Books - "history"
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My Side of the Kwai: Reminiscences of an Australian Prisoner of War of the Japanese
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: Kangaroo Press 2001
KEYWORDS: military history Australian pows prisoners of war ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
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