Books - "history"
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The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes: The Story of George Scovell
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: Faber and Faber 2002
KEYWORDS: History military intelligence codes Napoleon Napoleonic
Saying So Doesn't Make It So: Papers in Honour of B. Foss Leach: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 17
author & archaeologist, Ian Smith's copy (Foss Leach wa his Mentor); imperial octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, xi+303pp, illus/diagrams, VG (covers are moderately rubbed, soiled & bruised, with a few tiny tears & small creases; spine faded, page edges tanned, Ian Smith's name in ink on fep)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Archaeological Association 1989
KEYWORDS: archaeology lectures papers Foss Leach history anthropology lithic studies Maori war Pacific settlement patterns palaeobotany
The Estuary of Christchurch: A History of the Avon-Heathcote Estuary, its Communities, Clubs, Controversies, and Contributions
Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 296pp, illus VG+ (slight rubbing & bruising to covers, v. light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w VG (moderate rubbing and fading, particularlyu to spine, some few tiny tears along edges, one 1cm open tear to spine)
PUBLISHER: Penney Ash 1982
KEYWORDS: Christchurch estuary history people development culture rowing ecosystem settlements town clubs farming sheep surf life saving
Bealey Avenue, Christchurch's North Town Belt: Its History and People
imperial octavo, red cloth boards with brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, 60pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing & fading to boards, v. slight foxing to eps & page edges( in d/w, VG- (moderate fading, particularly to spine, with rubbing & some surface loss, v. few tiny closed tears)
PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Christchurch New Zealand Bealey Avenue Ave development history urban retail
Viaducts Against the Sky: The Story of Port Craig
imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, pale blue eps with map illus, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing & brusing to boards, s. foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (slight fading & rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing 1989
KEYWORDS: Port Craig history development New Zealand
The Mistresses of Charles II
Softcover octavo (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: Constable & Co. 1997
KEYWORDS: history england infedelity scandal secrets royal throne
Tutankhamen: The Life and Death of the Boy-King
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: St. Martins Press 1999
KEYWORDS: egypt ancient history king tut tutankhamen pharoh anthropology archaeology
Doomsday
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: Nelson World Ltd 1994
KEYWORDS: doomsday apocalypse end of days theology history prophecies future
The Spy Who Spent the War in Bed and Otehr Bizarre Tales from World War II
Super octavo softcover (Nr Fine); 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: John Wiley & Sons 2003
KEYWORDS: spy history world war two ww2 wwii military
The American Civil War: A Historical Account of America's War of Sucession
Classic Conflicts
Ex Library, 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: Salamander Books 1996
KEYWORDS: history america civil war secession
Arnheim 1944: The Airborne, 17-26 September
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: Penguin 1995
KEYWORDS: war history battle market garden operation holland
The Fall of Japan
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: Pan 1970
KEYWORDS: Military history WW2 Japan 1945
The Knights of Bushido
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: Corgi 1973
KEYWORDS: Military history WW2 Japan Bushido
Hitler's Last Gamble: The Battle of a Bulge
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: Chatto & Windus 1967
KEYWORDS: Military history WW2 Bulge Germany Hitler
Christmas 1914: The First World War at Home and Abroad
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: History Press 2014
KEYWORDS: History WW1 1914 Christmas
The Succession of Colonels of the British Army from 1660 to the Present Day
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: Society for Army Historical Research 1974
KEYWORDS: Research lists British military history colonels
The History of the Bengal European Regiment, now the Royal Munster Fusiliers and how it helped to win India
Facsimile reprint, Octavo softcover (Near fine); 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: Naval and Military Press (N/d)
KEYWORDS: Military history British India Bengal
Outram's Rifles: A history of the 4th battalion, 6th Rajputana Rifles
Octavo softcover (Near fine); 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: Naval and Military Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Military history India British Rajputana
Wellington's Peninsula Victories: Busaco: Salamanca: Vitoria: Nivelle
First edition 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 cost
PUBLISHER: B T Batsford 1963
KEYWORDS: Military history Wellington Wellesley Duke
Fights for the Flag: with portraits and plans
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 cost
PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1908
KEYWORDS: British military history George II Cardigan Wellington