Books - "history"
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A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans under Generals Ross, Pakenham, and Lambert in the Years 1814 and 1815, with some account of the countries visited
Super octavo, half-bound, mottled heavy card boards with gilt lettering & gilt tooled decorative rule to light brown polished leather spine, 1pp advert + 377pp + errata slip to rear, VG- (5cm damage/loss to lower spine, cracking to spine sides, rubbing damage to board edges & corners, browning & foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1821
KEYWORDS: military history British Army Washington New Orleans General Ross pakenham Lambert
The Gunners: A History of New Zealand Artillery
Super octavo, dark brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, black eps, 528pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine (slight fading)
PUBLISHER: Raupo Books / Penguin 2008
KEYWORDS: Alan Henderson David Green Peter Cooke New Zealand army military history artillery units gunners South Africa Korea WW1 WW2 Vietnam peacekeeping
Wanganui, New Zealand: Coronation Souvenir 1911
Pretty, Prosperous, Progressive: Its Intersts and Facilities
Super octavo, light card covers with gilt lettering to front cover, decorated title page, 144pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading to covers, tape repair to spine, bruising & nicks to cover edges & corners, owner's name in ink to fep, moderate creasing to rear cover, light foxing)
PUBLISHER: Wanganui Chronicle Co 1911
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Wanganui coronation souvenir history education shops industry commerce tourism
Early Days in Taranaki
Signed & dated by author, octavo, light card boards with attached paper wrapper, brown lettering to spine & front cover, 127pp, VG- (soiling spots to covers, crease to rear cover upper corner, foxing to edges & prelims
PUBLISHER: Taranaki Herald 1942
KEYWORDS: Fred B Butler New Zealand Fred B Butler Taranaki history signed
The Privileged Nightmare
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: Pan Books Ltd 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Giles Romilly Michael Alexander autobiography memoir personal account prisoners of war World War II military history
The Lying Stones of Marrakech
Penultimate Reflections in Natural History
Hardcover imperial octavo (NF) in d/w (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: Jonathan Cape 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Stephen Jay Gould popular science palaeontology archaeology genetics astronomy collected essays natural history
A Bibliography of Printed Works Relating to Oxfordshire
Excluding the University and City of Oxford
Hardcover imperial 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: Oxford University Press 1955
KEYWORDS: specials E H Cordeaux D H Merry English history Oxfordshire bibliography
Once the Wilderness
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: The Lodestar Press 1977
KEYWORDS: specials John T Diamond New Zealand pictorial history North Island Auckland suburbs Waitakere Ranges
Race Relations in New Zealand
A Review of the Literature
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: National Council of Churches 1963
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Thompson New Zealand history race relations religion Maori Pakeha
The Halfway House to Infidelity
A History of the Melbourne Unitarian Church 1853 - 1973
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: The Unitarian Fellowship of Australia and the Melbourne Unitarian Peace Memorial Church 1980
KEYWORDS: specials Dorothy Scott religion religious history Unitarian Church Melbourne
The Catholic Church and Nazi Germany
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: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Guenter Lewy religion religious history religion in war World War II Nazi Germany
One Of Our Submarines
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 1955
KEYWORDS: specials edward young war history navy
The Sinking of the Bismarck
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: Cogi Books 1960
KEYWORDS: specials Will Berthold military history nautical naval warfare World War II Bismarck
HMS Caledonia: The Royal Naval Engineering School: A Short History
Octavo, purple light card stapled covers with coat of arms to front cover, iii + 120pp, illus, VG (some chaffing to covers, slight soiling to rear cover, v slgiht bruising to lower corners)
PUBLISHER: KP Hunhter & RJ Rogers 1984
KEYWORDS: Lieut KP Hunter RJ Rogers HMS Caledonia Royal Navy 19378-1984 naval maritime history ships
The New Zealander Abroad in England, America, the Highlands of Scotland, in Madeira, Capetown and the Sandwich Islands
Beign Notes of a Six-Month holiday Tour round the World
Inscribed & signed by author, original binding, octavo, maroon cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black rule to front board, blind rule to rear board, patterned eps, 302pp, VG- (front gutter internally reinforced with archival tape, light fading to spine, slight bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light rubbing to boards, owner's name label to front pastedown, heavy browning to eps, some occasional foxing, one section of pages loosening)
PUBLISHER: James Hamilton 1888
KEYWORDS: William M Hutcheson New Zealand travel history memoir England America Scotland Madeira South Africa
Australian Zoological Handbook: The Fishes of Australia Part 1: The Sharks, Rays, Devil-Fish, and other Primitive Fishes of Australia and New Zealand
Super octavo, light green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, 280pp, illus, VG- (moderate browning to spine, moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, slight soiling spots to boards and to eps, sellotape residue stains to rear pastedown, crease to feps) Body of book in much better condition than boards & eps)
PUBLISHER: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales / Whitcombe & Tombs 1940
KEYWORDS: Gilbert Percy Whitley Australia New Zealand fish sharks stingrays ichthyology zoology natural history marine biology
The Commonwealth of Thieves
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: Random House 2006
KEYWORDS: specials Tom Keneally Australian history
The Long White Cloud: Ao Tea Roa
Fourth Revised Edition
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: George Allen and Unwin 1950
KEYWORDS: specials William Pember Reeves A J Harrop Sir James Hight New Zealand History
Truth - A History and a Guide for the Perplexed
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: Black Swan 1998
KEYWORDS: specials felipe fernandez-armesto history truth
In the Footsteps of Eve - The Mystery of Human Origins
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: National Geographic & Adventure Press 2000
KEYWORDS: specials history archaeology science fossils paleoanthropology anthropology