Books - "history"
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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
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
On the Road to Kut: A Soldier's Story of the Mesopotamian Campaign
First edition, ex-library, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & moderate rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, library label to fep & top of front board, light foxing to first few pages, ligth tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1917
KEYWORDS: World War One WW1 Campaigns Iraq Al Kut History Siege British military history autobiography
Mussolini
Super octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, xv + 584pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG+ (light rubbing, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Arnold 2002
KEYWORDS: biography history World War Two military Dictators politics Italy Fascism History
Crescent Moon: Islamic Art & Civilisation in Southeast Asia
Imperial octavo, illus boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: National Gallery of Australia 2005
KEYWORDS: arts Islam history history civilisation Southeast Asia exhibition
The History Today: Who's Who in British History
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: Collins & Brown 2000
KEYWORDS: history biographies who's who Britain ancient history politics royal family monarchy
Industrial Democracy
2 volume set, First edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 452pp (vol 1), vii + 477pp + 6pp adverts (vol 2), VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing & soiling to boards, ex library label to fep, NZ labour party label stuck on to fep with cellotape, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green, & Co. 1897
KEYWORDS: Labor unions history Great Britain History
Macquarie Island
Small quarto, green cloth boards with gilt lettering in darker green decorative panel to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 380pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (some tanning to spine & flap folds, light creasing to spine extrems, archival tape repair to spine head & 3cm tear to front upper edge)
PUBLISHER: Antarctic Division Dept of Internal Affairs Australia 1968
KEYWORDS: Macquarie Island history natural history exploration Antarctic
Frontier of Dreams: The Story of New Zealand
Large quarto hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (VG+), in slip case (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: Hodder Moa/Hachette Livre 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history tvnz pictorial prehistory culture colonisation Depression rogernomics modern history
New Zealand and Japan 1900-1941
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: A. R. Shearer 1972
KEYWORDS: history New Zealand Japan military history politics war alliance
Merchant Ships 1942
Oblong, Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, unpagenated, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems & board corners)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co, 1942
KEYWORDS: Merchant ships marine nautical history reference boats history
The RAF and Aircraft Design 1923-1939: Air Staff Operational Requirements
Super octavo, blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine, xiii + 249pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Frank Cass 2001
KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force aviation history RAF history aircraft production design
An Account of New Zealand and of the Formation and Progress of the Church Missionary Society's Mission in the North Island
Rebacked with new eps and spine, complete with maps and plates, piece of original spine with title mounted to spine, octavo, green cloth boards, black cloth spine, frontispiece, xii + 320pp, illus plates, VG- ( moderate rubbing to boards, moderate brusing & fraying to board corners & edges, light tanning to page edges, heavy foxing to prelims & plates, sporadic foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside1835 second edition
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history missionary church history
Australia Circumnavigated: The Voyage of Matthew Flinders in HMS Investigator, 1801-1803; Volumes I & II
2 volume set, super octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, frontispiece,xxiv + 416 (vol 1), xiv + 560 (vol 2), NR FINE in NR FINE d/w
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society / Ashgate 2015
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history Matthew Flinders HMS Investigator exploration history travel