Books - "history"
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The Chunnel: The Amazing Story of the Undersea Crossing of the English Channel
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); Photos available on request. 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: Times Books 1997
KEYWORDS: English channel crossing transport engineering Channel Tunnel modern history
The Graves Are Walking: The Great Famine and the Saga of the Irish People
Super octavo hardcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Henry Holt & Company 2012
KEYWORDS: Ireland history Irish famine emigration immigration
Crucible of Power: The Fight for Tunisia 1942-1943
Ex-library, super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Hutchinson 1969
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Tunisia Africa Operation TORCH
The Marriage fo Likeness: Same-Sex Unions in Pre-Modern Europe
Octavo softcover (VG); Photos available on request. 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: FontanaPress 1996
KEYWORDS: history sexuality gay lesbian homosexual Europe same-sex unions lgbtq
Trooper Bluegum at the Dardanelles: Descriptive Narratives of the More Desperate Engagements on the Gallipoli Peninsula
Octavo hardcover (VG-); Photos available on request. 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: Andrew Melrose 1916
KEYWORDS: military history ww1 first 1st world war the great war Australia Australian Light Horse Brigade Dardanelles
Portobello School 1857-1982: A Historical Sketch
Octavo softcover, stapled (VG); Photos available on request. 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: Portobello School 1982 (?)
KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand schools school history Portobello Dunedin Otepoti
The Victoria Cross and the George Cross: The Complete History 1845-2013 (3 Vol Set)
3 VOL SET, HEAVY- EXTRA SHIPPING REQ'D, super octavo, blue faux leather boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (minor chafing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Methuen 2013
KEYWORDS: military history war medals bravery heroism Victoria George Cross recipients
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1873: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1872, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers
1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 208pp, printed inside wrappers, VG (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, light foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1873 (1960 Facsmile Edition)
KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1870: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1869, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers
1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 152pp, printed inside wrappers, VG (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, light foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1870 (1960 Facsmile Edition)
KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1872: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1871, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers
1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 172pp, printed inside wrappers, VG- (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, moderate cracking to hinges- wrappers a little loose, light foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1872 (1960 Facsmile Edition)
KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1878: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1877, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers
1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 250pp, printed inside wrappers, VG- (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine- archival tape, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, moderate cracking to hinges- wrappers a little loose, moderate foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1878 (1960 Facsmile Edition)
KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history
John Wisden's Cricketers' Almanack for 1876: A Record of the Full Scores and Bowling Summaries of the Principal Matches Played in 1875, with Other Information Useful and Interesting to Cricketers
1960 FACSIMILE EDITION, sm octavo, pink light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & wrappers [handwritten on spine], 224pp, printed inside wrappers, VG (moderate cracking & rubbing to spine, moderate adhesive staining to spine & wrapper edges, moderate cracking to hinges- wrappers a little loose, light foxing to wrappers & page edges, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: John Wisden & Co 1876 (1960 Facsmile Edition)
KEYWORDS: FACSIMILE EDITION wisden cricketers' almanack past years sport cricket history
Italian Manpower 225BC - AD14
Tidy ex-library, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xxi + 750pp, VG (usual library markings- minimal, light to moderate soiling to boards- some minor tape staining, light soiling to page edges, light to moderate adhesive staining to eps, moderate underlining to contents pages) in d/w, VG- (2cm hole to front cover, moderate fading to spine, moderate adhesive staining to edges, moderate chafing/scuffing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1971
KEYWORDS: ancient history Italy Italian
Auckland Rockies: A History of Auckland's Naval Reserves 1858-1995
FIRST EDITION, NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION, super octavo, blue light card wrappers, gilt lettering to spine & front wrapper, xiv + 455pp, VG+ (light soiling to wrappers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Pyramid Press 1995
KEYWORDS: NZ New Zealand military history Auckland rockies naval reserves special first editions
On the Origin of Species, by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & light decoration to spine, gilt lettering & framing to front board, frontispiece, 389pp, illus/plates- not counted presumed all present, VG (mior discolouration to spine, light scuffing to spine & board edges, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate to heavy tanning & light foxing to page edges, light cracking to some gutters, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, light to moderate foxing to pages sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1901
KEYWORDS: Charles Darwin history historical biology evolution nature geography bioscience