Books - "history"
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Submarine Command: A Pictorial 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: Book Club Associates 1984
KEYWORDS: submarine naval history military navy submersible command
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
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: Allen Lane
KEYWORDS: anthropology archaeology ancient history modern thought humanity
Wellington's Army
TIDY EX LIBRARY 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: Ian Allen 1979
KEYWORDS: wellington army military history british
Churchill and America
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: Free Press 2005
KEYWORDS: william churchill british prime minister american history
Time's Monster: History, Conscience and Britain's Empire
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: Penguin Random House 2020
KEYWORDS: priya satia colonialism british empire history colonisation
James Boswell: The Earlier Years 1740-1769
FIRST EDITION, 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: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1966
KEYWORDS: james boswell history memoir biography
French Tapestries from the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Centuries
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: B T Batsford Ltd 1951
KEYWORDS: french tapestries textile history george wingfield digby
1st King's Dragoon Guards, A Brief Pictorial Record of the Regiment: 1685-1958
Oblong 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: Gale & Polden Ltd
KEYWORDS: english military history king's dragoon guards militaria 1st the queen's dragoon guards
Characters and Episodes of The Great Rebellion, Selected from The History and Autobiography of Edward, Earl of Clarendon
Octavo, brown leather boards, gilt lettering/tooling/decoration & raised bands to spine, gilt decorative borders to boards, gilt insignia to front board, marbled page edges & eps, xv + 367pp, VG (light chipping/bruising to spine extrems- sl loss, sl scuffing to boards & edges, minor tanning to page edges, prize/presentation plate to front pastedown, light foxing & soiling to prelims, 3cm crack to top of front gutter, minor cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1889
KEYWORDS: history England English civil war Edward Earl of Clarendon
The VC and DSO: A Complete Record of all Those Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Men (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, quarto, half leather bound red buckram boards, gilt lettering to black leather title plates on spines, other gilt & raised bands to spines, top page edges stained black, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (slpeeling to title plates on spines, minor bruising/scuffing to extrems, sl rubbing to spines & boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, contemporary eps, facsimile reprint index to rear of vol 1, minor cracking to gutters, moderate sporadic soiling throughout, lg closed tear with archival tape repair to half title page of vol 1)
PUBLISHER: The Standard Art Book Co N/D
KEYWORDS: military history heroism war heroes VC DSO Victoria Cross Distinguished Service Order recipients bravery courage medals awards
Fernleaf: The Ex-Servicemen's Magazine (12 Issues, 1939, Bound Together in One Vol)
12 ISSUES 1939, COMPLETE & BOUND TOGETHER IN ONE VOL, imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, mixed pagination, illus, VG (moderate rubbing & surface loss to spine & board edges, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning to page edges, front half of ffep missing, moderate tanning & foxing to eps, light to moderate tanning & soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: Fernleaf / Percy Salmon 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military publications past issues war history Fernleaf magazines ex-servicemen
Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy: Forty-Ninth Academic Year 1893-94
Octavo, half leather bound mauve buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt 'general assembly New Zealand' insignia to front board, red speckling to page edges, 98pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to board edges, sl chafing to boards, general assembly plate to front pastedown, light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, sm ink stamp to title page)
PUBLISHER: Washington, Government Printer 1893
KEYWORDS: US America American military history naval academy academies annual registers academic
Digging Up Deep Time: Fossils, Dinosaurs and Megabeasts from Australia's Distant Past
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, pink & white lettering to spine, x + 294pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: ABC Books 2005
KEYWORDS: first editions Australia archaeology archeology paleontology palaeontology paleobiology natural history dinosaurs fossils
American Samoa: 100 Years Under the United States Flag (Centennial Edition)
FIRST EDITION, quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 213pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, minor wrinkling & soiling to half title page) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, minor scuffing to flap edges/folds)
PUBLISHER: Island Heritage Publishing 2000
KEYWORDS: first editions American Samoa centenary centennial history culture
The Regimental History of the 3rd Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles (From April 1815 to December 1927)
SCARCE, 7 FOLDING MAPS- ALL PRESENT, SIGNED BY 24 MEMBERS OF THE REGIMENT (11 FROM BURMA 1942 & 13 FROM BURMA 1946), super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece, ix + (3) + 441pp, G+ (heavy scuffing & chipping to spine/extrems with moderate cracking to hinges, moderate bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, heavy cracking to gutter of title page- boards sl shaky & frontis sl loose, minro cracking to other gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Philip Allan & Co 1929
KEYWORDS: military history 3rd third Queen Alexandra's Own Gurkha Rifles regiment regimental signed
Stuka Squadron: Stukagruppe 77 - The Luftwaffe's 'Fire Brigade'
Super octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, minor foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1990
KEYWORDS: military history German Germany luftwaffe fire brigade Stuka squadron Stukagruppe 77 ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2
The Maori Battalion Remembers (3 Vols)
3 VOLS, quarto, stapled illus light card wrappers, coloured lettering to front covers, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & tanning to cover edges, moderate soiling to covers, moderate pencil stabbing marks to front cover & prelims of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Rem Publications N/D (c.1980s)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori military history Maori Battalion 28 28th
The Shop Story 1900-1939
Super octavo, red illus light card wrappers, frontispiece, 127pp, VG (light tanning/soiling & creasing to spine, minor loss to spine extrems, light to moderate creasing to cover edges, light soiling, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps/prelims, light foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Royal Artillery Institution 1954
KEYWORDS: military history early 20th twentieth century
The Maori Battalion Remembered, Golden Jubilee 1940-1990
Quarto, illus stapled light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 96pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history 28 Maori Battalion 50th jubilee
Battery Records of the Royal Artillery 1716-1859
FIRST EDITION, oblong imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military insignia to front board, xx + 313pp, VG- (moderate chafing/rubbing to spine- some loss to gilt, moderate fading & heavy staining to rear board, snail trails (literal!) to rear board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Royal Artillery Institute 1952
KEYWORDS: first editions military history battery records royal artillery gunners