Books - "history"
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Napoleon at St. Helena
2 volume set, Super octavo, purple cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, green eps, frontispiece, xciv + 367pp (vol1), 397pp (vol2), illus, VG (previous owner's labek to fep, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, ligth tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley & Son 1888
KEYWORDS: biography Emperor of the French Napoleon I Captivity france history
The History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-1919
closed tears to folding map archivally repaired, Octavo red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, vii + 267pp, illus, VG (bookseller's stamp to fep, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, small nick to spine, light soiling to page edges, previous owner's name staped to title page)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1928
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Canterbury army military Mounted Rifles Regiment world war one WW1
War and Peace
First english edition, wear to spines, spome pages loose, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif & gilt decoration to front board, 359pp (vol1), 392pp (vol2), 424pp (vol3), 405pp (vol4), VG (bookseller's stamp to fep, light soiling & light rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges, heavy wear to spine with major cracking to spine hinges)
PUBLISHER: Walter Scott 1889
KEYWORDS: Russia History Alexander I Fiction literature
History of the 12th (Eastern) Division in the Great War
Super octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 272pp + folding map, VG (previous owner's name in ink to title page, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Nisbet & Co 1923
KEYWORDS: Great Britain Army military 12th Division Eastern World War One WW1 Campaigns France Regimental history
History of New Zealand 1642-1861
Super octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, ix + 467pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light cracking to spine hinge)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1896
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand
South Dakota: A Bicentennial History
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: W. W. Norton & Co 1977
KEYWORDS: America South Dakota history
Charleston: Past & Present
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: The Hogarth Press 1987
KEYWORDS: Charleston history architecture travel guide
The Making of Modern RUssia
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: Pelican / Penguin 1988 (second edition)
KEYWORDS: Russia Russian history
The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern History 1789-1945
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: Penguin Books 1994
KEYWORDS: history dictionary reference
The Germans: Who Are They Now?
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: Mandarin 1994
KEYWORDS: culture history society people sociology Germany German social anthropology
Tony's Ten Years: Memories of the Blair Administration
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: Pocket Books 2009
KEYWORDS: biography Tony Blair Adam Boulton politics political history United Kingdom
Another Story: Women and the Falklands War
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: Hamish Hamilton 1984
KEYWORDS: military history Britain United Kingdom Falklands War women Argentina Maggie Margaret Thatcher Falkland Islands
Frederick the Great: King of Russia
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: Penguin Books 2000
KEYWORDS: biography Frederick the Great Russian Prussian history David Fraser
Canterbury Cathedral
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, torn); 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: J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1948
KEYWORDS: Canterbury Cathedral architecture history medieval United Kingdom England St. Thomas shrine
Richmond Golf Club, A Centenary History 1891-1991
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: Tom Brennand 1990
KEYWORDS: Richmond golf club history centenary United Kingdom
Professing the New Rhetorics, A Sourcebook
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: Blair Press/Prentice-Hall 1994
KEYWORDS: English langauge rhetoric history teaching study
Springbok Challenge, Book Two
Imperial octavo, in stapled wrapper (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: Viscount Printing & Publishing Co. 1966(?)
KEYWORDS: rugby sport history New Zealand Springboks All Blacks 1965 Tour pictorial record
Armchair Nation: An Intimate History of Britain in Front of the TV
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: Profile Books 2014
KEYWORDS: UK United Kingdom history society television material culture media
Sunday Soldiers: A Brief History of the Wellington Regiment - City of Wellington's Own
Octavo, tan heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 206pp, illus, VG+ (v light fading to bottom spine extrem, light creasing to spine extrems, sl foxing to page edges, v sl tanning to eps, owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping to edges with archival tape repairs, 2cm open tear with loss, price clipped, heavy sun fading to spine, moderate/heavy soiling to rear, light chaffing & soiling to front, light internal tanning)
PUBLISHER: Wellington Regiment 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history illustrated Wellington
Charles J Ayton Diary 1899-1904: Goldminer, Rabbiter & Peat Digger of Central Otago
Oblong imperial octavo, yellow illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 130pp, illus, VG+ (v light creasing to spine extrems & edges, light sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Maniototo Early Settlers' Association 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history central otago diary memoir journal Charles J Ayton agriculture farming goldmining