Books - "history"
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Literature, History and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia, 1991-2006
Octavo red, olive and tan light card covers, 594pp, nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Peter Lang, 2007
KEYWORDS: Russian Russia history soviet post post-soviet literature literary writers writting modern
Peace and War: A Soldier's Life
SCARCE, Octavo navy blue boards, gilt lettering to spine, 320pp, VG- (moderate to heavy soiling to front board, light foxing and tanning to edges, prev. owner's catalogue number in pen to fep. (unobtrusive), naughty child's/adult's pencil scribble to fep. (easily erasable)) in d/w VG- (moderate scuffing with chips and closed tears, moderate soiling, light foxing and tanning)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1961
KEYWORDS: Memoir autobiography military history artillery first world war ww1 India Operation Torch Overlord COSSAC C.O.S.S.A.C. UNRRA U.N.R.R.A. British
Aspects of Orkney 4: The People of Orkney
Octavo black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 346pp, VG+ (v. sl. scuffing to spine), in d/w nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Orkney Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Channel Islands Orkney British Isles history regional English Atlantic sociology
Military Wings
2 VOL. SET, octavo illus. light card covers, illus., 120pp (both volumes), VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to covers of both)
PUBLISHER: MS Marketing 1979 (vol. 1) / 1980 (vol. 2)
KEYWORDS: Military aviation New Zealand RNZAF royal air force Canberra Corsair Dakota Kittyhawk Mosquito Mustang Skyhawk Sunderland Vampire history
Leave No Space For Yearning
Quarto grey light card covers w/ tipped in illustration of painting to cover, black lettering to spine, illus., 64pp, VG+ (light soiling to cover)
PUBLISHER: Heide Museum of Modern Art 2001 first printing
KEYWORDS: Australian art artists artist history painting
German Aircraft Industry and Production 1933 - 1945
Quarto blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus., 329pp, VG+ (v. slight soiling to edges & endpapers, hint of adhesion, prev. owner's catalouge number in pen to fep., unobtrusive), in d/w nr. FINE (slightest hint of sticker residue to rear) NB ostensibly published by SAE International, in fact 2x stickers with SAE details have been pasted over the Airlife Publishing Ltd. details originally printed (also 1998)
PUBLISHER: SAE International 1998 (Airlife Publishing Ltd.)
KEYWORDS: Luftwaffe german aircraft aviation military history world war 2 ww2 RLM Reich
Decision in Normandy: The Unwritten Story of Montgomery and the Allied Campaign
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Collins 1983
KEYWORDS: world war 2 ww2 military history normandy field marshall montgomery monty european theartre france
Galeria Mundi III: Eine Reise Durch Die Museen / A Journey Through the Galleries / Une Promenade A Travers Les Musees / Una Gira por los Museos
HEAVY, TEXT IN GERMAN, FRENCH, ENGLISH & SPANISH, large folio pale grey cloth boards, illus., 268pp, VG+ (light foxing to boards & contents), in d/w VG+ (light foxing to covers, moderate foxing to reverse, small chip to bottom of spine), in slipcase VG (moderate foxing, light scuffing)
PUBLISHER: Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft 1988
KEYWORDS: Museums art history european Portugal Libson Antwerp Brussels Belgium Paris France Lugano Zurich Switzerland Winerthur Dresden Germany painting
Early Man and the Ocean
FIRST EDITION octavo hardover (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: George Allen & Unwin 1978
KEYWORDS: Modern first edition ocean oceans sea culture navigation sociology east island polynesia polynesian maritime history anthropology Pacific Atlantic voyage voyaging
A Sailor's War
FIRSTE EDITION; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press 1983
KEYWORDS: modern first edition maritime naval navy history royal world war 2 ww2 military nicolas monsarrat dunkirk mediterranean
Battle for Empire: The Very First World War 1756-63
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+, would be nr. FINE but for price clip); 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: Caxton Editions 1998
KEYWORDS: military history world seven years war sea power naval british george washington james wolfe americas george byng admiral william pitt
Elizabeth's Spy Master: Francis Walsingham and the Secret War that Saved England
Octavo hardcover (nr. FINE) 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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2006
KEYWORDS: english british history world queen elizabeth first 1st francis walsingham espionage spanish armada reformation elizabethan
Saints, Scholars and Schizophrenics: Mental Illness in Rural Ireland
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2001 (Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Updated and Expanded)
KEYWORDS: Ballyban rural Ireland irish history british isles psychology sociology dingle peninsula ethnography
Havelock North: From Village to Burough 1860 - 1952
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hawkes Bay Newspapers Limited 1978
KEYWORDS: havelock north new zealand hastings regional history north island waimarama napier hawke's bay hawkes east coast north island
No Place to Linger: Saga of a Wartime Atlantic Kiwi
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Holmwork Publishers 1985
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history anzac naval maritime navy atlantic world war 2 ww2 u boat u-boats royal convoy convoys
On A Grander Scale: The Outstanding Career of Sir Christopher Wren
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins harper collins 2002
KEYWORDS: Sir Christopher Wren St Pauls saint cathedral architect architectural history art british england english biography
A Short History of American Capitalism
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: New History Press 2003
KEYWORDS: economics economic history politics business capitalism sociology american united states america US USA
Celebration: Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: SAHANZ 2005 (Society of Architectural Historians, Australia and New Zealand)
KEYWORDS: new zealand australia oceania australasia architecture architectural history SAHANZ society of historians Napier
Underwater Wonders of New Zealand
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: New Holland 1999
KEYWORDS: new zealand maritime natural history underwater photography nature sea sealife biology
Greyhounds of the Sea: The Story of the American Clipper Ship
Quarto pale cream cloth boards, gilt & blue lettering to spine, illus., 688pp, VG+ (would be nr. FINE save for light foxing to boards), in d/w nr. FINE
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1960 (Third Edition)
KEYWORDS: Clipper ships clippers US USA united states america maritime history