Books - "history"
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Lasting Impressions: The Story of New Zealand's Newspapers, 1840-1920
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, xiii + 676pp, illus/photos, VG+ (slight rubbing to covers, light creasing to spine, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Fraser Books 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand press journalism newspapers history printed media
History of Samoa
EX-LIBRARY, quarto, black heavy boards, grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 144pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, moderate fading to spine & board edges with moderate tape residue & staining, moderate scuffing & surface loss to edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (usual library labels, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with heavy reinforcement adhesive, moderate chafing & soiling, tape staining)
PUBLISHER: Commercial Printers 1979
KEYWORDS: Samoa history K R Lambie Polynesia Polynesian
Rendez-vous 127: The Diary of Madame Brusselmans September 1940-September 1944
Octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 173pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, 1cm closed tear to top spine extrem, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping with heavy loss to edges, front flap completely detached but present, tears to flap hinges and extrems, price clipped, light discolouration to spine)
PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1954
KEYWORDS: military history journal diary Madame Anne Brusselmans Comete Line escapes espionage resistance gestapo ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
The Cage
Octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 190pp, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, sm inscriptions in pencil to ffep) in d/w, VG- (v heavy chipping & loss to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co 1949
KEYWORDS: Dan Billany David Dowie military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war missing persons British soldiers
Flame Thrower
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 202pp, illus/photos, VG+ (v sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep, light foxing to prelims & pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (light chipping & staining to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1956
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British army Andrew Wilson autobiography weaponry crocodiles tanks first edition
I Walked Alone
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 206pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & sl foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to front pastedown, light wrinkling to pgs163/164) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1950
KEYWORDS: first edition military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Earl of Cardigan autobiography pows prisoners of war diary journal
Overture to Overlord
Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, illus eps, 296pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, numerous sm pencil annotations to ffep, prev. bookseller's label to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with tape repairs & reinforcements, heavy discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hodder & Stoughton 1950
KEYWORDS: military history overlord operation ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 US British operations American
The Escapes and Evasions of 'An Obstinate Bastard'
Octavo, yellow glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, 238pp, occasional map illus, VG (light to moderate creasing & fading to spine & covers/edges, light chafing & soiling, sl foxing to page edges, light cracking to guttes)
PUBLISHER: WILTON 65 2000
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Dominick Graham autobiography memoir
Norway 1940
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, x + 340pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & staining to edges, 2cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, price clipped, light tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1964
KEYWORDS: first edition military history Norway ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Forced March to Freedom: An Illustrated Diary of Two Forced Marches and the Interval Between - January to May, 1945
Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 98pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing & tanning to edges & spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Canada's Wings 1984
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war diary journal Robert Buckham autobiography memoir rcaf Canada Canadian air force
For You the War is Over: American Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to black buckram spine, author's name in gilt to front board, 200pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (adhesive protective mylar covering, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Stein and Day 1984
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 pows prisoners of war US American soldiers
Templar: Tiger of Malaya
FULL TITLE & COPYRIGHT PAGES MISSING, UNSIGHTLY DAMAGE TO SPINE, BINDING STILL SOUND, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, xi + 508pp, illus/photos, VG (aforementioned 3cm gouge to spine- archival tape repairs, light fading to board edges, sl foxing to page edges, sl cracking to some gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page, full title & copyright pgs completely missing, prev. bookseller's price label to rear pastedown) in d/w, VG (ligth creasing & chipping to edges, ligth chafing & soiling, 5cm loss to spine area)
PUBLISHER: Details Not Available
KEYWORDS: miitary history Sir Gerald Templar biography memoir British Army
The Hunter
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 299pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w, VG, in removable protective plastic cover (price clipped, sl soiling & chafing, light adhesive staining to edges beneath wrapper)
PUBLISHER: Anthony Gibbs & Phillips 1961
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Tuvia Friedman military history ww2 holocaust war criminals Jewish persecution Adolf Eichmann
Clipped Wings
Octavo, blue cloth heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 159pp, VG+ (sl scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, light folding/creasing to page edges of prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges with internal reinforcement, moderate tanning to spine & edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Stanhope Press (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 British battle of Britain raf air force aviation autobiography memoir Donald Blair pilots
Rehearsal For War: Resistance and the Underground War Against the Japanese and the Kempeitai 1942-1945
Octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, red, black & white lettering to spine, xviii + 230pp, VG (light creasing to spine & covers, light foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscrition in ink to ffep, occasional annotations in red ink- unobtrusive)
PUBLISHER: Horizon Books 2002
KEYWORDS: politics political war Japan Japanese Yap Hong Kuan Malayan Communist Party history
Maquis: Soldiers of the Night: The Story of the French Resistance
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black & red lettering to spine, xi + 512pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1990
KEYWORDS: military history French resistance France ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 maquis
Through Japanese Barbed Wire: A Thousand-Mile Trek From a Japanese Prison Camp
Octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 144pp, VG (light bruising & soiling to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, scruffy (heavy creasing & chipping with heavy tape repairs to edges, some heavy loss, moderate tanning to spine, price clipped, moderate chafing & surface loss)
PUBLISHER: George G. Harrap & Co 1944
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Japan concentration camps Japanese Gwen Priestwood autobiography memoir civilians
Captive in Shanghai
Octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xviii + 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, strip of tanning to half title page, prev. bookseller's adhesive label to verso of full title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Hugh Collar autobiography memoir
No Time For Geishas
Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, 217pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light discolouration to spine & board edges) in d/w, VG+ (in adhesive clear mylar covering, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1973
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war Japan Japanese concentration camps British army soldiers Geoffrey Pharaoh Adams autobiography memoir ww2 second 2nd world war two 2
Escape From the Rising Sun: The Incredible Voyage of the 'Sederhana Djohanis'
Octavo, yellow heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 198pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, moderate fading to spine, in adhesive mylar covering)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper 1973
KEYWORDS: military history Singapore biography Lord Langford escapees ww2 second 2nd world war two 2