Books - "history"
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Sacred Rage: The Crusade of Modern Islam
FIRST EDITION, 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: Andre Deutsch 1986
KEYWORDS: first editions history Islam extremism terrorism modern history conflict
Police Science, 1964-1984: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography
Very tidy ex-library, octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, xiii + 277pp, VG+ (minimal library markings, sl adhesive residue to boards)
PUBLISHER: Garland Publishing 1986
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues police science history crime history
The Life and Times of Grigorii Rasputin
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: Coward, McCann and Geoghegan 1982
KEYWORDS: Grigorii Rasputin tthe Mad Monk biographies memoir Russia Russian Soviet history court courtiers history
Russian Autocrats from Ivan the Great to the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty: An Annotated Bibliography of English Language Sources to 1985
Tidy ex-library- possibly unread, 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: The Scarecrow Press 1987
KEYWORDS: bibliography bibliographies catalogues Russia Russian Soviet history autocrats information resources history historical
An Atlas of Modern Geography
Octavo, half faux leather bound marbled boards- rebound, title plate with black lettering to front board, xxiii maps- all present + 32pp prefatory note & index to rear, VG (modern/rebound spine & eps, heavy chafing & surface loss to board extrems & boards, heavy tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, purple ink remnants & pencil to prelims & terminals- prev. owner, bookbinder's ink stamp to rear pastedown, NZ hand drawn on to map xxiii in pencil, considerable pencil annotation to back of map xxiii also, occasional light staining/foxing to some maps throughout)
PUBLISHER: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman N/D (c.1826)
KEYWORDS: Samuel Butler maps geography cartography history history historical atlases
The Zulu War; A Pictorial History
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1987
KEYWORDS: michael barthorp zulu war pictorial history zululand south africa boer britain british empire imperialism colonialism military history combat warfare photo illustrated
Dunedin; Early Photographs
Ex-library; Oblong octavo, illus light card covers with plastic adhesive protective covers, spine reinforced with twine & black tape (originally spiral bound - now removed), unpaginated, illus. 20 black & white photo plates, VG- (light rubbing/soiling & moderately heavy sun-fading/tanning to covers, moderate creasing to cover & some page corners, light soiling/discolouration throughout including to page edges & plates, light dampstaining to top fore-edge impacting most plates, 4x7cm section cut-out of final blank page, usual library markings/stamps/barcodes to covers, text block, prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Hardwicke Knight 1985
KEYWORDS: ex-library hardwicke knight dunedin early photographs photographic photography photos history otago south island new zealand early settler colonial pictorial history
The Ratline: Love, Lies, and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive
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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2020
KEYWORDS: philippe sands ratline history twentieth century second world war two ww2 wwii military history postwar otto freiherr ss national socialism nazi germany
Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household
FIRST US EDITION; 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: Basic Books 2018
KEYWORDS: first edition adrian tinniswood britain british england english monarchy servant servants staff domestic history royals royalty history ,
The Looting of Nicaragua
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiii + 251pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, moderate fading & soiling to spine, moderate chafing & fading to front board, 2cm closed tear- mended- to front board, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps with prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to half title page & rear ep, moderate foxing thorughout, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: Wright & Brown N/D (c.1920s?)
KEYWORDS: first editions literature Nicaragua Rafael de Nogales Latin South America history politics political history
Out of Poland; When the best revenge is to have survived
SIGNED BY AUTHOR; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Lamplighter Press 2017
KEYWORDS: jenny harrison siegel family history histories new zealand migrants immigrants holocaust survival survivors jewish poland polish history world war two second wwii 2
SAS Undercover Operations: From World War II to Afghanistan
Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Amber Books 2019
KEYWORDS: sas British secret services elite military history history undercover operations special air service
SAS Rescue Missions: From the Jungles of Malaysia to the Iranian Embassy Siege
Imperial 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Amber Books 2019
KEYWORDS: rescue missions sas British secret services elite military history history special air service
With Quakers in France
FIRST EDITION, LACKS D/W, octavo, grey buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light discolouration & wrinkling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedownlight foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: C W Daniel 1921
KEYWORDS: first editions France French history diaries journals quakers communities history
The Garden of Ideas: Four Centuries of Australian Style
Lg quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Miegunyah Press 2011
KEYWORDS: gardening history botany horticulture history culture
An Illustrated History of the Treaty of Waitangi
Quarto 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 1990
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history treaty of Waitangi history illustrated Claudia Orange
Notable Trees of the Strath Taieri; A collection of the 22 best trees in the area with historical information (Second Edition)
SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Anne Elliot 2005
KEYWORDS: signed new zealand south island otago strath taieri dunedin history significant notable trees flora nature natural history illustrated
Traumziel Samoa: Reisebilder aus den Jahren 1912 von Fritz Schlosser und 1978 von Seiner Tochter Katesa
TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fadin gto spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Museum fur Volkerkunde der Universitat Kiel 2003
KEYWORDS: text in German travel literature writing history Katesa Schlosser Samoa pacific islands history culture customs
Litewskie Lotnictwo Wojskowe 1919-1940
TEXT IN POLISH; Super octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, dark blue lettering to spine, 327pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing, soiling & creasing to covers & page edges, light vertical creasing to some pages)
PUBLISHER: Torun 1999
KEYWORDS: text in polish military history european lithuanian lithuania air force aviation history airplanes aeroplanes aircraft
High Road to Command; The Diaries of Major-General Sir Edmund Ironside; 1920-1922
Super octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, vi + 251pp, illus plates & maps, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG (light soiling, creasing & discolouration, one small closed tear to bottom of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Leo Cooper Ltd 1972
KEYWORDS: memoirs diaries journals autobiography autobiographies english england great britain british history military army history edmund ironside