Books - "history"
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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+ (sl 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
The Waikato Journals of Vicesimus Lush: 1864-8 1881-2
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 210pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & discolouration to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Pegasus Press (Printer) 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Waikato history Vicesimus Lush first editions signed
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 Second World War - Chartwell Edition (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, super octavo, beige buckram boards with sm illus plates on front, gilt lettering to blue & brown faux leather spines, top page edges stained yellow, illus eps, frontispieces, various pagination, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional sl soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1983
KEYWORDS: Chartwell edition Winston Churchill ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history government politics political
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
Europe Unite: Speeches 1947 and 1948
Octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, ix + 506pp, VG (light scuffing to extrems, moderate staining to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, sm gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate creasing to top edges of pgs131-136) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy chipping to edges with some loss & tidy tape repairs, moderate tanning & foxing, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1950
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill speeches politics political Europe collection 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
Fights & Furloughs in the Middle East
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, LACKS D/W, octavo, orange cloth boards, black lettering to spine, illus front eps, frontispiece, 301pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine & extrems, moderate fading/staining to spine & boards, spine sl cocked, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & other ownership ink stamps to ffep, gift inscription in ink to full title page, moderate browning/spotting to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand Zealanders soldiers autobiography autobiographies memoir A S Helm 2nd NZEF war history
The Kilmog and Environs: A History of Evansdale, Warrington, Merton Districts
Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Historical Publications 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand south island Otago regional history regions districts Evansdale Warrington Merton
Faith and Toil: The Story of Tokomairiro
RE-PRINT, water stained ex-library, redaing copy only, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cadsonbury Publications 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago history Tokomairiro