Books - "history"
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English Colonization of North America
Ocatvo 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold Ltd 1968
KEYWORDS: history United States America History Colonial period
In Her Hand: letters of romantic-era British women writers in New Zealand collections
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: University of Otago English department 2013
KEYWORDS: language New Zealand history literature history
The Amazing World of James Hector
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Awa Press 2008
KEYWORDS: explorer exploring geology natural history medicine biography James Hector new zealand history
Desiring Arabs
Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press 2007
KEYWORDS: arab muslim history western imperialism cultural academic history
New Zealand Colonial Museum Bulletin No.1 1905
First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, 71pp, illus, VG- (front & rear covers missing completely, owner's name & date in ink to title page, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, staples rusting)
PUBLISHER: John Mackay Government Printer 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand museum bulletin geology natural history marine mollusca botany Maori culture history
Juan de la Cierva and his Autogiros
Quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Stenlake Publishing 2011
KEYWORDS: aviation history invention development autogiros spanish history planes
The Quest for Becket's Bones: The mystery of the relics of St Thomas Becket of Canterbury
Quarto hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: medieval history relics monastery monastic christian cantuerbury english british uk history middle ages
Railways of the World in Colour: Railways at the Turn of the Century 1895-1905
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1969
KEYWORDS: railway railways rail trains history britain british uk history transport
Australia and Homeward
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt ship illus to front board, blind-stamped decorative edging to boards & spine, frontispiece with tissue guard, 336pp, illus, VG- (moderate staining to baoards & spine, some browning to page edges, Sunday school prize label to front pastedown, moderate tanning to eps, moderately heavy foxing to frontispiece & tissue guard, 4cm closed tear to upper gutter edge of title page, some loosening to gutter)
PUBLISHER: William Briggs 1888
KEYWORDS: Australia natural history animals birds Burke Wills history
Christopher Columbus
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG-), ex library; 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Michael Joseph 1973
KEYWORDS: christopher columbus central latin american history exploration colonial history biography
The Games Ethic and Imperialism
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Viking 1985
KEYWORDS: public school games history imperialism british empire social history
Straight Through from London: The Antipodes and Bounty Islands, New Zealand
Small quarto, illus light card covers, frontispiece, 415pp, illus, VG+ (slight creasing to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Heritage Expeditions 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Antipodes Bounty Islands Isles history natural history
Year Away: Wartime Coastwatching on the Auckland Islands, 1944
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to brown spine, frontispiece, xiv + 153pp, VG+ (v. v. slight creasing)
PUBLISHER: Department of Conservation 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland Islands history natural history
Jerusalem Embattled: A Diary of the City Under Siege, March 25th, 1948 to July 18th, 1948
First edition, 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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1950
KEYWORDS: Jerusalem Israel Jewish history Palestine diary Arab history siege Harry Levin
The Genius of Alexander the Great
Super octavo softcover (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd 1998
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics persia empire Greece
Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy: A Biography
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Routledge 1994
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics persia empire Greece biography
On Alexander's Track to the Indus: Personal Narrative of Explorations on teh North-West Frontier of India
Super octavo softcover in clear contact (nr fine); 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Ares Publishing Inc 1974 (?)
KEYWORDS: ancient history Alexander the Great history military politics India empire Greece biography
The Handley Page Halifax
Quarto, crimson cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 232pp, illus, Nr Fine (slight bruising to spine edges) in d/w VG+ (light bubbles made from clear contact)
PUBLISHER: Aston Publications 1990
KEYWORDS: Great Britain Royal Air Force RAF aviation aerial operations History World War Two WW2 planes Halifax Bomber History military
Dubcek's Blueprint For Freedom: His Original Documents Leading to the Invasion of Czechoslovakia
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 cost
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1969
KEYWORDS: politics history post war history Russia Czecholslovakia
Bomber's Eye
Octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 265pp, illus (b&w plates), VG (moderate foxing & tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing to edges, small closed tears & chips to edges, some repaired with archival tape, light rubbing & soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co. 1959
KEYWORDS: radar bombing aviation military technology history second world war 2 ww2 Dudley Saward autobiography history