Books - "history"
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The Pillar of Fire or, Israel in Bondage
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: George Routledge & Sons N/D
KEYWORDS: christian history moses egypt
Sawmills & Bush Tramways of the Mamaku & Rotorua District
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 166pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing to covers, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Rotorua & District Historical Society Inc. 2004
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history North Island
Historical Records of The Buffs Royal East Kent Regiment (3rd Foot) Formerly Designated the Holland Regiment and Prince George of Denmark's Regiment 1919-1948
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt dragon motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxiv + 512pp, illus, folding maps throughout, VG (light scuffing & surface loss to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners & edges, light chafing to front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & heavy chipping to spine extrems with some loss & neat tape repairs, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Medici Society 1951
KEYWORDS: military history illustrated the buffs politics regiments
Puriri: A History of the School and District
Quarto, illus glossy card covers, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 88pp, illus, VG+ (light sun fading & curling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Puriri School Jubilee Committee 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Puriri school North Island
The Grand Prix Car: Volume 1 & 2
FIRST REVISED EDITIONS, TWO VOLUME SET, SCARCE IN D/W, imperial octavo, vol 1- maroon buckram boards, vol 2- green buckram boards, silver coloured lettering to spines, 267-344pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to spine extrems & board corners, light discolouration to boards of vol 1, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, price clipped, heavy foxing to spines, moderate foxing to covers, light staining to spine of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1954
KEYWORDS: cars grand prix illustrated motor sport history racing engines engineering
Golden Memories: Tuakau & Districts 1942-1992
Quarto, illus light card covers, illus eps, 60pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing around spine & covers, light creasing to cover corners, light soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: W. J. Deed Printing (Printer) 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history Tuakau north island
The History of Williamstown: From its First Settlement to a City 1834-1934
1985 FACSIMILE REPRINT, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt town crest to front board, viii + 144pp + 19pp index, illus, VG (light creasing & bruising to spine extrems & board edges, light sun fading to spine & board edges, light scuffing & staining to boards, light tanning to page edges, sm numbering in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Williamstown City Council 1985
KEYWORDS: Williamstown history illustrated Australia settlement
The Oxford & Cambridge Boat Race
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: Stanley Paul & Co. 1983
KEYWORDS: history boast england race
The Loneliest Man in the World: The Inside Story of the 30 - Year Imprisonment of Rudolf Hess
Ex-Library, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Secker & Warburg 1974
KEYWORDS: history rudolf hess nazi party world war two ww2 wwii germany
Hippies, Drugs and Promiscuity
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Arlington House 1972
KEYWORDS: history counter culture hippies academic
The Victorian Mountaineers
Ownership Signature of Mavis Davidson & Gifting Letter to her Pasted to FEP, 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: B. T Batsford 1953
KEYWORDS: history explorer victoria
The Taking of the Bastille: July 14th, 1789
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: Faber & Faber 1970
KEYWORDS: history bastille france
High Hopes in Hard Times: A History of Grey Lynn and Westmere
Oblong quarto softcover (VG-, slight damp wrinkling); 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: Media Studies Trust 1991
KEYWORDS: history new zealand auckland grey lynn westmere
Exploring the Connection Bewteen Mormons and Masons
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Covenant 2009
KEYWORDS: Freemasonry discourse history mason Nauvoo Mormon
Treasures of Britain and Treasures of Ireland
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: Drive Publicatiosn 1984
KEYWORDS: travel history archaeology architecture england britain ireland
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, half bound marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plates to spines, frontispiece to vol 1, folding maps to vols 1, 2 & 3, viii-xxvii + 464-529pp, VG- (spine missing but partially present to vol 1, heavy chipping & cracking to spines- with some heavy loss to vol 2, age appropriate scuffing & chafing to boards & board edges with some surface loss, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to hinges & gutters with slightly shaky boards, owner's name lightly in pencil to full title page of vol 1, moderate but sporadic tanning & foxing to pages throughout all vols, light creasing to folding maps but otherwise in very good condition)
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1843-1844
KEYWORDS: ancient history politics military antiquity Rome Italy Europe Edward Gibbon classical
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