Books - "history"
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Henry VIII's Last Victim: The Life and Times of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
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: henry howard earl of surrey viii king british royal royalty history britain england english
J.J.'s Dunedin: Episodes in the Making of James John Marlow
EX-LIBRARY, octavo, cream light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to covers, frontispiece, 122pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings & pockets, heavy creasing & closed tearing/chipping to spine, moderate tanning & curling/scuffing to spine & cover edges, light soiling, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to prelims, moderate cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Tablet Printing & Publishing 1951
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin James John Marlow JJ local history
Fergus: A Memoir of Fergus Blair McLaren by His Friends
Sm octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind lettering & rule to front board, frontispiece, 161pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping with sl loss to edges, heavy tanning to spine, moderate tanning to covers, prev. owner's name- partially erased- to front cover)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1943
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Fergus Blair McLaren biography memoir Dunedin pioneers history
Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey
Octavo, half leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plate & black decoration & raised bands to spine, all page edges stained red, marbled eps, frontispiece, illus title page, xxix + 564pp, illus, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing to leather & boards with some light surface loss, light soiling & folding/creasing to page edges & corners, light cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1868
KEYWORDS: British architecture history Westminster Abbey religious memorials
A Sailor's Odyssey: The Autobiography of Admiral of the Fleet
LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 715pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co 1952
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Admiral Viscount Andrew Brown Cunningham of Hyndhope British navy naval maritime nautical war military history
Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 412pp, illus, Near FINE (sl foxing to page edges) in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: British history William Cecil Burghley biography politics government Queen Elizabeth 1st first i court first edition
Frontier Swashbuckler: The Life and Legend of John Smith T
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine, x + 264pp, illus, Near FINE (boards sl warped) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing, sl foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: University of Missouri Press 2000
KEYWORDS: John Smith T biography memoir wild west frontier gunfighters history Missouri Tennessee pioneers
The Fall of Napoleon Volume 1: The Allied Invasion of France, 1813 - 1814
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 686pp, illus, VG+ (light discolouration/chafing to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling, light foxin gto internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte history Napoleonic wars downfall defeat France war politics military
First Catch Your Weka: A Story of New Zealand Cooking
Square imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & black lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 330pp, illus/photos, VG+ (gift inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand food cooking cookery history recipes
La Grande Armee
Super octavo, yellow heavy boards, black lettering to spine, 544pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling & tanning to page edges, sl soiling to boards) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light fading)
PUBLISHER: Castle Books 2005
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte France French revolution war military grande armee history napoleonic wars
The Battle of Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, maps to prelims, 284pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2010
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte napoleonic wars war military battles history Berezina battle
Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, 384pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & soiling to extrems, light soiling & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing & discolouration to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pelican Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: American civil war US America history Missouri Kansas border military politics underground movements William Clarke Quantrill
Sieges of the English Civil Wars
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, vii + 195pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl foxing to top page edges, v sl tanning to prelim page edges) in d/w, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2009
KEYWORDS: English civil war history sieges battles 17th seventeenth century
The Early Journals of Henry Williams 1826-40
Limited print run of 600 copies, Super octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 525pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to eps, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate scuffing and creasing to covers, light sunning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand missionaries religion Christianity Henry Williams history autobiography memoir journals diary
A Military History of the English Civil War, 1642-1646: Strategy and Tactics
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 308pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Pearson Longman 2005
KEYWORDS: English civil war history 17th seventeenth century politics strategy tactics
The Magnificent Monarch: Charles II and the Ceremonies of Power
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 319pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Continuum 2008
KEYWORDS: British English monarchy Charles ii 2nd second kings England royal family history
Redcoats Against Napoleon: The 30th Regiment During the Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars
Super octavo hardcover (Nr. FINE) in d/w (Nr. 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: Pen & Sword 2009
KEYWORDS: napoleonic wars military history europe european napoleon redcoats british regiment regimental 30th thirtieth army waterloo
The Diary of a Cavalry Officer in the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaign, 1809 - 1815 (1894)
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: Kessinger Publishing 2010
KEYWORDS: napoleonic wars history military peninsular wellington waterloo napoleon europe european william james tomkinson
Wellington's Scapegoat: The Tragedy of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Bevan
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: Leo Cooper 2003
KEYWORDS: Peninsula war napoleonic wars Charles Bevan Almeida Wellington military history
Wellington: The Years of the Sword
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: Harper & Row 1969
KEYWORDS: Wellington military history biography memoir British Army