Books - "history"
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Alfred the Great: The Man Who Made England
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: John Murray 2005
KEYWORDS: history English kings rulers Alfred the Great
Pictorial History of the Mediterranean Air War, Volume III: Axis Air Forces 1940-45
THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Ian Allan 1974
KEYWORDS: military history aviation axis air forces ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 mediterranean
Jospehus: Jewish Antiquities, Books XVIII-XIX
THIS VOL ONLY, PARALLEL TEXT IN ANCIENT GREEK & ENGLISH, sm 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: Harvard University Press / Loeb 1965
KEYWORDS: PARALLEL GREEK & ENGLISH TEXT ancient history antiquities Loeb classical library series Flavius Josephus literature
Revolutionaries: Contemporary Essays
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: Quartet 1977
KEYWORDS: history literature essays revolution
Escape from Corregidor
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: Panther 1960
KEYWORDS: war history pows prisoners of war escape stories
The New Century Begins: Celebrating 125 Years of Education in Hedgehope
SIGNED, 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: Not Stated
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history teaching education Hedgehope
Fighting Vehicles of the New Zealand Army
Oblong 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: Burgess Media Services 1980
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military equipment fighting vehicles armoured tanks army history
The Luftwaffe Album: Fighters and Bombers of the German Air Force 1933-1945
FIRST EDITION, 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: Arms and Armour 1997
KEYWORDS: first editions military history aviation German Germany luftwaffe fighter planes bombers
Aerofax Minigraph 8: Boeing P-26 Variants
Quarto 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: Aerofax 1984
KEYWORDS: military history aviation boeing p-26 variants design engineering
China Tea Clippers
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: Adlard Coles 1989
KEYWORDS: maritime history nautical transport clippers ships tea China Chinese 19th nineteenth century
Grumman Guidebook, Volume I: History of Pre-war Grumman Fighters FF-1, F2F, F3F, the Duck, Goose, Widgeon, the Wildcat Fighters of World War II, the Skyrocket and the XP-50
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: Flying Enterprise Publications 1976
KEYWORDS: military history aviation grumman US American aircraft fighter planes
Agents of Autonomy: Maori Committees in the Nineteenth Century
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: Huia Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Maori Aotearoa 19th nineteenth century committees
Smoke in the Valley
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: Bloomsbury 2008
KEYWORDS: David Kynaston social history austerity Britain 1948-51 series
Old Manukau
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) jacket scruffy with archival repairs; 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: Tonson Publishing House 1966
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Manukau A E Tonson
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 886pp, illus/photos, VG- (light fading to board edges, moderate paper residue [from jacket] & soiling to rear board- water damage, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, heavy crack to gutter of prelims, moderate water/damp staining & wrinkling to base of rear pages) in d/w, VG (moderate water damage/staining- mostly to internal sides, minro creasing to edges, minor fading, light chafing/soiling & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster 1986
KEYWORDS: first editions atomic bombs weapons weaponry nuclear warfare Hiroshima Nagasaki modern history military US America
The Meaning of Masonry
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 216pp, VG (light rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor water damage & wrinkling to pgs 47-50) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, light to moderate fading to spine, minor chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Bell Publishing Company 1980
KEYWORDS: freemasonry freemasons masonic masonry secret societies symbolism masonic philosophy history
Women I've Undressed
FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, gold coloured heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 425pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges/extrems, sl chafing to boards, spine sl cocked) in d/w, VG (3cm closed tear to top edge of rear cover, light to moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Ebury Press 2015
KEYWORDS: first editions fashion history Hollywood actresses clothing Orry-Kelly designers silver screen movie stars
A Bloody Road Home: World War Two and New Zealand's Heroic Second Division
Imperial octavo, orange heavy boards, white lettering to spine, 620pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2014
KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand Zealanders ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Greece Crete 2nd division North Africa
A History of Wood Engraving
Quarto, green faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 407pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps & prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading to spine, moderate creasing & chipping/peeling to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury 1986
KEYWORDS: art history wood engraving engravings
Bazaar to Piazza: Islamic Trade and Italian Art, 1300-1600
FIRST EDITION, quarto, aqua blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, ix + 257pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor discolouration to board edges, light foxing & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 2002
KEYWORDS: history trade commerce Italy Italian Islamic Islam oriental decorative arts renaissance influence