Books - "history"
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Foundations of Indentity: Building Early Sydney 1788-1822
Imperial 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: Hale & Iremonger 195
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian cities Sydney history
To Botany Bay ...... if Policy Warrants the Measure
Imperial 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: Roebuck Society Publication 1973
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history Botany Bay early settlers settlements NSW New South Wales
Flat-Top: The Story of an Escort Carrier
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PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1945
KEYWORDS: military history aviation F D Ommanney
The Montessori Method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in The Children's Houses (Revised Edition)
REVISED EDITION, octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) water damage- jacket stuck to boards & moderately stained; 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: William Heinemann c.1919
KEYWORDS: children's education Dr Maria Montessori teaching methods history pedagogy childhood
The Old School Tie: The Phenomenon of the English Public School
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: The Viking Press 1978
KEYWORDS: English education public private schooling schools history
Secrecy and Power: The Life of J Edgar Hoover
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PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1987
KEYWORDS: US America American FBI J Edgar Hoover history biography memoir biographies
Desert Victory: Forgotten Voices (In Association with the Imperial War Museum)
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PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 2011
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 North Africa battles campaigns desert warfare
The Rise of Modern China (Sixth Edition)
SIXTH EDITION, 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: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: China Chinese modern history politics political 20th twentieth century
A History of Philosophy: Volume VI Wolff to Kant
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Burns and Oates 1960
KEYWORDS: philosophy history literature Frederick Copleston
Triumph TRs: The Complete Story
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PUBLISHER: Crowood Press 1991
KEYWORDS: vintage classic cars Triumph automotive history
When Santa was a Shaman: The Ancient Origins of Santa Claus & the Christmas Tree
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PUBLISHER: Llewellyn Publications 1995
KEYWORDS: Santa Claus history Father Christmas shamanism northern Europe trees religion art mythology origins
J and C Harrison: The History of a Family Shipping Venture
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PUBLISHER: Ships in Focus Publications 2012
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history shipping companies J & C Harrison
Coast to Coast: The Great Australian Coastal Liners
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PUBLISHER: Rosenberg Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history coastal liners Australia Australian passenger ships cruise liners cargo
Captain James Cook: Seaman and Scientist
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PUBLISHER: Chaucer Press 2003
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history biography memoir Captain James Cook sailors exploration
FitzRoy: The Remarkable Story of Darwin's Captain and the Invention of the Weather Forecast
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: Review 2004
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history exploration weather forecasting forecasts Robert FitzRoy HMS Beagle meteorology biography New Zealand
The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-13
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: Picador 1994
KEYWORDS: exploration history south pole Antarctic Antarctica polar
The Art of Featherwork in Old Hawai'i
Square imperial ocatvo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 176pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & sl soiling to extrems & board edges, sl plucking to cloth on boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing to top edges, moderate creasing to base of jacket with 2x lg closed tears also, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Topgallant Publishing Co 1985
KEYWORDS: textiles fasion patterns design featherworks feathers Hawaii Hawai'i history historical clothing
Evolution: The First Four Billion Years
Super octavo, green buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 979pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges, sl warping to spine) in d/w, VG (light fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: history evolution science biology sociobiology
Jardine Matheson: Traders of the Far East
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, viii + 280pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing & chipping to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999
KEYWORDS: history trading traders business commerce far east oriental Jardine Matheson & Co China Canton
James Stephen and the British Colonial System 1813-1847
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 315pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light soiling to base of spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning & foxing to spine, sl tanning & foxing to flaps, sm ink marking to front flap)
PUBLISHER: University of Wisconsin Press 1953
KEYWORDS: history colonialism British colonial system James Stephen 19th nineteenth century empire