Books - "history"
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The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine
FOLDING MAPS THROUGHOUT & TO REAR, ex-library, octavo, brown buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, black decoration to front board border, frontispiece, xv + 284pp, illus/maps, VG- (usual library markings, fully adhesive plastic covering to spine & boards, sl bruising & scuffing to extrems, light foxing to spine, sl soiling to boards, moderate tanning/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, yellowing tape reinfrocement to gutter of full title page- staining either side, minor cracking to gutters throughout, light wrinkling & soiling to some folding maps)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1922
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history war Sinai Palestine
The First and the Last: The Story of the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards: 1939-1945
Octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, frontispiece, xv + 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, occasional light soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Art & Educational Publishers 1946
KEYWORDS: military history 4th 7th fourth seventh dragoon guards regimental cavalry regiment regiments British Army armed forces
Imperial Military Geography General Characteristics of the Empire in Relation to Defence (Ninth Edition)
Ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, ix + 414pp, illus/folding maps- not counted presumed all present, VG- (usual library markings, fully adhesive plastic covering to spine & boards, moderate rubbing & tanning to spine, moderate bruising & rubbing/scuffing to extrems, ligt chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy cracking & yellowing tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Sifton Praed & Co 1937
KEYWORDS: military history geography imperial British empire
Fifty Years of Volunteering: The Army of Regulations
FIRST EDITION, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 179pp, VG- (minor bruising to board edges & extrems, light fading/tanning & moderate staining to spine, moderate to heavy soiling to rear board, light staining to front board, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, light foxing to prelims, prev. owner's ink stamp & date stamp to preface page, occasional light soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1910
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Lieutenant Colonel H Slater military history volunteer force New Zealand autobiography memoir
The Musket Wars: A History of Inter-Iwi Conflict 1806-45
Super octavo, illus stiff card wrappers with french flaps, black & brown lettering to spine, maps to eps, 400pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing & soiling to spine & covers, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history musket wars iwi tribes 19th nienteenth century conflict
The Tale of a Trooper
SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp illus/decoration to front board, top page edges stained grey- faded, unpaginated prelims + 200pp, VG (light to moderate cracking to frnt & rear hinges- boards sl shaky, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, minor soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front & rear eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, sm ink numerals to rear pastedown)
PUBLISHER: John Lane the Bodley Head 1921
KEYWORDS: first edittions military history Clutha N Mackenzie New Zealand Wellington Mounted Rifles NZEF ww1 first 1st world war one i 1 the great war autobiography
War Medals and Decorations: Issued to the British Military and Naval Forces From 1588 to 1898
Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt decoration to spine, printed eps, frontispiece, vi + (2) + 356pp + appendix & catalogue to rear, illus, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners/edges, moderate chafing to boards, moderate soiling to page edges, light to moderate cracking to gutters, light tanning & staining to eps, occasional foxing throughout, moderate soiling & foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: L Upcott Gill 1899
KEYWORDS: militaria war medals decorations British military navy naval forces history antiques
The Funnies: The 79th Armoured Division and its Specialised Equipment
SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, illus yellow light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, x + 131pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, ink stamp & prev. bookseller's sm label to half title page, sm patch of paper residue to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Bellona / Model & Allied Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: first editions military history 79th armoured division equipment tank forces armed British
Industry and Commerce of the City of Rome (50BC-200AD)
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) lacks d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Porcupine Press 1979
KEYWORDS: helen jefferson loane rome roman history commerce
Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1905
KEYWORDS: rome roman history samuel dill
Roman Society in the Last Century of the Western Empire
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & Co 1898
KEYWORDS: rome roman history samuel dill
Lord Bothwell: A Study of the Life, Character and Times of James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell
Super octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Collins 1937
KEYWORDS: great british history bothwell robert gore-browne
Alexander's Empire
REBOUND INCORPORATING ORIGINAL SPINE, octavo hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1890 Fifth Edition
KEYWORDS: alexander the great history john pentland mahaffy
Polybius the Histories
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) lacks d/w; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Twayne Publishers
KEYWORDS: polybius punic wars roman rome history classical
The Naval Who's Who 1917
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: J B Hayward & Son 1981
KEYWORDS: naval navy personnel history
The Use and Abuse of History
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Viking Press
KEYWORDS: historical interpretation power history m i finley
Springbok Story 1949-1953
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1954
KEYWORDS: springbok rubgy history danie craven
The Ship-Busters: The Story of the RAF Torpedo-Bombers
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Quality Book Club
KEYWORDS: ralph barker raf history bombers wwii world war two
Cicero: De Offiiciis / On Duties
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Library of Liberal Arts / The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1974
KEYWORDS: cicero roman literature history harry g edinger
Bolivar
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown and Company 1977
KEYWORDS: simon bolivar gran colombia venezuela bolivia ecuador peru history