Books - "history"
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The Compleat Imbiber: An Entertainment: Volume 10
Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson 1969
KEYWORDS: wine alcohol humour wit history anecdotes history stories
The Lives of the English Rakes
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Portrait 2006
KEYWORDS: History England social history Rochester Buckingham rakes
Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Records Office
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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Stationary Office 1997
KEYWORDS: geneology family history scotland history ancestry
The Astronauts: Pioneers in Space
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 111pp, illus, VG (light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w VG (light bruising to spine extrems & cover corners, light rubbing, light soiling, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1961
KEYWORDS: Astronauts history Space flight project Mercury history NASA
Illustrated London
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Chatto and Windus 2003
KEYWORDS: Uk History London pictorial history
The Little World of Stewart Island
Signed 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: A.H & A.W.Reed 1964
KEYWORDS: Biography history natural history Stewart Island New Zealand
A History of the 15th (East Yorkshire) Regiment (the Duke of York's Own) 1685-1914
Imperial octavo, deep maroon cloth boards, copper lettering to spine, copper decoration to front cover, illus, 575pp, VG (minor bruising to spine extrems and board corners, minor foxing on a few pages and page edge, light tanning to eps, very sound)
PUBLISHER: 1958
KEYWORDS: history militia military England Great Britain Yorkshire uniform equipment campaigns history statistics officers
The Royal Leicestershire Regiment, 1928-1956: wIth Folding Maps (rear pocket)
imperial octavo, folding maps in rear pocket (in very good condition), green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt regimental insignia to front board, frontispiece, illus, photographic plates, ix + 277pp, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, slight bruising and rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps)
PUBLISHER: Underhill 1957
KEYWORDS: history militia military England Great Britain Leicestershire uniform equipment Italy Singapore Palestine Tobruk Norway Greece Burma campaigns history statistics officers
The Seuffert Legacy: New Zealand Colonial Master Craftsmen: The craft of Anton Seuffert and his sons, William, Albert and Carl
Imperial octavo, chocolate cloth boards, brown eps, gilt lettering on spine and front board, many illus, illus title page, 208pp, Nr. FINE in d/w Near FINE (slight bruising to spine, slight rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Icarus 2008
KEYWORDS: craft furniture wood carving art history Seuffert Colonial history New Zealand
The Nazi Terror: Gestapo, Jews and Ordinary Germans
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 2000
KEYWORDS: History Nazis social history Third Reich Hitler
Whaling and History III: Papers Presented at the Symposium in Sandefjord on the 18th and 19th of June 2009.
quarto, glossy illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, 208pp, illus, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: The Whaling Museum 2010
KEYWORDS: whaling history fishing ships history culture whales
Promoting Prosperity: The Art of Early New Zealand Advertising
large quarto, beautifully illus heavy card boards, silver lettering on black spine, photo illus on eps, frontispiece, illus prelims, 440pp, illus, VG+, in d/w VG+ (slightly sun-faded along spine)
PUBLISHER: Craig Potton 2013
KEYWORDS: advertising marketing New Zealand development history products history social culture
A Guide to the Sources of British Military History
Imperial octavo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1971
KEYWORDS: History reference sources guide military history
The Golden Age: Myths and Legends Series
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Bracken Books 1986
KEYWORDS: art history mythology ancient history illustrated
Costume and Fashion, Volume Three: the Tudors, Book 2: 1547-1603
Small quarto, deep purple cloth boards, gilt lettering on spine with gilt & red illustration on spine & front cover; frontispiece, pages numbered 385-832: 447pp, illus, a little scruffy but sound (mod. rubbing, soiling and insect damage to covers; edges mod. bruised with sl. surface loss on spine extrems; mod. tanning with sl. foxing to eps & page edges; slightly cocked) in d/w scruffy (bruising, rubbing, soiling & insect damage; edges worn with small open tears; 70x50cm open tear on spine, dampstaining inside)
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1938 (?)
KEYWORDS: history costume fashion manufacture sewing England History Tudor Tudors fabrics material
Port to Pasture: Reminiscences and Records of Port Awanui, East Coast
oblong small super octavo, illustrated light card covers, green lettering on white spine, 157pp, illus, VG+ (sl. rubbing to covers; sl. creasing to spine; previous owner's name, in ink, on fep & prelim)
PUBLISHER: Hughes & Rees Morley, 1988
KEYWORDS: Port Awanui East Coast New Zealand history personalities police farming oral history
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: Vol 1- The Birth of Britain: Vol 2- The New World: Vol 3- The Age of Revolution: Vol 4- The Great Democracies
4 VOLUME SET, ALL FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, top of page edges stained red, xi-xxi + 322pp-416pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board edges with sl surface loss, light foxing to page edges and prelims, slight foxing to pages throughout all vols) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing and chipping and occasional tears to covers- severe to vol 1, archival tape repairs to edges of vols 1, 7cm closed tear to cover of vol 2, moderate foxing & tanning to all covers)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1956-1958
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill history Great Britiain illustrated literature culture language grammar syntax pre-history
Destiny's Daughter: The Tragedy of RMS Queen Elizabeth
Imperial 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Mainstream Publishing 1988
KEYWORDS: history rms queen elizabeth history maritime
The History of Reckitt and Sons Limited
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 will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: A Brown & Sons 1965
KEYWORDS: history memoir reckitt family history
South Island Steam Memories: Published to Mark 50th Anniversary End of NZR Steam, Oct 26 1971 - 2021. Fairlie Branch Line Memories
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: R. A John 2017
KEYWORDS: new zealand history train rail steam history dunedin christchurch otago