Books - "history"
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Two Hundred Years of New Zealand Painting
FIRST EDITION, folio, hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) in slipcase (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: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1971
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand art artist artists 200 two hundred years paint painting paintings colour
Waterloo
Super octavo, soft cover (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: Wordsworth Limited Editions 1998
KEYWORDS: waterloo napolean history
The Military Experience in the Age of Reason
Super octavo, soft cover (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: Wordsworth Editions 1998
KEYWORDS: military history european 18th century
Champagne - How the World's Most Glamorous Wine Triumphed Over War & Hard Times
Octavo, soft cover (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: Harper Collins 2005
KEYWORDS: champagne france alcohol history food and drink drinking wine
The Barbary Slaves
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: Purnell Book Services 1977
KEYWORDS: history barbary slaves corsairs
Edinburgh
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: B. T. Batsford 1947
KEYWORDS: edinburgh scotland travel history
Edinburgh
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: John Lehmann 1948
KEYWORDS: edinburgh scotland travel history
The Royal Air Force and Two World Wars
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: Cassell / Macmillan 1979
KEYWORDS: history royal airforce world war one two ww1 ww2 wwi wwii raf
Mercantile Navy List and Maritime Directory 1923
Super octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind rule to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, red speckled page edges, printed eps, xl + 1102pp, VG- (heavy rubbing & moderate chipping to spine/boards/extrems, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, cracking to front gutter, 8cm tear to fep at spine/gutter)
PUBLISHER: Mercantile Marine Dept./Tower Hill, London 1923
KEYWORDS: navy naval maritime mercantile list history nautical shipping steam motor sailing boats Merchant Shipping Act 1894 British
Windows on a Chinese Past (4 vol set)
4 VOLUME SET, quarto, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spines, maps to eps, illus prelims, 300-472pp, Near FINE, in d/w, Near FINE (sl creasing to edges, vol 2 reprint discreet labelling to spine & front cover to vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1993-1995
KEYWORDS: Otago New Zealand gold mining goldfields Chinese communities history illustrated
Luftwaffe Camouflage & Markings 1935-45 Vol 1
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, orange heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 164pp, illlus, VG (moderate bruising & disclouration to board extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, tatty (very heavy chipping with some loss to edges- esp. the top spine, moderate chafing to covers, moderate foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Kookaburra Technical Publications 1973
KEYWORDS: luftwaffe German military history aviation illustrated camouflage markings engineering
The Mighty Eighth: Units, Men and Machines (A History of the US 8th Air Force)
REVISED EDITION, quarto, maroon heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 311pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light staining to boards, light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, date in ink to copyright page) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light staining & chafing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Jane's Publishing Company 1986
KEYWORDS: US America aviation military history fighter planes mighty eighth US 8th Air Force illustrated
Art Nouveau Architecture
Lg quarto, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 332pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing to extrems with sl surface loss, light foxing to page edges & eps, boards sl shaky) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, 4cm gouge to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Academy Editions 1979
KEYWORDS: art history building architecture nouveau illustrated Europe US America
The Enchanted Coast
Octavo, maroon heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to eps, 148pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to board extrems) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with several closed tears, light tanning & foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Nelson Tasman illustrated
The Land and the Book
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine & front board, blind decorative rule to spine & boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, 718pp, illus, folding map to front, VG- (heavy bruising & scuffing to board edges/extrems, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. ownership names in ink to prelims, moderate cracking to gutters, 4cm closed tear & foxing to folding map)
PUBLISHER: T. Nelson & Sons 1867
KEYWORDS: Palestine Judea history illustrated culture customs
The Navy at War 1939 - 1945
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: Wordsworth Editions 1998
KEYWORDS: history naval navy world war two ww2 wwii
Das Theater im NS-Staat - Szenarium desutscher Zeitgeschichte 1933 - 1945
TEXT IN GERMAN. 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: Droste 1983
KEYWORDS: text in german germany history theatre
Geschichte Des Byzantinischen Staates
TEXT IN GERMAN. 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: C H Beck 1965
KEYWORDS: text in german history byzantine state ancient medieval
Making Faces : Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence
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: Trustees of the British Museum
KEYWORDS: history archaeology archaeological evidence forensic study facial reconstruction skull face head photos black & white colour color
That Eternal Summer : Unknown Stories from the Battle of Britain
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: Collins 1990
KEYWORDS: history aviation military ww2 world war 2 two second battle of britain aeroplane fighters photos black & white