Books - "history"
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The Romance of Paris Streets
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: Chapman & Dodd 1923
KEYWORDS: travel exploration France Paris history Mary D. Steuart
In Harm's Way: A RNVR Officer at War 1940-44
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: Heinemann 1985 approx
KEYWORDS: navy British history autobiography memoir military Geoffrey Hobday New Zealand
History of the Sanders Cup 1921-1946
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: The National Printing Co 1946
KEYWORDS: sailing maritime nautical sport sanders cup history New Zealand
The Bushrangers
First edition, 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Shakespeare Head Press 1963
KEYWORDS: history Australia modern first edition colony bushrangers culture
Murdoch
Super octavo, illus light card covers, 208pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Potton & Burton 2016
KEYWORDS: cartoons history New Zealand
Kings of the Hellenes: The Greek Kings 1863-1974
First edition, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 200pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page eges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (slight gum staining to edges)
PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: Greek history royal family royalty kings biography
Big Ideas: 100 Wonders of New Zealand Engineering
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, 240pp, illus, VG (light tanning to page edges, v light soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: Random House New Zealand 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand engineering buildings bridges history
Pio and Pio District Diamond Jubilee Souvenir Booklet 1896-1956
Octavo, blue light card sewn wrappers covered with home-made beige light card covers, handwritten ink title to homemade covers, yellow lettering to blue cover, 39pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Pio Pio Jubilee Committee 1956
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Pio Pio local history
The Complete Atlas consisting of 120 Maps of Modern, Historical Classical, and Physical Geography
Small folio, half bound, brown cloth boards, gilt decorative rule to maroon spine, spine sides & board corners, gilt lettering to spine, aeg, 219pp + 114pp maps + 71pp index, illus & many with tissue guard, VG- (front board completely detached, leather spine present & partly attached but in ruins, some chaffing to boards, 4cm x 1cm tear with loss of leather to side of board, moderate foxing to prelims, light sporadic foxing elsewhere, page 57 loose). State of binding of text block is sounder than description would indicate. 9 of 16 chromolithographs present; missing are Edinburgh, Dublin, Paris, Vienna, Pekin, New York and Melbourne
PUBLISHER: William Collins & Sons 1878
KEYWORDS: history classics atlas geography
Richard Davis 1790-1863: Missionary to the Maori People of New Zealand 1824-1863
A Record of His Descendants to His Great, Great Great Grandchildren
Loosely enclosed archive of original photographs of Kemp House over a period of many years, octavo, white light card stapled wrappers wiht blue lettering to front, 39pp, VG (some foxing, occasional page corner folded over)
PUBLISHER:
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Richard Davis missionary reference history
The Achelles Series Part X: Corpus Rubenianum Ludwig Burchard
Small quarto, black cloth boards, red title label with gilt lettering to spine, red eps, viii + 157pp, illus plates to rear, VG+ ( v.light foxing to page edges & prelims, light bruising to spine extrems, exlibris sticker to front pastedown,) in d/w VG ( v.slight foxing, chipping with loss to centre spine, slight puckering to cellophane spine side, light brusing to spine extrems, price clipped, price sticke to front flap,) in tatty slipcase
PUBLISHER: Phaidon 1975(?)
KEYWORDS: history tapestries Rubens art painting
A King's Feast: The Goldsmith's Art and Royal Banqueting in the 18th Century
Quarto, illus glossy heavy card boards with blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 286pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: The ROyal Exhibition Fund 1991
KEYWORDS: art collectibles antiques silverware gold goldsmithing history
Kalenderminiaturen der Studenbucher: Mettelalterliches Leben im Jahreslauf
Large quarto, browny-orange cloth boards with brown lettering to spine & brown illus to front board, 291pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges) in card slipcase TEXT IN GERMAN
PUBLISHER: Georg DW Callwey 1984
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN art history
The Polish AIr FOrce at War: The Official History Volume 1 1939-1943, Vol 2 1943-1945
Two-volume set, very large quarto, maroon cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, 670pp over two volumes, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v slight creasing to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing 1998
KEYWORDS: Poland Polish military aviation Air Force history Second World War Two
Swift to the Sky: New Zealand's Military Aviation History
Large quarto, blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, 232pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Penguin Viking 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation military history
Never Say Die
First edition, octavo, black buckram boards wit red lettering to spine, 196pp, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG (price clipped, some fading to spine, some bruising & creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: Dorrance & Co 1961
KEYWORDS: Colonel Jack Hawkins autobiography US Marine Corps military history
From Kastamuni to Kedos, being a Record of Experiences of Prisoners of War in Turkey 1916-1918
First edition, small quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to blue cloth spine, frontispiece, vii + 179pp, illus, VG (v slight bruising to spine extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name to fep, owner's name & address in ink to rear ep, some staining to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1921
KEYWORDS: First World War One WWI Turkey Turkish POWs prisoners of war military history
The Birth of Chrysler Corporation and its Engineering Legacy
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: Society of Automotive Engineers Inc 1994
KEYWORDS: engineering history Chrysler business economics autobiography Carl Breer Fred M Zeder Owen Skelton
Along the Hills: A History of the Heathcote Road Board and the Heathcote County Council 1864-1989
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: Heathcote County Council 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlement Canterbury Heathcote county council
Because Each Life is Precious: Why an Iraqi Man Risked Everything for Private Jessica Lynch
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: HarperCollins 2003 approx
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief military modern history Iraq US America Jessica Lynch