Books - "history"
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A Pictorial Survey of Racing Cars between the Years 1919 and 1939
Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, 224pp, illus, VG (v. slight bruising to spine extrems, v slight rubbing to board lower edges, some tanning to eps, light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, 12cm crease to rear upper edge, 8cm closed tear to rear upper left, some creasing & browning to edges, moderate foxing to inside, tape repair/reinforcement to upper spine extrem)
PUBLISHER: Motor Racing Publications 1963
KEYWORDS: TASO Mathieson sport transport racing cars motorracing Bugatti Ferrari Maserati pictorial photographic history Alfa Romeo
The Hog Islanders The Story o 122 American Ships
American Merchant Marine History Series Volume 1
Inscribed & signed by author, octavo, illus blue light card covers with white writing, viii + 264pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to covers)
PUBLISHER: American Merchant Marine Museum 1991
KEYWORDS: Mark H Goldberg USA American merchant ships boats nautical maritime history Hog Islanders
Royal Naval Battleships 1895-1946
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: Allmark Publications1973
KEYWORDS: specials WDG Blundell Royal Naval battleships military nautical maritime history reference
Preserved Buses
Hardcover 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Ltd 1976
KEYWORDS: specials Keith Jenkinson transport history buses vehicles coaches Britain British English
Trafalgar
Softcover 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Wordsworth Editions Limited 1998
KEYWORDS: specials John Terraine military history naval warfare maritime battle Trafalgar Napoleonic Wars
Messerschmitt Bf 109 in the West, 1937 - 1940
From the Spanish Civil War to the Battle of Britain
Softcover 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Greenhill Books & Stackpole Books 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Payne military history aviation aircraft German planes Messerschmitt World War II
Battleships & Battlecruisers of the Royal Navy since 1861
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Ltd 1986
KEYWORDS: specials Cdr B. R. Coward RN ships boats nautical battleships battlecruisers Royal Navy military history
Faded Glory
Airline Colour Schemes of the Past
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Airlife Publishing Limited 1991
KEYWORDS: specials John K Morton aviation history airline colour schemes decoration aircraft
Colonial Homes of Palmerston North
Hardcover oblong 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 costs
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd 1975
KEYWORDS: specials Eileen Revere Wright Edith Doretta Woodhouse New Zealand North Island Palmerston North colonial houses architecture history
The Roman Empire: Economy, Society and Culture
Scarce in hardcover, first edition, octavo, dark green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, i + frontispiece map +231pp, VG+ (v small fingerprint mark to fep upper edge, tiny soil spot to front side of spine) in d/w VG+ (slight rubbing, some fading)
PUBLISHER: Gerald Duckworth & Co 1987
KEYWORDS: Peter Garnsey Richard Saller first edition Roman Empire economics government religion history
Red Poll Cattle in New Zealand
The Beef Breed with Milk
Super octavo, red boards with gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, 264pp, illus, VG (date & notation in black ink to title page, chaffing to verso half-title page where glued letter removed) in d/w, VG (light bruising to edges, some rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Wanganui Newspapers Ltd 1985
KEYWORDS: Michael P Condon New Zealand agriculture farming Red Poll beef cattle herds breed history
Running with the Fox
Quarto 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: Unwin Hyman 1989
KEYWORDS: specials David Jenny Macdonald Priscilla Barrett natural history foxes animals
Julius Caesar And His Public Image
super octavo hardcover (nr fine) 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: Thames and Hudson 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Awi Yavetz ancient history roman julius caeser biography anthropology
From Memory To Written Record: England 1066-1207
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: Blackwell 1993
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Clanchy history middle ages medieval europe
Slavery in Ancient Rome
Inside the Ancient World
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: Macmillan 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Massey Paul Moreland ancient history rome anthropology
Kilim History and Symbols
Quarto, white cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 214pp, illus, VG (some tanning/foxing to board edges, light tanning to page edges, slight creasing to rear ep fore-edge, 5cm tear/damage patch to rear hinge) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Electa/1994
KEYWORDS: Dario Valcarenghi Anatolian kilim craft textiles arts rugs furniture coverings wallhangings history
Faces of China: Tomorrow, Today, Yesterday
Quarto 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: Michael Joseph 1974
KEYWORDS: specials Pat Fok Ross Terrill China photography Chinese pictorial history
A Voyage to the South Sea, undertaken by Command of His Majesty for the purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship the Bounty
including an account of the Mutiny on Board said ship & the Subsequent Voyage of Part of the Crew
Quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering in green decorative panel to spine, frontispiece portrait of Capt. Bligh, vi + folding Bounty ship's plan + 264pp, illus with folding maps, VG (some foxing to page edges, v slight tanning to eps, creasing to edges of one map due to mis-folding)
PUBLISHER: Australiana Facsimile Editions No. 121 Libraries Board 1969 (Reprint of Lords Commissioners of the A
KEYWORDS: Captain William Bligh naval nautical maritime voyage travel history mutiny HMS Bounty Fletcher Christian journals
Edgar Snow's China: A Personal Account of the Chinese Revolution Compiled from the Writings of Edgar Snow
Quarto 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: Orbis Publishing 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Lois Wheeler Snow Edgar Snow China Chinese Revolution history
The Pioneers Explore Otago: A Record of Explorers, Travellers, Surveyors, Bushmen, Seekers of Pastoral Country, Inland Voyagers and Wayfaring Men
First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to front board, 160pp, illus, VG (some staining & soiling to boards, light fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light tanning to eps & to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times & Witness Newspapers 1947
KEYWORDS: first edition Herries Beattie New Zealnad Otago exploration explorers travellers surveying history