Books - "history"
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The Life of a Regiment: The History of the Gordon Highlanders: Vol 1: From its Formation in 1794 to 1816, Vol 2: From 1816 to 1898 (Including an Account of the 75th Regiment From 1787 to 1881)
2 VOLUME SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spines, black regimental insignia to front boards, frontispieces, illus title pages, xx-xxiv + 438pp-346pp, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate bruising & chafing to spine extrems & board corners, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutter of pgs 320-321 of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: The Medici Society 1929
KEYWORDS: military history line infantry British army 75th regiment illustrated maps Scotland Scottish
Tales of Old North Taranaki
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: NZ Founders 1991
KEYWORDS: Taranaki New Zealand 150 years pictorial history
Africa Since 1940: The Past of the Present
Super 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: Cambridge Uni Press 2009
KEYWORDS: Africa history colonial post-colonial
Presentation of Colours to the First Battalion The South Wales Borderers and the Second Battalion The Monmouth Regiment by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
Super octavo green slim 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: Gale and Polden c. July 1958
KEYWORDS: Programme ceremony presentation of colours South Wales Borderers Monmouthshire Regiment 1958 military history royalty
Africa: History of a Continent
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1967
KEYWORDS: Africa African culture history archaeology monuments
Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia Volume 3: World History From Earliest Times to 1800
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: History world encyclopedia ancient to1800
Amazonia
Quarto softcover with french flaps (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: University of Oregon Press 2009
KEYWORDS: Natural history art photography Amazon Amazonia
Maori Lore
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, printed eps, vii + 451pp, illus, v tatty (v heavy scuffing & bruising to extrems, heavy discolouration to spine, heavy cracking to hinges & gutters, heavy damp staining to board edges & eps, owner's name in pencil to frotn pastedown, fep & prelim pgs i-vi missing, clumps of pgs either v loose or completely detached)
PUBLISHER: Unknown- copyright page missing (Possibly John Mackay, Gov't Printer)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated lore history myths legends antiquity
Frontier Life: Taranaki, New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind decorative stamp to boards, frontispiece, viii + 204pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, very heavy chipping to spine extrems with 2cm loss to base, light bruising to board corners, heavy discolouration & 3cm scuff with loss to spine, moderate chafing & discolouration to boards, sl insect damage to rear board & pastedown, moderate tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: H. Brett 1892
KEYWORDS: first edition New Zealand history illustrated Taranaki settlers colonisation colonization
Chiang Kai-Shek and the Unity of China
FIRST EDITION, JULY 1943, PUBLISHED BY EDINBURGH HOUSE NOT CARGATE PRESS- UNUSUAL VARIANT, small octavo, illus stiff card boards, black lettering to spine, 80pp, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration & scuffing to spine, moderate foxing to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy water stain to internal side of rear cover, sunday school stamp in ink to internal side of front board)
PUBLISHER: Edinburgh House Press 1943
KEYWORDS: first edition China politics Asia communism history
Napier Diamond Jubilee Carnival 1874 - 1934
Octavo, illus stapled card wrappers, printed eps, unpaginated, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to spine, light chafing/creasing & soiling to covers & edges, light rusting to staples)
PUBLISHER: Swailes Printing (Printer) 1934
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated Napier jubilee diamond sixty 60 years history
Otago Boys' High School Magazine Diamond Jubilee
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, 128pp, illus, folding photo to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Coulls Somerville Wilkie (Printer) 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Boys' high school diamond jubilee illustrated history education Dunedin
Twenty Two Fateful Days
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: Deep Publicatiosn 1970
KEYWORDS: war history india pakistan politics battle
The Long White Cloud: Ao Tea Roa
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: Viking 1987
KEYWORDS: history new zealand colonisation
Elizabeth's London; Everyday life in Elizabethan London
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: St. Martin's Press 2003
KEYWORDS: elizabethan london history daily life everyday england
The Concise Oxford History of Music
Imperial 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: Oxford University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: concise music history ancient classical
Colonial Gothic to Maori Renaissance: Essays in Memory of Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
Lg quarto, illus glossy hard boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 322pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine extrems, light chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Viictoria University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand culture history illustrated essays literature Maori art Jonathan Mane-Wheoki
Overland From Auckland to Wellington in 1853; Being Notes of Travel
FIRST EDITION, sm octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, 82pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, owner's name & inscription in ink to verso of title page)
PUBLISHER: J. Wilkie & Co 1893
KEYWORDS: New Zealand travel exploration history north island first edition
The Knapdale Run: Its Land and People
Imperial octavo, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 339pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & discolouration to spine extrems & board edges, light wrinkling to rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, light chafing & staining to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Knapdale Book Committee circa 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history farming pioneers settlements Knapdale settlers anthropology culture
The Ocean in the Sand
Square 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Gordon Fraser 1978
KEYWORDS: japan japanese garden landscaping garden history