Books - "history"
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The Habit of Victory : The Story of the Royal Navy 1545 to 1945
EX LIBRARY super octavo hardcover (VG) with 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: Sidgwick & Jackson 2005
KEYWORDS: history British Britain Navy war sea ship photos black & white
The SS : Alibi of a nation 1922 - 1945
super octavo hardcover (VG+) with 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: Book Club Associates 1981
KEYWORDS: study analysis history SS Nazi Germany ww2 world war 2 two photos Black & white
A History of the Turbo Charged Racing Car
large quarto hardcover (Near Fine) with d/w (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: MIURA Publications 1989
KEYWORDS: history turbo charged racing sports car cars photos black & white colour color
Racing Cars : Masterpieces of Engineering
large quarto hardcover (Near Fine) with d/w (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: Brown Books 2000
KEYWORDS: history racing sports car cars engineering diagrams results cross sections photos black & white colour color
Automobile Quarterly
oblong imperial 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: Automobile Quarterly 1973
KEYWORDS: history motor car cars vehicles vintage photos black & white colour color
First For The Boys : The Story of the Boys' Brigade 1883 - 1983
imperial 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: William Collins Sons and Company Ltd 1982
KEYWORDS: history boys brigade United Kingdom photos black & white colour color
Saloon Motorsport in New Zealand
quarto 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: Grantham House Publishing 2004
KEYWORDS: history saloon motor sport racing car cars New Zealand photos black & white colour color
Total War : Causes and Courses of the Second World War
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: Pelican Books 1974
KEYWORDS: history ww2 world war 2 two maps photos black & white
Maori and Education: Or the Education of Natives in New Zealand and its Dependencies [Monograph of the New Zealand Teachers' Summer School (No. 1)]
SCARCE, FIRST EDITION; octavo brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxxi+481pp, illus. incl. folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing, rubbing and fading to boards; light to moderate foxing and tanning to edges and within)
PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn 1931
KEYWORDS: new zealand teachers summer school monograph maori education new zealand history scarce modern first edition native schools
Richard Spruce (1817 - 1893): Botanist and Explorer
Octavo illus. yellow light card covers, 359pp, illus., VG+ (light scuffing and creasing to covers, occassional soiling to edges and within (unobtrusive), prev. owner's name in flowing script, pen, to reverse of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Royal Botanic Gardens 1996
KEYWORDS: richard spruce biography biology science botany exploration victorian natural history
The Hutt River: Its History and Its Conquest
Octavo teal cloth boards, red lettering to spine, 66pp., illus, uncommon, VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings; light fading to boards, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning within)
PUBLISHER: Hutt River Board 1959
KEYWORDS: hutt upper lower river wellington region regional local history settler pioneer colonial new zealand
Incidents of the Maori War. New Zealand in 1860-61
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, early 20th c. rebind; map is present at p.191; octavo, 425pp, VG- (lacks frontis & contents, but title page & preface are present; moderate scuffing and soiling to boards, esp. spine; moderate tanning and light foxing within; usual stamps and markings, top of dedication page trimmed (text not affected), hole to end flyleaf)
PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley 1863
KEYWORDS: new zealand military history waikato war king movement kiingitanga invasion colonial land wars maori colonialism british empire imperialism
The Influence of Sea Power Upon History 1660-1783
Super octavo navy blue cloth boards, gilt ship emblem to front, gilt lettering to spine, black endpapers, xxiv+557pp, maps all present, VG- (binding sl. cocked, front hinge cracked but sound, light scuffing and rubbing to boards; light tanning and occassional foxing within; prev. owner's name in pen to fep.)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington [n/d, 10th edition]
KEYWORDS: sea power seapower military theory naval science history politics geopolitics global world great power powers maritime mahan
The Life and Teaching of Naropa
Octavo blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvi+292pp, VG (tidy ex-library, usual stamps and markings thus; d/w taped to boards, tape stains to endpapers; light tanning within; binding ever so slightly cocked) in d/w VG (usual stamps and markings, plastic covered with adhesive strips, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford / Clarendon Press 1963
KEYWORDS: tibet tibetan philosophy naropa oral history transmission tradition tantra tantric buddhism buddhist buddha relgion religious spirituality tantrism
Vandals in the Bomb Factory: The History and Literature of the Students for a Democratic Society
EX-LIBRARY, 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: The Scarecrow Press Inc 1976
KEYWORDS: democracy politics society capitalism communism america united states history military
Innocent the Great: An Essay on His Life and Times
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Longmans, Greens, and Co. 1907
KEYWORDS: european europe history catholic church pope crusades innocent III
The USSR and Marxist Revolutions in the Third World
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Cambridge University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: soviet union policy military history revolution marx leninist politics nuclear
Index to Periodical Articles on South African Political and Social History Since 1902
Quarto 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: University of the Orange Free State 1982
KEYWORDS: justice economy commerce agriculture foreign affairs immigration languag culture race relations world war one two political history research bibliography
The Ancient World at War: A Global History
EX-LIBRARY, small quarto 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: Thames & Hudson 2008
KEYWORDS: weaponry military history eygpt greek archaeology culture economy army persian empire roman republic warfare anicent south asia china aztecs classics
Beyond Justice
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Basil Blackwell 1987
KEYWORDS: justice ethics politics political hegel socio-political foucault punishment just unjust war history moral philosophy