Books - "history"
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Elizabeth: The Exhibition at the National Maritime Museum
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: Chatto & Windus 2003
KEYWORDS: queen elizabeth court of ruling british history english monarch monarchy clothing portraits elizabethan dress fashion visual
Elizabeth & Georgiana: The Duke of Devonshire & His Two Duchesses
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: John Murray 2002
KEYWORDS: bess lady elizabeth forster duchess of devonshire british history mistress english court
Henrietta Howard: King's Mistress, Queen's Servant
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 2007
KEYWORDS: henrietta howard mistress countess of suffolk king george ii british english history court
Redcoats and Rebels: The War for America 1770-1781
First edition. 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: Grafton 1990
KEYWORDS: american war of independence history united states of british military
With Napoleon's Guns: The Official Memoirs of an Officer of the First Empire
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: Greenhill Books 2005
KEYWORDS: memoirs of an officer in the napoleonic army french empire napoleon military history
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
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: Oxford 2007
KEYWORDS: american war of independence victory history politics military united states
War-Path and Bivouac: The Conquest of the Sioux
Small 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: University of Oklahoma 1967
KEYWORDS: colonisation of the united states of america 1876 sioux campaign military history dakota indian wars of 1876 nez perce 1877
FDR and the News Media
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: University of Illinois Press 1990
KEYWORDS: fdr news media studies history politics franklin delano roosevelt american united states of america attorney
Ironbridge: History and Guide
Super 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: Tempus 2007
KEYWORDS: ironbridge gorge history guide industrial revolution british english
Elizabethan England: Life in an Age of Adventure
Imperial 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: Reader's Digest 1982
KEYWORDS: elizabethan england english history british culture queen elizabeth shakespearean london society
Education and Educationists in Otago
EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind rule to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, xi + 255pp, VG (minimal library stamps/markings, moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, light foxing to prelims & terminals, light cracking to some gutters, occasional light pencil markings & underlining to text)
PUBLISHER: Wise, Caffin & Co 1890
KEYWORDS: New Zealand education history C Stuart Ross Otago
Early Otago and Some of its Notable Men
TIDY EX-LIBRARY, sm octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 199pp + 2pp index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, minimal library markings, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sm inscriptions/notations in ink & pencil to full title page, moderate creasing at gutters, prev. bookseller's label to front pastedown, occasional light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: J. Wilkie & Co 1907
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history biographies C Stuart Ross
The Inch: The Reproduction and Update of the Story of Stirling and Inch Clutha
Updated edition, octavo, illus light card covers, dark green lettering to spine, 224pp, illus/photos, includes FOLDING MAP LOOSELEY ENCLOSED, VG (light folding/creasing to spine, light creasing/curling to cover edges, small tear to fep.)
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe (Printer) 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Clutha Inch Stirling
Te Awa Atua: Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World: An Examination of Stories, Ceremonies and Practices Regarding Menstruation in the Pre-Colonial Maori World
Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 179pp, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: He Puna Manawa 2020
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori women wahine menstruation customs culture history pre-colonial times biology
The Jewels of the Duchess of Windsor
Lg quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt publisher's motif to front board, frontispiece, 224pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to board edges/extrems, light foxing to page edges, moderate to heavy foxing to prelims & terminals, sl occasional foxing to pgs throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, moderate tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1987
KEYWORDS: Duchess Duke of Windsor King Edward viii 8th jewellry antiques history royal family abdication British monarchy design designers
The Archaeologist's Field Handbook
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown/illus lettering to spine, xxii + 406pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing/curling & light tanning to cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2004
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology guide handbook fieldwork excavations navigation mapping maps sites surveying ancient history data collection
Old Man River: The Mississippi River in North American History
Super octavo, green heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 394pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: John Macrae/Henry Holt & Company 2013
KEYWORDS: US American North America history mississippi river
Napoleon's Prisoner of War: Experiences of a British Officer During the Napoleonic Wars in Spain and France
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 436pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Leonaur 2009
KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte napoleonic wars military history Spain France grande armee prisoner of war experience French British soldiers Andrew Thomas Blayney
All For the King's Shilling: The British Soldier Under Wellington, 1808-1814
Super octavo, terracotta heavy boards, gilt lettering to buckram spine, textured eps, xxiv + 374pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light to moderate bruising to rear board, sl foxing to page edges, light creasing to top corners of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & bruising to edges/corners- particularly at rear)
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press 2010
KEYWORDS: British army Wellington peninsular campaign napoleonic wars military history
Chans of the Waimarino: The Founding of Our Family in Aotearoa New Zealand
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, yellow lettering to spine, 214pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Christine Chan-Hyams 2022
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Chinese communities family history Chan Waimarino ancestry genealogy immigrants immigration settlers