Books - "history"
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The Luck of the Draw: Horses, Spitfires and Kittyhawks
Imperial octavo hardcover (Near FINE): 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: Edward Sly 2003
KEYWORDS: history autobiography military history Australia air force fighter pilot Ted Sly
Mateship and Moneymaking: Australian Shearing: The Clash of Union Solidarity with the Spirit of Enterprise 1895-1995
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: Xlibris Corporation 2013
KEYWORDS: history sheep shearing Australian outbackLabour history economy
An Impeached Nation: Being a Study of Irish Outrages
Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to board & spine, stamped border decoration to front board, 417pp, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to boards & spine, light bruising to board corners, light to moderate tanning & soiling to pages & edges, slight foxing to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to fep, and notes in pencil to rep)
PUBLISHER: The New Zealand Tablet Printing and Publishing Company, Ltd 1909
KEYWORDS: irish history outrages united kingdom english history henry w cleary
Origins, Orient and Oriana
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: Teredo Books Ltd 1980
KEYWORDS: history naval maritime history ships Orient Steam Navigation Company naval architecture
Between two Rivers: A history of the Camerons community, Grey District, West Coast, 1865 - 2006
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine & wrappers, 154pp, illus VG+ (light creasing to wrapper, slight tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Camerons Community Club 2006
KEYWORDS: west coast grey district new zealand history camerons community history
Bainham: a History
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus light card wrappers, burgundy & navy lettering to wrapper, 292pp, illus + folding map to rear, VG+ (slight soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to edges of wrapper, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: River Press 1997 for the Bainham Reunion Committee
KEYWORDS: first edition bainham new zealand history golden bay nelson kahurangi national park south island history carol dawber
Peterloo Massacre, containing a Faithful Narrative of the Events which preceded, accompanied, and followed the fatal Sixteenth of August 1819, on the area near St Peter's Church, Manchester including the proceedings which took place at the Inquest at
Octavo, rebound in blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 216pp, VG (slight rubbing & fading to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Third Edition, James Wroe at the Observer Office 1819
KEYWORDS: nineteenth century true crime peterloo massacre manchester england history legal history
The Trial of Henry Hunt, John Knight, Joseoh Johnson, John Thacker Saxton, Samuel Bamford, Joseph Healey, James Moorhouse, Robert Jones, George Swift and Robert Wilde for an Alleged Conspiracy to alter the Law by Force and Threats and for Convening a
FIRST EDITION, octavo, rebound in green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 232pp, VG (slight rubbing to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing & soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: First Edition, T J Evans at the Observer-Office, Manchester 1820
KEYWORDS: first edition nineteenth century true crime peterloo massacre manchester england history court proceedings legal history
Bell Block: A Local Aviation History
SIGNED BY TWO OF THE AUTHORS, CD IN REAR POCKET, quarto, illus light card wrappers, gilt lettering to wrapper, iv + 191pp, illus, VG (light soiling to wrapper, slight creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to inside wrapper, sporadic light soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: New Plymouth Aero Club 2003
KEYWORDS: new plymouth aero club new zealand aviation history flying flight north island new zealand aotearoa history
The Heroic Flight of the Rodina
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, blind ruled decoration, inset illus & blue lettering to front board, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 108pp, illus, VG- (slight scuffing to boards & spine, light to moderate soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sporadic light soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: Foreign Language Publishing House 1938
KEYWORDS: rodina female aviation history feminist ussr russian history heroes hero of the soviet union flight
Bell Block: A Local Aviation History
Quarto, illus light card wrappers, gilt lettering to wrapper, iv + 191pp, illus, VG (light soiling to wrapper, light creasing to edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, previous owner's name in ink to inside wrapper, sporadic light soiling to pages)
PUBLISHER: New Plymouth Aero Club 2003
KEYWORDS: new plymouth aero club new zealand aviation history flying flight north island new zealand aotearoa history
Letters from Settlers & Labouring Emigrants in the New Zealand Company's settlements of Wellington, Nelson, & New Plymouth from February 1842 to January 1843
REBOUND USING ORGINAL COVERS, small octavo, red faux snakeskin boards underneath original covers, quarter bound in blue cloth, black lettering to cover, 211pp + 6, VG- (moderate scuffing to boards & spine, moderate soiling to page edges, moderate soiling to last page & title page, gutters cracked between pages 2-3, 24-25 (with historic tape repair), 26-28, 120-121 & second to last page of ads)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder and Co 1843
KEYWORDS: new zealand history wellington nelson new plymouth settlers labouring emigrants colonial colonist colonising history letters
Putea Whakairo: Maori and the Written Word
VERY TIDY EX LIBRARY, 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: Huia 2004
KEYWORDS: putea whakairo bradford haami te reo maori language linguistic history written word literacy in aotearoa new zealand history
Theatergarden Bestiarium: The Garden as Theater as Museum
Lg quarto, black cloth boards, black lettering to spine, 176pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate soiling/discolouration to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, minor foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear)
PUBLISHER: The MIT Press 1990
KEYWORDS: gardens gardening history design landscaping history historical art theater theatre theatergarden bestiarium
2Stoned
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: Vintage 2003
KEYWORDS: music Rock and Roll The Rolling Stones band manager Andrew Loog Oldham history musical history biographical recount music industry entertainment
Cetshwayo; The Last Zulu King
Ex library. Proof copy. Super octavo softcover (VG+): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd 1963
KEYWORDS: C.T. Binns South Africa Zulu history biographical history Cetshwayo proof copy
Sailormen All
lacks fep, super octavo (VG) in d/w (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton Limited c.1933
KEYWORDS: naval history seafaring life shipwrecks survival voyages history Godon Campbell maritime exploration
The New Medievalism
super octavo softcover (VG+) : all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: John Hopkins University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: history and criticism medieval history medievalism medieval studies
Rendezvous With Destiny: A Sailor's War
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 reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1997
KEYWORDS: history second 2nd world war two 2 wwii ww2 naval operations American war history Navy biographical presonal narratives sailors
My War
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 reasonable condition, but usually secondhand ; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs 2000
KEYWORDS: history second 2nd world war two 2 wwii ww2 biographical personal narraitves war correspondents United States American history army