Books - "history"
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Vita Edwardi Secondi / The Life of Edward the Second
DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xxviii + pgs1-145 dual pagination + pgs146-150 index, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning/fading to spine, light tanning & soiling, light creasing & chipping to edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1957
KEYWORDS: DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT Nelson's medieval classics series king Edward second 2nd ii monarchs history
Chronicon Aethelweardi / The Chronicle of Aethelweard
DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, lxiii + pgs1-56 dual pagination + pgs57-68 index, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, minor soiling to spine, minor tanning & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1962
KEYWORDS: DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT Nelson's medieval classics series history chronicles Aethelweard Elwardus
Historia Novella / The Historia Novella
DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xliii + pgs1-77 dual pagination + pgs78-84 index, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, ligh ttanning/fading to spine, minor tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1955
KEYWORDS: DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT Nelson's medieval classics series history William of Malmesbury
Decreta Lanfranci Monachis Cantuariensibus Transmissa / The Monastic Constitutions of Lanfranc
DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xl + pgs1-149 dual pagination + pgs150-157 index, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning to eps, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, light to moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1951
KEYWORDS: DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT Nelson's medieval classics series history Lanfranc monastic community constitutions
Cronica Jocelini de Brakelonda de Rebus Gestis Samsonis Abbatis Monasterii Sancti Edmundi / The Chronicle of Jocelin of Brakelond Concerning the Acts of Samson Abbot of the Monastry of St Edmund
DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, xxviii + pgs1-139 dual pagination + pgs140-167 index, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover with adhesive edges- could be removed but may cause damage doing so, light soiling & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1951
KEYWORDS: DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT Nelson's medieval classics series history monastries Sansom abbots St Edmund monastery
Fredegarii Chronicorum Liber Quartus cum Continuationibus / The Fourth Book of the Chronicle of Fredegar with its Continuations
DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red, lxvii + pgs1-121 dual pagination + pgs122-137 index, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, ligh ttanning & fading to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson and Sons 1960
KEYWORDS: DUAL LATIN ENGLISH TEXT Nelson's medieval classics series history Fredegar Frankish Gaul chronicles
The Spanish Lake: The Pacific Since Magellan, Volume I
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus plate to front board, illus/maps at eps, xxiv + 372pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals) in blue buckram slipcase with blue lettering on title plate to spine, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1979
KEYWORDS: history exploration Pacific Spanish explorers maritime nautical voyages
Jottings of a Gentleman: Eyre Evans of Oamaru
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial ocatvo, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 266pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sm stain to fore-edge of page block)
PUBLISHER: Mono Unlimited 2007
KEYWORDS: signed Corry Skilbeck New Zealand history Oamaru biography memoir Eyre Evans pioneers early settlers colonists colonialism
Island Exiles
SIGNED, octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated illus prelims + 200pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to half title page)
PUBLISHER: ABC Books 1996
KEYWORDS: signed Jemima Garrett Pacific islands Nauru history
The Revival Church of Vanuatu: The History of the Presbyterian Church on Tongoa Island from Year 1878-1978
TEXT IN NAKANAMAGA, octavo, blue stapled light card wrappers, black lettering to front cover, 127pp, VG+ (sl creasing to spine area with sm tearing to bottom staple, minor rusting to staples, sl soiling to wrappers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN NAKANAMAGA Tongoa Island history presbyterian church Vanuatu revival church
Malaria Letters: The Ross-Laveran Correspondence 1896-1908
Octavo, illus beige heavy boards, black lettering to spine & boards, 63pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine, sl chafing/soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: infectious diseases malaria Alphonse Laveran Ronald Ross mosquitoes tropical disease medicine historical research history
The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros 1595 to 1606 (Two Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt maritime illus to front boards, blind stamp decoration to spines & boards, vol 1- xlviii + pgs1-320, vol 2- viii + pgs321-555, Hakluyt appendices to rear of vol 2, 3x folding maps to rear pocket of vol 2, deckled page edges- some pages remain uncut, VG (light to moderate chipping to spine extrems, minor tanning & soiling to spine of vol 1, minor rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1904
KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society history exploration voyages Pedro Fernandez de Quiros
Omai: First Polynesian Ambassador to England
Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, black lettering to cream cloth spine, gilt lettering to front board, unpaginated prelims + 115pp, VG+ (light foxing & tanning to cream cloth spine, light soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1969
KEYWORDS: exploration maritime nautical history voyages Omai Polynesia
A General Introduction to Domesday [Doomsday] Book (2 Vol Set) Facsimile Reprint
2 VOL SET, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + xix + 515pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 543pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, sl tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spines)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1971 (Facsimile Reprint of 1833 Edition)
KEYWORDS: English England Domesday Doomsday book history public records historical
The Cambridge Illustrated History of the Middle Ages 350-1520 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, imperial octavo, peach coloured heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (sl bruising & fading to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sm crack to head of vol 3 spine) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spines, sl creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997-98
KEYWORDS: middle ages history
Great Passenger Ships of the World, Volume 2: 1913-1923
THIS VOL ONLY, super 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: Patrick Stephens 1976
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history passenger ships
The Nitrate Clippers
Super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1953
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history clippers ships boats nitrate
A Record of the History of Houlder Brothers & Co Ltd from 1849-1950
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G-) jacket very tatty; 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 Mendip Press N/D
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Houlder Brothers & Co shipping companies
Sunset to Sunrise: An Illustrated History of New Zealand's Lighthouses
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: New Holland 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical lighthouses history
A Lucky Ship: The Nine LIves of the Australian Coaster Tambar, 1912-1960
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: Nautical Association of Australia Inc 2013
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian maritime nautical history coaster Tambar ships boats