Books - "history"
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Tanks in the East: The Story of an Australian Cavalry Regiment
Ex library, octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine, 200pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing to boards, moderately heavy fraying to spine extrems & board edges, usu library markings, binding sloppy, library reinforcement to front & rear hinges, some tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1945
KEYWORDS: Colin Kerr Australian military history tank squadron Suez Syria Aleppo Lattaquie Egypt
The New Zealand Division 1916-1919: A Popular History Basd on Official Records
Ex library, super octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, brown decorative rule to front board, xv + frontispiece + 634pp, illus + folding maps, VG (usu library markings, light fraying to spine extrems & board edges, binding slightly sloppy & gutters cracking, some tanning)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1921
KEYWORDS: Colonel H Stewart New Zealand Division military history First World War One WWI
Performing the Visual: The Practice of Buddhist Wall Painting in China and Central Asia 618-960
Ex library, small quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, brown textured eps, xvi + 342pp, illus, VG+ (relatively light library markings, slight sellotape residue stains to boards) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press 2004
KEYWORDS: Sarah E Fraser art history Buddhist painting Buddhism China Central Asia
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1941: Royal New Zealand Air Force
Ex library, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & blind coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xv + 343pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (usu library markings, some bruising & fraying to board edges & spine extrems, gutter paper cracked & binding loosening, some tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch Dept of Internal Affairs 1955
KEYWORDS: Squadron Leader JMS Ross New Zealand military history Second World War Two WW2 Royal New Zealand Air Force
On Active Service: War Diary and Letters Home World War Two 1939-1945
Ex library, quarto, illus light card covers with black lettering, v + 316pp, illus, VG+ (usu library markings, tape reinforcement to gutters)
PUBLISHER: HR Mackenzie 1996
KEYWORDS: Sergeant Hugh Robin Mackenzie New Zealand military history Second World War Two WW2 letters correspondence memoir 25th Battalion 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Middle East Force
The Dardanelles Campaign
Ex library, first edition, octavo, green cloth boards with handwritten title to green leather spine, orange light card eps, frontispiece, xx + 429pp, illus + folding maps, G+ (usu library markings, reinforcement to gutters/hinges, hinges loose, heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, folding & creasing & tearing damage to folding maps, missing portion to rear ep upper corner, small tears to occasional pages)
PUBLISHER: Nisbet & Co 1918
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history first World War One WW1 Henry W Nevinson Dardanelles
The Illustrated Atlas of the Nineteenth Century World
First edition thus, folio, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, blue eps, frontispiece (facsimile of original 1851 title page), 179pp, illus, VG+ (two ex-libris labels to fep, v slight rubbing to board edges) in d/w, VG (some creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Bracken Books / Bestseller Publications 1989
KEYWORDS: Montgomery Martin atlas John Tallis history 19th Century nineteenth century maps travel
The New Zealand Division 1916-1919: Volume II France - A Popular History based on Official Records
Ex library, super octavo, brown cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, brown decorative rule to front board, xv + frontispiece + 634pp, illus + many folding maps, VG- (splits to cloth of spine sides, light fraying to spine extrems & board edges & corners, mottled fading esp to rear board, usu library markings, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1921
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history First World War One WW1 Colonel H Stewart
The Thistle and the Rose
first edition, ex library, hardcover imperial octavo (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: John Murray 2005
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Allan Massie scotland england history politics
Battle For Egypt: The Summer of 1942
ex library, hardcover imperial 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: War History Branch NZ 1955
KEYWORDS: specials J L Scoullar new zealand second world war military history egypt
Styles and Types of North American Architecture
ex library, hardcover quarto (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: HarperCollins 1992
KEYWORDS: specials Alan Gowans architecture north america visual culture history art
Collecting Mechanical Antiques
first edition, hardcover super octavo (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: Arco 1973
KEYWORDS: first edition specials Ronald Pearsall antiques mechanics collecting history
Red China Blues: My Long March from Mao to Now
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: Anchor Books 1997
KEYWORDS: specials Jan Wong China Chinese autobiography history
L'Oreal Took My Home: The Secrets Behind a Theft
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: Arcadia Books 2007
KEYWORDS: specials Monica Waitzfelder French German L'Oreal cosmetics autobiography memoir history
The England of Elizabeth
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: Reprint Society 1953
KEYWORDS: specials A L Rowse Elizabethan England English history
The King's England: Devon, Cradle of our Seamen
With 400 Places and 200 Pictures
Octavo hardcover (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: Caxton Publishing Company (nd)
KEYWORDS: specials Arthur Mee England English Devon history
The Golden Road to Cape Reinga
First 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966
KEYWORDS: specials David More New Zealand Cape Reinga travel memoir history first edition
The King's England: Essex, London's North Sea Neighbour
With 373 Places and 153 Pictures
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: Hodder and Stoughton 1956
KEYWORDS: specials Arthur Mee England English Essex history
Strangers in the Wilderness
First 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Minerva 1967
KEYWORDS: specials L S Rickard New Zealand pioneers early European settlers famers farming history first edition
Monte Cassino
Ex library, 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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1984
KEYWORDS: specials David Hapgood Richardson world war two ww2 wwII Monte Cassino military history