Books - "history"
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Printing in the 20th Century
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PUBLISHER: Northwood Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: printing history design 20th twentieth century art
Names & Nicknames of Places & Things
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PUBLISHER: Grafton Books 1987
KEYWORDS: nicknames language place names geographical places history
The Rifles are There: The Story of the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Ulster Rifles 1939 - 1945
8vo, black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, xiv + 274 pp., illus., plates, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges), lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword 2005
KEYWORDS: World War 2 WW2 WWII II Second Royal Ulster Rifles battallion military history war warfare conflict
Life is a Twisted Path: A time of imprisonment, escape, evasion and final refuge with the Mattei of Montecelio and Bishop Alois Hudal of Santa Maria dell'Anima, Rome
Super 8vo, blue illus light card covers, 147 pp., loose errata slip, illus., photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers, light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems, sl tanning & soiling to pg edges, minor cracking to rear gutter).
PUBLISHER: J. and S. A. Burns 2002
KEYWORDS: Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II memoir biography life lives prison prisoner prisoners of war POW military history New Zealand army
With the Cambridgeshires at Singapore
Super 8vo, blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, frontis., xii + 115 pp., illus., plates, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with light fraying, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, front gutters sl loose--bdg sloppy, moderate tanning throughout), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling with some loss of colour, moderate to heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with light to moderate chipping & tearing, moderate tanning).
PUBLISHER: Trevor Allen Bevis 1971
KEYWORDS: memoir biography life lives war warfare military history 20th century conflict Far East Second World War 2 WW2 WWII II England Great Britain British
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
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PUBLISHER: The Dominion Post / Fairfax Media 2014
KEYWORDS: New Zealand media history journalism news Dominion Post newspapers
Printing and the Mind of Man (Assembled at the British Museum and at Earls Court London 16-27 July 1963)
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PUBLISHER: Messrs F W Bridges & Sons 1963
KEYWORDS: exhibitions British Museum printing history
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
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PUBLISHER: Taschen 2001
KEYWORDS: Christo Vladimikov Vladimiroff Javacheff Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon art history
Shakespeare's Lives (New Edition)
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PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1993
KEYWORDS: literature literary biography biographies memoir William Shakespeare history historical
A Dictionary of Traditional First Names
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PUBLISHER: Wordsworth Editions 1992
KEYWORDS: names christian first history dictionary dictionaries
A Dictionary of British Folk Customs
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PUBLISHER: Helicon 1995
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British folk customs folklore lore customs history historical rituals ceremonies
Cambridge University Press: Notes on its History & Development
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PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1925
KEYWORDS: history printing publishing houses Cambridge university press literature literary
Malay Shadow Puppets: The Wayang Siam of Kelantan
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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
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PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1919
KEYWORDS: books history historical commentary literature literary
Inkling: January-February 1951 Number 35
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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