Books - "history"
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The Australian Daughters of Mary Aikenhead: A Century of Charity 1838-1938
Octavo red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to front board, illus., preface+235pp, VG- (tidy ex-library, usual stamps + borrowing card in pocket at rear, light scuffing & rubbing to baords, moderate fading to spine and front board, tanning & foxing to edges, light foxing and soiling to contents)
PUBLISHER: Pellegrini & Co. 1938
KEYWORDS: Mary Aikenhead Australia australian convent convents pioneer catholic catholicism christian christianity religion history religious spirituality nuns sisters charity
The Church in A Multi-Cultural Society
Folio hard blue boards, type-written, illus., VG- (ex-library, usual stamps and stickers, moderate scuffing & soiling, prev. owner's name to boards/fep.)
PUBLISHER: Sociological Survey: Pastoral Needs of Maoris and Polynesian Immigrants in New Zealand 1976
KEYWORDS: sociology pastoral care polynesian pacific island Pasifika Maori Mission Marist church religion new zealand history religious christian christianity Wellington catholic catholicism spirituality
THE STORY CHALLENGE HISTORY OF TAWHITI A MARU
INSCRIBED & SIGNED; Quarto illus. light card covers, illus., 160pp VG+ (tidy ex-library, light wear and scuffing, sl. fading to covers, sticker to spine)
PUBLISHER: NA / Archdiocese of Wellington 1981
KEYWORDS: Maori Mission church religion new zealand history religious christian christianity Wellington catholic catholicism spirituality Wairoa Tawhiti ta whiti a maru
The Charting of the Oceans: Ten Centuries of Maritime Maps
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Pomergranate Artbooks 1996
KEYWORDS: Maritime cartography maps history charts ocean shipping
Speeches That Shaped New Zealand 1814-1956
Super octavo softcover, french flaps, nr. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hurricane Press 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history speeches politcis colonial pioneer
Steamers Down the Firth
SIGNED BY AUTHOR ;Octavo stapled 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: W. A. Laxon 1966
KEYWORDS: Steamer steamers Auckland Clevedon Steam Navigation Company maritime history New Zealand
My Just War: The Memoir of a Jewish Red Army Soldier in World War II
Octavo hardcover (nr. FINE) 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Presido 1998
KEYWORDS: world war two 2 ww2 second military history memoir russian front russia red army jewish Poland polish Nazi
The Bicycle Runner: A Memoir of Love, Loyalty and the Italian Resistance
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (nr. 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Thomas Dunne Books / St. Martin's Press 2009
KEYWORDS: autobiography military memoir history Italy italian resistance world war two second 2 ww2
The Racing Schoner Westward
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Stanford Maritime 1976
KEYWORDS: maritime history schooner schooners racing yachts yachting yacht sail sailing Alexander S Cochrane Cowes Westward
StuG.III-IV at War
Quarto illus. heavy card boards, illus., 216pp, VG+ (light to moderate adhesion damage to pages sporadically, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Malopolska Poligrafia / Model Hobby / Trojca Katowice - Speyer 2006
KEYWORDS: operational history company world war 2 two second ww2 German Armed Forces assault gun armoured warfare vehicle armour Panzer Sturmgeschutz III IV Sturmgeschutz-III Sturmgeschutz-IV tanks tank
Pz.Kpfw.IV Aust. A-F at WAR
Quarto illus. heavy card boards, illus., 208pp, VG+ (light adhesion damage to pages sporadically, otherwise nr. FINE)
PUBLISHER: Malopolska Poligrafia / Model Hobby / Trojca Katowice - Speyer 2006
KEYWORDS: operational history company world war 2 two second ww2 German Armed Forces assault gun armoured warfare vehicle armour Panzer IV PzKpfw tanks tank
The Origins of the Maori Wars
Ex-library, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: NZ University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: history nz new zealand aotearoa maori wars waitara pictorial
The Illustrated Atlas of the Nineteenth Century World
Big quarto (36cm tall), hardcover (NR FINE) 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: Bracken / Bestseller Publications 1989
KEYWORDS: atlas history 19th century maps facts geography
Fighter Pilots or World War II
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: Arthur Barker / Weidenfeld 1976
KEYWORDS: fighter pilots world war two ww2 history
Elizabethan England
Imperial 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: Book Club Associates 1974
KEYWORDS: history elizabethan england pictorial
The Romance of Ballooning: The Story of the Early Aeronauts
Folio hardcover orange cloth boards, gilt decoration to front board, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 197pp., VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards, light foxing to contents) in d/w VG+ (light scuffing, unobtrusive tape repair by prev, owner to reverse)
PUBLISHER: Edita Lausanne / Viking Press 1971
KEYWORDS: aviation aeronaut areonautical balloon balloons ballooning history flight
The Sailors Whom Nelson Led: Their Doings Described By Themselves
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co. 1913
KEYWORDS: maritime naval military history age of sail Horatio Nelson Napoleonic wars warfare British Royal Navy
A Manual of Church History (Volumes 1 & 2)
2x VOL. SET, octavo blue cloth boards, xiv+429p / vii+391pp, VG (moderate soiling and fading to boards, esp. to spines, light tanning & foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Burns Oates & Washbourne 1938
KEYWORDS: Church history eclesiastical early ancient rome roman empire edict milan council trullo middle ages medieval papacy papal Christian Christianity Europe European religion religious spiritual
Christianity in India: An Historical Narrative
LOVELY BINDING, octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, xvi+522pp, VG+ (school prize presentation inscription from 1868 to prelims., library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior (no such markings on exterior), light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, light foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co. 1859
KEYWORDS: India indian history subcontinent religion religious Christian Christianity East Company Bengal mission missions missionary proselytising Protestant Protestants
Customes and Traditions of Palestine Illustrating the Manners of the Ancient Hebrews
FIRST ENGLISH EDITION, DELIGHTFUL BINDING octavo full leather binding with gilt embossed emblem to front board, gilt tooling, lettering & raised bands to spines, marbled edges, viii+280pp, errata slip op. page 1, VG+ (presentation school prize note from 1869 to pastedown, library stamps & cartalogue numbers in pen to interior, light scuffing and soiling to boards & spines, library catalogue number to spine, light foxing within)
PUBLISHER: Deighton, Bell, and Co. 1864
KEYWORDS: Ancient Hebrew Israelite Israel Jewish Judaism Christian Christianity religious religion history middle east biblical holy lands