Books - "history"
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The Relief of Tobruk (Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45)
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 566pp, illus/folding maps, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, sl staining to top corner of ffep, occasional light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1961
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official histories series ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Tobruk
Documents, Relating to New Zealand's Participation in the Second World War 1939-45 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG (moderate rubbing to spines & boards/extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown & vol 1, school ink stamps to eps of vol 3, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Government Printer 1949-63
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history official histories series ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 documents documentation
Vermeer's Camera: Uncovering the Truth Behind the Masterpieces
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 207pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: first editions art history Dutch artists Johannes Vermeer criticism appreciation
The Bravest Soldier: Sir Rollo Gillespie 1766-1814: A Historical Military Sketch
FIRST EDITION, octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frotnispiece, xvi + 292pp, folding maps, VG (sl fading to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, minor soiling & foxing to eps, minor scuffing to ffep, prev. bookseller's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, moderate foxing to prelims, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderdate creasing & chipping to edges- sl loss, sm patch missing to spine, moderate tanning & soiling to spine, light soiling, minor scuff to front)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood & Sons 1937
KEYWORDS: first editions biography biographies Sir Rollo Gillespie military history
Relations & Complications, Being the Recollections of H H the Dayang Muda of Sarawak
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, top page edges stained yellow, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xviii + 253pp, illus, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, numerous newspaper clippings tipped in to front eps & prelims, moderate tanning to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1929
KEYWORDS: first editions history H H the Dayang Muda of Sarawak autobiography autobiographies memoir recollections
Personal Narrative of a Year's Journey Through Central and Eastern Arabia (1862-63)
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, gilt illus & rule to front board, deckled page fore-edges, illus title page with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims with folding maps, 421pp, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, minor soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing & soiling to page edges, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, sm labels to front & rear pastedowns, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, pgs291-302 partially detached)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1868
KEYWORDS: William Gifford Palgrave history autobiography autobiographies memoir
Command Under Sail: Makers of the American Naval Tradition 1775-1850
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: Naval Institute Press 1985
KEYWORDS: military history navy naval maritime American US America
The Scorching of Washington: The War of 1812
FIRST EDITION, 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: David & Charles N/D
KEYWORDS: first editions US America American mi,itary history Washington war conflict Washington 19th nineteenth century
American Military History 1775-1996 (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, 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: Combined Books 1996
KEYWORDS: US America American military history armed forces
The Mother: Archetypal Image in Fairy Tales
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: Inner City Books 1988
KEYWORDS: fairy tales history literature literary criticism women folklore psychoanalysis
The Man-Eating Myth: Anthropology & Anthropophagy
Octavo softcover (VG-) occasional underlining; 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: Oxford University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: anthropology cannibalism history
The Archaeology of Knowledge
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: Routledge 1994
KEYWORDS: history literature philosophy Michel Foucault archeology archaeology
The Evolution of the Polynesian Chiefdoms
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: Cambridge University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology Polynesia Polynesian ancient history
Zhuge Liang: Strategy, Achievements and Writings
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: Ralph D Sawyer 2014 (?)
KEYWORDS: history Zhuge Liang wisdom China Chinese
The Black Phalanx: African American Soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812 and the Civil War
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: Da Capo Press 1994
KEYWORDS: US America African American soldiers military history 19th nineteenth century civil war independence
Handbuch der Uniformkunde: Die Militarische Tracht in Ihrer Entwicklung bis zur Gegenwart
TEXT IN GERMAN, 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: Helmut Gerhard Schulz 1971
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN military history troops German uniforms
Decision at the Chesapeake
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: William Kimber 1965
KEYWORDS: military history naval maritime warfare Chesapeake battles
Tribe of the War God: Ngati Tumatauenga
Ex-library, 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: Heritage New Zealand 1996
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history army armed forces
The Royal Navy and the Northwest Coast of North America, 1810-1914: A Study of British Maritime Ascendancy
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: University of British Columbia Press 1974
KEYWORDS: royal navy British naval history military 19th nineteenth century maritime
The Maoris
Square super octavo stapled 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: Cambridge University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history culture