Books - "history"
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The Memoirs of the 18th ( Queen Mary's Own ) Royal Hussars 1906 - 1922 including the Operations in the Great War
Super octavo, gilt stamped lettering to spine + front board, gilt stamped regimental insignia to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, 215 pp, illust with 6 x folding maps throughout, VG ( heavy foxing to pages + edges, light fading to spine, light brusing to board edges + spine, some pages uncut )
PUBLISHER: Warren and Son Ltd 1926
KEYWORDS: military history memoirs 18th Royal Hussars Queen Mary ww1 world war 1 one maps colour color photos black & white
The Ascent of Nanda Devi
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF NZ MOUNTAINEER MAVIS DAVIDSON, super octavo, printed heavy card boards, blue printer letting to front + spine, illust fep, frontispiece, xiv + 235 pp, illust, VG ( heavy tanning to spine, moderate chafing + foxing to boards, heavy chipping to board edges, light foxing to page edges + front and rear eps, ex libris sticker on front pastedown )
PUBLISHER: Readers' Union 1937
KEYWORDS: history mountain climbing mountaineering Nanda Devi second highest India photos black & white
Matthew Hopkins : Witch Finder General
EX LIBRARY, super octavo, black heavy card boards, silver stamped lettering to spine, illust title page, 222 pp, illust, VG+ ( usual library markings, light bruising + scuffing to board edges, 1 cm crack with no loss to top rear board ) in d/w tatty ( heavy chipping + creasing to edges, moderate chafing to covers, usual library sticker, 2 x 2 cm closed tears, 1 x 3.5 cm tear with loss, 1 x 3 cm with tear loss )
PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller Ltd 1976
KEYWORDS: history Matthew Hopkins witch hunter finder civil war General witchcraft Essex Suffolk UK drawings photos black & white
Bearing Witness : Essays in Honour of Brij V . Lal
Super octavo, light card covers, brown/white/black printed lettering to cover + spine, xvi + 333 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight chafing to covers, v slight bruising to edges )
PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: political politics theory history Fiji Indian diaspora India Fijian photos colour color
International Handbook on Alcohol and Culture
Super octavo, maroon heavy card boards, gilt stamped lettering to front board + spine, xxiv + 391 pp, Near Fine ( v slight bruising to lower spine edge, slight scuffing to front board title, slight paperclip creasing to fep, former owners name written in pen top right corner fep )
PUBLISHER: Greenwood Press 1995
KEYWORDS: study history alcohol culture international perspective attitudes controls
Traditional Micronesian Societies : Adaptation, Intergration, and Political Organization
Super octavo, heavy card board covers, white, black and yellow printed lettering, x + 278 pp, illust, Near Fine ( v slight scuffing to board edges, v slight foxing to page edges ) in d/w VG+ ( v slight chipping to top edge of cover, v slight foxing inside of cover )
PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 2009
KEYWORDS: history Micronesia Micronesian society societies culture politics intergration philosophy art religion map photos black & white
Scenes From Soviet Life: Soviet Life Through Official Literature
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: BBC 1986
KEYWORDS: Soviet Russia literature culture sociology society intellectuals history nostalgia religion writers
The Choice of Books and Other Literary Pieces
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Macmillan 1903
KEYWORDS: Essays art books history Fortnightly Review C 1880s inc The Romance of the Peerage, The Life of George Eliot, At Burlington House
Roman Stoicism: Being Lectures on the History of the Stoic Philosophy With Special Reference to its Development Within the Roman Empire
TIDY ex-library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 468pp, VG+ (usual but minimal library markings, light bruising & scuffing to board extrems, sl soiling to boards, information plates neatly cellotaped to both pastedowns)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1958
KEYWORDS: roman history stoicism lectures philosophy empire
Falling Leaves of Memory
Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine and boards, 91pp + 2pp index, illus, VG (usual library markings, heavy tanning to covers, 1cm chip with loss to lower back cover)
PUBLISHER: Eastern Bay of Plenty Federation
KEYWORDS: New Zealand NZ literature E D Du Pontet A J McCallion short stories history
A Sketch of The New Zealand War
OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF PROMINENT NZ RAILWAYMAN- RIDLER, FIRST EDITION, lacks fep, tidy ex library, octavo, dark green cloth heavy card boards, white stamp lettering & rule to spine and boards, frontispiece, viii + 171pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG (unsteady binding, sporadic cracking to gutter, moderate chafing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Horace Marshall & Son 1899
KEYWORDS: Morgan S Grace NZ New Zealand history first edition maori wars
An Alabama Newspaper Tradition: Grover C. Hall and the Hall Family
Tidy ex library, 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: University of Alabama Press 1983
KEYWORDS: Daniel Webster Hollis alabama us united states usa newspaper news journalism history
The Influence of East Europe and the Soviet West on the USSR
Tidy ex library, Super 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Praeger Publishers Inc, 1975
KEYWORDS: Roman Szporluk russia russian ussr communism cold war history eastern europe soviet union
Serious Pursuits: Communications & Education
Very tidy ex library, Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Asa Briggs career university media education communication essays social history british britain uk england
Capitalism of Class In the Middle East: Theories of Social Change and Economic Development
Tidy ex library, Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd. 1984
KEYWORDS: Bryan Turner middle east capitalism sociology anthropology history economics islamic islam society arab
The Grievances of Military Coup-Makers
Tidy ex library. Super 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: Sage Publications 1973
KEYWORDS: William Thompson military political politics dictatorship coups coup history regime
The Great Pyramid: A simple explanation of the Divine message of the Great Pyramid to the Anglo-Saxon Race
Octavo softcover (scruffy); 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 National Revival Church
KEYWORDS: John Elliot Page pyramids egypt cairo architecture conspiracy theory religion history
The Royal New Zealand Navy
Tidy ex library, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 571pp, illus, seven folding maps + maps in text, VG (minor fraying and bruising to board and spine extrems, usual library markings, tape attaching d/w to boards, slight tanning to eps) in d/w VG (library repairs with brown paper and tape, 12cm closed tear to front and 2cm tear with loss to inside edge, light scuffing and tape marks)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1956
KEYWORDS: New Zealand naval military history Royal Navy WW2 HMS Achilles Graf Spee Orion Komet minesweeping Neptune Solomans Japan
Recollections of an Amateur Soldier: A Captain in the new Zealand Forces in the Great War
FIRST EDITION, ASSOCIATION COPY, Ex library, Inscribed, dated & signed by author to fellow writer Pat Lawlor, octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 252pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light rubbing to spine and board extrems, minor staining to upper page edges, light tanning to eps, tape used to adhere d/w to pastedowns) in d/w VG (moderate fading and speckling to exterior, light rubbing to edges, moderate staining to top edge)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons 1936
KEYWORDS: Memoir military history New Zealand infantry Great War WW1 personal account recollection Egypt France Treadwell
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Bardia to Enfidaville
Tidy ex library, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp to front board, frontispiece, xii + 416pp, illus, 6 folding maps + maps in text, VG+ (minor rubbing to spine and board edges, minor speckling to top opage edges, usual library markings, minor residue stain from d/w gloss to front ep) in d/w VG (library additions of clear wrap and brown paper, secured with minimal tape to boards and pastedowns, minor crinkling to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch Dept of Internal Affairs 1962
KEYWORDS: Military history New Zealand WW2 Bardia El Agheila Tripoli Gabes Enfidaville