Books - "history"
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Pursue & Destroy
Quarto, maroon heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 175pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to boards, light foxing to page edges, light tanning & moderate foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate fading to spine, minor cracking & chipping to edges, moderate soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sentry Books 1978
KEYWORDS: military history aviation Leonard Kit Carson autobiography memoir fighter pilots
Pilots of Fighter Command
SCARCE, FIRST EDITION, ex-library, imperial octavo, beige buckram boards, grey lettering to blue buckram spine, 64pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, light bruising & rubbing to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing & soiling sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1942
KEYWORDS: military history pilots portraits British RAF Royal Air Force fighter command first editions
History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: In the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 (6 Vol Set)
6 VOL SET, octavo, red textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spines, printed eps, mixed pagination, illus/maps- not counted presumed all present, VG (moderate fading & rubbing/surface loss to spines, minor soiling to spine of vol V, moderate chafing/soiling & discolouration to boards, insect damage to front board & prelims of vol VI, minor tanning & foxing to page edges, top corner of ffep to vol II missing, minor tanning to eps, occasional sl cracking to gutters, light to moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Frederick Warne and Co N/D
KEYWORDS: military history Peninsula War South of France French early 19th nineteenth century
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1929
TATTY COPY, sm octavo, yellow light card wrappers, black lettering to spine- missing, printed inside covers, 707pp, G- (whole spine heavily cracked with binding completely exposed & some sections partially detached, heavy yellowing tape staining to cover edges, rear cover detached but present, other moderate soiling & creasing to covers, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1929
KEYWORDS: New Zealand sport history cricket past years almanacks Wisden
Lancia: The Shield and Flag
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 270pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, sm hole [insect damage?] to front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's details in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (moderate fading & rubbing/scuffing to spine, light to moderate fading & chafing to covers, light creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1980
KEYWORDS: first editions automotive cars Lancia history
The Global Remapping of American Literature
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 325pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine/front cover hinge, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: first editions literature literary criticism American history geography
The Lost World of Agharti: The Mystery of Vril Power
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, 231pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps, ex-libris ink stamp to ffep, ex-libris plate to verso of half title page) in d/w, VG (minor creasing & rubbing to edges, light fading & moderate tanning/soiling to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Souvenir Press 1982
KEYWORDS: first editions ancient history Asia underground tunnels Agharti nazi third reich archeology archaeology
It Doesn't Take a War: A Life Forever Changed by the Hyde Railway Crash
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Elizabeth Coleman 2019
KEYWORDS: Hyde railway crash memoir Elizabeth Coleman New Zealand history Maniototo
Russian Drama: From its Beginnings to the Age of Pushkin
Super 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1986
KEYWORDS: Russian drama theatre history Russia 17th-19th century
Early Queenstown: A Brief History of the Gold Rush to the Wakatipu and the Settlement of Queenstown
Octavo stapled wrappers (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: Lakes District Museum and Gallery 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand regional history Queenstown settlement gold rush Wakatipu
Niels Bohr's Times, In Physics, Philosophy, and Polity
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: Clarendon Press 1991
KEYWORDS: Niels Bohr nuclear physics history biography
Buffalo Hearts: A Native American's View of his Culture, Religion and History
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Bear Tribe Publishing Company 1989
KEYWORDS: Native American history culture religion Chippewa people
The Common Reader: Second Series
THIS VOL ONLY, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The Hogarth Press 1986
KEYWORDS: literary commentary history literature
World Within Walls: Japanese Literature of the Pre-Modern Era, 1600-1867
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1978
KEYWORDS: Japanese fiction literary history commentary fiction drama poetry haikai waka literature
Appreciations of Japanese Culture
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1981
KEYWORDS: Japanese literary history culture poetry Haikai war translation literature
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan [Two Volumes in One]
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Charles E. Tuttle Company 1986
KEYWORDS: 19th century Japan travelogue history culture
Where the Flaming Hell are We? The Story of Young Australians and New Zealanders Fighting the Nazis in Greece and Crete
Superoctavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2023
KEYWORDS: world war two ii anzac australian new zealand war military history
Doomed at the Start: American Pursuit Pilots in the Philippines, 1941-1942
Superoctavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Texas A & M University Press 1995
KEYWORDS: american pilot philippines world war two ii military history
The Making of the Second World War
Superoctavo 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1985
KEYWORDS: second ii world war politics history european conflict
The Archaeology of Ancient China: Revised and Enlarged Edition
Imperial 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: Yale University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: chinese china archaeology ancient history kwang-chih chang