Books - "history"
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1918: The Unexpected Victory
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: Cassell 1999
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first world war politics psychology
Chateaux of the Loire Valley
Large 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Konemann 1997
KEYWORDS: France Loire Valley castle chateaux architecture history pictorial photography photos
The Unofficial Formula One Encyclopedia
Large 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Hermes House 2005
KEYWORDS: cars formula one 1 encyclopedia engines engineering history biographies teams tracks
The Medals Year Book 1993 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Token Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: medals military history antiques antiquities
Roskill: An Illustrated History of New Zealand's Largest Borough
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Mount Roskill Borough Council 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Mount Roskill pictorial
Armstrong and Coehorn Affair
Oblong quarto softcover, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: South Pacific Armoury 1990 approx.
KEYWORDS: weaponry guns armoury police history crime law legal New Zealand
The Shape of the Aeroplane
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1953
KEYWORDS: military aviation ww1 ww2 first second world war aeroplanes engineering history raf
Is It Peace?
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1923 approx.
KEYWORDS: British politics liberal party history ww1 first world war treaty of versailles peace autobiography memoir David Lloyd George
Ten Thousand Miles of Travel, Sport and Adventure
First edition, original binding, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, frontispiece, illus title page, xiv + 275pp + 16pp adverts, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to fep)
PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1869
KEYWORDS: travel West America history
A Gentler Structure for Life
Small folio, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus title page, 176pp, illus, VG+ (owner's inscription to f.e.p., light rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Rakennustieto 2008
KEYWORDS: Alvar Aalto Architecture Finland History
Pleasure and Piety: The Art of Joachin Wtewael
Quarto, orange cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, prelims, xxv + 210pp, illus, Nr fine in d/w Nr fine
PUBLISHER: National Galler of Art 2015
KEYWORDS: arts painting history Joachin Wtewael
De Ontdekking Van Het Dagelijks Leven Van Bosch Tot Bruegel
Text in Dutch, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, purple eps, 287pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen 2015
KEYWORDS: text in dutch arts painting history
Typhoon Pilot
First edition, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 168pp, illus, VG (sl bruising to spine extrems, prev owners name and small inscription in ink to fep) in d/w VG (with wrap-around ribbon "New Zealand's most decorated air ace" in clear protective wrap with blue tape edges)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1982
KEYWORDS: biography history aviation typhoon planes RAF royal air force World War Two WW2 New Zealand
Veteran Cars: Amazing New Zealand Collections
Oblong, imperial octavo, illus boards, illus eps, 192pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cars history
The First Northerns: Northern Pacific A Class 4-8-4
oblong, Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 100pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover)
PUBLISHER: N.J. Internation (n/d)
KEYWORDS: trains transport locomotives history
The Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental
Highlighting and annotation by automotive author Maurice Hendry with several loose enclosures, small quarto, black faux leather boards wtih gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 272pp, illus, VG- (several nicks to spine extrems, some browning to page edges, some annotation in pencil & ink, binding loosening a bit), in d/w, tatty (archival tape repairs to edges, corners & spine extrems, moderately heavy creasing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Dalton Watson 1980
KEYWORDS: Rolls-Royce Phantom II Continental cars automotive engineering history
The Fascist Challenge and the Policy of Appeasement
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 436pp, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy fading esp to spine, some creasing to edges, 1cm closed tears to all corners & spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1983
KEYWORDS: military political history World War Two fascism appeasement
That Magnificent 9th: An Illustrated History of the 9th Australian Division 1940-46
Imperial octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 272pp, illus, VG+ (inscription in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2002
KEYWORDS: Australia 9th Australian Division military history
Underwater Wonders of New Zealand
Large quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards, black lettering to orange spine & white lettering to front board, illus eps, illus title page, 112pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: New Holland 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand marine biology natural history oceans underwater flora fauna
Bars from Bilibid Prison
Very scarce in dust jacket, octavo, cream cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xx + 129pp, VG (some tanning to page edges, owner's name & address label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (some creasing to edges, 2cm closed tear to rear upper edge and another to spine side, light bruising & nicks to spine extrems, light tanning to spine, price clipped, small hole to rear flap fold, 1cm tear to spine side)
PUBLISHER: The Naylor Company 1947
KEYWORDS: American POWs prisoners of war Philippines military history Major Charles Brown memoir poetry