Books - "history"
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1635: The Eastern Front
First edition. 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: Baen 2010
KEYWORDS: alternative history literature time travel west virginia thirty years war germany
1634: The Baltic War
First edition, disk at rear. 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: Baen 2007
KEYWORDS: alternative history literature time travel west virginia thirty years war germany
Anzac Diary: A Nonentity in Khaki
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine. 156pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & scuffing to covers & edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges, minor cracking to gutters, gift inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: The Book Printer (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: military history anzacs anzac ww1 first 1st world war 1 one the great war diary journal signed New Zealand
Ways and By-Ways of a Singing Kiwi; with the N.Z. Divisional Entertainers in France
Sm octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 164pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, tatty (heavy closed & open tearing with significant loss to front cover, front flap completely missing, moderate soiling & foxing, heavy folding & creasing)
PUBLISHER: David M. Lister (Printer) 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history entertainers entertainment troops ww1 1st first world war 1 one the great war
New Zealanders With the Royal Air Force: Volume II: European Theatre January 1943-May 1945
THIS VOLUME ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind stamp insignia to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 483pp, illus, folding maps, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling, heavy loss to top edge of rear cover)
PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen Gov't Printer 1956
KEYWORDS: New Zealand official military history raf aviation rnzaf air force ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Europe
Regulations For the Government and Payment of the New Zealand Naval Forces, 1939; Embodying all Alterations to 31st March, 1939
ALSO BOUND WITH NAVAL REGULATION AMENDMENTS #1-6, WITH ORIGINAL OWNER'S INK ANNOTATIONS, super octavo, black buckram boards, blind rule to boards, title plate to front board, patterned eps, 165pp + 38pp amendments to rear, VG- (moderate bruising & chafing to spine & boards/edges, moderate soiling & chafing to boards, considerable loss to title plate on front board, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, binder's plate to front pastedown, ffep reinforced with blue buckram, light to moderate foxing & aforementioned annotations to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: E. V. Paul, Gov't Printer 1939-1946
KEYWORDS: New Zealand navy naval government payment history military maritime nautical armed forces regulations financial finances wages
Documents: Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939-45 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, super octavo, greem buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vii + 373-567pp, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate staining to spines, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owners' names in ink to ffeps of vols 1 & 2, prev. bookseller's labels to front pastedowns of vols 1 & 2)
PUBLISHER: R. E. Owen, Gov't Printer 1949-63
KEYWORDS: New Zealand ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 history documents documentation military politics government
The Romanovs: Love, Power & Tragedy
Lg quarto, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 317pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & chafing to extrems, light foxing to boards, minor water damage to lower edge of front board & pgs, light foxing to page edges & eps, light scuffing to front eps) VG+ (light creasing to edges, v minor water damage to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: Leppi Publications 1993
KEYWORDS: Russia Romanovs Romanov family history royal family Russian Tsar Nicholas Nikolai ii 2nd second
Kiwi Versus Boer: The First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR. Also loosely enclosed holograph signed, dated medal research certificate by author. Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, blue & red lettering to spine, illus title page, 276pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing/curling to cover edges & spine, light chafing/soiling & tanning to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Richard Stowers 1992
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military boer war history 1st first nzmr mounted rifles Richard Stowers signed
The Art of Tatting
FIRST EDTION, TIDY EX-LIBRARY (NO EXTERNAL MARKINGS), quarto, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to green buckram spine, gilt motif & rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 23pp + 54 plates with tissue guards, VG (usual library markings- internal only, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate discolouration to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, tape staining to eps, poem plate to front pastedown, moderate to heavy cracking to front gutter- light cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1910
KEYWORDS: first edition craft art tatting needlework sewing crochet history
The North
SIGNED BY AUTHOR (UNCOMMON THUS), quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 127pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & covers, light tanning to page edges, sm label residue to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Coromandel Press 1981
KEYWORDS: signed Barry Mitcalfe history Nwe Zealand Aotearoa north island
Okiwi: European Occupation of the Eastern Bays Port Nicholson: An Oultine History
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION (575 COPIES), octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 154pp, illus/photos, folding maps, VG (sl scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling with some sl surface loss, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: The Mahina Press 1972
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa signed first edition eastern bays Port Nicholson history
New Zealand Butterflies: Identification and Natural History
EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 207pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate scuffing with surface loss to board edges, light soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims, usual library markings, occasional cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, usual library markings)
PUBLISHER: William Collins 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa butterflies natural history indentification insects bugs larva
Looking Back: A Look Back in Time at Hot Rodding's New Zealand Beginnings
NUMBERED COPY (#1262), quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, orange & white lettering to spine, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Colour Workshop N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand cars hot rods rodding history automotive
Bat and Pad: An anthology of writings on New Zealand cricket
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: Benton Ross 1987
KEYWORDS: new zealand sport sports cricket journalism history
Beyond the Chindwin; being an Account of the Adventures of Number Five Column of the Wingate Expedition Into Burma, 1943
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Collins Clear-Type Press 1951
KEYWORDS: Burma history military wingate expedition
The Emperor's Guest: The Diary of a British Prisoner-of-War of the Japanese in Indonesia
EX-LIBRARY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Oleander Press 1989
KEYWORDS: military history war Japan pows prisoners of war British diary journal autobiography Don Peacockmemoir
Kohima
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1966
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 battle of Kohima
Massacre at Parit Sulong
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Kangaroo Press 1995
KEYWORDS: military history Parit Sulong Australia battle of Muar ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 Japan Japanese
Japan Against the World 1941-2041: The 100-Year War for Supremacy
LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Stein and Day 1983
KEYWORDS: military history politics Japan Japanese war