Books - "history"
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See What I Can See - New Zealand Photography for the Young and Curious
Imperial octavo, hardcover (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: Auckland University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: art photography New Zealand young people curious history culture identity photos colour black & white
Mini Racing
Paperback, 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: Hennel Locke Ltd 1963
KEYWORDS: history automotive mini car cars race racing diagrams major British curcuits
The Vancouver Voyages of the Barque Pamir
Oblong 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: Sino Nis Press 1992
KEYWORDS: history steel barque Pamir great fleet German square riggers British Columbia Canada maps cross sections photos black & white
Superfortress Over Japan : Twenty - Four Hours with a B - 29
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: Motor Books International 1996
KEYWORDS: history military aviation B 29 bomber bomb Japan ww2 world war 2 second photos black & white
Diplomacy of Illusion - The British Government and Germany 1937 - 39
Super octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 510pp, VG+ (v. slight dampstaining to boards) in blue d/w VG (light wearing to edges of covers)
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1972
KEYWORDS: ww2 wwii world war two british government history
The German Penetration of SOE - France 1941 - 1944
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light/moderate foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG- (moderate sun fading to spine, light rubbing to edges)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1975
KEYWORDS: history special operations exexcuitive france germany wartime intelligence
The Technical Development of Modern Aviation
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 351pp, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light/moderate foxing to page edges) in illus d/w VG- (moderate chipping to top edge, 1cm closed tear to top foreedge, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1968
KEYWORDS: history aviation aero techincal economics flying biplane monoplane
Hankey - Man of Secrets Volume 2 1919 - 1931
THIS VOL ONLY. Super octavo, red buckram heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, grey eps, 608pp, illus - plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, occasional soiling to page edges) in d/w Scruffy (heavy chipping to edgesm 3cm lossy tear to top front left corner, heavy sun fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1972
KEYWORDS: world war one ww1 wwi hankey history war government biography
The Rhineland Crisis - 7 March 1936 - A Study in Multilateral Diplomacy
Super octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to prelims, 383pp, VG+ (slight sun fading to spine and bruised spine extrem) in illus d/w VG+ (light chafing to covers and v. slight rubbing to top and lower edge of cover)
PUBLISHER: Maurice Temple Smith / London School of Economics and Political Science 1977
KEYWORDS: rhineland crisis history rhine ww2 wwii world war two
One Wing High- Halifax Bomber - the Navigator's Story
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, Near FINE in illus d/w Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Airlife 1995
KEYWORDS: aero pilot halifax bomber memoir history world war two ww2 wwii raf r.a.f.
The Evil Eye: An Account of this Ancient and Widespread Superstition
LACKS D/W, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 471pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising/scuffing & soiling to boards & extrems, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Bell Publishing Company 1989
KEYWORDS: superstition evil eye esoteric supernatural ancient history symbols symbolism religion
A Million Miles in the Air: Personal Experiences, Impressions and Stories of Travel by Air
Super octavo, cream cloth boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispice, 320pp, illus/plates, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping to spine extrems, moderate tanning/staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, top portion of fep removed, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to fep, sm unobtrusive numbers in ink to top of half title page, moderate foxing to pages- text still clear)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton n/d (approx. 1934)
KEYWORDS: Gordon Olley aviation history anecdotes autobiography pilot flying flight illustrated
Chants de Noces des Juifs Catalans
TEXT IN FRENCH & HEBREW, half super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to apine & covers, 69pp, VG+ (light creasing/bruising to cover edges, moderate discolouration to spine)
PUBLISHER: Mare Nostrum 1998 (approx.)
KEYWORDS: history text in French Hebrew
Airplane Stability and Control: A History of the Technologies That Made Aviation Possible
Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy card boards, white/cream lettering to spine & boards, xvii + 373pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to board extrems, light foxing to top page edges, sm. unobtrusive numbers to top fep in ink)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: aviation history technology engineering illustrated
With Them Through Hell: New Zealand Medical Services in the First World War
Quarto, illus heavy card boards, black & white lettering to spine, 494pp, illus, Near FINE (sl scuffing to board edges)
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history medical ww1 first world war one 1 illustrated
Celadon Now: Techniques and Beauty Handed Down From Southern Song to Today
MOST TEXT IN JAPANESE, quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, green Japanese script to spine, 166pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: NHK PlaNet Chubu 2014
KEYWORDS: Japanese art history illustrated ceramics text in Japanese
The Foundation Stone: A History of the Ara Lodge 348 IC 1842-2008
HALF TITLE PAGE MISSING, FULL TITLE PAGE DETACHED BUT PRESENT, lg quarto, green heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp masonic motif to front board, illus eps, 568pp, illus, Near FINE (exc. flaws mentioned above) in slipcase, Near FINE (sl chafing to front)
PUBLISHER: Ara Lodge 348 I.C. Trustees Ltd & Geoffrey L. Grenfell 2013
KEYWORDS: masonic lodge masons freemasonry history Ara lodge New Zealand Geoffrey Grenfell
Villiers, Singles & Twins: The Postwar British Two-stroke Lightweight Motorcycle
Square super octavo, green heavy card boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 188pp, illus, VG (top board edges gouged with 1cm loss, boards sl warped, light tanning to page edges & to pages throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges with 1cm loss to top edge at rear, moderate discolouration/fading to spine, prev. bookseller's labels to front cover & front flap, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing 1983
KEYWORDS: motorcycles British transport illustrated history two-stroke
New Zealand's Motorcycle Heritage, Book One 1899-1931
Octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, VG- (spine cocked, moderate to heavy scuffing to boards & spine with some slight surface loss, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Masterton Publishing House 1981
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport motorcycle history heritage illustrated
Fantasies of the New Class - Ideologies of Professionalism in Post-World War II American Fiction
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: Columbia University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: history usa america professional class social classes in literature