Books - "history"
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The Defense of Berlin
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, fep missing, 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: The John Hopkins Press / Oxford University Press 1963
KEYWORDS: first editions ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history Berlin Germany German cities
Unauthorized Action: Mountbatten and the Dieppe Raid
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: Oxford University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 military history France French Dieppe Earl Mountbatten
Black Flu 1918: The Story of New Zealand's Worst Public Health Disaster
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: Canterbury University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand health crisis crises history flu influenza 1918 sickness
Peoples of the Past: Babylonians
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 2000
KEYWORDS: ancient history antiquity Babylon Babylonians anthropology Mesopotamia
The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain
IN SLIPCASE, imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Oxford University Press 1985
KEYWORDS: history Great Britain British illustrated
The Book of Orders and Decorations
Quarto 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: Hamlyn 1975
KEYWORDS: orders decorations awards medals history
Confrontation at Lepanto: Christendom vs Islam
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: Tom Doherty / Forge 2007
KEYWORDS: Lapanto battles history historical western civilization medieval Islam Christianity Turks Turkish muslims
A History of African Societies to 1870
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: anthropology Africa African history culture
A Literary Guide to the Eastern Cape: Places and the Voices of Writers
Super 8vo, illus light card covers, brown & white lettering to spine & bds, frontis., xi + 402 pp., illus/photos, VG- (moderate soiling & scuffing to bds, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light soiling & sl tanning to pg edges & inside covers/prelims/terminals).
PUBLISHER: Double Storey 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand literature literary history East Cape authors poets poem poetry
The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry
8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering & rules to spine & front board, fore & bottom pg edges deckled, xiii + 317 pp., VG- (light to moderate creasing/scuffing & soiling to bds & spine, light to moderate bruising to board & spine edges & extrems with light chipping, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling to pg edges, marking in blue ink to front pastedown, prev owner's signature in pencil to ffep, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing to eps/prelims, light to moderate insect holes to leaf of pp. 3 & 4, moderate tanning/soiling & foxing throughout, light creasing to pp at gutters).
PUBLISHER: The Torch Press 1920
KEYWORDS: Masonry Mason Freemason Freemasonry study criticism history fraternity
Buddhism in the Modern World
Super 8vo, white cl bds, brown label to spine with copper gilt lettering & rules, xii + 368 pp., VG- (moderate tanning/soiling & scuffing (with sl fraying to cl) to bds & spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to pg edges, light tanning & foxin to eps/prelims/teminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate soiling, light tanning & sl foxing, moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light chipping).
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Publishing Co. 1976
KEYWORDS: Buddhism modern world criticsim history religion spiritual spirituality culture cultural political
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates. Third Session of the Ninth Parliament. Legislative Council and House of Representatives. Fifty-fouth Volume. Comprising the Period May 13 to June 21, 1886
Super 8vo, blue cl bds, gilt lettering & black rules, to spine, embossed decorations to front & back bds, yellow/green eps, G- (moderate soiling & scuffing to spine & bds, heavy tearing to front & back joints--text block exposed, heavy bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with heavy chipping, moderate tanning/foxing & soiling to pg edges & eps, light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: G. Didsbury 1886
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history government parliament debates 19th century law legal social custom
Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 1885, Vol. XVIII, s1
LACKS COVERS. 8vo, sheets gathered & stitched, no bds, deckled top edge, xix + 468 pp., G+ (moderate tanning/soiling to pg edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing to prelims/terminals, two open tears to tp & tp loose at gutter, light foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair 1886
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history 19th century journal science zooology wildlife animals plants botany geography
Shifting Baselines: The Past and the Future of Ocean Fisheries
8vo, illus light card covers, red lettering to spine, [10] + 296 pp., illus, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers, sl bruising to spine & cover edges & extrems, light tanning/foxing & soiling to pg edges & prelims/terminals, light tanning thoughout).
PUBLISHER: Island Press 2011
KEYWORDS: ocean fishery fisheries history management future sea ecology
Wanderings and Memories
8vo, red buckram blind paneled bds, gilt lettering & rules to spine, frontis. with tissue guard, xii + 298 pp., plates, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, moderate fading to spine--esp lettering, moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate soiling/tanning & foxing to pg edges & eps, minor foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co. 1919
KEYWORDS: history travel hunting guns firearms travelling fishing adventure birds
Angling in all its Branches, Reduced to a Complete Science
REBOUND. 8vo, half-bound in gilt rolled navy blue leather with blue buckram bds, 4 raised bands & gilt lettering & rules to spine, teg, fore & bottom edges deckled, xv + 298 pp. + 6 pp. advts., VG (light soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, spine sl warped, light to moderate soiling & tanning to pg edges, moderade tanning & foxing throughout).
PUBLISHER: T. N. Longman and O. Rees 1800
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature history
British Angling Flies
Sm 8vo, blind paneled green cl bds with blind corner ornaments, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix , + 154, 8 plates counted all present to rear, VG- (moderate fading & scuffing/soiling to bds & spine, light to moderate bruising to spine & board edged & extrems with light chipping, moderate soiling/tanning to pg edges, light soiling/tanning to eps & prelims/terminals).
PUBLISHER: Simpkin, Marshall, and Co. 1862
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature history
Streamside Guide to Naturals and their Imitations
Sm 8vo, green buckram bds, gilt lettering & ornament to spine & front board, xvii + 110 pp., plates, VG+ (light soiling/scuffing & creasing to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light to moderate tanning to pg edges, light tanning to eps).
PUBLISHER: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1947
KEYWORDS: angling angler fishing fisher fish trout fisherman fishermen fly fishing literature history
The Charts & Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages, Volume Two: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775
THIS VOL ONLY, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt nautical motif to front board, frontispiece, c + 332pp, illus, Near FINE (v sl scuffing/bruising to boards/extrems) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate scuffing/gouging to base of front cover, 20cm closed tear to base of front, light tanning to spine, sl soiling - jacket still remarkably tidy despite aforementioned flaws)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1992
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia
The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages 1768-1780 (3 Vol Set)
HEAVY 3 VOL SET, folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines, gilt nautical motifs to front boards, frontispieces, vol 1- lxiv + 328pp, vol 2- c + 332pp, vol 3- cxxxvi + 319pp, beautiful tidy folding chart to rear of vol 3, illus, Near FINE (v sl occasional chafing to boards, v sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, occasional sl chipping to flaps, light chafing & soiling, 11mm closed tear to base of front cover to vol 3)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1988-97
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society exploration expeditions voyages Captain James Cook Endeavour Adventure 18th eighteenth century history maritime nautical charts maps original surveys coastal views engravings Oceania New Zealand Australia