Books - "history"
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Wild About Flying! Dreamers, Doers, and Daredevils
Oblong 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: Random House New Zealand 2003
KEYWORDS: pilots aviation history illustrated david marshall bruce harris airplane airplanes aeroplane aeroplanes
Pulham Pigs: The History of an Airship Station
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, ix + 166pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to board edges & extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's labels to front flap, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Terence Dalton 1988
KEYWORDS: military history Pulham St Mary Airfield Norfolk England Great Briain British airships pigs the great war ww1 first 1st world war 1 one i
Airships - Cardington: A History of Cardington Airship Stattion and its Role in World Airship Development
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 227pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, moderate adhesive staining to spine & gutters, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Terence Dalton 1991
KEYWORDS: military aviation history airships Cardington
The Van Dyk Collection of LTA Plans & Drawings (With Commentary)
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, viii + 167pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, v sl tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: LTA Institute / Tiola Consolidated 2010
KEYWORDS: Herman Van Dyk aviation airships drawings plans design history
Count Zeppelin: A Psychological Portrait
Octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 118pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to board extrems/edges, light chafing to boards, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tiola Consolidated / LTA Institute 1998
KEYWORDS: Count Zeppelin family history aviation biography memoir airships zeppelins
Building the Kaiser's Navy: The Imperial Navy Office and German Industry in the von Tirpitz Era 1890-1919
Super octavo, grey buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 289pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1991
KEYWORDS: military history German Germany marine nautical navy naval imperial industry Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz reichsmarineamt rma
Despatches From the Front: Far East Air Operations 1942-1945
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 248pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's labels to rear)
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Military 2014
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii aerial combat war warfare aviation reports air operations
Papers and Correspondence of Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth Volume 1: The French Revolutionary War, 1793-1802
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, xv + 577pp, VG+ (light bruising to board & spine edges/extrems, light chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2022
KEYWORDS: military history Admiral Sir John Thomas Duckworth French revolution war correspondence letters biography
The Durham Papers: Selections From the Papers of Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham G.C.B. (1763-1845)
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, yellow lettering to spine, ix + 576pp, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2019
KEYWORDS: military history letters papers Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson Calderwood Durham navy naval
Illustrated Marine Encyclopedia
FACSIMILE EDITION WITH TIDY HOMEMADE DUST WRAPPER, super octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 306pp + plates + unpaginated index to rear, VG (light bruising & tanning to base of spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, prev. ownership ink stamp to ffep, moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w- homemade, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges)
PUBLISHER: Argus Boos 1977
KEYWORDS: maritime marine nautical history encyclopedia encyclopaedia terminology
Stellenbosch Three Centuries
Quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, illus title page, 464pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy loss & archival tape repairs to lower spine edge, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Town Council of Steelenbosch 1979
KEYWORDS: history Stellenbosch South Africa
Repairing the Panzers: German Tank Maintenance in World War 2 (Volume 2)
THIS VOL (2) ONLY, oblong quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 256pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, 1cm closed tear to top spine extrem)
PUBLISHER: Panzerwrecks & Lukas Friedli 2011
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii panzer army tanks armoured vehicles maintenance
The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records
Super octavo, orange heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, viii + 338pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to board edges, light tanning & sl soiling to page edges, sm ink scribble to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, sl fading to spine, sl tanning to flaps, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Granta Books 2006
KEYWORDS: Impulse Records music history jazz labels record companies John Coltrane
Nothing But the Blues: The Music and the Musicians
Quarto, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, blind embossed lettering to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 432pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light chafing to boards, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & adhesive residue/staining to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press 1993
KEYWORDS: blues music musicians biographies history criticism
360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story
Lg quarto, illu sheavy boards, black lettering to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, 336pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light to moderate soiling & damp wrinkling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep
PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books 2012
KEYWORDS: Columbia Records music history record labels companies 360 industry
Sea Gypsy
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, beige heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 198pp, VG (light bruising & discolouration to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, moderate scuffing & surface loss to spine, moderate tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber 1966
KEYWORDS: first editions history nautical maritime sailing exploration Peter Tangvald adventure autobiography memoir
New Zealand Engineers, Middle East
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 774pp, folding maps, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing & surface loss/fraying to extrems, moderate water damage/staining to spine & boards- internal & external, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate water staining to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand official history military ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii engineers Middle East campaigns Greece Crete
Carriage Clocks: Their History & Development
Quarto, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, vi + 484pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor staining, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Antique Collector's Club / Baron Publishing 1974
KEYWORDS: antiques collectables collectibles carriage clocks horology history design
Christmas at Sea
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, illus title page, 105pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking/closed tearing to spine & edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling/foxing to page edges, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Bernice P. Bishop Museum 1974
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical literature Christmas stories
Transactions / Maori Mythology
SIGNED BY JOHANNES ANDERSEN, AND HE HAS ADDED A HANDWRITTEN LIST OF CONTENTS, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to black cloth spine, 112pp + addendum to rear, VG (moderate scuffing & discolouration spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, various university ink stamps throughout with light tanning & foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand mythology history Maori culture transactions signed Johannes Andersen