Books - "history"
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Kenya Diary 1902-1906
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained brown, viii + 347pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine extrems, moderate staining to spine & rear board, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, bookseller's ink stamp to fep, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd 1957
KEYWORDS: Africa autobiography memoir Colonel R Meinertzhagen history colonies illustrated
Rimu Gold
Duodecimo, grey stapled light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 24pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, moderate soiling to covers, moderate rusting to staples)
PUBLISHER: Brown, Prior, Anderson Pty. (Printer) 1963
KEYWORDS: New Zealand illustrated history gold dredging prospecting digging
Men of the Covenant: The Story of the Scottish Church in the Years of the Persecution
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: The Banner of Truth Trust 1975
KEYWORDS: Scotland religion history Church persecution Christianity
A Guide to the Waimate Mission House
Super octavo softcover, stapled light card covers (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 Zealand Historic Places Trust 1971
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Waimate photography
British Gallantry Awards 1855-2000
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: Shire Publications Ltd 2001
KEYWORDS: Britain war military soldiers awards history decoration
The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry 1919-1956
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motif to front board, illus eps, xiii + 288pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w,VG (light creasing & moderate chipping to edges, subtle tape repair to top spine extrem, moderate fading to spine, ligth chafing & discolouration to covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1960
KEYWORDS: military history yeomanry yeoman yeomen armoured warfare British army Scottish Scotland illustrated fife forfar
The War in Egypt and the Soudan: An Episode in the History of the British Empire; Being a Descriptive Account of the Scenes and Events of that Great Drama, and Sketches of the Principal Actors in it
TWO VOLUME SET (FOUR VOLUMES BOUND AS TWO), imperial octavo, half leather bound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering with raised bands & tooling to spines, red speckling to page edges, frontispieces, viii + 576-544pp, illus, folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems, heavy scufifng to spines with sl surface loss, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name in ink to title pages, light creasing & closed tears to folding maps)
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son 1887
KEYWORDS: military history illustrated Egypt Soudan maps antiquity ancient British empire anthropology culture
Last Man Standing: A Private Soldier's War
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, iii + 354pp, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chafing to spine & covers, moderate water staining to rear cover & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Blanchard Press (Printer) 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww2 2nd second world war two 2 autobiography memoir Alick Trenwith rmt reserve mechanical transport company
London's Buses: Volume One: The Independent Era 1922-1934
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 491pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, spine cocked, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to eps & prelims, owner's name in ink to fep, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate foxing to covers, tape residue to flap edges)
PUBLISHER: H. J. Publications 1977
KEYWORDS: transport London buses illustrated history
The Sea Heritage: A Study of Maritime Warfare
FIRST EDITION, lg octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, illus eps, frontispiece, 472pp, illus, VG (light creasing & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & rear eps, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, scruffy (heavy chipping & creasing to edges with heavy ugly tape repairs, tape reinforcement to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, 3cm gouge to spine)
PUBLISHER: Museum Press 1955
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history military warfare illustrated navy naval British autobiography memoir Admiral Sir Frederic C Dreyer first edition
How War Came: The Immediate Origins of the Second World War, 1938-1939
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: William Heinemann 1989
KEYWORDS: military history politics ww2 second world war illustrated
The Human Web: A Bird's-Eye View of World 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 cost
PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company 2003
KEYWORDS: history culture anthropology ancient antiquity mankind
The Collapse of the Soviet Military
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: Yale University Press 1998
KEYWORDS: Russia Soviet military war history politics
Waitangi Tribunal Bibliography, 1975-2005: Tribunal Reports, Research Reports and Other Publications
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, xxvi + 269pp, illus, Near FINE (v light creasing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Waitangi Tribunal 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waitangi tribunal research reports treaty history
Unfinished Business: The Second Fifty Years of the Nelson City Council
SIGNED IN 1983 BY DEPUTY MAYOR & CITY MANAGER, octavo, blue faux boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt crest to front board, printed front ep, mayoral plate & blind embossed office stamp to fep, frontispiece, x + 150pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to front board) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to spine & covers, 4cm closed tear to front cover with subtle tape repair)
PUBLISHER: Nelson City Council 1978
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson south island history city council illustrated signed
Sounds of Brass: History of the Takaka Citizens Band
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, vi + 156pp + unpaginated appendices, illus, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine with some light discolouration, light chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Stiles Printing (Printer) circa 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history Takaka brass band illustrated
Marvels of Ant Life
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: S.W. Patridge & Co 1898
KEYWORDS: ants natural history illustrated
Ordance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Volume Thirty-Eight: Parishes of County Donegal I 1833-5, North-East Donegal
This volume only, 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: The Institute of Irish Studies 1999
KEYWORDS: Ireland history memoirs society culture
Battle for Egypt: The Second New Zealand Division at El Alamein
Stapled light card covers, 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: Army Board: Wellington 1945
KEYWORDS: world war 2 ww2 New Zealand NZ battle warfare reports history memoirs illustrated photography Egypt maps
Roads to Rome: With the Second New Zealand Division from Maadi to Florence
Stapled light card covers, 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: Army Board: Wellington 1946
KEYWORDS: world war 2 ww2 New Zealand NZ battle warfare reports history memoirs illustrated photography Italy maps