Books - "history"
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The Spirit of Prague and other essays
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: Granta Books 1998
KEYWORDS: Czech history Kafka Hasek Havel Terezin Velvet Revolution
The Valley of the Shadow of Death: An Account of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command Night Bombing and Minelaying Operations Including The Battle of Ruhr March 5th/6th to July 18th/19th, 1943
Octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 544pp + 64pp index, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (in clear contact, v light scuffing & creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Air Research Publications 1992
KEYWORDS: military history raf aviation ww2 second world war ruhr British bombing strategy casualties
Boeing B-29: Superfortress
Quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, nr fine (light creasing to spine extrems, small chip to base of rear board) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, v sl soiling & scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2003
KEYWORDS: US America army air corps force boeing b-29 aviation military history illustrated ww2 second world war superbomber engineering
Airwar: Theory and Practice
Super ocatvo, light blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 234pp, illus, nr fine, ( v sl creasing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (in clear contact, light creasing to edges, sporadic sm chips to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 2003
KEYWORDS: aviation military warfare strategy airwar essays prose collection history
The Mair Family
Very tidy ex-llibrary, folding chart at rear, octavo, light gray buckram boards, orange lettering to spine, frontispiece, 345pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light creasing & fraying to spine extrems, spine sl cocked, moderate bruise & fraying to board corners & edges, front board sl warped, moderate soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing to edges, several full length creases to front cover, 1cm open tear with some loss, heavy internal surface loss to verso rear flap)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1956
KEYWORDS: New Zealand biography memoir Gilbert Mair history settlement immigration
Government Printing in New Zealand 1840 to 1843
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine & front cover, x + 207pp, VG+ (light fading to spine & covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Elibank Press 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history writing printing publishing education government
Things as They Are: Mission Work in Southern India
Octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 304pp, illus, VG (light creasing & moderate scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, prize giving label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Morgan and Scott 1905
KEYWORDS: southern India missionary religion Christianity history illustrated
The Road to Three Pagodas
First edition, octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 180pp, map to prelims, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, v sl tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, 2cm closed tear to base of front cover, moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light internal tanning)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald 1963
KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir Reginald Burton military history pow prisoner
Svardet Och Varjan: Som Armevapen: The History of the Swedish Army Sword 1500-1860
Captions and summary in English, TEXT IN SWEDISH, imperial octavo, light grey buckram boards, gilt lettering & blue sword motif to spine & front board, illus half title page, 400pp, illus, VG+ (v light creasing to spine extrems, v sl soiling to spine & front board, light tanning to page edges, ex libris label & owner's name in ink to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Militarlitteraturforeningen 1955
KEYWORDS: Sweden weaponry swords military history swedish illustrated army text in Swedish
Ships Employed in the South Seas Trade 1775-1861 (Parts I and II): Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen Transcripts of Registers of Shipping 1787-1862 (Part III)
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine & front cover, illus eps & prelims, xviii + 277pp + 104pp index, illus, SCRUFFY reading copy only(heavy creasing & fading to spine, moderate to heavy creasing and rubbing to covers, closed tear to rear cover, pages 89-94 loose, prev owners details in ink to fep, light soiling & tanning to covers and page edges)
PUBLISHER: Roebuck 1986
KEYWORDS: shipping maritime nautical registrar trade log records history south seas
A Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia: With Some Accounts of the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece, xii + 409pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to spine extrems, v sl soiling to boards & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 1970
KEYWORDS: Abyssinia geography culture history prisoner captivity Emperor Theodore
The Place Where Souls Are Born
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1992
KEYWORDS: travel writing North America Indians history
Harvest of Journeys
Scruffy, 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: Fontana Books 1965
KEYWORDS: Travel Voyages Whaling Norway History
The Mountains of Serbia: Travels Through Inland Yugoslavia
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: Readers Union 1977
KEYWORDS: Mountains Serbia travel history
Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes: Further Memories
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: William Heinemann 1925
KEYWORDS: travel history buildings
The Hidden Scrolls: Christianity, Judaism, and the War for the Dead Sea Scrolls
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 1995
KEYWORDS: religion history dead scrolls
Future Shock
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: Pan Books
KEYWORDS: sociology history civilisation
Steam on the Waitemata
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: Reed (n/d)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history steam ships nautical Waitemata
Vintage New Zealand Launches: A Winkelmann Portfolio
Square 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: David Ling 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Launches History
Glamour Ships of the Union Steam Ship Company N.Z. Ltd
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: Milwood Press 1981
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Steam ships nautical