Books - "history"
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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
My Years in China 1926-1941
Octavo, green buckram boards, brown lettering to spine, illus/map to front eps, 395pp, VG- (light bruising to extrems, moderate foxing/discolouration & staining to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, gift plate tipped in to half title page, prev. bookseller's sm label to verso of half title page, light sporadic foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (both flaps price clipped, moderate chipping/tearing to spine extrems, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1944
KEYWORDS: history conflict China autobiography autobiographies memoir Hallett Abend
From the Quiet Annals of Daingean: Articles on the History of a Parish in North Offaly
Octavo, illus light glossy card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, illus prelims, (6) + 194pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, large gift inscription in ink to full title page, prev. owner's annotated photos tipped in to terminal pages- relevant family history to book/location)
PUBLISHER: John Kearney 2006
KEYWORDS: Ireland Irish history Daingean North Offaly John Kearney
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
The Autobiography of Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Smith, Baronet of Aliwal on the Sutlej (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt military insignia to front boards, teg, deckled page fore-edges, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xxiv + 382pp, vol 2- ix + 434pp, illus, VG (light to moderate fading/tanning & soiling to spines, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, ex-libris plates to front pastedowns, moderate cracking to gutters of vol 2- boards sl shaky, minor cracking to other gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1902
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Lieutenant General Sir Harry Smith history military
The Hun Hunters: Cautionary Tales from the Trenches
REPRINT (SEPTEMBER 1916), oblong imperial ocatvo, illus heavy boards, blue lettering to blue buckram spine, unpaginated, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising to board corners/edges, moderate to heavy soiling & discolouration to boards- minor chafing also, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's pencil annotation to prelims, minor foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Grant Richards 1916
KEYWORDS: military history anecdotes sketches verse literature ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war
Otago Early Photographs
Oblong quarto, plastic spiral bound illus light card wrappers, unpaginated, illus/photos, VG+ (minor creasing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Hardwicke Knight Otago Dunedin photos photography
Atlas of the History of Medicine: I Anatomy
Quarto, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 96pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to spine & board corners, sl soiling & discolouration to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: H K Lewis & Co 1926
KEYWORDS: old medical books anatomy history illustrated artists pioneers
Olympic Legends: The Book of New Zealand's Olympic Medallists
Quarto, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, unpaginated autograph pages to prelims + 264pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in lovely presentation box, VG (moderate cracking to case corners- some splitting to joins, minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hill-Verdon Publishing 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand olympic heroes medallists sport history signed autographs profiles athletes special editions
Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway
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: Potomac Books 2007
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 famous battles Midway naval navy warfare Japanese Japan