Books - "history"
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Enzo Ferrari: The Definitive Biography of an Icon
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: Cassell 2024
KEYWORDS: motorsport history Enzo Ferrari biography biographies memoir
The Making of New Zealand: An Economic History
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 1985
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history economics finance financial politics political
Sketches from the Life of William Paterson
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: None Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Otago Early Settlers' Association autobiography William Paterson
Methodism in Auckland During the Maori Wars: 1860-1864
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: Wesley Historical Society (N.Z.) 1957
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori wars religion methodism methodist Auckland
The History of Greenhills
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: J E Bremer 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Greenhills district south island Southland J E Bremer
There's Gold in Them There Hills
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: Simpson & Williams N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand autobiography memoir D Mundy history
A History of Japanese in Hawaii
Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, xix + 431pp, illus/photos, VG+ (in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired, light foxing & soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to ffep, sl occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: The United Japanese Society of Hawaii 1971
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history Hawaii Hawai'i US American America immigration immigrants
Prisoner in Japan
Octavo, red cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 256pp, VG (light bruising & soiling/discolouration to board edges & extrems, light fading to spine, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (price clipped, heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems- yellowing tape repairs also, moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate tanning, light foxing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Geoffrey Bles 1945
KEYWORDS: ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 history pows prisoners of war hard labour Phyllis Argall Japanese Japan
Through Japanese Barbed Wire: A Thousand-mile Trek from a Japanese Prison Camp
Octavo, red buckram boards, blue lettering to spine, blind rule to front board, 184pp, VG+ (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page egdes, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to edges- internal yellowing tape repairs, light tanning to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Co 1944
KEYWORDS: prisoners Japan Japanese Stanley Peninsula prison camps survivors history Gwen Priestwood autobiography memoir
From Tokyo to Tiflis: Uncensored Letters from the War
Super octavo, teal buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red lettering & gilt ship motif to front board, teg, frontispiece, x + 340pp, illus, folding map to rear- all plates present, VG- (moderate bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, light to moderate chafing to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing with moderate soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's labels to front pastedown, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters- boards sl shaky, moderate to heavy cracking to gutters throughout, light foxing throughout, plate opp. pg 208 loose)
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett 1905
KEYWORDS: war history Japan Russia letters correspondence
A Beachcomber in the Orient
Octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to spine & front board, top page edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims, 395pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor wrinkling to boards, light to moderate fading & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light tanning to prelims & terminals, light foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Lane, The Bodley Head 1923
KEYWORDS: Asia travel writing literature Harry L Foster oriental adventures history historical
Japan
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt & black lettering to spine, gilt & green lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, x + 431pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters, prev. owners' names in ink to half & full title pages, occasional light markings in pencil)
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1894
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history David Murray
The Politics of Nostalgia: Racism and the Extreme Right in New Zealand
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & red lettering to spine & front cover, 318pp, VG+ (light chafing & curling to spine & covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Dunmore Press 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand far right extremism racism history conservative politics right-wing
Japan, being a Sketch of the History, Government and Officers of the Empire
Ex-library, rebound, octavo, half leatherbound blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to red leather title plate to spine, raised bands to spine, gilt library motif to front board, coloured speckling to page edges, beautiful vibrant coloured frontispiece, vi + 489pp, VG (minimal library markings, light rubbing & staining to leatherwork, light to moderate chafing & soiling/fading to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, minor foxing & soiling occasionally throughout)
PUBLISHER: William Blackwood and Sons 1869
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese history politics political empire government
Japan and Her Colonies; being Extracts from a Diary Made Whilst Visiting Formosa, Manchuria, Shantung, Korea and Saghalin in the Year 1921
Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 276pp + 20pp to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, sm ink stamp to ffep, light cracking to gutters, light creasing to fore-edges of terminals, occasional light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Edward Arnold & Co 1923
KEYWORDS: Japan Japanese diaries journals Poultney Bigelow modern history
A Staff Officer's Scrap-Book During the Russo-Japanese War (2 Vol Set)
2 VOLS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt author's name to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- x + 362pp + 16pp to rear, vol 2- xi + 387pp + 16pp to rear, illus plates & folding maps- all counted with 1x missing, VG (light bruising & rubbing to extrems, light tanning to spines, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name to ffeps, moderate foxing to prelims, map XXXIV to vol 2 missing, some minor foxing throughout, light occasional cracking to gutters, 2x maps detached but loosely enclosed)
PUBLISHER: Edwrad Arnold 1907
KEYWORDS: military history Russia Japan Russian Japanese early 20th twentieth century Sir Ian Hamilton
War in the Far East: A History of the Russo-Japanese Struggle (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & coloured illus to spines, black lettering/rule & coloured illus to front boards, aeg, map frontispieces to each vol, illus/plate- all plates present, mixed pagination, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light rubbing & discolouration to spines, moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to eps & sporadically throughout, a lot of plates are detached or partially detached but all are present, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Virtue and Company N/D (c.1900s?)
KEYWORDS: military history Russia Japan Russian Japanese war conflict Russ-Japanese geopolitics
A Treatise on the Wealth, Power and Resources of the British Empire, in Every Quarter of the World, Including the East Indies
1965 REPRINT, very tidy ex-library, quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 456pp + 93pp appendices to rear, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl tanning to eps, minimal library markings)
PUBLISHER: Johnson Reprint Company 1965
KEYWORDS: Great Britain British empire history wealth economy funding systems statistics
The Royal Yacht Britannia: The Official History
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, x + 310pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light tanning & fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 2003
KEYWORDS: royal maritime history Royal Yacht Britannia British monarchy royal family
The Churchill Tank: A Visual History of the British Army's Heavy Infantry Tank 1940-1945
FIRST EDITION, oblong quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, sl chafing to covers, minor soiling to inside front cover & title page)
PUBLISHER: The Ampersand Publishing Group 2010
KEYWORDS: military history British Army armed forces armoured vehicles heavy infantry tank tanks ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 design engineering first editions