Books - "history"
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Art Nouveau
Lg quarto, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & fading to spine extrems, pgs 73-76 & pgs 225-228 torn out-missing) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Konemann 2018
KEYWORDS: art history appreciation Uta Hasekemp art nouveau culture
Cassell's History of the War Between France and Germany 1870-1871 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, imperial octavo, red buckram heavy boards, gilt lettering & black decorative rule to spine & front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- xii + 576pp, vol 2- xiv + 574pp, illus, VG- (heavy bruising & chipping with some surface loss to extrems, heavy soiling/discolouration to spines & boards, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing to prelims, frontis to vol 2 partially detached, heavy cracking to hinge of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Cassell Petter & Galpin N/D
KEYWORDS: military history France Germany Franco-Prussian war
With Anthony Trollope in New Zealand
LOOSELY ENCLOSED HOLOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt letterign to spine, 156pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping with minor loss to edges, yellowing tape repairs)
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1969
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Anthony Trollope travel history writing literature
Intersections: Photography, History and the National Library of Australia
Lg quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, ix + 277pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & covers, light fading, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light soiling & foxing to page edges, light cracking to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: National Library of Australia 2004
KEYWORDS: art photos photography Australia Australian culture social history collection criticism appreciation
The Indian Tribes of North America (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, blind stamp illus to front boards, teg, deckled page edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, viii-lxii + 355-458pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light water staining to base of pages, varying degrees of insect damage to vols 2 + 3, moderate water damage to rear board of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: John Grant 1933-34
KEYWORDS: North America indigenous people anthropology native Indian tribes culture history US American
Nicolas Poussin: Friendship and the Love of Painting
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, xix + 374pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges with some minor fading, light chafing to covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1996
KEYWORDS: art criticism appreciation Nicolas Poussin paintings history
On the Edge: Images From 100 Years of Vogue
Lg quarto, blue cloth boards, blind lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, xxiv + 296pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling, prev. booksellers' labels to rear)
PUBLISHER: Randon House 1992
KEYWORDS: fashion magazines Vogue photography history centenary centennial models
Austin-Healey 100 & 3000 Series
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to sine & cover egdes, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to half title page)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 2001
KEYWORDS: classic cars automotive Austin-Healey 100 3000 design engineering history
A West Coast Engineman
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus prelims, 251pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges & inside covers)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomotive Society 2015
KEYWORDS: New Zealand trains transport West Coast steam locomotives rail railways history
Steam Trails: Life Viewed from the Guard's Van
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, 128pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & covers, light soiling to inside covers)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway & Locomative Society 2021
KEYWORDS: New Zealand trains transport history steam locomotives rail railways
Classic Planes: Celebrating New Zealand's Rich Aviation History
Lg quarto, blue heavy boards, blind stamp lettering to front board, illus eps & prelims, 432pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising & scuffing to board edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Godwit / Penguin Random House 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation history flying flight classic planes engineering design
The Story of Russia
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: Bloomsbury Publishing 2022
KEYWORDS: orlando figes russia history vladimir putin
The War Against Germany; Europe and Adjacent Areas
THIS VOL. ONLY, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Brassey's 1994
KEYWORDS: germany europe western front united states world war two second wwii military history american army brasseys kenneth hunter official pictorial record photography nazis nazism
Blitzkrieg in the West, 1939-1942
Imperial 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: Greenhill Books 1997
KEYWORDS: blitzkrieg germany luftwaffe world war two second wwii western front jeffrey ethell aviation aerial military history pictorial photography
The Last Offensive
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: BDD Special Editions 1993(?)
KEYWORDS: europe germany united states world war two second wwii military history american army charles macdonald nazis nazism
The Luftwaffe; From The North Cape to Tobruk 1939-1945; An Illustrated History
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. 1991
KEYWORDS: luftwaffe holger nauroth don cox germany aviation aircraft military history world war two second wwii blitzkrieg nazis nazism pictorial illustrated
Low Level Mission
Paperback (tatty VG-, some pages partially loose at bottom, attempted tape repairs to bottom of spine, doodling across text of p.33 & p.47 in blue ballpoint pen); 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: Hamilton & Co. (Stafford), Ltd. 1960
KEYWORDS: low level mission leon wolff world war two second wwii united states america aviation aircraft military history ploesti oilfields romania
Medicine Under Sail
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: Naval Institute Press 2002
KEYWORDS: zachary friedenberg medicine under sail naval military medical history health ship physicians travel sea surgeons ocean
The Secrets of Inchon; The Untold Story o the Most Daring Covert Mission of the Korean War
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: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2002
KEYWORDS: secrets inchon eugene franklin clark thomas fleming korean war military history naval navy
Bounce The Rhine
THIS VOL. ONLY 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: Casemate 2002
KEYWORDS: bounce rhine arnhem charles whiting europe germany western front world war two second wwii military history allies allied nazis nazism