Books - "history"
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New Zealand and the Korean War: Volume 1 Politics and Diplomacy
This volume only, super octavo, grey boards with no markings or lettering, xiv + 468pp, illus, VG+ (relatively light library markings) in d/w, VG+ (slight bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing under plastic protective cover)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press / Dept of Internal Affairs 1992
KEYWORDS: Ian McGibbon New Zealand Korea Korean War politics diplomacy history
From Bapaume to Passchendaele 1917
Octavo, green buckram boards with black lettering, vii + 384pp, illus plus fold-out maps, VG- (staining to front board upper left corner, dings to board upper edges, slight bruising & creasing to boards, inscription in ink to fep, some browning to prelims & terminals, some foxing)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1918
KEYWORDS: Philip Gibbs First World War One WW1 Passchendaele Bapaume the Somme Arras Messines Flanders military history
The Mutiny & Piratical Seizure of H.M.S. Bounty
hardcover 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: Humphrey Milford 1928
KEYWORDS: specials John Barrow maritime history HMS Bounty pirates norfolk island pitcairn island pacific
Calls to Arms: New Zealand Society and Commitment to the Great War
Super octavo, illus black light card covers with red lettering, 332pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2014
KEYWORDS: Steven Loveridge New Zealand social history First World War One WWI
RNZAF: A Short History
Imperial 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: AH & AW Reed 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Geoffrey Bentley Royal New Zealand Air Force RNZAF military history WW1 WW2 aircraft
The Global Cigarette: Origins and Evolution of British American Tobacco 1880-1945
Scarce, first edition, super octavo, navy blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, xxii + 401pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (v. v. slight creasing to upper edges)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Howard Cox cigarettes smoking British American Tobacco manufacturing Company BAT history mass production multinational enterprise first edition
The Encyclopaedia of Jewish Life Before and During the Holocaust
Volume 1 A-J, Volume 2 K-S, Volume 3 S-Z
Three-volume set, quarto, grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front boards, 1769pp in three vols, illus, nr fine (light sunning to spines) in d/w, VG+ (sunning to spines, v slight bruising to edges) VERY HEAVY SET
PUBLISHER: New York Univeristy Press 2001
KEYWORDS: VERY HEAVY SET Shmuel Spector Geoffrey Wigoder Elie Wiesel encyclopaedia reference Jewish life history Yad Vashem list of communities synagogues chronology maps
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