Books - "history"
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The English Renaissance Miniature
Imperial octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, 208pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, prev. owner's name in ink to fep, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, label to rear stating Maybe damaged, not exchangeable, all corners clipped, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1983
KEYWORDS: English art history renaissance illustrated miniature paintings
The Adams Papers: Diary and Autobiography of John Adams
4 VOL SET, tidy ex-library, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, x-xcviii + 365-458pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light scuffing to extrems, tape & tape residue to boards, light foxing to page edges, tape residue to feps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, rear flaps to each vol vertically cut/half removed)
PUBLISHER: Belknap Press/Harvard University Press 1961
KEYWORDS: John Adams autobiography memoir diary journal US history Massachusetts politics adams papers
A Driven Man: Missionary Thomas Samuel Grace 1815-1879: His Life and Letters
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red lettering to spine, 375pp, illus, VG (warped, spine cocked). Photos available on request
PUBLISHER: Ngaio Press 2004
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Te Kerehi Thomas Samuel Grace biography memoir Maori land wars treaty Waitangi politics history
A History of Lettering: Creative Experiment and Letter Identity
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & fading to edges)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 1986
KEYWORDS: art letters letterform language writing written word history alphabet linguistics
New York 1960: Architecture and Urbanism Between the Second World War and the Bicentennial
HEAVY (OVER 4KGS- EXTRA SHIPPING REQUIRED) quarto, black heavy boards, red lettering to spine, 1374pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, light chafing to boards, boards v sl shaky) in d/w, VG (light creasing & curling to edges, light chafing to covers with some label residue)
PUBLISHER: Evergreen 1997
KEYWORDS: New York US America architecture buildings urban illustrated modern history art
Opera: Composers, Works, Performers
Folio hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) VERY HEAVY; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Konemann 2000
KEYWORDS: opera theatre stage design music history reference composers classical performance
Georgina Masson 1912-1980
Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Charta 2003
KEYWORDS: georgina masson rome italy photography architecture history italian
Archives Du Clerge
TEXT IN FRENCH. Quarto 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Editions Michele Trinckvel 1998
KEYWORDS: french clergy clergical history historical christianity photography
Cooper's Creek
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, torn); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton1963
KEYWORDS: australia burke and willis expedition cooper's creek history historical explorers exploration
Millais's Illustrations: A Collection of Drawings on Wood
HEAVY INSECT DAMAGE, BOARDS SOILED, ILLUSTRATIONS UNAFFECTED HOWEVER. Folio hardcover (G+); 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Alexander Strahan 1866
KEYWORDS: millais preraphaelite drawings art history wood engravings pictorial illustration
Pleasant Days: A History of Public Education in the Pleasant Point District
Folio A4 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Herald 1993
KEYWORDS: Education history New Zealand Pleasant Point schools
Medicine in China
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1985
KEYWORDS: Medicine ideas China anthropology Chinese studies history
Mr Explorer Douglas
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Canterbury University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand history charlie douglas explorer biography
New Zealand Through the Eyes of American Women 1830 - 1915
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Peter Lang 2009
KEYWORDS: aotearoa new zealand nz biography biographical history
The Colonial Kangaroo Hunt
Super octavo, softcover (VG+) with french flaps; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press 2020
KEYWORDS: aus australia history kangaroo
New Zealand Geographer Volume XVIII Number 1
THIS VOL ONLY. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1962
KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand geography history
Charles Waterton 1782 - 1865 : Traveller and Conservationist
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Vintage 1989
KEYWORDS: biography charles waterton natural history
Otago Boys' High and its historic neighbourhood
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1983
KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand otago dunedin otago boys high obhs history
The Glorious 120th: Otago Boys High School's year of Royalty. Renewal and Reunion 1983
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: 1983
KEYWORDS: aotearoa nz new zealand otago dunedin otago boys high obhs history
First Encounters: Epic true stories of cultural collision and conquest
lost and found in history
super octavo softcover (Nr. Fine) ; 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: Pier 9 2009
KEYWORDS: history colonialism exploration