Books - "history"
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My Roots, My Place, My Albany
softcover octavo (nr fine) signed; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: AM Publishing 2012
KEYWORDS: specials Dawn Evans signed new zealand history albany village 1940 1950
Postmarks, Cards and Covers: Collecting Postal History
Ex library, hardcover imperial 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 in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Peter Lowe / Eurobooks 1973
KEYWORDS: specials Prince Dimitry Kandaouroff Willima Finlay stamps philately post office postal system history postmarks postage stamps
The Forgotten People of the Pacific
hardcover imperial octavo (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Cassel & Co 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Phillippe Diole pacific culture history antropology sociology
The 100 Year Flood - 1978
softcover stapled imperial oblong octavo (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 cost
PUBLISHER: Craig Printing Co. 1978
KEYWORDS: specials C A Lind flood new zealand flooding otago southland invercargill photographic history maps
Roman Myths
softcover super octavo (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 cost
PUBLISHER: British Museum Press 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Jane F Gardner myths mythology rome roman classical literature literary criticism history
The Medieval Archer
hardcover super octavo (VG-) in d/w (VG-) ex library; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 1985
KEYWORDS: specials Jim Bradbury ex library medieval period history archer arching norman conquest wars of the roses robin hood
MI9: Escape and Evasion 1939-1945
hardcover octavo (VG+) in d/w (VG) ex library; 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 cost
PUBLISHER: The Bodley Head 1979
KEYWORDS: specials M R D Foot J M Langley ex library british secret service MI 9 prisoner of war concentration camp nazi europe history military
The North Staffordshire Railway
Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 333pp, illus, VG+ (v slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1971
KEYWORDS: Rex Christansen RW Miller North Staffordshire railways trains transport history
The British Battle Fleet: Its Inception and Growth throughout the Centuries to the Present Day
With illustrations in colour from original watercolour drawings by W.L. Wyllie and numerous plans and photographs
2-volume set, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt ship motif to front boards, frontispiece, xvi + 322pp + 10pp naval terminology glossary (vol 1), iv + 288pp (vol 2), illus, VG- (heavy fading to spines and board upper edges, small hole to vol 2 upper spine, bruising to spine extrems, browning to page edges, tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: The Literary Press 1915
KEYWORDS: Fred T James nautical naval history British Navy battle naval fleet ships warships shipbuilding design engineering
The Fiji of To-day
With Seventy-five Illustrations
First edition, lacks fep, super octavo, blue/grey cloth boadrs with gilt lettering & gilt palmtree motif to spine, gilt lettering, white rule & mounted illus to front board, teg, frontispiece, 364pp + 4pp adverts, illus, VG- (lacks fep, bruising to spine extrems, rubbing to spine sides, 1cm stain spot to rear board, foxing throughout & to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Charles H Kelly 1910
KEYWORDS: first edition John Wear Burton Rev AJ Small Fiji history religion Christianity
The Liners of Liverpool Parts 1, 2 and 3
Three-volume set, octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, 114pp (vol1), 128pp (vol2), 173pp (vol3), illus, VG+ (owner's name label to fep in all vols, owner's red name stamp to fep & several other pages in all vols)
PUBLISHER: Countyvise Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: Derek M Whale Liverpool Pier Head ocean liners nautical history boats shipping ferry ferries tugs pilot boats cargo passenger shipping port
Isle of Man Tramways
With drawings & maps by S Broomfield, DG Coakham, JC Cooke, P Hammond and JN Slater with an appendix on Tickets by WH Bett
Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering, 379pp, illus, VG (soiling to eps & to page edges), in d/w, VG (fading to spine, soiling to inside)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1970
KEYWORDS: FK Pearson S Broomfield DG Coakham JC Cooke P Hammond JN Slater Isle of Man trams tramways transport history
Bordeaux: A Legendary Wine
Quarto, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and blind lettering to front board, patterned eps, 268pp, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press Publishers 1998
KEYWORDS: Michel Dovaz Michel Guillard wine oenology viticulture vineyards grapes Bordeaux France winemaking history vinification tasting reference science
Andrew Jackson and the Course of American Empire, 1767-1821
Super octavo, black cloth boards with orange lettering to spine, xix + 3pp family trees + 502pp, VG+ (slight staining to spine & boards, foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (fading to spine, bruising to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to upper front edge)
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row Publishers 1977(?)
KEYWORDS: Robert V Remini Andrew Jackson United States American president biography politics history
Steam Up Indonesia and Thailand
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, frontispiece, unpaginated, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to rear cover, light foxing to front)
PUBLISHER: J & A Publications 1974
KEYWORDS: John Joyce Allan Tilley Indonesia Thailand trains railways locomotives steam engines photography photographic history pictorial record
Roman Roads of Europe
Quarto, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 240pp, illus, VG+ (light bruisng to spine extrems & board corners, dings to board lower edges) in d/w, VG+ (internal foxing, bruisng to corners, spine extrems & lower edges)
PUBLISHER: Cassell Ltd 1981
KEYWORDS: NHH Sitwell Roman roads Britannia Hispania Gallia Germania Italia Macedonia Africa Aegyptul Asia Imperium Romanum transport communication military history
Inside Stories: A History of the New Zealand Housewife 1890-1975
Super octavo, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus eps, 375pp, patterned page fore-edges, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Godwit Random House 2011
KEYWORDS: Frances Walsh New Zealand housewives history domesticity cooking cleaning housework chores sewing decorating knitting sewing children
The Spotted Hyena: A Study of Predation and Social Behaviour
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering, xvi + 335pp, illus, VG+ (slight soiling to rear cover, bruising to front cover upper edge, foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 1974
KEYWORDS: Hans Kruuk spotted hyena hyaena natural history predators animal behaviour wildlife ecology zoology
The Hanoverian Army during the Seven Years War
Gmundener Prachtwerk
Quarto, yellow cloth boards with white lettering to spine & white decorative crest to front board, frontispiece, 86pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (rubbing, bruising & creasing to corners, rubbing & creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Bent Carlsens Forlag Kopenhagen 1977
KEYWORDS: Joachim Niemeyer Georg Ortenburg Hanoverian military history uniforms army infantry artillery cavalry Light troops Legion Britannique
Comic Angels and other Approaches to Greek Drama Through Vase-Painting
Dated, inscirbed & signed by author, super octavo, illus light card covers, xii + 129pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: Oliver Taplin classics ancient Greece Greek Athenian drama literature literary criticism art history