Books - "history"
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Day After Day
First UK Edition, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 600pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co. 1947
KEYWORDS: Prisoners prisons concentration camps World War Two WW2 autobiography Norwegian history
Rails to Nowhere: The History of the Nelson Railway
Octavo, green cloth boards, frontispiece, 344pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light soiling, bookplate to fep)
PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Railways trains history Nelson locomotion
Paradoxes of War: On the Art of National Self-Entrapment
Super octavo, grey cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 367pp, VG (light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, light rubbing),
PUBLISHER: Unwin Hyman 1990
KEYWORDS: Paradoxes War Politics history
Tamihana the Kingmaker
Ex library, octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 200pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light tanning to page edges, d/w stuck down to pastedowns with cellotape) in d/w VG- (light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1963
KEYWORDS: Wiremu Tamihana biography New Zealand History
The Astronomical and Mathematical Foundations of Geography
First edition, octavo, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, red colouring to top page edges, ix + 244pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG (light foxing, light soiling, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1966
KEYWORDS: Mathematical Astronomical geography science history
Napoleon: 1812
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1985
KEYWORDS: history military biography memoir Napoleon Bonaparte Russia
Napoleon in Russia
First edition, 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1967
KEYWORDS: first edition military history war biography memoir Napoleon Bonaparte Russia politics
Bataan and Beyond: Memories of an American POW
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Texas A&M University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: military Japan war history ww2 second world war prisoner of war America US autobiography memoir John S. Coleman Jr
Napoleon: The Myth of the Saviour
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1984
KEYWORDS: military history Napoleon Bonaparte politics biography memoir
The Defeat of John Hawkins: A Biography of his Third Slaving Voyage
Paperback (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Pelican Books 1962
KEYWORDS: biography memoir John Hawkins exploration travel history slavery slave trade merchant shipping maritime nautical
Henderson: A History of the Life of Alexander Henderson First Lord Farringdon and of Henderson Administration
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Quiller Press 1986
KEYWORDS: biography memoir Alexander Henderson business history entrepreneur
The Battlement Garden: Britain From the Wars of the Roses to the Age of Shakespeare
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1979
KEYWORDS: history Great Britain tudors civilization battlement garden politics religion state
The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered: The A. J. P. Taylor After Twenty-Five Years
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1986
KEYWORDS: military history war second world war ww2 essays literature Germany
On the Slopes of Signal Hill: Historical Aspects of Opoho and its Surrounds
Super octavo softcover, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin Opoho Signal Hill history pictorial
A History of the University of Canterbury 1873-1973
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 cost
PUBLISHER: University of Canterbury Press 1973
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education history university Canterbury architecture graduation
The Fifth Schedule: The Story of Waimate's Open Community Hospital 1874-1975
Ex-library, 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1984
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand hospital Waimate healthcare health system
Palace of the Kremlin
TEXT IN RUSSIAN, Quarto, read cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, red eps, 431pp, Fine in d/w Fine, in slipcase Nr fine. Palace of the Kremlin ( A wonderfully illustrated edition in a dust jacket & slipcase, The album represents the Kremlin as the palace residence of the Grand Duke first, then the Russian Tsar, the Russian Emperor and, finally, the President of Russia. Includes 500 photographs, many published for the frst time)
PUBLISHER: Slovo 2006
KEYWORDS: Palace of the Kremlin text in Russian architecture history Russia
A Guided Journey: Memories and Reflections
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Yvonne Davison 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history autobiography Yvonne Davison
Canada: A Portrait in Letters 1800-2000
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Anchor Canada 2004
KEYWORDS: Canada travel exploration correspondance history letters Charlotte Gray
The Natural World of the Traills: An Investigation into Some of the Nineteenth Century Naturalists of a Particular Family in Scotland and the Colonies
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Nestegg Books 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Scotland history biographies memoirs Traill family naturalist botany flowers