Books - "history"
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Eyewitness in Zululand: The campaign reminiscences of Colonel W A Dunne, CB South Africa, 1877-1881
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: Greenhill 1989
KEYWORDS: account military history zulu wars Kaffir Zulu Sekukuni Boer Colonel Dunne
The Illustrated Journeys of Celia Fiennes 1685 - c.1712
Quarto 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: MacDonald & Co 1982
KEYWORDS: History biography Celia Fiennes English England social castles stately homes
Picture of a Province
Octavo stapled light card cover (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: Swailes (1958) ???
KEYWORDS: Hawke's Bay New Zealand centennial history pictorial
Salamis: The Greatest Naval Battle of the Ancient World 480 B.C.
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: Arrow 2005
KEYWORDS: Salamis naval warfare battle military history
A Pictorial History of New Zealand
Quarto 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: Heinemann Reed 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pictorial
The Jazz Guitar: Its evolution and its players
Quarto 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: Ashley Mark 1978
KEYWORDS: Jazz guitar musicians history
Great American Generals of World War 2: MacArthur: Eisenhower: Patton
Quarto 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: Bison 1984
KEYWORDS: American generals military history WW2 world war two
76 Hours: The Invasion of Tarawa
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Tower 1980
KEYWORDS: Tawara Atoll WW2 military history
The Triumph of Music: Composers, musicians and their audiences, 1700 to the present
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in gloss band semi 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: Allen Lane 2008
KEYWORDS: Music composers history stadiums concerts classical
Tinwald: A Canterbury Plains Settlement
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, dark brown heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing & tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light scuffing to covers, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Timaru Herald Co (Printer) 1970
KEYWORDS: SIGNED New Zealand history Canterbury illustrated
A History of Powerco: Delivering New Zealand's Energy Future
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 264pp, illus, FINE, in d/w, Nr FINE (sl scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Powerco n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand power energy business Powerco history
Petticoat Pioneers: South Island Women of the Colonial Era: BookThree
Imperial octavo, turquoise heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 248pp, illus, VG in d/w (VG)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated south island culture
The Franco-German War to the Catastrophe of Sedan and the Fall of Strassburg
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black stamp decoration to front board, blind stamp decoration to rear board, viii + 701pp, illus, folding maps/tabular views/battle plans/tableau to rear, VG- (light creasing & moderate surface loss to spine, light scuffing to boards, light surface loss to board corners, light tanning & foxing to page edges, crack to full length of gutters, light water staining to eps)
PUBLISHER: Asher & Co 1873
KEYWORDS: military history France Germany first edition politics
Dusky Bay: In the Steps of Captain Cook
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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1975
KEYWORDS: Dusky Bay New Zealand Captain James Cook history Johann Forster
No Other Home Than This: A History of European New Zealanders
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: Craig Potton 2009
KEYWORDS: New Zealand social cultural history heritage
Peter the Great
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: Macmillan 1965
KEYWORDS: History Russia Peter the Great Biography
Pioneering Millicent and District: Celebrating 100 Years of the Millicent Agricultural Bureau 1888 to 1988
Super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to rear cover, numbers '4183' in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Millicent Agricultural Bureau 1988
KEYWORDS: Australia illustrated history agriculture farming exploration settlement
The Naval War of 1812
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt naval equip't motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 255pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems & boards with some surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, previous owner's name in ink & bookseller's sm stamp to front pastedown, sm inscription in felt pen to half title page, boards sl warped) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with some loss & tape repair, light tanning & soiling to both internal & external sides)
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1957
KEYWORDS: first edition history navy naval military nautical maritime war politics 1812
Boudica: Iron Age Warrior Queen
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, xviii + 293pp, illus, Near FINE (numbers '4945' in ink to fep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, 0.5cm closed tear to top corner edge)
PUBLISHER: Hambledon and London 2005
KEYWORDS: ancient history boudica boadicea Roman invasion warrior Britain archaeology
Children of the Back Lanes: Destitute and Neglected Children in Colonial New South Wales
Octavo, brown heavy card boards, illus eps, 256pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: New South Wales University Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Australia history New South Wales illustrated children youth poverty