Books - "history"
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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 Racing Yachts
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 ABC Whipple racing yachts
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
The Seafarers: Fighting Sail
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 1979
KEYWORDS: specials seafarers nautical marine history sailing ships boats Time-Life Books ABC Whipple fighting sail
Loeb Classical Library: Appian's Roman History Volume I
This volume only, duodecimo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1964
KEYWORDS: specials Loeb Classics Appian Roman History Horace White
Loeb Classical Library: Appian's Roman History Volume III (Three)
This volume only, duodecimo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1964
KEYWORDS: specials Loeb Classics Appian Roman History Horace White
Loeb Classical Library: Appian's Roman History Volume IV (Four)
This volume only, duodecimo 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Loeb Classics Appian Roman History Horace White
The Rebirth of European Aviation 1902-1908
A Study of the Wright Brothers' Influence
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Science Museum / Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1974
KEYWORDS: specialsl Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith Orville Wilbur Wright aviation aeronautical history aviators pilots flight pioneers
To Conquer the Air: The Wright Brothers and the Great Race for Flight
First edition, super octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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: Free Press/ Simon & Schuster 2003
KEYWORDS: specials first edition James Tobin Orville Wilbur Wright Brothers biography aviation aeronautical history flying pilots pioneers flight
Wilbur and Orville: A Biography of the Wright Brothers
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Dover Publications 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Fred Howard Orville Wilbur Wright Brothers biography aviation aeronautical history flying pilots pioneers flight
Letters of the Wright Brothers: Letters of Wilbur, Orville and Katharine Wright in the Royal Aeronautical Society Library
Super octavo softcover (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: Tempus Publishing 2003
KEYWORDS: specials Katharine Orville Wilbur Wright Brothers correspondence letters biography aviation aeronautical history flying pilots pioneers flight