Books - "history"
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Visions of the Past: The Challenge of Film to Our Idea of History
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: Harvard University Pres 1995
KEYWORDS: historical films film studies history cinema motion picture written historiography
The Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) archival repair to jacket; 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 1969
KEYWORDS: conservation art history antiques antiquities preservation
Musical Instruments Through the Ages
LOOSELY ENC. 'COMPLIMENTS' NOTE SIGNED BY EDITOR, super octavo stapled light card covers (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: Auckland Early Music Society 1986
KEYWORDS: music musical history instruments
The Last Four Months: The End of the War in the West
Octavo hardcover (VG-) multiple pages with closed & open tearing- text block still present; 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: Cassell & Company 1919
KEYWORDS: ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war military history
Tannenberg 1410:1914
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: Hamish Hamilton 1970
KEYWORDS: Tannenberg history military conflict Germans
German Navy Warships 1939-1945
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: Almark Publishing Co 1972
KEYWORDS: military history German warships maritime naval warfare ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
The British Fighter Since 1912: Fifty Years of Design and Development
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: Putnam & Company 1967
KEYWORDS: military history aviation fighter planes British design development engineering
Ennis: Architectural Heritage
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: An Foras Forbartha 1981
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish buildings architecture heritage history historical Ennis
Victorian Buildings of London 1837-1887: An Illustrated Guide
Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 175pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sm circular adhesive label to front cover, light tanning & chafing, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Architectural Press 1980
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings London Victorian era history historical
Battleships and Battle Cruisers, 1905-1970
Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt lettering & maritime illus to front board, illus eps, 480pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name & ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl adhesive staining to eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald and Jane's 1973
KEYWORDS: military history battleships battle cruisers historical maritime warfare warships design engineering
The Woman's Companion to Mythology
Super octavo, illus light card covers, beige lettering to spine, xiv + 480pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & chafing to covers, light to moderate foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to half title page, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Pandora / HarperCollins 1997
KEYWORDS: ancient history mythology women
Malta Spitfire Pilot: A Personal Account of Ten Weeks of War, April-June 1942
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 201pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label residue to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Frontline Books 2011
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation fighter pilots aerial warfare combat Malta spitfires
Old New Zealand: A Tale of the Good Old Times
FIRST EDITION, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 239pp, VG- (heavy damp wrinkling & staining to spine & boards, light to moderate scuffing to board edges, light to moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, heavy cracking to front gutters, heavy crack to rear gutter- tape repairs, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Robert J Creighton & Alfred Scales 1863
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand F E Maning a pakeha Maori history historical accounts
The Spiegelberger German Armor & Military Vehicles Series, Volume II: Sturmgeschutz
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, illus black boards, white lettering to spine, marbled eps, 253pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: Spielberger series military history armoured armored vehicles German tanks sturmgeschutz
Royal Navy Warships 1939-1945
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 120pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine & extrems, minor adhesive staining to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & ink stamp to ffep, minor foxing to prelims, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & glue staining to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Almark Publishing 1971
KEYWORDS: first editions military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Royal Navy warships maritime warfare
Summa Theologiae: Questions on God
Super octavo, green glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xli + 298pp, Near FINE (minor pencil annotation to rear eps, prev bookseller's label to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Thomas Aquinas theology history philosophy summa theologiae
Song of the Stone
FIRST EDITION, LENGTHY INSCRIPTION IN TE REO MAORI & ENGLISH, THEN SIGNED BY AUTHOR, oblong imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 192pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light fading to spine & board edges, light chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Stoneprint Press 1995
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Barry Brailsford New Zealand nature philosophy ancient history
In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World
Super octavo, cream heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue spine, x + 342pp, illus/diagrams, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling/foxing to boards, light tanning & moderate yellowing foxing to page edges, pencil annotation to rear ep, light to moderate yellowing foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light creasing to flap edges)
PUBLISHER: Basic Books 2012
KEYWORDS: mathematics equations history Pythagoras Newton gravity calculus fourier
The Institution, Laws & Ceremonies of the Most Noble Order of the Garter (Facsimile Edition)
1971 FACSIMILE EDITION, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, teg, unpaginated prelims + 720pp + appendices, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1971 (Nathaneal Brooke 1672)
KEYWORDS: order of the garter facsimile copies editions history historical nobility aristocracy knighthoods knights
The Artillery at Anzac
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 376pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Big Sky Publishing 2021
KEYWORDS: military history anzacs anzac war weaponry artillery heavy weapons