Books - "history"
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New Zealand At Home
hardcover 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: George Newnes 1908
KEYWORDS: specials R A Loughnan illustrated new zealand social history
Words On Wings
softcover super octavo (nr 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Jim Hopkins aviation anthology new zealand history
The Mammoth Book of Fighter Pilots
Eyewitness accounts of air combat from the Red Baron to today's Top Guns
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: Carroll & Graf 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Jon E Lewis aviation history fighter pilots military
The Aeronauts
A History of Ballooning 1783-1903
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton 1985
KEYWORDS: specials LTC Rolt aviation aerial aeronautical balloons ballooning history Lebaudy airship flight
First To Fly
first edition, 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: John Murray 2003
KEYWORDS: specials James Tobin first edition aviation history wright brothers Wilbur Wright Orville Wright
The Wright Brothers at Carillon Historical Park
staplebound softcover super octavo (nr 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Carillon Historical Park 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Charlotte K Brunsman August E Brunsman Fred C Fisk Tom D Crouch Wilbur Wright Orville Wright Carillon Historical Park aviation history illustrated biography
Unlocking The Sky
Glenn Hammond Curtiss and the Race to Invent the Airplane
hardcover super octavo (fine) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Seth Shulman aviation history Glenn Hammond Curtiss flight
Wilbur & Orville Wright: A Bibliography Commemorating the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Wilbur Wright - April 16, 1867
softcover staplebound super octavo (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Library of Congress (Science and technology division) 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Arthur G Renstrom Wilbur Wright Orville Wright bibliography reference aviation history
Beyond Kitty Hawk: Inventing Flight at Huffman Prairie Flying Field
softcover staplebound super octavo (nr 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (n/d)
KEYWORDS: special Elizabeth Fraterrigo aviation history wright brothers flight
Kill Devil Hill: Discovering The Secret of The Wright Brothers
first edition 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: Houghton Mifflin Company 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Martin Caidin Harry Combs first edition wright brothers aviation history flight
The Wright Brothers
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: Dover Publications 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Fred C Kelly wright brothers aviation history biography illustrated
Masden and the Missions: Prelude to Waitangi
First edition, mauve cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xix + 295pp, illus, VG (fading to boards & esp to spine extrems, light bruising to spine extrems, 1cm stain to front board upper corner, some tanniong to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w VG- (heavy bruising, creasing & nicks to edges & corners, 3cm portion lost to upper spine extrem & 1cm portion to lower, soiling to rear)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1956
KEYWORDS: Eric Ramsden Peter H Buck Te Rangi Hiroa Samuel Marsden biography history Maori missionaries missions European impact
The Founding of Hawke's Bay
Signed by author;Quarto, illus textured cream heavy card boards with brown lettering to front board, frontispiece x 2, 60pp, illus + large folding map to rear, VG (some staining & light tanning to boards, unobtrusive (0.5cm) tear to top of spine, owner's catalouge number in ink to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Daily Telegraph Co 1951
KEYWORDS: JG Wilson New Zealand Hawke's Bay history Maori Chielf Te Hapuku Sir Donald McLean settlement
The Thirty-Niners: Memories of the Class of 1939 of Whangarei Boys' High School
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, vi + 225pp, illus, VG+ (v light rubbing to cover edges, v light stain & page-corner crease to page 99)
PUBLISHER: WBHS Old Boys' Association 2009
KEYWORDS: Noni Johnson Greg Weaver New Zealand Whangarei Boys' High School 1939 memoirs memories history
Early Stations of Hawke's Bay
Super octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 312pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to title page, v slight rubbing to spine extrems, light tanning, light scuffing) in d/w, VG- (plastic covers with adhesive strips, light soiling and scuffing)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1970
KEYWORDS: Miriam Macgregor New Zealand Hawke's Bay history pioneer settlers sheep stations agriculture farming
Albaneta: Lost Opportunity at Cassino
First edition, octavo, illus light card covers, illus eps, 172pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 2007
KEYWORDS: Ron Crosby Second World War Two Cassino New Zealand engineers military history Operation Dickens Operation Revenge
Knights of the Air: Canadian Fighter Pilots in the First World War
Quarto hardcover (fine) in d/w (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: McArthur &U Co 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Lieutyenant Colonel David L Bashow Stephen P Quick First World War One WWI Canadian aviation history fighter pilots airmen air combat
The Seafarers: The Atlantic Crossing
Hardcover quarto (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Time Life Books 1982
KEYWORDS: specials seafarers nautical marine history sailing ships boats Time-Life Books Melvin Maddocks Atlantic
The Seafarers: The Pacific Navigators
Hardcover quarto (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Time Life Books 1983
KEYWORDS: specials seafarers nautical marine history sailing ships boats Time-Life Books Oliver E Allen Pacific
The Seafarers: The Men-of-War
Hardcover quarto (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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Time Life Books 1980
KEYWORDS: specials seafarers nautical marine history sailing ships boats Time-Life Books David Howarth men-of-war