Books - "history"
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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 Second World War (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate staining to boards of some vols, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep of vol 1, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep of some vols) in d/w, VG- (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- heavy with some loss & tape repairs to vol 1, minor water wrinkling to vol 2, moderate chafing)
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin 1948-53
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill politics political ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history British prime ministers
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
Double Entry
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: Allen & Unwin 2011
KEYWORDS: history business trade merchants Venice accounting
The Otago of Our Mothers
Ex-library, 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: Capper Press 1978
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago Eileen L Soper
The Great War: Breakthroughs
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: New English Library / Hodder & Stoughton 2001
KEYWORDS: alternative history fiction novels literature Harry Turtledove
The Middle Temple: The Society and Fellowship
LACKS D/W, 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: Staples Press 1954
KEYWORDS: religious history Knights Templar middle temple
Sunshine and Shadow
SIGNED, ex-library, sm 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: John McIndoe 1947
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand authors writers Helen Black history autobiographies autobiography memoir
Daddy, Where Are You?
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: Smith Gryphon Publishers 1992
KEYWORDS: history autobiography autobiographies memoir Shirley McGlade missing soldiers family families