Books - "history"
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For the Duration: 2NZEF Officer Bruce Robertson on Active Duty and 'In The Bag'
Super octavo, illus light card covers, brown lettering to spine, 287pp, illus/photos, VG (light wrinkling/ warping to lower half of book, slight damp staining to lower edge of covers and eps, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ngaio Press 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history autobiography memoir Bruce Robertson ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii pows prisoners of war middle east campaigns infantry battles 2nzef war heroes
The Spanish Kingdoms 1250-1516: Volume II 1410-1516 Castilian Hegemony
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 716pp, VG (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to spine & boards, sl soiling to page edges, prev. ownership ink markings to front eps) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some peeling, light fading to spine & front cover, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish history geopolitics politics Castilian
The Gunners: A History of New Zealand Artillery
SIGNATURE OF BRIGADIER R. J. ANDREWS (COLONEL COMMANDANT OF THE REGIMENT), super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 528pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & surface loss to extrems with some minor discolouration also, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chafing)
PUBLISHER: Raupo / Penguin Group 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history gunners artillery weapons weaponry combat
History of Japanese Religion: With Special Reference to the Social and Moral Life of the Nation
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, sm gilt motif to front board, xxii + 423pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1930
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese religion religious history social customs theology theosophy philosophy
The Provincial System in New Zealand 1852-76
FIRST EDITION, UNCOMMON, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 293pp, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards, sl fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals & sporadically throughout) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate tanning to spine, light foxing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1932
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand colonial history provincial system government policy
Marsden of Maoriland: Pioneer and Peacemaker
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, maps to eps, frontispiece, xv + 179pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems & board edges, light fading to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, annotation/inscription in ink to page viii, occasional pencil markings to margins, sl foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1938
KEYWORDS: signed first editions New Zealand Maori Maoriland pioneers settlers history culture
City of Sails: The History of Auckland City Council 1989-2010
DATED, SIGNED & INSCRIBED TO FELLOW AUTHOR PAT BOOTH BY MICHAEL BASSETT, super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 448pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl fading to board edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Auckland City Council 2013
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Auckland city council history local government
The Diegesis; Being a Discovery of the Origin, Evidences, and Early History of Christianity
Super octavo, patterned cream glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 320pp, VG (sl creasing & curling to cover edges, sl soiling to page edges, moderate highlighting to text)
PUBLISHER: General Books 2010
KEYWORDS: religion religious history Christianity philosophy antiquity theology
Memoires du Duc de Lauzun Edition Complete, Precedee d'une Etude sur Lauzun & ses Memoires par Georges D'Heylli
TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, teg, deckled page edges, marbled eps, xlvi + 266pp + 36pp catalogue to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine & board edges, light tanning to spine, moderate tanning to page edges, light foxing to pages throughout, light to moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Edouard Rouveyre 1880
KEYWORDS: text in French Duc de Lauzun history autobiography memoir French aristocrats aristocracy
Storia dell'arte Italiana
TEXT IN ITALIAN, quarto, black cloth boards, white lettering to spine, 287pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps, sm ink stamps to terminals) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing with surface loss to edges, moderate fading to spine, sm ink stamp to rear cover, prev. bookseller's label to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: Electa / Bruno Mondadori 1988
KEYWORDS: text in Italian art history antiquity Italy
Talking with the Red Baron: 'Interviews' with Manfred von Richthofen
Super octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Brassey's 2003
KEYWORDS: Manfred von Richthofen German pilots luftwaffe the red barron military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii aviation aerial combat ww1 first 1st one 1 the great war
The Echoing Green; Memories of Regency and Victorian Youth
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Collins 1974
KEYWORDS: gillian avery regency victorian youth 19th century england english history diaries memoirs illustrated
Bitten By the Blues; The Alligator Records Story
Super octavo hardcover (Nr FINE) 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: The University of Chicago Press 2018
KEYWORDS: music history chicago blues alligator records independent label bruce iglauer patrick roberts united states america
Vico; Selected Writings
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge 1982
KEYWORDS: giambattista vico philosophy social sciences semiotics europe italy italian cultural history 18th century
American Gun; A History of the U.S. in Ten Firearms
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers 2013
KEYWORDS: chris kyle united states america american history firearms weapons guns warfare military
The Quakers; Money and Morals
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: John Murray (Publishers) Ltd 1997
KEYWORDS: james walvin quakers money morals history religion philanthropy england britain english british banking commerce finance business
Peter The Great
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1988
KEYWORDS: peter great henri royat joan pinkham biography history politics emperor russia russian czars kings rulers monarchs
Wellington Tramway Memories
Super octavo stapled light card covers (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: R. B. Alexander 1966
KEYWORDS: lawes wellington new zealand tramway memories trams rail railways locomotive society history photography photographs illustrated
Byzantium: The Empire of the New Rome
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Phoenix 1994
KEYWORDS: ancient history Byzantium Constantine antiquity Rome byzantine empires
Landrover: The Unbeatable 4x4
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Foulis / Haynes Publishing 1984
KEYWORDS: automotive cars trucks history landrover design engineering