Books - "history"
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Out of Africa
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decoration to black buckram spine, gilt flamingo illus to front board, deckled page edges, ix + 389pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems/board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, newspaper clippings glued to terminals & subsequent glue staining to some rear pages, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, scruffy but in a clear plastic protective cover- removable (all corners clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some significant loss to spine extrems, moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Random House 1938
KEYWORDS: first edition Isak Dinesen Africa autobiographies memoirs Kenya plantations history
Please Send Home: The War Diaries and Letters of Jack Bickley 1941-1945 / Far From Home and Family: A Journey Following the 2NZEF, WWII
TWO BOOKS IN ONE, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red & grey lettering to spine, 257pp + 121pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Catlins Wildlife Trackers 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii war diaries Jack Bickley journals 2nzef
The Life of Emily Dickinson
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown & grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxix + 821pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: literary bios biographies literature Emily Dickinson history
Three-Eight Charlie
SIGNED ANNIVERSARY EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, blue & yellow lettering to spine, illus prelims, vi + 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers, light fading to spine, 1cm loss & sl creasing to title page)
PUBLISHER: Phoenix Graphix Publishing Services 2013
KEYWORDS: signed aviation history women flight solo round the world pioneers Jerrie Mock
Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot
Imperial octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 384pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: nature botany ginkgo tree trees history
The Road to Turanga: Leo Fowler's Gisborne Years
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red & white lettering to spine, illus eps, vii + 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tairawhiti Museum 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Turanga Gisborne history pioneers Leo Fowler
Shipbuilders of the Venetian Arsenal: Workers and Workplace in the Preindustrial City
Super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, illus title page, x + 270pp, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: shipbuilders shipbuilding ships maritime nautical Venetian European history Venice
The Satyrs of Southland
EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 91pp, folding map to rear, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing, tape residue & surface loss to board edges, light tanning to page edges & prelims, light wrinkling to prelims, moderate creasing to folding map) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate closed tearing & tape repairs to edges, moderate tape staining to flaps, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Gore Publishing Co. 1982
KEYWORDS: family history New Zealand Scottish Southland satyrs
Defence of Madrid: An Eyewitness Account From the Spanish Civil War
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 213pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2006
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish civil war history
Pyramids and Poppies: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade in Libya, France and Flanders 1915-1919
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 444pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising, scuffing & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: first edition military history South Africa African 1st infantry brigade delville wood warfare combat ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war
War in Italy: With the South Africans From Taranto to the Alps
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, xv + 318pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: first edition military history south Africans Africa air force saaf
A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: Mansell 1995
KEYWORDS: literary pseudonyms pseudonym literature guide history authors
Guide to Chinese Prose
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: G.K. Hall & Co. 1973
KEYWORDS: chinese prose bibliography history literature literary guide
A List of Editions of the Holy Scriptures and Parts Thereof Printed in America Previous to 1860
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 1966 REPRINT OF 1861 PUBLICATION; 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: Gale Research Co. 1966
KEYWORDS: bible history america american bibliography printing publishing religion christianity
An English Library: A Bookman's Guide
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY; octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG, in transparent plastic sleeve) ; 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: Andre Deutsch 1963
KEYWORDS: bibliography reading list english literature language literary history f. seymour smith
Zapata of Mexico
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: Cienfuegos Press 1979
KEYWORDS: emiliano zapata mexico mexican revolution revolutionary zapatistas zapatista history
Conrad Aiken: A Bibliography (1902-1978)
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: The Huntington Library 1982
KEYWORDS: conrad aiken bibliography america american f.w. f.c. bonnell history literature
Rawhide Laureate: John G. Neihardt: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: The Scarecrow Press 1983
KEYWORDS: ex-library john g. neihardt bibliography america american literary criticism history literature
Bram Stoker: A Bibliography of First Editions
Illustrated
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, small 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: Dracula Press 1983
KEYWORDS: bram stoker bibliography ireland irish history literature literary dracula
A Book of Ferns
REBOUND, EX-LIBRARY; 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: John McIndoe Ltd 1954
KEYWORDS: ex-library ferns plants botany biology natural history greta stevenson