Books - "history"
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The Wild Winds: The History of Number 486 RNZAF Fighter Squadron with the RAF
Quarto, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiv + 396pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & front cover, 1cm closed tear to base of spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Paul Sortehaug 1998
KEYWORDS: military history New Zealand RNZAF RAF Royal Air Force fighter squadron 486 aviation
The Vought F4U Corsair: A Comprehensive Guide
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 144pp, illus, folding diagram to rear, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, sl chafing & curling to covers, sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2010
KEYWORDS: military aviation history vought f4u corsair design engineering fighter planes models modelling crafts hobbies
Mosquito FB.V1
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, beige lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine, minor curling to cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2009
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aircraft RAF Royal Air Force fighter planes design engineering Mosquito fb.v1
The De Havilland Mosquito: A Comprehensive Guide for the Modeller
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 159pp, folding diagram to rear, illus, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light creasing to cover edges, sl chafing to covers, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2013
KEYWORDS: military history crafts hobbies models modelling design fighter planes aircraft De Havilland Mosquito aviation
The Hawker Sea Fury: Royal Navy & Export Versions (MDF Scaled Down 4)
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, 96pp, illus, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2016
KEYWORDS: military aviation history crafts hobbies models modelling hawker sea fury royal navy fighter planes aircraft
The Westland Whirlwind: A Detailed Guide to the RAF's Twin-Engine Fighter
Quarto, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, 82pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Valiant Wings Publishing 2014
KEYWORDS: military aviation history crafts hobbies models modelling RAF Royal Air Force Westland Whirlwind twin engine fighter planes aircraft
Rolling With the Stones
Heavy lg quarto, illus glossy boards, white lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 512pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor tanning to spine, light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Dorling Kindersley 2002
KEYWORDS: rock music bands musicians The Rolling Stones history biography autobiography Bill Wyman
Haugh Family 1872-1987
Octavo, stapled white light card wrappers, black lettering & illus to front cover, printed inside covers, 152pp, illus/photos, VG (minor creasing & moderate staining/foxing to covers, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Betty Whyte 1988
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history genealogy Haugh early settlers
Limehills School: A Souvenir to Commemorate Its Diamond Jubilee 1872-1932
Octavo, white light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 79pp, VG- (moderate to heavy chipping & loss to spine- binding exposed in places, moderate foxing & soiling to covers, minor closed tears to edges of covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate foxing to inside covers, contents lightly foxed but tidy)
PUBLISHER: The Southland Times Company (Printer) 1932
KEYWORDS: New Zealand schools history Limehills School diamond jubilee souvenirs
History of Claremont: Timaru New Zealand 1867-1948
SCARCE, octavo, blue light card wrappers, blue lettering to front cover, 45pp, illus, VG- (moderate rusting to staples at covers- some minor tearing, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, moderate insect damage to rear cover & terminals, minor foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Timaru Herald Co 1948
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Timaru history Claremont settlers pioneers
Jubilee Memoir 1939 Invercargill Park School and Waihopai (Gladstone) School, United in 1914 and Forming the Present Waihopai School (Main, Side and Dryburgh Schools)
Octavo, cream light card wrappers, brown lettering to covers, 132pp, illus/photos, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to spine/extrems, moderate soiling to covers, moderate creasing to cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: The Southland News Co 1939
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history jubilee souvenirs Invercargill Waihopai schools
Kepler
FIRST EDIITON, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 401pp, VG (moderate soiling to boards, minor rubbing to board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owners name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, minor fading & scuffing to spine, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate tanning)
PUBLISHER: Abelard-Schuman 1959
KEYWORDS: first editions Johannes Kepler astronomy science history biography physics
The Edge of Objectivity: An Essay in the History of Scientific Ideas
UK FIRST EDITION, octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 562pp, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, minor creasing to bottom corners of prelims) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning & foxing to spine & rear cover, moderate soiling, moderate creasing & chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: UK first editions essays literature science history scientific ideas
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Super octavo, beige light card wrappers, brown lettering to spine & front cover, mixed pagination, VG (moderate fading to spine & cover edges, minor curling/creasing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm tear to base of rear cover & terminals, minor separation to front gutter)
PUBLISHER: School of Economic Science N/D (c.1978)
KEYWORDS: common law history historical commentaries laws
Gold Beneath Dark Waters: The People of Waipori (Second Edition)
SECOND EDITION, quarto, illus light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 321pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl curling to cover edges, light peeling to edges of rear cover, sl soiling to half title page)
PUBLISHER: David Still 2019
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Waipori early settlers
Half a Century of Vintage Motoring: A History of the Southland Branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl soiling/foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Southland Branch of the Vintage Car Club of New Zealand 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand fifty 50 year anniversary vintage classic cars automotive car clubs Southland branch history signed N A McMillan
New Zealand Scenery: Chromo-Lithographed After Original Water-Color Drawings
FIRST EDITION, ALL PLATES PRESENT, elephant folio, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, aeg, unpaginated, illus/plates- no tissue guards, VG- (heavy creasing & cracking/tearing to spine, moderate scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate foxing & soiling to eps, heavy cracking to gutters, moderate foxing throughout inc. plates, verso pages of plates discoloured due to lack of tissue guards)
PUBLISHER: Marcus Ward & Co 1877
KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history historical scenery watercolours art chromo-lithographs John Gully
England Under the Norman and Angevin Kings 1075-1225
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxx + 772pp, illus, Near FINE (sl bruising/rubbing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl tanning to flap edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: history England English medieval Normans Angevins
Shaping the Nation: England 1360-1461
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 705pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (sl fading to spine, light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: history England English wars of the roses medieval
Sail and Steam
SIGNED LIMITED EDITION, quarto, blue leather boards, gilt lettering & raised bands to spine, gilt lettering & maritime illus to front board, aeg, illus prelims, xii + 175pp, illus, Near FINE (light tanning/fading to spine), in slipcase, VG+ (moderate fading & light chafing/soiling, minor bruising to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Patrick Stephens 1980
KEYWORDS: signed limited editions maritime nautical art ships boats Warren Moore Jack Spurling history historical