Books - "history"
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A History of the English Speaking Peoples (4 Vol Set - Chartwell Edition)
4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blu ebuckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spines & front boards, top pages stained blue, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing/chafing to boards & edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page of vol 3)
PUBLISHER: The Educational Book Company 1956-58
KEYWORDS: Winston Churchill literature writings prose history English speaking peoples Chartwell edition
Slow Approach of Thunder: Story of a Life
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, erratum slip tipped in to copyright page, 256pp, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Harvill Press 1965
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Konstantin Paustovsky Russia Russian history
The History of Witchcraft and Demonology
Octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xxiii + 353pp, VG (moderate scuffing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to board edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/loss to edges, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University Books 1956
KEYWORDS: magic demons demonology esoteric supernatural satanism Montague Summers religion history literature
The History of Magic, Including a Clear and Precise Exposition of its Procedure, its Rites and its Mysteries
LACKS D/W, octavo, black textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained yellow, frontispiece, 384pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to extrems, sl rubbing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owners' names in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Borden Publishing N/D (inscription dated 1959)
KEYWORDS: history magic rituals rites Eliphas Levi esoteric mysticism occult
Cast in Concrete: Concrete Construction in New Zealand 1850-1939
SIGNED & DATED, oblong quarto, green heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading & scuffing to board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 1996
KEYWORDS: signed Geoffrey Thornton New Zealand construction buildings architecture engineering concrete history historical
William Henry Fox Talbot
Quarto, grey cloth boards, black lettering to spine & boards, photographic plate to front board, printed eps, 15pp + plates to rear, VG+ (light to moderate fading to spine & front board)
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press 2008
KEYWORDS: photography art history photographers William Henry Fox Talbot biography biographies memoir
The Girlhood of Mary Queen of Scots
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xliv + 471pp, plates with tissue guards- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, moderate chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1908
KEYWORDS: history Mary Queen of Scots biography biographies memoir royal family France 16th sixteenth century
Skinheads 1979-1984
Imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, illus eps & prelims, 157pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate curling & scuffing to cover edges, light wrinkling & chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Omnibus Press 2014
KEYWORDS: British skinhead culture early 80s anarchy skinheads contemporary history portraits photos Derek Ridgers
Service Lives Remebered: The Meritorious Service Medal in New Zealand and Its Recipients 1895-1994
Quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, ix + 574pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: H E Chamberlain 1995
KEYWORDS: New Zealand soldiers meritorious service medal recipients history military
U-Boats in Action 1939-1945 (U-Boote im Einsatz)
Square 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: Podzun-Verlag N/D (c.1970)
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 naval sea warfare u-boats submarines
Spitfire on My Tail: A View From the Other Side
SLIT TO FRONT COVER, 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: Independent Books 2009
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aerial combat warfare German luftwaffe
Anzacs: Stories From New Zealanders at War
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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2000
KEYWORDS: anzac military history New Zealand Zealanders anecdotes ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Outrageous Rugby Moments
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: Hodder Moa Beckett 2002
KEYWORDS: New Zealand rugby union sport history anecdotes Keith Quinn humour humor
The Golden Horseshoe
Octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-) lacks fep, frontispiece loose; 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: Evans Brothers 1955
KEYWORDS: military history naval sea warfare maritime u-boats submarines German
The Navy's Here! The Altmark Affair
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: Victor Gollancz 1955
KEYWORDS: military history German nazi naval warfare Altmark
The Black Raider
LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Elek Books 1955
KEYWORDS: military history naval battles warfare ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War
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: Te Papa Press 2022
KEYWORDS: military history the great war first 1st world war one i 1 campaigns Gallipoli weta workshop exhibition te papa museum
The Lost Boys
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: Affirm Press 2020
KEYWORDS: military history under-age soldiers anzac ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 boys
Play it Again: An Amateur Against the Impossible
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: Jonathan Cape 2013
KEYWORDS: British journalism history Alan Rusbridge music memoir autobiography autobiographies
Silent Victory: The US Submarine War Against Japan
LACKS D/W, super 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: J b Lippincott 1975
KEYWORDS: military history naval operations warfare maritime nautical submarines Japan Japanese US American