Books - "history"
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Illustrated Motorscooter Buyer's Guide
Super ocavo 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: Motorbooks International 1993
KEYWORDS: Motorbooks International Illustrated Buyer's Guide series motor scooters mopeds motoring vehicles transport photographs history Cushman Vespa Lambretta
Scooterama: Cafe Chic & Urban Cool
Super ocavo 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: MBI 1999
KEYWORDS: motor scooters mopeds motoring vehicles transport colour photographs history
Policing the Colonial Frontier: Part One: The Theory and Practice of Coercive Social and Racial Control in New Zealand, 1767-1867
THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, xxi + 409pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss, sm stain to base of front cover)
PUBLISHER: V R Ward, Gov't Printer 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand police history law enforcement signed Richard Hill colonialism
The Luftwaffe War Diaries
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 399pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems & edges, minor tanning & staining to page edges, light tanning to eps, binding sloppy, occasional staining throughout) in d/w, G+ (in plastic protective cover, v heavy tearing & chipping/loss to edges & spine extrems- only minor loss, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1967
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 luftwaffe German aviation bombers aerial combat warfare
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
FIRST US EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to beige cloth spine, 480pp, VG+ (light bruising to edges/extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor chafing & soiling, moderate vertical crease to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 1997
KEYWORDS: first US editions social evolution civilisation civilization ethnology human history environment
The Hour of Decision: Part One: Germany and World-Historical Evolution
FIRST UK EDITION, tidy ex-library, octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, top page edges stained red (faded), xvi + 230pp + xiii index to rear, VG (minimal library markings, light tanning & fading to spine, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate soiling to boards & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: George Allen and Unwin 1934
KEYWORDS: first UK editions history military politics political German Germany
Onetahua Marae: The First 20 Years: 1985-2005
Oblong quarto, illus stapled light card wrappers, white lettering to covers, printed inside covers, 27pp, illus/photos, includes loosely enclosed ephemera, VG+ (sl chafing/rubbing to covers, light tanning to page edges0
PUBLISHER: Onetahua Marae 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori heritage maraes Onetahua Marae history culture
Tiger: The History of a Legendary Weapon 1942-45
Quarto, illus heavy boards, black lettering to spine, ix + 261pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine & front board, light to moderate bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sm ex-libris label to full title page)
PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 1989
KEYWORDS: military history armoured armored vehicles tanks Tiger ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 panzer German
Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS 1943-45 (Illustrated Edition)
ILLUSTRATED EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus ffep, frontispiece, v + 372pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising to spine & board extrems, light scuffing to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 1996
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 armoured armored tanks vehicles Waffen-SS warfare battles
Panzer Aces
ILLUSTRATED EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, v + 265pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, prev. owner's ex-libris label to full title page)
PUBLISHER: J J Fedorowicz Publishing 1992
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 armoured armored tanks vehicles panzer German
The Photographic History of the Civil War: Volume 3: Forts and Artillery, The Navies
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to blue faux leather spine, illus prelims, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling, minor creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Blue & Grey Press 1987
KEYWORDS: US America American civil war history forts artillery navy navies
Canaan: The Hidden Land of the Marble Mountain: An Account of the Pioneer Lives of Two Generations of the Sixtis Family
SIGNED, oblong quarto, spiralbound illus light card wrappers, 94pp, illus/photos, VG (light chafing & soiling to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: E J Sixtus N/D
KEYWORDS: signed E J Sixtus family history New Zealand genealogy early settlers pioneers
Gerrman Racing Silver: Drivers, Cars andTriumphs of German Motor Racing
Square imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars German Germany motor racing sport history
British Racing Green: Drivers, cars and Triumphs of British Motor Racing
Square imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & base of front cover, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars British Great Britain motor racing sport history
French Racing Blue: Drivers, cars and Triumphs of French Motor Racing
Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems & rear board) in d/w, VG (moderate fading & light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars France French motor racing sport history
Italian Racing Red: Drivers, Cars and Triumphs of Italian Motor Racing
Square imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board & soine extrems/edges, sl bruising to front board, sl tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars Italy Italian motor racing sport history
Aventures dans le Pacifique: From the Accounts of French Voayagers to the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand
TEXT MOSTLY FRENCH, WITH ENGLISH SUMMARIES; paperback (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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1967
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history French exploration Pacific Islands Australia nautical maritime diaries illustrated
The Golden Age of Speedway
Imperial octavo paperback (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: The History Press 2011
KEYWORDS: speedway motorbike racing motorsport history
Gun Running in the Red Sea
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: Sampson Low (no date)
KEYWORDS: history arms trade europe Red Sea Italy Ethiopia sea travel nautical maritime
Intermediate Schooling in New Zealand
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: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1964
KEYWORDS: New Zealand educational history education intermediate schooling teaching