Books - "history"
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Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2007
KEYWORDS: CIA central intelligence agency america history politics social commentary
The Lowe Bingham Story 1902-1977
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Printed by Dai Nippon
KEYWORDS: hong kong accounting history lowe bingham
Planes, Names & Dames Vol. III 1955-1975
THIS VOLUME ONLY, 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Squadron/Signal Publications 1995
KEYWORDS: planes aeroplane airplane military aircraft history decoration aviation nomenclature
Tooth and Veil: The Lifeand Times of the New Zealand Dental Nurse
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2020
KEYWORDS: dental nursing dentistry pediatric orthodontic new zealand history
Acts of Valour: The History of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2016
KEYWORDS: new zealand victoria cross military armed forces history
More Sources of World War I Army Ancestry
Octavo staple bound (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Federation of Family History Societies n/d
KEYWORDS: world war i ancestry genealogy military history
World War I Army Ancestry
Octavo staple bound (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Federation of Family History Societies n/d
KEYWORDS: world war i ancestry genealogy military history
Identifying your World War I Soldier from Badges and Photographs
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Federation of Family History Societies n/d
KEYWORDS: world war i ancestry genealogy military history
Karekare: An Album from the Past
Oblong octavo staple bound (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Lodestar Press
KEYWORDS: karekare surf life saving club history
Monet: The Garden Paintings
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to pink cloth spine, illus prelims & terminals, 200pp, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Kunstmuseum Den Haag / Hannibal 2019
KEYWORDS: art artists Claude Monet history criticism exhibitions appreciation
Inshore Craft of Great Britain: In the Days of Sail and Oar
2 VOL SET, ex-library, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- 276pp, vol 2- 309pp, illus/photos, illus/photos, VG- (library markings, light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, moderate bruise/scuff to bottom corner of rear board of vol 1, moderate chafing & soiling/tape residue to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate staining to prelims of vol 1, occasional moderate cracking to gutters, minor discolouration to photos) in d/w, VG- (in protective plastic covers, heavy creasing & chipping to edges/corners, moderate chafing, soiling & wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles / Fishing News / International Marine 1970
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical Great Britain British sailing history
The Milk of Paradise: Diaries, 1993-1997
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 319pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to front board edge, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 2005
KEYWORDS: diaries journals James Lees-Milne National Trust history autobiography literature literary
The Exile: A Life of Ivy Litvinov
Octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, prev. bookseller's sm label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 1983
KEYWORDS: Ivy Litvinov biography biographies memoir literature literary history historical
The Port Hills of Christchurch
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, imperial octavo, green leatherette boards, gilt lettering to spine, xv + 246pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (gift inscription & prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Reed / Philip King 1991
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Christchurch south island cities signed Gordon Ogilvie Port Hills early settlers pioneers
Luftwaffe Eagle: A WWII German Airman's Story
Octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 222pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to spine & board top edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Grub Street 2018
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German Germany air warfare pilots luftwaffe
Nobody Grew But the Business: On the Life and Work of William Gaddis
Super octavo, beige buckram boards, red gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 255pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press 2015
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Gaddis history
Plant Life in Maoriland: A Botanist's Note Book
Octavo, illus stiff card covers, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 192pp, illus, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges of paper covering, heavy staining & foxing to covers, heavy loss to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep, minor cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1926
KEYWORDS: New Zealand botany plants nature history
The Gypsy Road: A Journey from Krakow to Coblentz
Octavo, beige buckram boards, red lettering to spine, red lettering & illus to front board, deckled page edges, decorated title page with tissue guard, x + 166pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine & board extrems, minor scuffing/fraying to top edge of spine, sl tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1894
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature gypsies Poland Europe history culture
The English Gipsies and Their Language
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, xiii + 259pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to board & spine extrems, minor rubbing to spine, sl tanning to board edges, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor cracking to rear gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1893
KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy language England English travellers linguistics history gipsies languages
A History of the Gipsies: with Specimens of the Gipsy Language
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled/roughcut page edges- some remain uncut, 575pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to board & spine extrems/edges, moderate chafing to spine & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Son and Marston 1865
KEYWORDS: gypsies gypsy history language gipsies customs culture ceremonies