Books - "history"
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The Rand Rush
1886-1911 Johannesburg's first 25 Years in Pictures
Hardcover quarto (VG) lacks d/w ; 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: AD. Donker 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Eric Rosenthal history pictographic history Johannesburg Suoth Africa photography
Unwillingly to School
A Nostalgic Look at New Zealand Schools and Schoolchildren
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: AH & AW Reed 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Jane Wordsworth New Zealand schools education history pictorial photographic history teachers students pupils
The New Worker in Soviet Russia
First edition, 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: Macmillan Company 1973
KEYWORDS: first edition Irving R Levine Soviet Union Russia history workers labour collective farms history peasant industrialisation government politics specials
The Territorial Battalions: A Pictorial History 1859-1985
First edition, quarto, maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, illus, VG+ (v slight stain spots to boards) in d/w, VG- (creasing to front flap, creasing to front & lower edges, staining to inside)
PUBLISHER: Spellmount Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: first edition Ray Westlake military history territorial army reserves vollunteers infantry cavalry artillery engineers pictorial photographic history
The Ark of the Covenant
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Roderick Grierson Stuart Munro-Hay ancient history relic antiquity zion ark classical history
Parnell
hardcover super octavo (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: Millwood 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Sussanna Burton Jack Leigh photographic history pictorial history parnel auckland new zealand architecture
In Search of Ancient Italy
Ex-library Hardcover super octavo (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: Evans Brothers Limited 1964
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Pierre Grimal archaeology history ancient history Italy
The German Century
Sarah Jackson & Franziska Payer (Picture Research)
Quarto, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, black patterned eps, illus prelims, 288pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to half-title page) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999
KEYWORDS: Michael Sturmer Sarah Jackson Franziska Payer Germany German history photographic pictorial history World War One Two WWI WWII Cold War East West Germany Berlin Wall Weimar Republic
Letters of Cicero
softcover octavo (G+), 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: Hutchinson & co 1966
KEYWORDS: specials L P Wilkinson caeser classical history literature rome roman ancient history
The New Zealand Journal of History
Index Volumes 1-30
Softcover super octavo (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: The University of Auckland undated
KEYWORDS: specials Judith Binney history reference journal index New Zealand Journal of History
Myself with Others
Selected Essays
Softcover octavo (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: Picador, Pan Books Ltd 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Carlos Fuentes nonfiction autobiography memoir essays history arts literature cinema politics diplomacy history
Mountjoy 1563 - 1606: The Last Elizabethan Deputy
Ex library, scarce, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG (usu library markings)
PUBLISHER: Clonmore & Reynolds/ Burns Oates & Washbourne 1958
KEYWORDS: Frederick M Jones Lord Mountjoy Lord Deputy biography history Essex Cecil Hugh O'Neill Christopher Blount Charles Blount religion religious history
The Van Gogh File
The Myth and the Man
Softcover super octavo (NF) ; 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: Souvenir Press Ltd 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Ken Wilkie art art history Van Gogh biography investigative history
Country
Softcover imperial octavo (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 Text Publishing Company 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Tim Flannery Australia travel history palaeontology kangaroos natural history
The Fighting Parade - Letters from the Trenches 1915-1918 of Pat Leonard DSO
first edition hardback octavo with d/w (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 costs
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2010
KEYWORDS: specials history pat leonard DSO john leonard philip leonard-johnson history ww1 correspondence letters soldiers biography
Pierce-Arrow
First edition, quarto, black glossy faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 236pp, illus, nr fine (slight ding to lower spine extrem) in d/w, VG+ (light tanning to front upper edges, light bruising to rear upper edge, 1cm closed tear to rear lower edge, bruising to lower spine extrem)
PUBLISHER: AS Barnes & Co/ Tantivy Press 1980
KEYWORDS: first edition Marc Ralston motorcars automobiles vehicles marque Pierce-Arrow automotive George Pierce Company history transport photographic pictorial history
The Royal Flying Corps: A History
Foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John Slessor
First edition, ex library, hardcover octavo (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: Frederick Muller 1965
KEYWORDS: first edition Geoffrey Norris Royal Flying Corps military history RAF pilots airmen First World War One WWI aviation history specials
New Zealand: The Brighter Britain of the South:
An Illustrated Description of the Natural Wealth, Conditions of Life, Industries, Trade, and Opportunities for Advancement
Super octavo, brown light card stapled wrappers with NZ map & blue lettering to front cover, 120pp, illus, VG- (patch of damage to lower spine extrem, moderate creasing to cover edges, some discolouration & staining to covers, owner's name & date in ink to title page, creasing to some page corners)
PUBLISHER: British Empire Exhibition/ WAG Skinner Govt. Printer 1924
KEYWORDS: LS Fanning British Empire Exhibition New Zealand travel history industry culture natural history
Steam in the Southern Pacific
The Story of Merchant Steam Navigation in the Australian Coastal and Intercolonial Trades, and on the Ocean Lines of the Southern Pacific
Re-bound with new eps & boards, small octavo, maroon faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, 150pp + 2pp adverts, illus with 54illus, VG (2cm stain to title page, sporadic foxing, moderate tanning to pages, 1cm black stain to upper corner page 148/149, last two pages loose)
PUBLISHER: Gordon & Gotch 1909
KEYWORDS: Will Lawson New Zealand Pacific Ocean nautical maritime history steam merchant navy naval history navigation coastal shipping trade routes boats steamers
Sir George Cayley's Aeronautics
1796 - 1855
First edition Hardcover imperial octavo (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: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1962
KEYWORDS: first edition specials C H Gibbs-Smith aviation history biography George Cayley aeronautics English history