Books - "history"
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The Warship Vasa: Deep Diving and Marine Archaeology in Stockholm
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: P A Norstedt & Soners Forlag 1974
KEYWORDS: marine nautical history archeology archaeology warships Vasa Stockholm Sweden Swedish
Six of the Best: The Story of George Street Normal and Five Associated Schools
SIGNED, 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: Reunion Committee George Street Normal School 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Otago Dunedin normal schools George Street primary academic history signed Danny Knudson
James and Helen McCall: A Family History
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: The McCall Family Reunion Committee 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history research James Helen McCall genealogy Murray Forbes Bruce
Picture History of the Queen Mary and the Queen Elizabeth
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: Dover Publications 2004
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history pictorial Queen Elizabeth Mary steam ships liners Cunard Line
Poem in Stone: History of St Mary's Anglican Church New Plymouth 1846-1971
Octavo softcover, stapled (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: Masterprint Press (Printer) N/D (c.1970s)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand old churches St Mary's anglican church New Plymouth history
Jack Johnson is a Dandy: An Autobiography
Sm quarto, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, illus/photos, VG (minor bruising & rubbing/soiling to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Chelsea House Publishers 1969
KEYWORDS: sport history boxing boxers autobiography memoir Jack Johnson autobiographies
The Kinks: Uncut Fifty Years on the Road (4 DVD Book Set Collectors Limited Edition, Unofficial and Unauthorised)
4x DVDS TO REAR, square imperial octavo, illus heavy boards, white & coloured lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 96pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl tanning to page edges, discs unblemished but not tested)
PUBLISHER: FHE Ltd / Blitz Books N/D
KEYWORDS: music history biographies autobiographies The Kinks rock pop bands
England in Ashton-Under-Lyne
HEAVY ITEM- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, top page edges stained red, patterned/marbled eps, coat of arms frontispiece, xxiii + 710pp, illus/folding items- not counted presumed all present, VG (light fading & tanning to spine, moderate staining to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl foxing sporadically throughout, some folding items have light to moderate closed tearing)
PUBLISHER: John Sherratt and Son 1960
KEYWORDS: England English history Ashton-Under-Lyne manor parish
The Sea Gypsies of Malaya: An Account of the Nomadic Mawken People of the Mergui Archipelago with a Description of Their Ways of Living, Customs, Habits, Boats, Occupations &c, &c, &c
Octavo, teal buckram boards, turquoise lettering to spine, maritime illsu to front board, frontispiece, 318pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (moderate scuffing/chipping to spine extrems, minor bruising to board corners, minor tanning to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, minor tanning to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Seeley, Service & Co 1922
KEYWORDS: maritime history Malay nomads nomadic Mawken people anthropology Mergui archipelago exploration
Australian Imperialism in the Pacific: The Expansionist Era 1820-1920
Octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 289pp, VG+ (sl marking to rear board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: history Australia Pacific imperialism foreign relations
Harrisons of Liverpool: A Chronicle of Ships and Men 1830-2002
Quarto, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 400pp, illus/photos, VG (binding sloppy- boards shaky, spine cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate general creasing & chafing, light soiling, light fading to spine, light to moderate creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: The World Shipping Society / Ships in Focus Publications 2003
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Harrisons of Liverpool shipping ships transport
Cunard Line: A Fleet History
Quarto, illus heavy boards, red lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 304pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, binding quite sloppy with moderate cracking at some gutters, light to moderate bruising to extrems, light fading to spine, light tanning to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Ships in Focus Publications 2012
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical ships shipping transport history fleet Cunard Line
Liberty Ships in Peacetime, and Their Contribution to World Shipping History
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, quarto, illus heavy boards, brown lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 322pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate water damage to head of spine, light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, signed plate to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Ian Stewart Marine Publications 1992
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions maritime nautical history Liberty Ships shipping transport
Reefer Ships: The Ocean Princesses
Quarto, blue cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 226pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, minor occasional tearing to edges also, light chafing, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Willson Scott Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history reefer ships reefers
History of the Byzantine State
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxvii + 548pp, 6x folding maps to rear pocket, VG+ (light bruising/rubbing to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light tanning to spine, other light to moderate soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Basil Blackwell 1956
KEYWORDS: history Byzantine state government rule empire military restoration
John G Paton: Missionary to the New Hebrides: An Autobiography (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, VOL 1- 2nd ED., VOL 2- 1st ED, tidy ex-library- no external markings, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt illus to front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xv + 375pp, vol 2- xvi + 382pp, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising & moderate scuffing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, minor soiling to prelims, gift inscription in ink to half title page, moderate foxing to prelims of vol 2, heavy crack to gutter of title page of vol 2, other occasional moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1889
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir autobiographies John G Paton missionaries New Hebrides history historical
The Universities of Europe in the Middle Ages (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, frontispieces to vols 1 + 3, mixed pagination, VG+ (light fading to spine of vol 1, sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm labels to ffeps, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, light fading & moderate tanning to spines, general tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1942
KEYWORDS: history academic universities Europe middle ages
Forty-One Years in India, from Subaltern to Commander-in-Chief (2 Vol Set)
TIRED/SCRUFFY 2 VOL SET, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt insignia & blind stamp decoration to front boards, deckled page fore-edges, patterned eps, frontispieces with tissue guards, vol 1- xx + 511pp, vol 2- xii + 522pp + 64pp catalogue to rear, folding maps/illus- not counted presumed all present, VG- (moderate bruising & scuffing to spines & board extrems/edges, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters of both vols, prev. owner's name in ink to full title pages, light to moderate foxing to prelims, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedowns of both vols)
PUBLISHER: Richard Bentley and Son 1897
KEYWORDS: history India Indian British empire rule Field-Marshal Lord Roberts of Kandahar
From the Revolution to the Cold War: A History of the Soviet Merchant Fleet from 1917 to 1950
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 236pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, occasional soiling throughout)
PUBLISHER: World Ship Society Ltd 2012
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Russia Russian Soviet merchant fleet
Taiko Memories
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, illus inside covers, 199pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm patch of water damage/staining to fore-edge of page block)
PUBLISHER: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime nautical shipping history Silver Fern Shipping