Books - "history"
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A Parson in Prison: A Biography of the Rev. George Edgar Moreton
Ex-library small 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: Oswald-Sealy New Zealand Ltd 1944
KEYWORDS: Biographies Reverand George Edgar Moreton prison chaplaincy New Zealand Dunedin Otago history religion
How We Kept the Flag Flying: The Story of the Siege of Ladysmith
Ex-library - single ink stamp, small 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: Ward Lock & Co Ltd N/D (c.1900)
KEYWORDS: Military history siege of ladysmith war correspondence Boer
Big Pacific
Oblong quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) 1cm closed tear to base of rear cover; 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: David Bateman 2017
KEYWORDS: Pacific ocean natural history marine wildlife geography geology maritime
Catherine the Great: Life and Legend
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: Folio Society 1999
KEYWORDS: Catherine the Great biography Russian history Queens Imperial Russia Folio Society Enlightenment Women
The Latter Days
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1953
KEYWORDS: Colditz Story sequel Pat P R Reid memoir WW2 WWII World War Two POW prisoners of war history
The Trial of Richard III
Octavo softcover (VG) ink & pencil annotation to half-title page; 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: Alan Sutton 1990
KEYWORDS: Trial of Richard III third king history monarchy kings English British law
A History of the Twentieth Century: Volume One: 1900-1933
FIRST EDITION this vol. only imperial octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+, tear to spine otherwise 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: HarperCollins 1997
KEYWORDS: Martin Gilbert 20th century history twentieth volume one modern first editions
The Lost Pilot: A Memoir
SIGNED & INSCRIBED 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: Penguin 2013
KEYWORDS: Jeffrey Paparoa Holman memoir autobiography history WW2 WWII World War Two pilot pilots Royal Navy NZ New Zealand Kiwi Kiwis
Currency Lad: The Story of Hamilton Hume and the Explorers
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: Leisure Magazines1982
KEYWORDS: Hamilton Hume R H Webster exlploration history biography
Macchi c . 202 in action
Oblong 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1980
KEYWORDS: Āircraft no. 41 Macchi c . 202 squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military
P-38 Lightning in Action: Aircraft Number 109
Oblong 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1990
KEYWORDS: Āircraft number no. 109 P-38 Lightning squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military
T-6 Texan in Action: Aircraft Number 94
Oblong 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1989
KEYWORDS: Āircraft number no. 94 T-6 Texan squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military
P-12/F4B in Action: Aircraft Number 141
Oblong 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: Squadron / Signal Publications 1993
KEYWORDS: Āircraft number no. 141 P-12/F4B squadron / signal aviation planes aeroplanes warfare history military
England Versus New Zealand: A History of the Tests and Other Matches
SIGNED BY A FEW PLAYERS, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 304pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, minor foxing & soiling to page edges, sl crack to base of front gutter) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to flaps, minor general wrinkling)
PUBLISHER: The Crowood Press 1990
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand England sport history cricket test matches
Coomasie and Magdala: The Story of Two British Campaigns in Africa
TIRED/SCRUFFY COPY! Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & illus to spine, gilt & black illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 510pp, illus, folding map to prelims, G (v heavy scuffing to board corners, moderate scuffing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy rubbing/chafing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ffep missing, v heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- binding loose & boards shaky, heavy cracking to gutters throuhgout- some page segments partially detached, closed tearingt o folding map)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle 1874
KEYWORDS: Africa British campaigns history war military Coomasie Magdala
The Fighter Aces of the RAF 1939-1945
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to spine & board edges, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, light to moderate soiling & foxing)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber and Co 1962
KEYWORDS: military history British armed forces RAF Royal Air Force ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 fighter pilots
Stolen Journey
LACKS D/W, AUTHOR'S SIGNATURE TIPPED IN TO FULL TITLE PAGE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained blue, frontispiece with tissue guard, maps/illus to eps, 412pp, illus, VG (minor rubbing to extrems, moderate fading/discolouration to spine, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, frontispiece partially detached but present, moderate foxing to rear eps & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1950
KEYWORDS: signed Oliver Philpot military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 RAF Royal Air Force pows prisoners of war Stalag Luft III escapees autobiography memoir
Sirdar and Khalifa, or The Re-Conquest of the Soudan 1898 (Fourth Edition)
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 305pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (minor bruising/rubbing to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light soiling/staining to boards/edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light pencil annotation to margins, sl cracking to gutters, minor foxing & tape repairs/creasing to folding map)
PUBLISHER: George Bell & Sons 1899
KEYWORDS: British colonies colonialism history Soudan Africa Sirdar Khalifa army campaigns
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria
FIRST EDITION, REBOUND, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, folding map/frontispiece, xiv + 498pp, folding maps- all 3 present, VG (light rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing with moderate soiling also to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & minor closed tearing to front folding map, sm gouge to pg xiv of prelims, prev. owner's name in ink to pg1)
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1900
KEYWORDS: first editions military history Winston Churchill Africa African war
The Highest Andes: A Record of the First Ascent of Aconcagua and Tupungato in Argentina, and the Exploration of the Surrounding Valleys
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt bird illus to front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvi + 390pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional patch of moderate foxing throughout, 1x map at rear has moderate creasing & tearing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Methuen & Co 1899
KEYWORDS: exploration mountain climbing mountaineering Argentina South America history historical ascents