Books - "history"
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Random Recollections of the House of Commons From the Year 1830 to the Close of 1835 Including Personal Sketches of the Leading Members of All Parties
Octavo, half bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plates with raised bands & gilt rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, xii + 382pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine with loosened title plate, moderate scuffing to boards & edges/corners, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, heavy foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1836
KEYWORDS: politics political history anecdotes biographies collection anthology
History of British India
FOLDING MAP & 7 TITLE PLATES, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spine, gilt motif to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, 748pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page egdes, light foxing to prelims & terminals, 9cm closed tear to folding map)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson 1850
KEYWORDS: history politics British India colonisation colonies military empire
The Fiji of Today
FIRST EDITION, octavo, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & Fijian illus plate to front board, teg, frontispiece, 364pp + adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising.creasing to spine extrems & board corners, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, heavy cracking to gutters, some mild folding to top of page corners, light lining in pencil to some pages)
PUBLISHER: Charles H. Kelly 1910
KEYWORDS: first edition Fiji exploration travel history illustrated pacific culture plantations
Historical Record of the 76th Hindoostan Regiment From Its Formation in 1787 to 30th June 1881
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 275pp, 7 folding maps + 5 plates with tissue guards, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, sm inscription in ink to rear pastedown, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: A. C. Lomax's Successors 1908
KEYWORDS: first edition history military Hindoostan Duke of Wellington war
History of Thos. Farrington's Regiment Subsequently Designated the 29th (Worcestershire) Foot 1694 to 1891
Imperial octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt military motifs to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 598pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderatebruising to board corners, light scuffing to board edges, 8cm crack to buckram of spine, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Littlebury & Company 1891
KEYWORDS: military history Farrington regiment 29th xxix Worcestershire
History of the East Surrey Regiment: Volume IV 1920-1952
FIRST EDITION, TIDY ex-library, tan buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, illus eps, 283pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light creasing/bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate foxing to spine, light discolouration to boards, light tanning/foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1957
KEYWORDS: military history east Surrey regiment 20th twentieth century
The Story of 98th Field Regiment (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry Q. M. R.) R. A. (T. A.) and 144th Field Regiment (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) r. a. (T. A.) 1939-1946
Octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motifs to front board, illus eps, frotnispiece, xvii + 370pp, folding maps throughout, VG+ (light creasing & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Ditchling Press 1980
KEYWORDS: military history yeomans yeomanry illustrated second world war ww2
A History of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers: Late the Twenty-Third Regiment
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 288pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, light chafing & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1916
KEYWORDS: first edition military history royal Welsh fusiliers 23rd twenty-third regiment
The Mad Mullah of Somaliland
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black lettering & line to spine & front board, top page egdes stained grey, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, folding maps throughout, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with 1cm closed tear to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page egdes & eps, 1cm heavy scuff to top corner of fep, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout, moderate crack to gutter of pgs 64-65)
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1923
KEYWORDS: first edition Africa Somaliland colony illustrated exploration anthropology Somalia culture history
The Indian Frontier War: Being an Account of the Mohmund and Tirah Expeditions 1897
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt Somali scene motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 300pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy bruising to board corners, heavy discolouration to spine, moderate soiling & light fading to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1898
KEYWORDS: India military politics history colony British empire
With the Machine Gunners in France and Palestine (The Official History of the New Zealand Machine Corps in the great World War 1914-1918)
FIRST EDITION, red buckram boards, black lettering & black military motif to spine & front board, frontispiece, 255pp, illus, VG (light creasing & staining to spine extrems, light bruising & fraying to board corners, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name & scribbles in ink to front pastedown, light crack to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 world war one first machine gunners France Palestine illustrated first edition
New Zealanders and the Boer War or Soldiers from the Land of the Moa
Scarce, octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering & motif to spine and front board, frontispiece, xii + 288pp, VG- (moderate rubbing to board edges, light bruising & chipping to spine extrems, light moderate rubbing to boards with light surface loss, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev owners graffiti in pen to half-title, light foxing throughout, internal gutter cracked at pp112/3 - binding is sound)
PUBLISHER: Messrs, Gordon and Gotch circa 1902
KEYWORDS: new zealand history boer war memoir military
The First of Foot: The History of the Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment)
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi+504pp, plates, 4 fold-out maps, VG+ ( v. slight creasing to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate chipping to spine extrems and corners with loss, repaired with archival tape, price clipped, moderate rubbing, light foxing to inside)
PUBLISHER: The Royal Scots Historical Committee1961
KEYWORDS: history royal scots military regiment united kingdom
How We Twisted the Dragons Tail: An Account of the Brilliant Naval Operations at Zeebrugge and Ostend Including a Complete List of the Roll of Honour and Awards
with 28 Illustrations
FIRST EDITION, Original Binding, small octavo, printed light paper covers with french flaps, frontispiece, 96pp, plates, scruffy (moderate creasing/chipping to covers, spine repaired with archival tape, 5cm closed tear to rear cover repaired with archival tape, light soiling to covers, page edges moderately tanned & soiled, light foxing throughout, front gutter 2/3 cracked repaired with archival tape, slightly shaky)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. 1918
KEYWORDS: history war zeebrugge ostend navy military
The Scots
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: David & Charles 1980
KEYWORDS: Scotland history illustrated politics culture Scottish
The German Navy 1939-1945
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG) d/s (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: The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd 1974
KEYWORDS: Navy Germany world war 2 U-Boat battleships history
CLAN FRASER
Octavo softcover (NF); 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: Cascade Publishing Company 1989
KEYWORDS: clan history Scotland Fraser heritage
Waggish Tales of the Czechs originally entitled Gesta Czechorum
Super octavo hardcover (VG), d/s (Poor); 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: The Candide Press1947
KEYWORDS: Czech history royalty anecdotes anthology
Indochina's Refugees: Oral Histories from Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
Super 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: McFarland & Co. 1989
KEYWORDS: history south east asia refugees
The Villa, The Lake, The Meeting: Wannsee and the Final Solution
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: Penguin 2002
KEYWORDS: history word war two ww2 wwii nazi germany final solution holocaust