Books - "history"
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The Times History of the War Illustrated [Vol.12]
THIS VOLUME ONLY, tall quarto hardcover (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 Times [n/d]
KEYWORDS: first world war ww1 one military history times history of the war illustrated
The Times History of the War Illustrated [Vol.11]
THIS VOLUME ONLY, tall quarto hardcover (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 Times [n/d]
KEYWORDS: first world war ww1 one military history times history of the war illustrated
The Times History of the War Illustrated [Vol.5]
THIS VOLUME ONLY, tall quarto hardcover (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 Times [n/d]
KEYWORDS: first world war ww1 one military history times history of the war illustrated
Rewriting the Victorians: Theory, History, and the Politics of Gender
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: Routledge 1992
KEYWORDS: literary criticism history victorian era gender sexuality theory history politics cultural culture
The Principal Navigations: Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation, Made by Sea or Over-land to the Remote and Farthest Distant Quarters of the Earth at Any Time Within the Compasse of These 1600 Years (10 Vol Set)
10 VOL SET, octavo, light blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & ship motif to spines & boards, top page edges stained black, printed eps, frontispieces, mixed pagination, occasional illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanning, foxing & soiling to page edges, sl tanning & foxing to some eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & closed tearing, archival tape repairs to vol 1, light soiling, moderate tanning & fading to spines, flaps to some jackets discreetly reinforced)
PUBLISHER: J. M. Dent & Sons 1927-28
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society travel exploration voyages history maritime nautical adventures history discoveries England English explorers
The United States Air Force in Southeast Asia 1961-1973
Quarto hardcover (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: Office of Air Force History 1977
KEYWORDS: aviation military history US American America United States air force history southeast asia
Settlers and Convicts; or, Recollections of Sixteen Years' Labour in the Australian Backwoods
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: Melbourne University Press 1953
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian settlers convicts history labour labor history
Jane's Fighting Ships 1964-65
Quarto, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering to boards, illus/printed front eps, 55pp ads + xxiv (total) + 459pp, illus/photos, VG- (spine cocked & moderately scuffed with paper residue from jacket, light bruising to extrems, light soiling to rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light cracking to gutters, binding sl loose) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy scuffing/closed tearing & loss to spine extrems with tape repairs, moderate staining to spine & edges, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low 1964
KEYWORDS: military history maritime nautical navy naval navies Jane's fighting ships warships design engineering history
In the Land of the Lion and Sun, or Modern Persia; Being Experiences of Life in Persia From 1866 to 1881 (Second Edition)
Sm octavo, green textured buckram boards, gilt lettering & black rule to spine, black lettering & rule to front board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xviii + 446pp, illus, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, moderate staining to rear board, sl chafing & soiling to front board,moderate fading to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, light cracking to gutters throughout)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Bowden 1893
KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration modern Persia history culture customs history
The Photograph
Oxford History of Art
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: Oxford University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: oxford history of art photograph photography media photos history image visual culture photo graham clarke
Napoleon
LACKS FEP, super octavo hardcover (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: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1935
KEYWORDS: history Napoleon Bonaparte military history biography memoir
Les Chefferies de Mare (Novelle - Caledonie) Etude D'Ethno-Histoire Confrontation des Traditions Autochtones et des Documents Europeens
TEXT IN FRENCH, super octavo, cream glossy light card covers, blue & black lettering to spine & front cover, xxiv + 815pp, VG+ (moderate tanning & curling/creasing to spine & covers, light soiling to page edges, sm ink stamp to title page)
PUBLISHER: Reproduction des Theses, Universite de Lille / Librairie Honore Champion 1977
KEYWORDS: text in French literature New Caledonia ethnic ethnicity ethno-history history indigenous anthropology traditions European documents
Trail Between Two Wars: The Story of a Smelter City
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 93pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light fading to spine & rear cover, sl tanning to page edges, moderate tanning to pgs 38-39 from loosely enclosed newspaper article, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)
PUBLISHER: Elsie G Turnbull 1980
KEYWORDS: signed Elsie G Turnbull Canada history Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company Trail local history autobiography
The Silver Tussock: A History of Holme Station, Craigmore, Maungati, Cannington, Craigmore Downs, Motukaika, Upper Pareora and Alpine
EX-LIBRARY, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 235pp, illus/photos, VG (spine cocked, usual library markings, moderate tape residue to board edges & eps, boards sl warped, light tanning to page edges, moderate staining to prelims, light cracking to gutters) in d/w, heavily sealed in protective plastic cover, VG (library markings/labels, light soiling & discolouration)
PUBLISHER: Allister Evans 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history settlements regional history settlers pioneers
The Grey Eight in Vietnam: The History of Eighth Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment November 1969-November 1970
Quarto, grey textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, 160pp, illus/photos, VG (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, sl discolouration to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Eighth Battalion the Royal Australian Regiment N/D (c.1970)
KEYWORDS: military history Vietnam war history Australia Australian 8th eighth battalion royal regiment the grey eight 8
The Gold Rushes
EX-LIBRARY, 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: Adam & Charles Black 1968
KEYWORDS: gold hunters hunting history global history treasure W P Morrell
Carpets of the Orient
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: Hamlyn Publishing Group 1970
KEYWORDS: carpets textiles history orient oriental rugs history crafts art
Oriental Rugs and Carpets
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: Hamlyn Publishing Group 1972
KEYWORDS: carpets textiles history orient oriental rugs history crafts art
For Those in Peril on the Sea
Octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to spine, 104pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Shipwreck Welfare Trust 2003
KEYWORDS: New Zealand maritime disasters shipwrecks centennial centenary history relief funds history
The Six Colonies of New Zealand
FIRST EDITION, LACKS MAP, sm octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, blind decoration to spine & boards, viii + 168pp + 4pp catalogue to rear, VG- (heavy chipping & scuffing to spine extrems, moderate bruising & scuffing/surface loss to board extrems/edges, moderate chafing to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & foxing to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate soiling to eps, light cracking to gutters & foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: John W. Parker and Son 1851
KEYWORDS: New Zealand colonies history Wellington Nelson Otago Canterbury New Plymouth Auckland government colonial history first editions