Books - "history"
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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
World Wide Navigation
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: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd 1987
KEYWORDS: history navigation development latitude longitude maps plans tools illustrated
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
More Than Just a Place of Work - A history of Dunedin's Hillside Railway Workshops
Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine and covers, illus prelims and title page, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to covers, light creasing to lower edge of cover)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 2015
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand dunedin otago history railway workshop hillside road
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 (heavy 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
The Legion Condor - A History of Luftwaffe in the Spanish Civil War 1936 - 1939
Quarto, dark blue cloth heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black decoration - planes to front cover. water marble effect to eps, 287pp + 1pp adverts, illus, Near FINE in illus d/w VG+ (bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Military History 1992
KEYWORDS: history luftwaffe spanish civil war legion condor world war two battle of bilbao
A History of Sri Lanka
Super octavo, light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to prelims, xx + 603pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards, sl bruising to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: C Hurst & Co/University of California Press 1981
KEYWORDS: history Sri Lanka illustrated colonisation colonialism independence
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon With Narratives and Anecdotes
FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING- EPS REPLACED, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & tooling to spine, gilt insect motif to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxiii + 500pp, illus, VG- (age appropriate scuffing to spine & boards with some sl surface loss & occassional fraying, moderate tanning to page edges, light to moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts 1861
KEYWORDS: Ceylon natural history illustrated first edition animals habitats prose literature anecdotes
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
The Handbook of Church History : The Church Between Revolution and Restoration Volume VII
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 revolution restoration religious Christian Christianity
The Mummy in Fact, Fiction and Film
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: McFarland & Company Inc Publishers 2002
KEYWORDS: history anicent Egypt Egyptian mummy mummies movies books photos black & white
American Motors Family Album
Oblong imperial 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: American Motors Corporation 1969
KEYWORDS: history United States America American motors automotive Ajax Nash Rambler profile pictures photos black & white