Books - "history"
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British Steam Locomotive Builders
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board and spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+, in d/w, VG+ (minor closed tear to upper edge of spine - photos available on request) in VG slipcase
PUBLISHER: Goose and Son 1975
KEYWORDS: first editon steam trains locomotive engineering british transport history UK
A Middle-English Dictionary: Containing Words Used by English Writers from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century
Super octavo, burgundy red buckram boards, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, VG+ (ex-libris bookplate to ffep), in d/w, VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, minor foxing - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978
KEYWORDS: English language dictionary Middle-English Medieval history
Collages 1931-1972
OWNERSHIP OF WYSTAN CURNARD, octavo, brown light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover and spine, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Leo Castelli & L Feigen & James Corcoran 1978
KEYWORDS: Wystan Curnard art photography history
Ghost Fleet: The Sunken Ships of Bikini Atoll
Super octavo, printed light card wrappers, white and yellow lettering to front cover, white lettering to spine, illus/maps, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Kolowalu / University of Hawai'i Press 1996
KEYWORDS: history navy ships shipwrecks diving maritime
Random Shots from a Rifleman (Second Edition)
Octavo, green heavy boards quarter bound in dark teal buckram, black lettering to spine, 343pp, ex-libris plate of John Halstead Robson to front pastedown, VG (moderate scuffing to board edges & extrems, minor chipping to spine & title plate, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, occasional moderate cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: T and W Boone 1847
KEYWORDS: military memoir biography Sir John Kincaid Napoleonic Wars war 95th Rifles rifleman british UK history
Classical Tradition and the Modern Movement
Dual text, Finnish and English, octavo, purple printed light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover and spine, illus/photos, VG (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Finnish Association of Architects & Museum of Finnish Architecture & Alvar Aalto Museum 1985
KEYWORDS: dual text Finnish and English architecture art history Finnish Alvar Aalto
Restoring Disturbed Landscapes: Putting Principles into Practice
Super octavo, printed light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover and spine, 189pp, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Island Press 2011
KEYWORDS: ecology restoration geology natural disasters mining history
Newspaper Story: One Hundred Years of the Boston Globe: A Special Edition for Friends of the Boston Globe
Imperial octavo, red heavy boards, yellow and black lettering to front cover and spine, 482pp, illus/photos, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: history Boston Globe newspaper media publishing
Hearts Hands Minds: The Cardio-thoracic Nurses of Green Lane Hospital
Super octavo, printed light card wrappers with french flaps, white lettering to front cover and spine, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 1943
KEYWORDS: medical hospitals cardio-thoracic nurses cardio New Zealand history biography
The Seven Shaikhdoms: Life in the Trucial States before the Federation of the United Arab Emirates
FIRST EDITION, quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus title page and prelims, illus/photos, VG+ (minor foxing to page edges, minor scuffing to extrems, gift inscription in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing to edges, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Stacey International 1990
KEYWORDS: First Edition United Arab Emirates Trucial States Shaikhdoms history middle east
Historic Poverty Bay and The East Coast NI NZ: A Centinnial Memorial
FIRST EDITION, octavo, light blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus terminals, illus/maps/photos, VG+ (minor fading and bruising to extrems, moderate tanning to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/w, VG (moderate tanning to spine & edges, minor creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, light general soiling)
PUBLISHER: J A Mackay 1949
KEYWORDS: First Edition New Zealand history poverty society memorial migration Maori settlers
500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form
Octavo, printed light card wrappers with french flaps, white and yellow lettering to front cover, white and pink lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 419pp, illus/photos, VG+ (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Lark Books 2008
KEYWORDS: handmade books craft history
Rugby Football: Hints on How to Play It
Sm octavo, dark blue buckram boards, blind stamped lettering to front cover, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 128pp, VG (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap 1925
KEYWORDS: sports guides history rugby
The Art of Boxing
Sm octavo, faded red and green-grey buckram boards, black lettering to front cover and spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, 80pp, illus/photos, VG+ (moderate tanning to fep, minor soiling to front and rear covers, minor bruising and scuffing to extrems, minor foxing through pages, pencil underlining to pages 49-51pp - photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: W Foulsham & Co nd
KEYWORDS: sports guides history boxing
The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of The World's Greatest Invention
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, white lettering to spine, illus/photos/diagrams, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Allen Lane 2014
KEYWORDS: First Edition ancient history inventions printing publishing paper
The Race for Trieste
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, dark chocolate brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus/photos/maps, VG in VG d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 1977
KEYWORDS: First Edition war history New Zealand WWII World War 2 military intelligence Yugoslavia Italy
The Last Century of Sea Power: Vol 1: From Port Arthur to Chanak 1894-1992 & The Last Century of Sea Power: Vol 2: From Washington to Tokyo 1992-1945
2 vol set, 1vol, super octavo, dark green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, XVIII + 543pp, VG+ (minor marking to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing), 2 vol, super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, XX + 672pp, VG+ (minor marking to page edges, minor soiling to front and rear covers) in d/w, VG+ (minor creasing, photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Indiana University Press 2009 & 2010
KEYWORDS: navy military history war ships warships
Aircraft of the Spanish Civil War: 1936-1939
FIRST EDITION, quarto, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, illus prelims, 310pp, illus/maps/photos, VG+ (minor tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor creasing and scuffing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1990
KEYWORDS: First Edition history aviation aircraft planes Spanish Civil War military
The British Bomber: Since 1914
Quarto, navy blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps/photos, VG+ in VG+ d/w (photos available on request)
PUBLISHER: Collins 1983
KEYWORDS: british bombers aircraft history military aviation planes
Jetliners: In Service Since 1952
Quarto, navy blue boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 416pp, illus/maps/photos, VG+ (minor creasing to fep, minor foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light fading to spine, minor creasing and scuffing to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Putnam 1990
KEYWORDS: jetliners jets aircraft history military aviation