Books - "history"
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With Honour; Our Army, Our Nation, Our History
Square quarto, orange cloth boards, white lettering, 207pp, illus, VG+ in VG(minor markings and light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Penguin New Zealand
KEYWORDS: history war new zealand richard wolfe military
Drawing the Landscape; Second Edition
super octavo, illus card covers, orange and black lettering, 326pp, illus, VG (crease to left hand side of book to cover and first few pages)
PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons 1997 New York
KEYWORDS: history landscape art chip sullivan
First Over Everest; The Houston-Mount Everest Expedition 1933
octavo, purple illus cloth boards, red lettering, xix + 279pp, 3 3d glasses at rear, illus, G+ (3 pictures have been cut out of book and fading to cover), (owners inscription to fep)
PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited
KEYWORDS: history mount everest sport mountaineering
The Buddhist Tantras
octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering, xiii + 247pp, illus, VG+ in VG d/w (minor tear near top of binding)
PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1973 London
KEYWORDS: religion buddah alex wayman history
History of the Royal Artillery Band 1762 - 1953
octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, xiv + 485pp, illus, VG (owners inscription to fep and minor foxing)
PUBLISHER: Royal Artillery Institution 1954 London
KEYWORDS: history royal artillery band henry george farmer
Propaganda in the English Reformation; Heroic and Villainous Images of King John
ex-library octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering, 303 + 1pp advert, VG (owners inscription to fep)
PUBLISHER: The Edwin Mellen Press 1988 New York
KEYWORDS: king john history carol levin
The New Zealand People at War; Political and External Affairs
octavo, green cloth boards, gilt lettering, 395pp + 1pp advert, illus, VG in VG- d/w (tears to extremities and tanning)
PUBLISHER: A. H & A. W Reed Wellington
KEYWORDS: new zealand history political external affairs world war II f l w wood
Anchor Ships and Anchor Men
octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, 186pp, illus, VG in VG- d/w (tears to extremities)
PUBLISHER: Reed 1967 Wellington
KEYWORDS: history transportation ships allan a kirk
Waikanae Past & Present
Quarto blue cloth boards with gilt lettering, illus eps, 248pp illus VG+ in VG d/w (light soiling)
PUBLISHER: whitcombe press 1988 waikanae
KEYWORDS: new zealand history geography waikanae chris joan maclean
Through the Hindeburg Line; Crowning Days on the Western Front
first edition octavo printed light card covers, viii + 429pp VG- ( bruising to extremities, wear to spine edges with some tearing, moderate ex libris markings, moderate soiling to cover) A sound copy with a loosening cover
PUBLISHER: hodder and stoughton 1918 london
KEYWORDS: canada history military world war one f a mckenzie
Cars at the End of an Era; Transport Issues in the New Zealand Greenhouse
octavo, card covers, black lettering, 102pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: Friends of the Earth NZ Auckland
KEYWORDS: history transport cars john robinson
At War with the Smugglers
octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, illus to fep & eps, 256pp, illus, VG (minor foxing) in VG d/w (creases and rubbing to extremities)
PUBLISHER: Conway Maritime Press 1970 London
KEYWORDS: war history smugglers transport sails rear-admiral d arnold-forster
Irish Passenger Steamship Services
octavo, brown cloth boards, gilt lettering, 232pp, illus, VG (first two pages are clipped in the top 2right corner, minor foxing to front and back page) in VG- d/w (cut at the back)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles; Newton Abbot 1969
KEYWORDS: history transport steamship d b mcneill
Ancient Voyagers in Polynesia
octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, illus to fep & eps, 159pp, illus, VG (owners inscription to fep in ink) in VG- d/w (markings and tears to extremities)
PUBLISHER: Paul's Book Arcade 1963 Auckland
KEYWORDS: history polynesia andrew sharp
The Cockney
octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering, xiv + 338pp, VG- (light bruising and sunning to spine extrems, light tanning and foxing to prelims and light foxing to page edges) in VG- d/w (chipping and small tears to spine extrems and edges, foxing to spine and covers, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Andre Deutsch 1953 London
KEYWORDS: biography history charles chaplin julian franklyn
The Ben Line
octavo, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering, illus to fep & eps, ix + 222pp, illus, VG+ in VG d/w (price clipping)
PUBLISHER: Wm Thompson & Co 1956 Edinburgh
KEYWORDS: history merchant fleet george blake
Onward with Executive Power; Lessons From New Zealand 1947-57
octavo, illus card covers, black and white lettering, x + 193pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: Institute of Policy Studies
KEYWORDS: harshan kumarasingham history new zealand
Clyde and Other Coastal Steamers
octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering, xi + 283pp, VG (minor foxing)
PUBLISHER: Glasgow 1939 Great Britain
KEYWORDS: steamers transport trains history christian leslie dyce duckworth graham easton langmuir
The Grey Parrot
octavo, illus boards, black lettering, 256pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: T.F.H Publications 1987 U.S.A
KEYWORDS: natural history grey parrot birds wolfgang de grahl
Early Auckland City and Provinces
octavo, card covers, brown lettering, 56pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: Whitecombe and Tombs Wellington
KEYWORDS: history auckland new zealand e earle vaile