Books - "history"
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Fairburn and Friends
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: Cape Catley 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand ARD Rex Fairburn biography social political literary history anecdotes
Eternal Man
First edition, 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: Souvenir Press 1972
KEYWORDS: first edition civilisation ancient history anthropology archaeology antiquities theory
Battles and Leaders of the Civil War
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Hawthorn Books 1956
KEYWORDS: Military history American Civil War biography accounts
From New York to New Zealand; or, the New Century Trip
Large folding map at front, octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, vii + 150pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards, moderate browning to spine, slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, map clean & tidy with light foxing to margins only)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Printing Office 1904
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel history CW McMurran
The Art of Blitzkrieg
Octavo hardcover (VG-), lacks d/w; 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: Ian Allan 1976
KEYWORDS: War military history tactics Blitzkrieg
British Queer History
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: Manchester University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: history gay homosexual sexuality essays collection anthology culture
Journal of the History of Sexuality: Volume 14: Numbers 1/2: January/April 2005
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: University of Texas Press 2005
KEYWORDS: sexuality history culture essays literature colelction anthology
Subalternity and Difference: Investigations From the North and the South
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: Routledge 2011
KEYWORDS: Asia culture education history gender
Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn of the Century New York
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: Temple University1986
KEYWORDS: American social history women leisure
Greenwich Village 1920 to1930: A Comment on American Civilisation in the Post War Years
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: University of California 1994
KEYWORDS: Urban Studies sociology history community study New York
Six Armies in Normandy: From D-Day to the Liberation of Paris
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: Pimlico 1992
KEYWORDS: World War 2 military history, Allied invasion liberation Normandy
Young Logan Campbell
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Auckland University 1982
KEYWORDS: Auckland history New Zealand John Logan Campbell One Tree Hill biography
Whites Pictorial Reference of New Zealand: Representative Airviews of New Zealand Cities and Boroughs
Oblong imperial octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 311pp, illus, VG (light tanning and foxing, light scuffing and rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Whites Aviation Ltd 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pictorial illustrated history
Out in the Union: A Labor History of Queer America
Super octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, xviii + 221pp, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Temple University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: labor studies sexuality sexual identity history education US America humanities lgbt
The Triumphs of the Printing Press
Octavo, red illus buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, illus prelims, 160pp + 24pp adverts, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, light soiling & surface loss to spine, moderate soiling to boards, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, 3cm closed tear to buckram on spine, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, crack to full length of front gutter, presentation plate to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: S. W. Partridge n/d (pre-1904)
KEYWORDS: printing history literature electrotyping typography press
The History of North American Small Gas Turbine Aircraft Engines
Super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, x + 998pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board corners, d/w securely fixed to boards with adhesive clear contact, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to corners, fully adhered to boards with clear contact)
PUBLISHER: AIAA 1999
KEYWORDS: aviation aircraft engines engineering history aeroplanes turbines illustrated
Moriori: A People Rediscovered
First edition, imperial octavo, turquoise heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 226pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light scuffing & sun fading to board edges, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine & edges, light scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Viking 1989
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture history Moriori Chatham Islands anthropology first edition
Sports Car Racing in Camera 1960-69
2 volumes, quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 256pp, illus, vol 1 VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, sm gouge to front board, adhesive security label to rear pastedown) in d/w, vol 1 VG+ (light creasing to edges & flaps, light scuffing to covers, shop seller's adhesive price label to front cover) vol 2 fine (still in wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: cars racing history motor sport illustrated engines engineering
American Music
Lg quarto, illus heavy card boards, decorative promotional ribbon remenants loosely enclosed, illus prelims, 264pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board corners with sl surface loss, light scuffing & soiling to boards, light staining to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Random House 2003
KEYWORDS: music pictorial biographies US America history rock blues soul motown
Ford Design in the UK: 70 Years of Success
Square super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, shop's adhesive price label to front)
PUBLISHER: Veloce Publishing 2017
KEYWORDS: cars engines engineering motor ford history illustrated