Books - "history"
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Storm From the Sea
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: Corgi/Transworld 1974
KEYWORDS: military history autobiography memoir Brigadier Peter Young commando ww2 second world war
Royal Australian Air Force 1939-1942
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: Australian War Memorial 1962
KEYWORDS: Australia military history ww2 second world war air force aviation
Air War Against Japan 1943-1945
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: Australian War Memorial 1968
KEYWORDS: Australia military history ww2 second world war Japan aviation air force
V For Vengeance: The Second Battle of London
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: William Kimber 1981
KEYWORDS: ww2 second world war military history England London bombings
The Desert Rats:The History of the 7th Armoured Division 1938 to 1945
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (scruffy): 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 & Co 1954
KEYWORDS: military history desert rats Italy ww2 second world war 7th armoured division
Flynn of the Inland
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: Angus and Robertson Limited, 1937
KEYWORDS: Australia biography Flying Doctors airplane outback aviation history historical medical
By Air to Battle: The Official Account of the British First and Sixth Airborne Divisions
Super octavo stapled light card wrappers (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 Whitefriars Press Ltd., 1945
KEYWORDS: military history battle defence defense British aviation airplane ww2 second world war illustrated
Radiation Cookery Book: For Use With the New World Regulo-Controlled Gas Cookers
Archival tape repair to spine, 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: Stationers' Hall (?) 1931
KEYWORDS: cooking cookery gas cookers history culinary recipes food
Lawyers and the Courts: A Sociological Study of the English Legal System 1750-1965
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: Heinemann Educational Books 1967
KEYWORDS: law court history legal system England sociology church
All the Blue Bonnets: The History of the King's Own Scottish Borderers
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: Arms and Armour Press 1980
KEYWORDS: Borderers Scottish Scotland Military History British
Sisters in Law: How Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg Went to the Supreme Court and Changed the World
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: Harper Collins 2015
KEYWORDS: Sandra Day O'Connor Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme Court Law Lawyers Judges American History US USA U.S. U.S.A. United States Justice Politics
History of the 4th Bn. The Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) in the Campaign in North-West Europe, June 1944 - May 1945
scarce first edition, folding map at rear, octavo, dark green cloth boards, gilt lettering to front board, gilt regimental insignia to front board, illus, copious maps, 140pp, VG- for age (moderate bruising to spine extrems, minor bruising, some creasing and rubbing to boards, minor to moderate tanning and foxing to page edges, slightly cocked,)
PUBLISHER: The Somerset Light Infantry n/d
KEYWORDS: Somerset Light Infantry (Prince Albert's) World War II WWII North-West Europe June 1944 - May 1945 history medals decorations campaigns maps battles tactics roll of honour
The Royal Scots Fusiliers, formerly known as the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers: Historical Record and Regimental Memoir.
first edition limited to 1000 copies, super octavo, dark blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt regimental insignia to front board, aeg, illus, frontispiece, glossy cream textured eps, 185pp, a little scruffy but sound(considerable bruising to spine all extrems, moderate bruising with some surface loss and rubbing to boards, minor tanning to pages, slightly cocked).
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh, Banks & Co 1885
KEYWORDS: first edition Royal Scots Fusiliers 21st Royal North British Fusiliers history regimental campaigns decorations medals personnel officers
From Pyramid to Pagoda: the Story of the West Yorkshire Regiment (the Prince of Wale's Own) in the War 1935 - 1945 and afterwards
large quarto, maroon cloth boards, top page edges maroon, gilt lettering to spine and front board, illus, fold out maps in good condition, frontispiece, xiii+306pp, a little scruffy but sound (moderate bruising to spine all extrems, moderate bruising with moderate surface loss, some loss of colour to bottom of board edge and rubbing to boards, minor tanning to pages, slightly cocked).
PUBLISHER: F. J. Parsons 1951
KEYWORDS: West Yorkshire regiment history regimental campaigns decorations medals personnel officers maps
Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel: Australasia, Volume I (only): Australia and New Zealand
This volume only, inscribed and signed by author, octavo, green cloth boards, black eps, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering and gilt decoration to front board, illus, fold out coloured maps- one loose, xi+657pp, VG- (light foxing to page edges and some pages, slight marks on boards, moderate bruising and rubbing to spine and boards with minor loss of colour and surface, slight warping to boards and pages)
PUBLISHER: Edward Stanford 1907
KEYWORDS: geography maps illustrations Australasia New Zealand Australia history physical economic travel climate weather farming mining
New Zealand: An Illustrated Description of the Natural Wealth, Conditions of Life, Industries, Trade, and Opportunities for Advancement in the Brighter Britain of the South
Imperial octavo, grey stapled light card covers with embossed illustration, black lettering to front cover, frontispiece, illus, 120pp, VG- (minor creasing, bruising and rubbing to covers, minor rust stains around staples and adjacent areas)
PUBLISHER: Dominion Advisory Council, British Empire Exhibition 1924
KEYWORDS: history geography industry farming New Zealand emigration weather climate society way of life recreation travel Empire
Maori & Pakeha in North Otago
Octavo, illus heavy card boards, 160pp, illus, plates, boards poor but text block VG (significant surface loss to boards and spine,, moderate staining to boards, rust staining around staples, owners name stamp to half-title, light tanning to eps and page edges)
PUBLISHER: A.H & A.W Reed 1947
KEYWORDS: new zealand history maori otago pakeha otepoti
The History of Methodism in New Zealand
signed by author, large quarto, deep red cloth boards, half leather bound, red-speckled page edges, dark brown eps, gilt lettering and bands to spine, gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece protected by tissue guard, lavish illus, xvi+510pp, VG- (light foxing to eps and prelims- pages very clean, slight marks on boards, moderate bruising and rubbing to spine and boards with moderate loss of colour and surface, particularly on the leather spine, gutters are sound although fep detatched in places)
PUBLISHER: McKee and Co 1900
KEYWORDS: history religion New Zealand Methodists Methodism Morley
Carlo Crivelli
text in Italian, folio, maroon heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine and front board, frontispiece, 333pp, illus, VG+ (very light tanning to eps and page edges, small graze to fep with loss of paper surface, slight rubbing and bruising to board edges, inscribed with previous owner's name on both eps) in d/w Near FINE(minor bruising, a few superficial marks)
PUBLISHER: Nardini Editore1988
KEYWORDS: Crivelli art Madonna religious painting paintings art Italy history religion
Like Hungry Wolves: Culloden Moor 16 April 1746
first edition, folio, deep pink cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine and front board, illus, 128pp, VG+ (slight bruising and rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing on corners, slight fading on board edges) in d/w VG (moderate bruising and rubbing, slightly soiled in a few places, some superficial scratches with no surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Windrow and Green 1994
KEYWORDS: modern first edition history Scotland Scots Culloden butcher Cumberland old pretender Campbells battle Stuart succession Jacobites uniforms equipment regiments