Books - "history"
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Three Years or the Duration: The Memoirs of a Munition Worker 1914-1918
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1978
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Peggy Hamilton munitionettes ww1 first world war ammunition military history women
One Marine's Tale
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: Andre Deutsch 1956
KEYWORDS: military history Leslie Hollis autobiography memoir marines ww2 second world war
The Mighty Continent: A View of Europe in the Twentieth Century
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: Futura 1976
KEYWORDS: Europe modern history politics culture
The Borgias
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: Penguin Books 2001
KEYWORDS: history Borgia renaissance Italy politics religion
The Eighty-Five Days: The Story of the Battle of the Scheldt
First edition, super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (tatty); 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: Hutchinson 1957
KEYWORDS: first edition ww2 second world war battle of the scheldt military history
Turn Back the Clock
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1968
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Canterbury history culture
Cities and Civilizations
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1996
KEYWORDS: history ancient anthropology archaeology sociology civiizations
Greatness: Who Makes History and Why
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: The Guilford Press 1994
KEYWORDS: history education text book psychology
Time Line History of the World
Slim 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: Futura 2007
KEYWORDS: history world politics religion geography
The Kimberley Flying Column: Being Reminiscences of Service in the South African War of 1899-1903
Octavo 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Timaru 1957?
KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand Boer war autobiography memoir Frank Perham
Dominion Museum: Bulletin No. 10: Maori Religion and Mythology Being an Account of the Cosmology, Anthropogeny, Religious Beliefs and Rites, Magic and Folk Lore of the Maori Folk in New Zealand
First edition, imperial octavo, brown light card covers, 264pp, illus, VG (moderate foxing and tanning to covers, paper tape reinforcement to spine, light scuffing to edges, light tanning and foxing to content edges, paper tape reinforcement at front gutter, prev owners name in ink to title page)
PUBLISHER: Govt. Printer 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori Religion Mythology Cosmology magic folklore
The Ken Avery Songbook: Ideal for Singsongs and Campfire Choruses
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, unpagenated, illus, VG (ligth soiling & ligth rubbing to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Avery Songs (n/d)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history songs
Continental Circus and Other Races Between the Wars
First edition, brown cloth boards with black lettering to front board, frontispiece, 159pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (front hinge of cover with 10cm closed tear repaired with cellotape, moderate bruising to spine extrems repaired with cellotape, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: T.T. Special 1949
KEYWORDS: motorcycle racing history sports
Forts of Darkness and Soldiers of Light: A Missionary Book for Boys and Girls
Octavo, illus boards, frontispiece, viii + 104pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Church Missionary Society 1895
KEYWORDS: missionary church religion christianity history
De Levensstandaard in De Xve En Xvie Eeuw Te Antwerpen
Text in dutch, super octavo, light card covers, xxxii + 284pp, VG (previous owner's name & inscription to fep, light soiling & light rubbing to cover)
PUBLISHER: De Sikkel, 1960
KEYWORDS: Cost standard living Belgium Antwerp reference history text in dutch
The Bird Paintings of C.G. Finch-Davies
numbered limited edition, small folio, brown cloth boards with brown lettering to spine, yellow eps, frontispiece, 312pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Winchester King 1984
KEYWORDS: paintings arts ornithology birds natural history South Africa
Art in Australia
Octavo, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 74pp, illus, VG (light rubbing & light soiling to covers, slight small closed tears to cover edges, light sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Kyle House 1931
KEYWORDS: caricatures arts history Australia
Diary of Life in a Stalag : A New Zealand Soldier's Wartime Story
Uncommon, signed by author, octavo, blue illus light card covers, 69pp, illus VG- ( Heavy fading to spine, light soiling to covers & page edges, light rubbing to spine extrems & Cover corners)
PUBLISHER: Alf Rawlins 1991(?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history prisoner of war world war 2
The Plans of War : The General Staff and British Military Strategy c. 1900-1916
Light annotation in pencil, some underlining,First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 348pp, VG ( Light rubbing & v.slight soiling to boards, light brusing to board corners & spine extrems, annotation in pencil, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG ( Heavy fading to spine
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1974
KEYWORDS: Military history strategy britain
Madame de Pompadour
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: Hamish Hamilton 1968
KEYWORDS: Madame de Pompadour biography Nancy Mitford French France history