Books - "history"
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Blood-Red Desert Sand - The British Invasions of Egypt And The Sudan 1882-1898
paperback 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co., 1984
KEYWORDS: specials michael barthorp britain egypt sudan history invasion pioneers war suez canal victorian
Saltwater in Her Hair - Stories of women in the New Zealand maritime industry
Oblong 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: VIP Pubs. Ltd., 2001
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history maritime women industry dee pigneguy stories biography
New Plymouth - City of Challenge Vol. 3
this vol. only, paperback quarto, saddle-stapled (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 costs
PUBLISHER: N/A
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand photography history regions new plymouth cities towns
The Final Link
hardback quarto, no 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Midas Books 1982
KEYWORDS: specials history pictorial railways trains travel england chilterns midlands dennis edwards ron pigram britain uk
London Journal
hardback octavo with 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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust 1972
KEYWORDS: specials edward jerningham wakefield joan stevens history new zealand journal diary
Flight 901 to Erebus
first edition hardback octavo with 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Whitcoulls 1980
KEYWORDS: specials ken hickson history new zealand aviation flight antarctica
New Zealand Memories
first revised edition, hardback octavo, worn + slight tears 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Reed 1959
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand brenda guthrie northcroft history pioneers family
The Tay Bridge Disaster - New Light on the 1879 Tragedy
first edition octavo hardcover (VG) with 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 costs
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1972
KEYWORDS: specials history tay bridges disaster railways trains travel john thomas uk
Shanty at the Bridge - The Story of Donald
first edition hardback octavo with d/w, worn cover + bumped corners (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 costs
PUBLISHER: The Shire of Donald 1963
KEYWORDS: specials ce sayers wimmera donald towns history uk
The Pre-Grouping Railways - Their development, and individual characters - Part 1
paperback 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1972
KEYWORDS: specials christine heap john van riemsdijk railways trains travel history uk britain
Far From 'Home' - The English in New Zealand
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Otago Universtiy Press 2012
KEYWORDS: specials new zealand history lyndon fraser angela mccarthy essays migration britain uk england settlers
The Crimean War - The Truth Behind The Myth
first edition hardback octavo with 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2004
KEYWORDS: specials crimean war history clive ponting russia
Southern Cloud
first UK edition hardback octavo with 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1964
KEYWORDS: specials ir carter flight aviation mystery history alps disasters
Gallipoli - The New Zealand Story
Ex library, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1984
KEYWORDS: specials gallipoli history anzacs ww1 new zealand turkey war christopher pugsley australia
Smithy - The Story of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith
hard back with plastic-wrapped 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Oxford Unversity Press 1951
KEYWORDS: specials aviation charles kingsford smith history biography john stannage flight
The 1916 Experience: Verdun and the Somme
Oblong quarto, illus heavy card covers, illus eps, CD in pocket to front pastedown (lacks box), 66pp, illus + numerous enclosures & folding maps/posters etc), nr fine
PUBLISHER: Carlton Books / Imperial War Museum 2006
KEYWORDS: Julian Thompson First World War One WWI Verdun Somme history
Through South Africa
Being an Account of His Recent Visit to Rhodesiam, The Transvaal, Cape Colony, and Natal, reprinted with additions from South Africa
Octavo, yellow buckram boards with black lettering to spine & front board, illus pastedowns, adverts to prelims & terminals, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxii + 140pp, illus, VG- (moderate browning to spine, soiling & staining to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems, sporadic foxing throughout, heavy foxing & 3x3cm tear with loss to frontispiece tissue guard)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston & Co 1898
KEYWORDS: Henry M Stanley MP South Africa Rhodesia Transvaal Natal Cape Colony letters to newspaper travel history
The Canals of the South of Ireland
Ex library, first edition, octavo, dark blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 260pp, illus, VG- (usu library markings, sellotape residue stains to boards & eps, v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (half of rear flap cut off, sellotape residue stains to inside spine, v slight tanning to edges)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1966
KEYWORDS: first edition VTH & DR Delaney Southern Ireland canals waterways transport history Grand Cong Barrow Shannon canals
The Transport Revolution from 1770
Scarce in hardcover, super octavo with gilt lettering to spine, 460pp, illus, VG+ (v. v. light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (v light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Harper Row / Barnes & Noble 1974
KEYWORDS: Philip S Bagwell transport history inland navigation roads railways coastal shipping motor air canals national transport policy Britain
Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis
with Opinions on Disputed Points of Technique from Many Expert Players
Second edition, super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxiv + 399pp, illus, VG- (lacks fep, some rubbing & bruising to spine extrems, slight fraying to board corners, owner's name in ink to half-title page, half-title page half loose, front hinge loose, dampstaining to frontispiece & tissue guard upper edge, some foxing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: American Lawn Tennis 1922
KEYWORDS: J Parmly Paret S Wallis Merrihew sport lawn tennis techniques history