Books - "history"
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Old Norfolk Town: The Past in Pictures
Oblong 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: K & K A Davies N/D (c.1980)
KEYWORDS: Picairn Norfolk Island history photos photography culture
The Roads to Santiago: The Medieval Pilgrim Routes Through France and Spain to Santiago de Compostela
Lg quarto, mustard heavy boards, blue lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 253pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffign & bruising to board edges & extrems, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Frances Lincoln 2008
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Chile South America Santiago medieval pilgrimages travel writing literature France Spain
Evolutions or Revolutions? Interaction and Transformation at the 'Transition' in Island Melanesia
Quarto, illus light green card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 328pp, illus, Near FINE (sl curling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago 2017
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology anthropology Island Melanesia Pacific islands evolution culture ancient history antiquity transition
The Faith of Our Fathers: The History of St Bede's College
Quarto, black faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 459pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to board edges/extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate cracking & loosening of binding to central gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Centennial Organising Committee, St Bede's College 2011
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools school history St Bede's College education institutions Christchurch south island
Built in Faith: Catholic Churches of the Christchurch Diocese 170 Years - 1840 to 2010
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers, brown lettering to spine, 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling/creasing/wrinkling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: M J Hanrahan 2012
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Christchurch catholic churches history
Da Flittin' of the Nicolsons from Shetland and the Duthies from Kincardine
Quarto, illus light card covers, black letetring to spine, 292pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine)
PUBLISHER: Lifelogs 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand settlers immigrants Scotland Scottish Grace Nicolson William Ogilvy Duthie migrants family history
The Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela: A Comprehensive, Annotated Bibliography
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xv + 546pp, Near FINE (prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Graland Publishing 1994
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Chile Santiago de Compostela history Christian pilgrimages religious abstracts
Moriori: A People Rediscovered (Revised Edition)
SECOND EDITION (REVISED), imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 227pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing and scuffing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2000
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moriori Michael King history culture Chatham Islands pacific
Coleridge and the Romantic Newspaper: The Morning Post and the Road to 'Dejection'
Octavo, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xii + 274pp, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sm gouge to spine, gift inscription in ink signed Heidi to half title page)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2016
KEYWORDS: literature Coleridge literary history Heidi Thomson criticism appreciation
A History of the Gold Coast
LACKS D/W, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 387pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, light soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/staining to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's ink stamp name to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sl cracking to central gutter)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1948
KEYWORDS: history Gold Coast Africa British rule politics
They Wouldn't Let Us Die: The Prisoners of War Tell Their Story
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 252pp, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, moderate creasing to edges, moderate creasing to flaps with minor tanning also, moderate discolouration to spine, occasional moderate closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Jonathan David Publishers 1973
KEYWORDS: signed first editions pows prisoners of war Vietnam war military history Stephen A Rowan
The World Crisis 1911-1918
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 831pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate crack to front gutter- front board sl shaky)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1941
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill early 20th twentieth century history military politics the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1
The Churchills: Portrait of a Great Family
Imperial octavo, dark green heavy boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, 168pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, prev. owner's name/signature in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Gordon & Cremonesi 1977
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill family history great English British families
The Churchill War Papers: Volume III The Ever-Widening War 1941
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, lxiv + 1821pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 2001
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill war papers history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 1941 politics government
Great Contemporaries
FIRST US EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained red, page fore-edges deckled, x + 299pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate cracking & bruising to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, pencil scarring to ffep)
PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1937
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill first US editions biographies inspirational figures history
The World Crisis 1916-1918 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, FIRST US EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, deckled page edges, vol 1- xvi + 302pp, vol 2- x + 325pp, illus/folding maps, VG (moderate scuffing to lower edges, moderate chafing & staining to boards, light tanning to spines, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning to eps, varying degrees of cracking to gutters- mostly light, half title page of vol 2 partially detached, light to moderate pencil annotations)
PUBLISHER: Charles Scribner's Sons 1927
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill the great war ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 history politics govenrment first US editions
The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War
MODERN REPRINT, NOW OUT OF PRINT, super octavo, cream heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to blue cloth spine, 233pp, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Barnes & Noble 1993
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill early war history autobiography autobiographies memoir British army Malakand north west frontier middle east
Winston S Churchill: Companion Volume I, Part I 1874-1896
THIS VOL ONLY, US EDITION, super octavo, maroon & beige spine & boards, gilt & blue lettering to spine, xxi + 678pp, VG+ (light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl water staining to rear page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing/scuffing & chipping to edges, minor fading to spine & front cover, moderate chafing & surface loss, light wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1967
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill biographies biography memoir British prime ministers history government parliament politics political US editions
Action This Day: Working With Churchill
Tidy ex-library, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 272pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor tape residue to board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light fading to spine, moderate to heavy creasing to edges, minor wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1968
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill British government parliament history biography biographies memoir anecdotes
Arms and the Covenant
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece, 466pp, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl staining to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, minor tanning to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1938
KEYWORDS: first editions Winston Churchill history speeches politics political collection pre-war government parliament