Books - "history"
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Air War Over Korea
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Squadron / Signal Publications 1982
KEYWORDS: military history Asia Korea war aerial combat warfare aviation
From Cabin-Boy to Archbishop: The Autobiography of Archbishop Ullathorne
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Hollis & Carter 1943
KEYWORDS: autobiographies memoirs Archbishop Ullathorne religion Christianity history
Thomas More
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape 1962
KEYWORDS: history Thomas More biographies memoirs philosophy
The Life and Times of Bill Cronin
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Bill Cronin N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders family history Bill William Cronin genealogy pioneers autobiographies memoirs
U.S. Subs in Action
Oblong imperial 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1983
KEYWORDS: military history maritime marine nautical submarines subaquatic weapons weaponry ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii
A History of Rotorua
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 may reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hutcheson, Bowman & Stewart Ltd 1972
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Rotorua history
The Cat in Ancient Egypt
SCARCE, quarto, deep blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, silver gilt cat illus to front board, frontispiece, xi + 92pp, 19x black & white plates- all present, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl wrinkling to cloth on boards, light tanning to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light staining to edges & spine, moderate tanning to spine & edges with some light creasing & chipping)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1940
KEYWORDS: ancient Egypt antiquity cats felines mythology spirituality history deities worship Langton Collection antiques antiquities cat figures
Out of Africa
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering & decoration to black buckram spine, gilt flamingo illus to front board, deckled page edges, ix + 389pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems/board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, newspaper clippings glued to terminals & subsequent glue staining to some rear pages, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, scruffy but in a clear plastic protective cover- removable (all corners clipped, heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some significant loss to spine extrems, moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Random House 1938
KEYWORDS: first edition Isak Dinesen Africa autobiographies memoirs Kenya plantations history
Please Send Home: The War Diaries and Letters of Jack Bickley 1941-1945 / Far From Home and Family: A Journey Following the 2NZEF, WWII
TWO BOOKS IN ONE, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red & grey lettering to spine, 257pp + 121pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Catlins Wildlife Trackers 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Zealanders military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii war diaries Jack Bickley journals 2nzef
The Life of Emily Dickinson
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, brown & grey lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxix + 821pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: literary bios biographies literature Emily Dickinson history
Three-Eight Charlie
SIGNED ANNIVERSARY EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, blue & yellow lettering to spine, illus prelims, vi + 273pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to covers, light fading to spine, 1cm loss & sl creasing to title page)
PUBLISHER: Phoenix Graphix Publishing Services 2013
KEYWORDS: signed aviation history women flight solo round the world pioneers Jerrie Mock
Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot
Imperial octavo, white heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 384pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems, sl scuffing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 1cm closed tear to top edge, light fading to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 2013
KEYWORDS: nature botany ginkgo tree trees history
To The Wilderness: French Settlers in Akaroa 1840-1920
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 324pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & bruising/scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm patch of adhesive residue to inside fornt cover)
PUBLISHER: Angela Pyke & Kevin Clark 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlers French Akaroa pioneers
The Road to Turanga: Leo Fowler's Gisborne Years
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, red & white lettering to spine, illus eps, vii + 139pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & bruising to spine & extrems, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Tairawhiti Museum 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Turanga Gisborne history pioneers Leo Fowler
Shipbuilders of the Venetian Arsenal: Workers and Workplace in the Preindustrial City
Super octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, illus title page, x + 270pp, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 2007
KEYWORDS: shipbuilders shipbuilding ships maritime nautical Venetian European history Venice
The Satyrs of Southland
EX-LIBRARY, imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 91pp, folding map to rear, illus/photos, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing, tape residue & surface loss to board edges, light tanning to page edges & prelims, light wrinkling to prelims, moderate creasing to folding map) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate closed tearing & tape repairs to edges, moderate tape staining to flaps, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Gore Publishing Co. 1982
KEYWORDS: family history New Zealand Scottish Southland satyrs
Pyramids and Poppies: The 1st SA Infantry Brigade in Libya, France and Flanders 1915-1919
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, grey heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, xiv + 444pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising, scuffing & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional moderate cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: first edition military history South Africa African 1st infantry brigade delville wood warfare combat ww1 first 1st world war one 1 i the great war
War in Italy: With the South Africans From Taranto to the Alps
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, xv + 318pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Ashanti Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: first edition military history south Africans Africa air force saaf
Out of Auckland
Octavo, blue buckram boards, blank spine, xvi 199pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate warping to front board, light chafing & bruising to lower edges, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing, wrinkling & soiling)
PUBLISHER: C. W. Hawkins 1960
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Auckland shipbuilders sailing maritime nautical marine
A Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language
VERY TIDY EX-LIBRARY, 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: Mansell 1995
KEYWORDS: literary pseudonyms pseudonym literature guide history authors