Books - "history"
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From Wherry to Steam Ferry on the Waitemata
A History of the Romantic Conquest of the Silvery Waterway
Octavo, creamy/mauve mottled light card covers with blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 49pp, illus, manually typed errata page loosely enclosed, VG (heavy bruising & Creasing to cover edges, some light tanning to spine, coffee stain to rear cover, white label to front covering original price)
PUBLISHER: Walsh Printing 1932
KEYWORDS: T Walsh New Zealand Waitemata transport boats ferries passenger transport history
New Zealand Revisited
Super octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, lacks title page, frontispiece, xi + 336pp, illus, VG- (lacks title page, moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light rubbing & soiling spots to rear board, bookseller's label to front pastedown, lacks title page, crease to contents page, frontispiece page loose, moderate foxing to prelims, slight staining to rear eps)
PUBLISHER: Isaac Pitman 1908
KEYWORDS: Rt Hon Sir John E Gorst New Zealand history travel culture Maori customs life
Jet Pioneers: Gloster and the Birth of the Jet Age
Foreword by Eric Brown CBE
Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 150pp, illus, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing 2004
KEYWORDS: Tim Kershaw military civilian aviation aeronautical history jet aircraft Frank Whittle Gloster Aircraft Company Eric Brown
Inland Waterways of Great Britain: England, Wales & Scotland
Imperial octavo, maroon faux-leather boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 447pp, illus + large folding map to rear, stapled supplement loosely enclosed, nr fine, in d/w, VG (bruising to spine extrems,slight staining to spine, portion cut off front flap lower edge, foxing inside)
PUBLISHER: Imray Laurie Norie & Wilson 1972
KEYWORDS: Lewis A Edwards Great Britian England Wales Scotland waterways canals rivers transport navigation narrowboats barges passengers industry trade cargo history
Warbird History: F-86 Sabre
Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps and red & black lettering to white spine, frontispiece, illus title page, 144pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks International 1993
KEYWORDS: Robert F Dorr aviation aeronautical history fighter jets F86 Sabre naval FJ Fury design development pilots war air battles MiG-15 Korea wingmen
New Zealand for the Emigrant, Invalid, and Tourist
Octavo, blue buckram boards with black lettering to front board & gilt lettering to spine, black decorative rule to edges & brown motif to front board, green coated eps, frontispiece map with tissueguard, xv + 253pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG (some fraying to spine extrems, bruise/bend to board corners, v. sl chaffing to spine edges, moderate foxing to tissueguard, v slight rubbing to rear board)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1890
KEYWORDS: John Murray Moore New Zealand history travel geography climate Maori culture immigration society government jobs
On Great White Wings
The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
Hardcover square 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: Hyperion 2001
KEYWORDS: specials Fred E C Culick Spencer Dunmore aviation Wright brothers history aircraft flight planes
Birdflight as the Basis of Aviation
A Contribution Towards a System of Aviation
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: Markwoski International Publishers 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Otto Lilienthal aviation history aircraft design engineering
The Flower of Gloster
Ex-library hardcover 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 in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: David & Charles (Publishers) Limited 1968
KEYWORDS: specials E Temple Thurston memoir canal boats English history travel
First Flight
The Untold Story of the Wright Brothers
Hardcover 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 in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1976
KEYWORDS: specials John Evangelist Walsh aviation history biography Wright brothers aircraft flying planes
Across the Great Divide
Robert Stuart and the Discovery of the Oregon Trail
First UK edition hardcover imperial octavo (NF) 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: Sutton Publishing Limited 2004
KEYWORDS: first UK edition specials Laton McCartney American history pioneers Oregon Trail settlers biography Robert Stuart
Edge of Midnight: the Life of John Schlesinger
The Authorised Biography
Softcover 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: Arrow 2005
KEYWORDS: specials William J Mann biography John Schlesinger Hollywood history cinema film
Joseph Thomson: African Explorer
A Biography by his Brother
Hardcover octavo (VG) lacks d/w ; folding maps ; 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: Sampson Low, Marston and Company 1901
KEYWORDS: specials J B Thomson biography travel adventure Africa explorer history
Cape to Cairo
Paperback (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: Penguin Books 1977
KEYWORDS: specials Mark Strage history British colonies Africa
Sir George Cayley
The Inventor of the Aeroplane
First edition Hardcover super octavo (VG+) lacks d/w ; 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: Max Parrish and Co. Ltd 1961
KEYWORDS: first edition specials J Laurence Pritchard biography Sir George Cayley aviation history inventor aeoplane aircraft
Bloody April
Slaughter in the skies over Arras, 1917
Softcover octavo (NF) ; 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: Cassell Military Paperbacks 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Peter Hart military history aviation aircraft World War I Great War Arras Bloody April aerial warfare
The Smithsonian Book of Flight
Hardcover quarto (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: Bantam Books 1988
KEYWORDS: specials Walter J Boyne aviation history aircraft planes
Kitty Hawk to Concorde
Jane's 100 Significant Aircraft
Hardcover quarto (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: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Company Limited 1970
KEYWORDS: specials H F King John W R Taylor aviation history aircraft aeronautical engineering
The Air Force Museum
Seventh revised edition softcover quarto (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: Nick P. Apple and Gene Gurney 1999
KEYWORDS: specials Nick P Apple Gene Gurney aviation United States Air Force history museum aircraft planes pilots
Twelve Seconds to the Moon
A Story of the Wright Brothers
Hardcover quarto (VG+) lacks d/w ; 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: United States Air Force Museum Foundation, Inc. 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Rosamond Young Catharine Fitzgerald aviation history American aircraft Wright brothers pilots