Books - "history"
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Early Christian Mystics - The Divine Vision of the Spiritual Masters
Tidy 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: Crossroad 2003
KEYWORDS: mysticism religion mystics spirituality history middle ages
Prague Pictures : Portraits of a City
FIRST EDITION, small octavo, hardcover (NEAR FINE) in 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 2003
KEYWORDS: history Europe city Prague Czech Republic ancient modern overview
St Heliers Bay Centennial 1882 -1982
Quarto, stapled booklet (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: Courier Newspaper 1982
KEYWORDS: history st heliers bay centennial saint heliers auckland centennial photography
The Golden Road to Samarkand
Super octavo, hard cover (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: Viking Press 1973
KEYWORDS: history travel samarkand
Voices From the Surf: 80 Years of the Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club 1935-2015
SIGNED (POSSIBLY) BY BOB HARVEY (INCONCLUSIVE), lg oblong quarto, illus glossy light card covers, yellow & red lettering to spine, illus prelims, 208pp, illus, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling to cover edges, light chafing to covers) DISC TO REAR COVER
PUBLISHER: Karekare Surf Lifesaving Club 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Karekare surf lifesaving illustrated history
Saunders and Saro Aircraft since 1917
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering and rule to spine, frontispiece, ix + 359pp, illus, VG+ in illus d/w VG+ (moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1988
KEYWORDS: saunders roe saro aircraft history aircraft aviation aero flying boats
German Aircraft of the First World War
Second edition. Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edge blue, frontispiece, xxxviii + 600pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in illus d/w VG+ (moderate tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1970
KEYWORDS: aircraft aviation planes world war one ww1 wwi aeronautical military history
The Log of Christopher Columbus
Oblong 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: International Marine Publishing Co 1987
KEYWORDS: history Christopher Columbus explorer adventurer discovered Americas log journey maps
Ferry Command
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: Airlife Publishing Ltd 1981
KEYWORDS: history military aviation ww2 world war 2 two second aeroplane deliveries North America UK drawings
Persia I & II : From the Origins to the Achaemenids
TWO VOLUME SET, 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: The World Publishing Co 1965
KEYWORDS: history civilization Persia ancient Iran Darius Zoroaster art sculptures statues monuments photos colour black & white
Te Haerenga The Journey : Towards Waikato Museum , Te Whare Taonga o Waikato
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: Waikato Museum 2017
KEYWORDS: history Waikato Museum artifacts objects display special items photos colour
A Passion for Flight - New Zealand Aviation Before the Great War
Volume 1 - Ideas, first flight attempts and the aeronauts 1868 -1909, Volume 2 - Aero clubs, aeroplanes, aviators and aeronauts 1910 - 1914, Volume 3 - The Joe Hammond story and military beginnings 1910 - 1914
3 x volume set, signed, dated and inscribed by author. Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to spine, white and biege lettering to covers, 184pp & 320pp & 208pp, illus, Near FINE (light scuff to vol3 front cover, v. slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Volplane Press 2012 & 2013
KEYWORDS: history aviations aeronauts aeroplanes aviators joe hammond flight new zealand aviation nz
Cold War Submarines - The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines
Quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, black and white lettering to front covers, illus title page & prelims, xxiii + 407pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to page egdes,
PUBLISHER: Potomac Books 2004
KEYWORDS: naval history submarines ships usa america soviet union cold war
British Tramps and their Peacetime Contribution to World Shipping History
Signed, dated, and inscribed by author, heavy quarto, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine and boards, frontispiece, vi + 514pp, illus, VG (fading to spine, moderate chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Ian Stewart Marine Publications 1997
KEYWORDS: history ships british tramps world shipping tramp shipping
A Clasp for The Few - New Zealanders with the Battle of Britain Clasp
Signed & numbered limited edition, less common in hardcover, super octavo, blue cloth heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine and boards, frontispiece, xiv+ 470pp, illus, VG (light wear to board edges, gilt lettering fading) in illus d/w VG (light tanning and soiling)
PUBLISHER: Kenneth G. Wynn 1981
KEYWORDS: biography air crew aviation pilots r.a.f raf nz new zealand history battle of britain
Alone in the Sky
Super octavo, navy heavy cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, iv + 190pp, illus - plates to centre, Near FINE (slight bruising to lower spine extrem) in illus d/w VG+ (heavy sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Technical Books NZ 1979
KEYWORDS: memoir biography jean batten aviation pilot history new zealand nz
Submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1904 - 1945
Square imperial octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 176pp, illus, VG+ (slight bruising to lower spine extrem) in illus d/w VG (heavy fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1986
KEYWORDS: history submarines imperial japanese navy
La Grande Epoque du Yachting
TEXT IN FRENCH, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Chene 2009
KEYWORDS: history leisure yacht yachting sport France french photos black & white paintings colour
Handbook of Church History : The Church in the Age of Feudalism Volume III
TIDY EX LIBRARY, THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, hardcover (NEAR 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: Burns & Oates Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: history religion church feudal feudalism religious Christian Christianity
The Handbook of Church History : From the High Middle Ages to the Eve of the Reformation Volume IV
TIDY EX LIBRARY, THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, hardcover (NEAR 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: Burns & Oates Ltd 1969
KEYWORDS: history religion church high middle ages pre reformation religious Christian Christianity