Books - "history"
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Diary of Life in a Stalag: A New Zealand Soldier's Wartime Story
SCARCE. SIGNED. Sm 8vo, illus. light card covers, 69 pp., illus., photos, VG+ (sl scuffing & soiling/tanning/fading to covers, minor bruising to edges & extrems, light tanning to pg edges, light tanning to prelims & terminals).
PUBLISHER: Alf Rawlings n/d
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II war warfare conflict memoir biography life lives Egypt Italy 20th century military history
Prisoner of War and Fugitive
Sm 8vo, blue cl bds, front board lettered in silver gilt, top edge stained red, [6] + 70 pp., plate to front, VG (light scuffing & soiling to bds, sl bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, minor tanning & soiling to pg edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & minor tearing, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Gale & Polden 1947
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II prison prisoners prisoner of war Egypt Italy war warfare military history memoir biography life lives
The Dominion Post: 150 Years of News
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: The Dominion Post / Fairfax Media 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand media history journalism news Dominion Post newspapers
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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: Taschen 2001
KEYWORDS: Christo Vladimikov Vladimiroff Javacheff Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon art history
Shakespeare's Lives (New Edition)
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: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Shakespeare history historical
A Dictionary of Traditional First Names
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: Wordsworth Editions 1992
KEYWORDS: names christian first history dictionary dictionaries
A Dictionary of British Folk Customs
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: Helicon 1995
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British folk customs folklore lore customs history historical rituals ceremonies
Cambridge University Press: Notes on its History & Development
Duodecimo 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: Cambridge University Press 1925
KEYWORDS: history printing publishing houses Cambridge university press literature literary
Malay Shadow Puppets: The Wayang Siam of Kelantan
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: The Trustees of the British Museum 1972
KEYWORDS: oriental shadow puppets art craft entertainment history historical Malaysia wayang siam
Books and Persons; Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911
Duodecimo 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: Chatto & Windus 1919
KEYWORDS: books history historical commentary literature literary
Inkling: January-February 1951 Number 35
Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Morrison and Morrison 1951
KEYWORDS: New Zealand printers printing history magazines past issues
Inkling: June 1950 Number 32
Octavo stapled light card covers (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: Morrison and Morrison 1950
KEYWORDS: New Zealand printers printing history magazines past issues
Gwynedd: A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales
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: CADW 2001
KEYWORDS: British isles Great Britain Wales Welsh history historical Gwynedd
A Westminster Childhood
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: Cassell 1973
KEYWORDS: John Raynor composers music history autobiography autobiographies memoir
South With Scott
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: Collins Clear-Type Press 1949
KEYWORDS: exploration history south pole antarctica antarctic adventure Admiral Lord Mountevans expeditions Captain Scott
The Line is On: A Centenary Souvenir of the London Society of Compositors 1848-1948
Sm 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: The London Society of Compositors N/D (c.1948?)
KEYWORDS: history centennial centenary London Society of Compositors
Wings of Song
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: Effie Cockburn 2010
KEYWORDS: New Zealand music history south island Dunedin autobiography autobiographies memoir Effie Cockburn
The Tragedy of HMS Dasher
SIGNED, 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: Argyll 1995
KEYWORDS: maritime disasters British Royal Navy US America American HMS Dasher history military
The Smuggling Coast: The Customs Port of Dumfries Forty Miles of the Solway Firth
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: T C Farries & Co 1989
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history smuggling smugglers crime
Sure & Stedfast: A History of The Boy's Brigade 1883 to 1983
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG) lengthy inscription in ink to title page; 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: William Collins Sons & Co 1983
KEYWORDS: youth history Boys Brigade volunteers voluntary organizations organisations centennial centenary