Books - "history"
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History of the East Surrey Regiment: 31st Foot Huntingdonshire Regt & 70th Foot Surrey Regt, Subsequently 1st & 2nd Battalions 1702-1919 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOLUME SET, imperial octavo, leather half bound cream boards, gilt lettering to spines, teg, vol1- frontispiece with tissue guard, ix-xvii + 262-468pp, illus/plates, folding maps to vols 2 & 3, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & surface loss to spines & extrems, heavy cracking to front hinge of vol 1, moderate cracking to gutters, light chafing & soiling to boards, front board to vol 1 shaky, light foxing to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 1, 2x folding maps detached but present- others potentially missing)
PUBLISHER: Spottiswoode, Ballantyne & Co/Medici Society 1916 - 1924
KEYWORDS: military history east Surrey regiment 31st 70th foot Huntingdonshire Surrey British army line infantry illustrated
Regimental Records of the Royal Welch Fusiliers (late the 23rd Foot) 1689 - 1918 (4 Vol Set)
4 VOLUME SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, red initials & Welsh dragon to front boards, frontispieces, xv-xxi & 324-498pp, illus/plates, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards & spines, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters of each vol, heavy crack to gutter of vol 2 with prelims partially detached, some boards sl shaky)
PUBLISHER: Forster & Groom 1921-1929
KEYWORDS: military history royal Welsh fusiliers 23rd regiment Welch line infantry British Army illustrated
W. A. Mozart
VERY HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, imperial otavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 1515pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w & protective wrap, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: classical music composers Mozart history biography
The Early Serial Publication of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory: Volume 1
THIS VOLUME ONLY, LACKS D/W, super ocatvo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 565pp, illus, folding maps, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hawaii Natural History Association 1988
KEYWORDS: Hawaii volcanic volcanoes natural history geology activity report
The Tour of the Third All Blacks 1935
Octavo, light card stapled covers, black lettering to spine, printed eps, 200pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing & chipping to extrems, light tanning to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate closed tearing to pages at staples to prelims & terminals, prev. ownership ink stamps to eps)
PUBLISHER: Sporting Publications/Wright & Carman (Printer) 1936
KEYWORDS: sport rugby All Blacks tour 1935 England UK history union
The Book of the Great Rugby Tour With the All Blacks in Springbokland 1928
Octavo, stapled illus light card covers, yellow lettering to front cover, printed eps, 200pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to covers & extrems, closed tearing to cover edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, prev. ownership ink stamps to eps, moderate rusting to staples, heavy separation of covers to staples- still intact)
PUBLISHER: L. T. Watkins 1928
KEYWORDS: rugby union All Blacks Springboks South Africa history 1928 tour illustrated sport
Reports of Geological Explorations During 1888-89 With Maps and Sections
Super octavo, light card covers, lviii + 243pp, illus, folding maps, scruffy (front cover completely missing, light foxing throughout, extensive insect damage to all page edges inc. maps)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury 1890
KEYWORDS: New Zealand geology exploration maps history report landscape
The Last of the Windjammers (Volume 1)
FIRST EDITION, THIS VOLUME ONLY, LACKS D/W, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 518pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, folding diagrams, VG- (moderate scuffing & chafing to spine & boards, heavy chipping to top spine extrem, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to pgs throughout, moderate creasing to edges of folding diagrams)
PUBLISHER: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1927
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime ships boats illustrated diagrams clippers history sailing first edition
Richard Seddon: King of God's Own: The Life and Times of New Zealand's Longest-Serving Prime Minister
Super octavo, illus heavy boards, cream lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 584pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing to extrems, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history biography Richard Seddon prime ministers politics memoir
The Complete Pirelli Calendars
VERY HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, sqaure quarto, illus heavy boards, 639pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light soiling & water damage/staining to page edges) in plastic d/w, VG- (light creasing to edges, heavy cracking to flaps & spine, heavy chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2007
KEYWORDS: pirelli cars calendars models history photography photos art erotica nudes
Nelson's Historic Churches
Quarto, illus glossy card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (light bruising to upper edge of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Nikau Press 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Nelson churches buildings architecture history
The Magic Mirror: Selected Writings on the Theatre by George Jean Nathan
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: Alfred A. Knopf / Borzoi 1960
KEYWORDS: george jean nathan the magic mirror theatre plays stagecraft history critique
Ardennes 1944
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: Penguin 2016
KEYWORDS: militarty history world war two 2 second ww2 adrennes
Waterpower in Lowell: Engineering and Industry in Nineteenth-Century America
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: John Hopkins University Press 2009
KEYWORDS: american history united states america us usa industry engineering
The Conquest of Nature: Water, Landscape and the Making of Modern Germany
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: Jonathan Cape 2006
KEYWORDS: german history germany water engineering nature landscape prussia prussian nazi
Hysteric New Zealand
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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1949
KEYWORDS: new zealand history humour comic
The Dreyfus Affair and the Crisis of French Manhood
Super octavo hardcover (N. 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: John Hopkins 2004
KEYWORDS: crisis of masculinity gender history french gendered body image dreyfus affair
Cathedral: The Story of its Construction
Quarto 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
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KEYWORDS: cathedral architecture history church
City
Quarto 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: Collins 1982
KEYWORDS: city architecture roman history
There's Gold in Rocky
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to front cover, 109pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Jack Boyer 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history illustrated autobiography memoir Jack Boyer gold hunting prospecting