Books - "history"
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Opera at Covent Garden: A Short History
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: Victor Gollancz Ltd 1967
KEYWORDS: specials Harold Rosenthal history London Covent Garden music opera performance
Kairuri: The Measurer of Land
The Life of the 19th Century Surveyor Pictured in his Art and Writings
Quarto, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 175pp, illus, VG+ (slight foxing to page upper edges, prev. owner's name inside) in d/w, VG+ (v slight sunning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Highgate / Price Milburn 1988
KEYWORDS: Nola Easdale New Zealand history surveying Institute of Surveyors exploration setstlers
Porsche Boxster
Quarto, light grey boards with glossy light grey lettering to front board, light grey eps, 157pp, illus, fine, in fine d/w
PUBLISHER: Dr Ing Porsche AG 2000 (Second Edition)
KEYWORDS: Clauspeter Becker Jurgen Lewandowski Herbert Volker Christoph Bauer Dieter Blum Conrad Piepenburg Peter Vann Stefan Warter Porsche motorcar vehicles sports car Boxster automotive engineering mechanics history photography
Naval Warfare Under Oars: 4th to 16th Centuries: A Study of Strategy, Tactics and Ship Design
Super octavo, green buckram boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine & gilt oarsmen motif to front board, green eps, xiii + 358pp, illus, VG+ (small stain to front board, light sunning to ep peripherals, slight soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: United States Naval Institute 1967
KEYWORDS: William Ledyard Rodgers naval warfare military marine nautical history rowing ships design navies
Following the Paper Trail: A Multilingual Translation Guide
Quarto, glossy white heavy card boards with blue letering to spine & front board, x + 241pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Avotaynu Inc 2004
KEYWORDS: Jonathan D Shea William F Hoffman genealogy documents tracing history family trees translation German Swedish Frnech Italian Latin Unkraine Portuguese Spanish Czeck Polish Russian Hungarian Lithuanian
Island Boy: An Autobiography
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: The Institute of Pacific Studies et al 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Tom Davis Pacific autobiography Cook Islands memoir personal account Rarotonga history politics
Lawrence and the Arabs
First edition Hardcover 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Jonathan Cape Ltd 1927
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Graves biography Lawrence of Arabia history
The Battle of the Bulge 1944
Hitler's Last Hope
Hardcover quarto (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Spellmount Limited 2002
KEYWORDS: specials Robin Cross military history World War Two Battle of the Bulge Nazi Germany Hitler
A Biographical Dictionary of Canadian Jewry 1909 - 1914
From the Canadian Jewish Times
Hardcover quarto (NF) 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: Avotayni, Inc., 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Lawrence F Tapper Jewish Canadian history genealogy Jewry Canada biography dictionary
Boeing P-12 F4B
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: Aero Publishers, Inc., 1966
KEYWORDS: specials Edward T Maloney aviation plane model Boeing P-26 history use military
Arab Command
The Biography of Lieutenant-Colonel F.G. Peake Pasha
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1946
KEYWORDS: specials Major C S Jarvis biography Lieutenant-Colonel Peake Pasha Lawrence of Arabia military history Middle East
Edward Wilson of the Antarctic
Naturalist and Friend
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: John Murray 1938
KEYWORDS: specials George Seaver biography Edwar Wilson Antarctic explorer exporation history
In Limbo
The Story of Stanley's Rear Column
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: Hamish Hamilton Ltd 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Tony Gould history Africa Congo English pioneers Emin Pasha Relief Expedition
The Great Dirigibles
Their Triumphs & Disasters
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Dover Street Publications, Inc. 1972
KEYWORDS: specials John Toland aviation history airships dirigibles disasters lighter-than-air craft
Fountains and Water Features
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: Shire Publications Ltd 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Rosalind Hopwood art sculpture hydraulic water features fountains history
Eats, Shoots & Leaves
The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation
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: Profile Books Ltd 2003
KEYWORDS: specials Lynne Truss English grammar punctuation history language
Patterns of Thought
The Hidden Meaning of the Great Pavement of Westminster Abbey
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: Jonathan Cape Ltd 1991
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Foster art mosaic tiles philosophy science history
The Land Our Future
Essays on Land Use and Conservation in New Zealand in Honour of Kenneth Cumberland
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: Longman Paul Limited 1980
KEYWORDS: specials A Grant Anderson New Zealand natural history conservation land collected essays
Two Shepherds Who Lost Their Sheep
A true and historical story surrounding the importation of Four new breeds of exotic sheep from Great Britain and Republic of Ireland to New Zealand in 1972
Signed 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: Montana Reflections 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Alan R Diack New Zealand natural history sheep importation exotic breeds introduction into NZ
Ships in the Sky
Hardcover super octavo (VG) in d/w (G+) ; 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: Shakespeare Head Press Pty Ltd, 1957
KEYWORDS: specials John Toland aviation history disasters airships compilation