Books - "history"
Showing 24961 to 24980 of 44134 results.
The Goondah-Burrinjuck Railway
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Australian Railway Historical Society 1999
KEYWORDS: australia history railway trains
The Shaping of New Zealand
Lacks d/w, quarto 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: Paul Hamlyn Ltd 1974
KEYWORDS: new zealand history colonisation
A Guide to the Parish Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Godalming
Quarto stapled wrapper (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: Paraochial Church Council of St. Peter & St. Paul 1987
KEYWORDS: history england church godalming
Trafalgar and Alamein
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: Withy Grove Press 1948
KEYWORDS: history memoir war
The Voyage of Their Life: SS Derna and Its Passengers
Chipped Spine, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2001
KEYWORDS: history wwii world war 2 immigration refugee
To Steal a Kingdom: Probing Hawaiian History
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Island Style Press 1996
KEYWORDS: colonisation hawaii history
Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism and the Failure of Good Intentions
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: Basic Books 2003
KEYWORDS: american politics history
The End of the American Era: U. S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-First Century
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: Alfred A. Knopf 2003
KEYWORDS: US America foreign policy politics geopolitics contemporary history
The Americans
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: Stein & Day 1970
KEYWORDS: american politics history
The Tunnels of Cuchi
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: Berkeley Books (N/D)
KEYWORDS: history vietnam war united states america cuchi warfare
Racing for Gold: Thames and the Goldfields withe the History of the Thames Jockey Club
Signed by Author on Bookplate, Ex-Library, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Williams 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand history thames goldfields gold rush jockey club
A History of the Parish of Gisborne
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: Holy Trinity Church 1970
KEYWORDS: new zealand history gisborne church
Vietnam: The Ten Thousand Day War
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: Methuen 1989
KEYWORDS: vietnam war america history
The Young Mary Queen of Scots
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 1972
KEYWORDS: biography children's literature mary queen of scots history
Singapore the Japanese Version
FIRST EDITION, octavo, illus heavy card boards, red & cream lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xxv + 358pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light discolouration to spine, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, owner's name stamp in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & tape repairs, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Ure Smith 1960
KEYWORDS: first edition military war history Japan Singapore ww2 second world war Malaya
Daughters of Allah: Among Moslem Women in Kurdistan
FIRST EDITION, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 191pp, illus, VG+ (light creases to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, previous bookseller's price label to front flap, moderate soiling to covers, moderate tanning to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1960
KEYWORDS: first edition gender women's studies religion culture Moslem Islam illustrated antiquity ancient history
Journal of the Waterloo Campaign Kept Through the Campaign of 1815 in Two Volumes
FIRST EDITIONS, TWO VOLUME SET, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt militaria motif to front bords, vol 1- xii + 369pp + 2pp, vol 2- viii + 347pp + 16pp, tatty (VOL 1- 17cm loss to spine with ugly tape repairs, rear board & pg 289 onwards almost completely detached, owner's name in ink to fep & full title page, VOL 2- 10cm tear to spine, GENERAL- age appropriate soiling to spines, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to prelims, heavy cracks to gutters)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1870
KEYWORDS: first edition military war Waterloo history journal General Cavalie Mercer diary
Menzies Ferry: A History of the District
Imperial octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 280pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges, light chafing to covers, light sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Menzies Ferry Book 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Menzies Ferry
The Camera in the Crowd: Filming New Zealand in Peace and War, 1895-1920
Lg quarto, dark grey heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine & front board, illus prelims, xv + 509pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to spine extrems & board corners) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Oratia Books 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand entertainment history film media illustrated
With My Pack on My Back: The Story of Tramping in the New Zealand Bush During the Years 1917-1927
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to covers, v + 162pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to covers & spine, light creasing & staining to covers, light tanning to page edges, owner's name in ink to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: C. Norman Nicholls 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history tramping hiking walking outdoors hobbies