Books - "history"
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Five Months on a German Raider: Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the Wolf
First edition, octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 187pp + 4pp adverts, plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners with sl surface loss, light tanning to page edges & eps, owner's ex-libris labels to pastedowns, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, bookseller's label to back pastedown, 3cm tear with loss to upper corners of pgs 83-86, 1cm closed tear to bottom pg 83/84)
PUBLISHER: Headley Bros 1919
KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir F. G. Trayes ww1 first world war military history prisoner of war maritime nautical
The Diary of Peter Bussell (1806-1814)
Octavo, light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 232pp, plates, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light tanning to page edges & page 232, light foxing to prelims, v light staining & rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1931
KEYWORDS: diary journal autobiography memoir Peter Bussell maritime navy British military history nautical
Dresden 1945: The Devil's Tinderbox
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1982
KEYWORDS: military history politics ww2 second world war Dresden bomb attack Germany first edition
The Dangerous Book For Boys
Quarto 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 costs
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2006
KEYWORDS: children's history dangerous book for boys how to guide
The Floating Brothel: The Extraordinary True Story of an 18th Century Ship and its Cargo of Female Convicts
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: Hodder
KEYWORDS: history Australia convicts women Lady Julian maritime nautical crime punishment colonies brothel prostitution
Jack the Ripper: Summing Up and Verdict
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Corgi 1988
KEYWORDS: jack the ripper history crime murder mystery London true real life
Introduction to Documentary
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: Indiana University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: film cultural studies education text book history criticism documentary
Magnitude Eight Plus
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: Victoria University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand earthquake science geology history culture Wellington 1855 diaries anecdotes biographies journals
Catholic Record Society: Recusant Roll No. I, 1592-3: Exchequer Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer Pipe Office Series
MOST TEXT IN LATIN, this volume only, 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Catholic Record Society 1916
KEYWORDS: catholic church British recusant roll finance financial economics history list debt most text in latin
History of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Foriegn Languages Publishing House 1960
KEYWORDS: history politics Russia Soviet Union communism
The Morte Darthur: Parts Seven and Eight
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: Edward Arnold 1968
KEYWORDS: literature literary critcism history arthurian legend king arthur
Open 7 Days: A Celebration of the New Zealand General Store
Oblong 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: Random Century 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culture general store community pictorial
All You Need Is Love
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Futura 1977
KEYWORDS: music culture history media entertainment
70 Photographic Gems of Wellington, the Empire City of New Zealand
Oblong quarto, greay light card covers tied with yellow cord, black lettering with green kiwi motif to front cover, unpaginated but aprox 22pp of photographs, VG (some tanning & soiling to covers, small stain to front cover, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs n/d (circa 1919)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wellington photographs photographic history
Milford Sound: An Illustrated History of the Sound, the Track and the ROad
Oblong quarto, glossy illus heavy card boards with blue & black lettering, illus eps, 147pp, illus, VG+ (some fading to spine and extrems)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand MIlford SOund fiordland history
83 Squadron 1917-1969
Inscribed & signed by author Frank Harper to NZ Aviation Author Rex Cording, two-page holograph signed letter from author to Cording loosely enclosed, quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, 333pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to edges, light fading)
PUBLISHER: RG LOw 1992
KEYWORDS: aviation 83 squadron history
Freyberg's 2nd New Zealand Division in Italy 1943-46
Signed by author, signed typed note from the author to MIlitary HIstorian R Cording loosely enclosed, quarto, blue light card covers with black lettering to front cover & black taped spine, vi + 244pp + 2pp biography, illus, VG+ (light taning to page edges, v slight creasing to some edges)
PUBLISHER: Ray Munro 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Italy Second WOrld War Two WW2 Freyberg 2nd New Zealand Division
The Third Republic from its Origins to the Great War 1871-1914
Octavo, green heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 392pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University PRess 1984
KEYWORDS: France French history
Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig BUrchard Part II: The Eucharist Series Volumes 1 and 2
Two-volume set in slipcases, imperial octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering in red decorative title panel to spine, 510pp across two vols, illus with 230 b&w illus, VG+ (v v slight foxing, owner's ex libris label to front pastedowns) in d/w, nr fine, in red light card slipcases
PUBLISHER: Harvey Miller / Hayden & Son 1978
KEYWORDS: art history tapestry painting
The BIrth of Independent Air Power: British Air Policy in the FIrst WOrld War
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, xix + 169pp, illus, VG+ (v small stain to page fore-edges) in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to lower spine)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1986
KEYWORDS: Brtish Britain aviation history First World War One WW1