Books - "history"
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Those Were the Early Days in Otorohanga: Otorohanga Centennial Celebrations 1885 - 1985
Oblong octavo staplebound 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: Otorohanga Centennial Celebrations 1985
KEYWORDS: king country otorohanga history waikato aotearoa new zealand heritage
Mowrer in China
Paperback (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: Penguin 1938
KEYWORDS: memoir travels china communist chinese history culture cultural politics
Bamboo Doctor
Paperback (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: Pan 1960
KEYWORDS: history japan japanese encampments encampment doctor world war two second ii wwii allied-prisoner-of-war
Prisoner from Alamein
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: Witherby 1944
KEYWORDS: soldier's account of war prisoner prisoner-of-war military history world war two ii second wwii egypt
DER FUEHRER
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Pordes 1967
KEYWORDS: military history hitler hitler's rise to power facist germany
Kempei Tai: The Japanese Secret Service Then and Now
Paperback (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: Tuttle 1990
KEYWORDS: japanese secret service military japan history espionage spies world war two second ii wwii
The Silent Army
Paperback (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: Corgi Books 1962
KEYWORDS: novel dramatization history japanese occupation of malaya world war two ii second wwii
The Lost Battle: Crete 1941
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: Free Press 1993
KEYWORDS: crete world war two second ii wwii battle history military
Secret Service
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1930
KEYWORDS: british secret service history spies espionage military foundation crimean war crimea boer to world war one first wwi
A Prisoner With the Turks 1915-1918
Sm octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to title plate on grey buckram spine, 101pp, VG (moderate bruising, scuffing & soiling to boards & extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: F.R. Hockliffe/Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co 1923
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war one 1 the great war pows prisoners of war anzacs Australia New Zealand
Shifting Sands
SCRUFFY EX-LIBRARY, SECOND IMPRESSION, MAP VERSO OF HALF TITLE PAGE TORN IN HALF, octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to red buckram spine, folding map to prelims, frontispiece, xii + 312pp, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings/stamps, spine cocked, heavy scuffing & bruising to board edges & extrems, heavy soiling to spine, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to page edges, aforementioned folding map at prelims torn in half with 4cm closed tear, some moderate cracking to gutters- some reinforcements)
PUBLISHER: Unicorn Press 1934
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 the great war 1st first world war 1 one Major Bray autobiography Persia Arabia
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, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with heavy loss to edges, 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
Daedalus Returned: Crete 1941
Octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 186pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to ffep) in d/w VG- (heavy chipping, numerous tears, light creasing & moderate staining to edges, light chafing & soiling, light foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1958
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 battle of Crete Baron von der Heydte
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