Books - "history"
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The Gallant Six Hundred: A Tragedy of Obsessions
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Purnell Book Services 1973
KEYWORDS: military history charge of the Light brigade
Flight to Freedom
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1974
KEYWORDS: military history aviation raf royal air force autobiography memoir pilots Squadron Leader Mike Donnet
From Proust to Camus: Profiles of Modern French Writers
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1967
KEYWORDS: andrew maurois modern french writers lit crit literary criticism history france marcel proust albert camus andre gide claudel jean-paul sartre paul valery andre malraux
Colonial Small Wars 1837-1901
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: David & Charles 1973
KEYWORDS: donald featherstone colonial small wars military history conflict colonialism victorian era britain british illustrated maps ex-library
Aloft
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: Penguin 2010
KEYWORDS: william langewiesche flying aeroplane aeroplanes airplane airplanes aeronautics history technology culture flight
Airship Pilot No. 28
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: Wiliam Kimber 1974
KEYWORDS: t.b. bill williams airship airships lighter than air first great world war one ww1 wwi air combat military history hot air balloon balloons
Graf Zeppelin: The Adventures of an Aerial Globetrotter
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: Frederick Muller 1959
KEYWORDS: graf zeppelin lighter than air aircraft blimp aeronatics flight technology history germany german empire dr. hugo eckener
Colonel Z: The Secret Life of a Master of Spies
EX-LIBRARY, SPINE COCKED; 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: Hodder & Stoughton 1984
KEYWORDS: ex-library claude dansey britain british england english espionage intelligence second world war two ww2 wwii history biography anthony read david fisher
Roger Casement's Diaries: 1910: The Black & the White
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: Pimlico 1997
KEYWORDS: roger casement ireland irish diplomat easter rising political history human rights anti-imperialism up the republic!
Canals in Camera -- 2
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: Ian Allan 1971
KEYWORDS: canals england english britain british photographic photos industry history shipping industry technology
Out of the Ruins, 1931-1981: Drawings and photographs of earthquake damage and 50 years after
Oblong octavo stapled wrappers (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: Colin B. Wilkinson 1981
KEYWORDS: 1931 hawke's bay earthquake new zealand natural disaster disasters history
The Hawke's Bay Earthquake: New Zealand's Greatest Natural Disaster
Second Edition
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: Art Deco Trust 2002
KEYWORDS: 1931 hawke's bay earthquake new zealand natural disaster disasters history
Footprints: The Story of the Settlement and Development of the Nelson Back Country Districts
EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 428pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & fraying to board edges, binding sloppy- boards shaky, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, usual library markings throughout, 3cm closed tear to rear pastedown, light tanning to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & internal tape reinforcements, moderate chafing)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe and Tombs 1962
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers settlements Nelson
Waverley 1860-1920
EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue illus light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 300pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy scuffing & soiling to spine & cover edges, usual library markings, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy patch of label residue to inside rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Laraine Sole 1984
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Waverley settlers pioneers
Rapaura: A District History
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine, map to ffep, illus prelims, x + 231pp, illus/photos, VG (light curling & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to front eps)
PUBLISHER: Cape Catley 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers pioneers Rapaura Marlborough region district
Whom God Hath Joined Together
Quarto, illus light card covers, brown & black lettering to spine, x + 218pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing/curling to cover egdes & spine, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Stewart Harvey 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy settlers pioneers James Settree Francois Marie Paranthoiene
A History of the Orchid
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 324pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Timber Press 1995
KEYWORDS: orchids plants flowers history botany culture
Making Medicines: A Brief History of Pharmacy and Pharmaceuticals
Super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xviii + 318pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy fading to spine & front board, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Pharmaceutical Press 2005
KEYWORDS: history medicine pharmacy pharmaceuticals apothecaries health
Music Publishing and Patronage: C F Peters 1800 to the Holocaust
Super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxiv + 332pp, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Edition Press 2000
KEYWORDS: C F Peters music publishers history publishing
Fairy Tales and Folk-Lore of New Zealand and the South Seas
Sm octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to front board, 165pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine & board edges, moderate soiling to boards, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate pencil scribbling throughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1891
KEYWORDS: New Zealand children's literature fairy tales folklore history