Books - "history"
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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
Children of the SS
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: Hutchinson 1976
KEYWORDS: history world war two ww2 wwii stolen children aryan race eugenics
The Battles of the Somme
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: William Heinnemann 1917
KEYWORDS: history battle war military somme
An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth Century Warfare
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: Granta 2000
KEYWORDS: war warfare history
Top Secret Mission
FIRST EDITION 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: Evans Brothers Limited 1954
KEYWORDS: history war memoir europe
Squadron Will Move
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: McMillan & Co 1947
KEYWORDS: history war literature
To the Bitter End, The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1942-45
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: Phoenix 2000
KEYWORDS: memoir nazi germany war jew history
The Unknown Tour De France, The Many Faces of the World's Biggest Bicycle Race
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: Van der Plas Publications 2000
KEYWORDS: cycling racing france sports history
A History of Sex
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: New English Library 1970
KEYWORDS: Gender sexuality psychology physiology history feminism anthropology
The White Tribe of Africa: South Africa in Perspective
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: MacMillan South Africa 1984
KEYWORDS: history south africa apartheid race afrikans