Jewish communities Judaism US America American
This is Cricket: In the Spirit of the Game
Heavy quarto, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, white cricket illus to front board, illus prelims, 368pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising & scuffing/surface loss to board edges/extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 1cm scuff to edge/fold at rear)
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli 2020
KEYWORDS: sport cricket history grounds photos
Metamorphoses: Greek Photographs
Square imperial octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, 180pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges, sl tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, s foxing to prelims & terminals, sl creasing to edges of photographic pages) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1986
KEYWORDS: Greek Greece history heritage photos photography Daniel Schwartz culture art
Trees of New Zealand: Stories of Beauty and Character
Quarto, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, sl fading to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa / Hachette 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand nature trees heritage history historical
The Pollards: A Family and its Child and Adult Opera Companies in New Zealand and Australia 1880-1910
Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, pink lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2002
KEYWORDS: opera companies history historical New Zealand Australia Pollard Opera Company travelling theaters theatres music musical
Autopsy of Revolution
US FIRST EDITION, super octavo, light brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black pattern to spine & front board, top page edges stained black, deckled page edges, x + 300pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl tanning to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor tanning & soiling, minor creasing to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A Knopf 1971
KEYWORDS: first US editions Jacques Ellul history revolution philosophy
Early Lithographed Books: A Study of the Design and Production of Improper Books in the Age of the Hand Press, with a Catalogue
Imperial octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt press illus to front board, frontispiece, 374pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising/warping to top spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's ex-libris plate to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Farrand Press / Private Libraries Association 1990
KEYWORDS: printing history hand press design art catalogue
Britain and the West New Guinea Dispute, 1949-1962
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus green cloth boards, blue lettering to spine & boards, (14) + vi + 555pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, light soiling & foxing to spine, sl bruising to board edges, light foxing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Edwin Mellen Press 2008
KEYWORDS: signed Nicholas Tarling Great Britain British politics geopolitics West New Guinea 20th twentieth century modern history
Vietnam Task: The 5th Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment, 1966/67
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, xvi + 256pp, illus/photos, VG (boards sl warped & bruised, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep & verso of title page) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cassell Australia 1968
KEYWORDS: first editions military history Vietnam war Australia Australian 5th fifth battalion royal australian regiment
The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, viii + 295pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Verso 2012
KEYWORDS: Israel Palestine territory Jews Jewish heritage history identity zionism
Functional Newspaper Design
Super 8vo, pp. xii + 340; black buckram bds, spine lettered in white; photos, illus.; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1956
KEYWORDS: printing publishing history newspaper periodical book arts design typography
A History of Greek Philosophy Volume II: The Presocratic Tradition from Parmenides to Democritus
This volume only. Super 8vo, pp. xx + 554; red buckram bds, blue label to spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping; light to moderatre tanning & foxing; price clipped to front flap).
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: ancient classical Greece Greek philosophy presocratic tradition Parmenides Democritus history
Government Printing in New Zealand, 1840 to 1843
Super 8vo, xiv + 207; illus. light card covers; VG (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems; moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; moderate tanning, soiling & foxing to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Elibank Press 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand 19th century printing publishing history Government printer 1840
Ancient People and Places: The Canaanites
8vo, pp. 244; red cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, printer's device in gilt to front board; plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & 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; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1964
KEYWORDS: Canaan Canaanites anicent classical history anthropology Hebrew Palestine Syria Egypt Mesopotamia Asia
Reason and Goodness
8vo, pp. 451; red cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev ownership inscription in blue ink to ffep); in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading, scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; light to moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1966
KEYWORDS: Brand Blanshard philosophy reason moral ethics good right history