Books - "history"
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Bomber Pilot 1916 - 1918
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: Ian Allen Ltd 1974
KEYWORDS: history aviation ww1 world war 1 one first bomber pilot pilots diary C P O Bartlett photos sepia
First Flights
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: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd 1957
KEYWORDS: history aviation flying aeroplane airplane plane flight diagrams cross section photos black & white
Australia and Back
Super octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (TATTY); 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 & C Black Ltd 1927
KEYWORDS: history aviation famous flight Australia England Alan J Cobham map landing places photos black & white
The Spirit of St Louis
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, 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: John Murray Ltd 1953
KEYWORDS: history aviation famous flight Spirit St Louis United States America cross section parts list photos black & white
Tony Tuckson
FIRST EDITION, lg quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, 188pp, illus, VG+ (sl scuffing to spine extrems, inscription in ink to full title page, sl wrinkling to rear pgs) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, 2cm closed tear to top spine edge with discreet archival tape repair, light fading to spine, sm stain to top front cover)
PUBLISHER: Craftsman House 1989
KEYWORDS: art Tony Tuckson illustrated history Australia collection first edition
Policing the Colonial Frontier: The Theory and Practice of Coercive Social and Racial Control in New Zealand 1767-1867 (Parts 1 & 2)
TWO BOOK SET (VOL 1- PARTS 1 & 2), super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, part 1- xxi + pgs 0-409, part 2- xiii + pgs 410-1142, illus, VG+ (light chafing/scuffing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & light chipping to edges, moderate scuffing/chafing & adhesive label residue to covers with some sl surface loss)
PUBLISHER: V R Ward, Gov't Printer 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand police justice history colonial policing race control coercive conflict signed
The Watermen of Gundagai
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, xiv + 128pp, illus, VG+ (light curling & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Old Gundagai Project Committee n/d (approx. 2002)
KEYWORDS: Australia flood flooding Gundagai history illustrated
The New Zealand Justice of the Peace, Resident Magistrate, Coroner and Constable
TWO VOL SET, THIRD EDITION, super octavo, half leather bound heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plates & raised bands to spines, vol 1- viii + 600pp + index, vol 2- iv + 660pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing to spines & board extrems, moderate discolouration to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page egdes & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to fep, paper residue to eps of vol 1, binder's label to rear pastedown of vol 2, light pencil markings to margins sporadically throughout, moderate folds to some pages)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1879
KEYWORDS: law legal justice peace New Zealand evidence crime history
The Nile Reservoir Dam at Assuan and After
Imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, black & gilt motif to front board, folding frontispiece, 29pp, folding plates, VG- (moderate scuffing & discolouration to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & pages throughout) binding sound
PUBLISHER: E. & F. N. Spon Ltd 1901
KEYWORDS: illustrated Egypt ancient history antiquity dam irrigation hydrology waterways
The Settler's Handbook of New Zealand
INSECT DAMAGE TO BOARDS, super octavo, grenn heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to spine and boards, brown eps, ix + 320pp, illus - folding maps to rear, VG- (heavy insect damage to boards, v. slight foxing to first and last few pages, title page & 299 pp to rep insect damage to 1cm border of page )
PUBLISHER: John McKay Government Printer 1902
KEYWORDS: nz new zealand history settlers handbook colonial
The New Zealand Justice of the Peace
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards, gilt stamp lettering to spine, blind stamp rule to spine and boards, yellow eps, ix + 346pp + xxx, VG (moderate chafing to boards, new repaired eps, moderate foxing to first and last few pages and page edges)
PUBLISHER: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1895
KEYWORDS: justice of the peace new zealand nz aotearoa history
Old Marborough or The Story of a Province
FIRST EDITION. Super octavo, buckram heavy boards, gilt tooling to spine and boards, light pink eps, frontispiece, 478pp + vi adverts, illus - photog, VG ( moderate bruising to board corners and sprine extrems, heavy chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Hart & Keeling 1900
KEYWORDS: first edition nz new zealand history marlborough
The Speculators' Dream : Gold Dredging in Southern New Zealand
Quarto, 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: Allied Press 1985
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand South Island gold mining dredge dredging advertising statistics photos black & white otago
The Natural World of the Maori
LACKS FEP, quarto, 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: Collins1985
KEYWORDS: history study analysis Maori New Zealand natural environment drawings photos black & white colour
A Reign of Ten Kings : Sri Lanka - The World ( 500 B.C. - 1200 A.D. )
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: Ceylon Tourist Board 1993
KEYWORDS: history Sri Lanka country Ceylon Indian Ocean ten Kings ancient world interaction culture photos colour black & white
The Song of Wise Oleg
Folio, 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: Aurora Art Publishers 1991
KEYWORDS: art music history Russia Russian song wise Oleg illustrated colour
Lonely Courage : The True Story of the SOE Heroines who fought to free Nazi - Occupied France
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: Simon & Schuster 2017
KEYWORDS: history ww2 world war 2 two second SOE special operations executive female agents photos black & white
The Moa - Hunter Period of Maori Culture
SECOND EDITION, super octavo, hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-, heavy tanning to spine, 3cm closed tear to front cover, chipping to extrems); 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: R.E. Owen Government Printer 1956
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Maori Moa hunter period culture development sketchers tools photos black & white
Statue of Liberty : The First Hundred Years
Quarto, 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: American Heritage Press 1985
KEYWORDS: history Statue Liberty United States America France design fundraising art posters paintings photos colour black & white
The History of the Caliph Vathek and European Travels
EX LIBRARY, COMPLETELY CRACKED TO SPINE AT FRONT GUTTER, small 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: Ward, Lock and Co 1891
KEYWORDS: history biography Caliph Vathek dreams incidents travel Europe illustrated