Books - "history"
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Escort: The Battle of the Atlantic
Paperback (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: Futura Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: military history Royal Navy British ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval warfare battles Atlantic
The Stolen Woman
Super octavo softcover (VG-) some heavy cracking at some gutters; 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: Bantam Press 2004
KEYWORDS: Florence Baker biographies memoir Africa history Ottoman empire
All My Days
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: Virago Press 1990
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Kathleen Dayus social history
Where There's Life
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: Virago Press 1989
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Kathleen Dayus social history
Vico and Herder: Two Studies in the History of Ideas
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: Vintage / Random House 1977
KEYWORDS: history philosophy Giovanni Battista Vico Johann Gottfried Herder criticism appreciation interpretation
The Naval Side of British History
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: Christophers 1927
KEYWORDS: British Navy naval history military Great Britain
The Victoria Cross 1856-1964
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: Frederick Muller 1965
KEYWORDS: military history vc victoria cross medals bravery valour valor Sir John Smyth
Soccer by the Silverstream
Octavo softcover (Near 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: W C Anderson 2013
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago region Silverstream soccer team centennial centenary Mosgiel history sport
Who's Who in Contemporary Gay and Lesbian History: From World War II to the Present Day
THIS VOL 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: Routledge 2002
KEYWORDS: lgbtq history queer gay lesbian gender studies
Grog's Own Country
Octavo stiff card boards (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: Price Milburn 1959
KEYWORDS: New Zealand alcohol liquor licensing history drink drinking culture
Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II
THIS VOL 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: Routledge 2002
KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay lesbian queer history biographies antiquity
Currents of Mediaeval Thought, with Special Reference to Germany
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: Basil Blackwell 1960
KEYWORDS: Germany German medieval mediaeval thought history reformation religion
The Formation of Labour Movements 1870-1914: An International Perspective (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, dark blue faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spines & front boards, vol 1- xxii + pgs 1-450, vol 2- xi pgs 451-785, VG+ (sl fading to spines, sl chafing & soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: E J Brill 1990
KEYWORDS: labour labor movement international economy history historical
Air War 1941: The Turning Point (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, octavo, illus light card covers, black & red lettering to spines, vol 1- 355pp, vol 2- 370pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & fading to spines, light chafing/soiling & curling to covers, light soiling to page edges, minor annotations in red ink sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Air Research Publications 1994
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 aviation aerial combat conflict blitz battles battle of Britain raf royal air force
Before the Wrights Flew: The Story of Gustave Whitehead
Octavo, turquoise buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 191pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & chafing/soiling, top corner of front flap missing)
PUBLISHER: G P Putnam's Sons 1966
KEYWORDS: civil aviation flight history Gustave Whitehead aeronautics biographies memoir
Lives of the Engineers: History of Roads: Metcalfe, Telford
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, black rule & gilt illus to front board, frontispiece, ix + 331pp, illus, VG (light to moderate scuffing & chipping to extrems, light discolouration to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's embossed stamp to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light wrinkling to some page edges, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1878
KEYWORDS: engineers history Thomas Telford John Metcalfe roads civil engineering construction infrastructure
The Story of the Life of George Stephenson; Including a Memoir of His Son Robert Stephenson
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind rule to boards, frontispiece xiv + 388pp, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, ffep partially detached, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to title page- historic, light foxing & soiling sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1873
KEYWORDS: civil engineering engineers biographies memoir George Stephenson Robert history
Books to the People: A History of Regional Library Services in New Zealand
Imperial octavo, cream light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xi + 122pp, VG+ (light creasing to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, light scuffing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ancora Press, Monash University 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand library services history community resources
The First Hundred: John Edmond Limited 1862-1962
LACKS D/W, quarto, grey heavy boards, black lettering to front board, 68pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & discolouration to spine & boards, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, sl soiling to eps)
PUBLISHER: G W Harte N/D (c.1962?)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand business history businesses John Edmond Ltd
Cameo of the Past: Stories of Mid Canterbury People and Places 1868-2006
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: Velma Langdon 2008
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history mid Canterbury settlers pioneers anecdotes