Books - "history"
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Famous Scottish Houses: The Lowlands
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering & scottish emblem to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, viii + 205pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, light foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to edges with some closed tearing to spine, moderate tanning to spine, moderate chafing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: A. & C. Black 1928
KEYWORDS: history genealogy Scotland Scottish houses lowlands
Letters From London at Coronation Time June-August 1953
Sm octavo, blue heavy cloth boards, blue lettering to title plate to front board, 80pp, Near FINE in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Nag's Head Press 1987
KEYWORDS: Helen Bateman letters correspondence London Britain British culture history coronation royal family travel
The Lord's Taverners Fifty Greatest: The Fifty Greatest Post-War Cricketers From Around the World
Large 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: Heinemann-Quixote 1984
KEYWORDS: cricketers cricket sports sporting games history post-war lords lord's taverners post war greatest fifty
Music in the 20th Century: From Debussy through Stravinsky
Jacket v. scruffy but present. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Dent 1966
KEYWORDS: music history 20th century debussy stravinsky jazz composers
The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Helix Books 1995
KEYWORDS: biology anthropology evolution diasporas migration history of diversity and evolution humans humanity
The Polynesians: Prehistory of an Island People
Ex-library. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1978
KEYWORDS: anthropolgy polynesia polynesians history the pacific culture
Music in Transition: A Study of Tonal Expansion and Atonality 1900-1920
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Dent 1979
KEYWORDS: tonal tonality expanison atonality music history modern
The New Oxford History of Music: The Modern Age 1890-1960 (Vol. X)
This vol. only. Imperial octavo (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: Oxford 1975
KEYWORDS: oxford history of music the modern age nationalism impressionism atonality serialism neo-classicism musique concrete
All American Music: Composition in the Late Twentieth Century
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: Kahn & Averill 1985
KEYWORDS: american music composition late twentieth century history milton babbitt laurie anderson talking heads stephen sondheim
Islam: The Religion and the People
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Wharton School Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: islam religion history religious studies cultural culture middle eastern
Meet You at the Church Steps: A Social History of a Nelson Landmark
Signed, inscribed and dated. Oblong 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: Karen Stade 2013
KEYWORDS: nelson new zealand nz aotearoa history church steps cathedral cawthron
The Postmodern Scene: Excremental Culture and Hyper-Aesthetics
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: St Martins Press 1986
KEYWORDS: postmodern postmodernism aesthetics hyper hyper-aesthetics excremental culture cultural studies art history media
Cricklewood
Signed, inscribed & dated. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Craigs 1982
KEYWORDS: cricklewood connor south canterbury new zealand history family nz aotearoa
The Land I Love: An Intimate Journey Through Nelson Province
Octavo staplebound 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: Anchor Press 1981
KEYWORDS: nelson province history new zealand nz aotearoa travel guide whakatu
The Pattern of English Building
Sm quarto, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to extrems & edges, sl soiling to page edgesprev. owner's name to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to spine & covers with some sl surface loss)
PUBLISHER: B. T. Batsford 1962
KEYWORDS: building construction British Britain architecture history materials geology landscape
Andrew Buchanan of Chingford 1807-1877
Octavo, green faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 103pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems & edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, extra family tree additions neatly adhered to rear pages)
PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Buchanan Andrew Chingford genealogy Dunedin
Andrew Buchanan Diaries 1865, 1873
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 120pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, string/binding sl exposed esp. to rear pgs- som epgs sl loosened)
PUBLISHER: Hazard Press 1997
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history Buchanan Andrew Chingford genealogy Dunedin diaries diary journal biography
Picturesque Antiquities of Scotland
PARTS III & IV, octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule with blind stamp decoration to spine, gilt rule to boards, v + unpaginated, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & boards, moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page, moderate cracking to gutters- esp. to rear, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Adam de Cardonnel 1793
KEYWORDS: buildings castles architecture history Scotland Adam de Cardonnel illustrated
Active Literature: Jan Tschichold and New Typography
Lg quarto, teal soft boards, white & yellow lettering to spine, 335pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Hyphen Press 2007
KEYWORDS: script typography lettering history literature art graphics
Kennedy's Colonial Travel: A Narrative of a Four Years' Tour Through Australia, New Zealand, Canada
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind decorative rule to boards, frontispiece & illus title page with tissue guard, viii + 440pp, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep & verso, light to moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh Publishing Company 1876 (approx.)
KEYWORDS: travel exploration Australia New Zealand Canada history David Kennedy Jr colonial