Books - "history"
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Monte Cassino
First English edition, imperial octavo, turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, vi + 314pp, illus + folding maps, VG+ (light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, some light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co 1964
KEYWORDS: Colonel Rudolf Bohmler Second World War Two WW2 Monte Cassino military history
How We Saw the War: 1939-45 Through New Zealand Eyes
Sm folio, black cloth boards with white lettering to spine & front board, illus title page, 400pp, illus, fine, in d/w, VG+ (label-residue staining to front upper corner, v slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Hodder Moa / Hachette 2009
KEYWORDS: Ron Palenski New Zealand Second World War Two WW2 history
The Bafut Beagles
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: The Reprint Society 1955
KEYWORDS: specials Gerald Durrell natural history autobiography memoir
Buckshee A Pictorial Record of the Work of the New Zealand YMCA on Active Service
Oblong small octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, 116pp, illus, VG (some soiling to wrappers, rusting to staples, middle page loose)
PUBLISHER: NZ YMCA 1919
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Young Men's Christian Association pictorial history photographic portrait First World War One WW1 NZEF
Heterosexual Dictatorship: Male Homosexuality in Postwar Britain
First edition, super octavo, dark green boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 340pp, illus, VG+ (some foxing to page edges, light tanning to page peripheries) in d/w, VG+ (light staining, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Fourth Estate 1996
KEYWORDS: first edition Patrick Higgins homosexuality Britain human sexuality British history
Images of War: World War One: A Photographic Record of New Zealanders at War 1914-1918
Small quarto, illus black & white light card covers with French flaps, 336pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Harper Collins 2008
KEYWORDS: Glyn Harper New Zealand First World War One WW1 pictorial photographic military history
Antarctica: The Story of a Continent
First edition, super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 264pp, illus, VG (v slight tanning to spine, light tanning to page edges, slight warp to rear board) in d/w, VG- (moderate damp-staining, price clipped (torn off), moderately heavy creasing to edges & flap folds, )
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins 1959
KEYWORDS: Frank Debenham Antarctica geology science exploration travel history
Living Legacy: A History of the Anglican Diocese of Auckland
Quarto, blue cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 432pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: Anglican Diocese of Auckland 2011
KEYWORDS: Allan K Davidson New Zealand Auckland Anglican church diocese history christianity
From the Black Mountain to Waziristan
being an Account of the Border Countries and the More Turbulent of the Tribes Controlled by the North-West Frontier Province, & of our Military Relations with them in the Past
First edition, super octavo, brown cloth boards with red lettering to front board & black lettering to spine, red & black rule to spine & front board, all page edges stained red, xx +505pp + 8 folding maps at rear, VG (some staining to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, inscription in ink to fep, owner's name in ink to half-title page, rear hinge cracked, moderate browning & foxing to maps, occasional crease to maps, some browning to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan & CO 1912
KEYWORDS: Colonel HC Wylly military history campaigns Waziristan Tirah Expeditionary Force Pathans Usafzais Gaduns Bajaur Dir Mohmands Chitralis
The Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-1918 Volume III: The Australian Imperial Force in France 1916
This volume only, super octavo, illus light card covers, xlii + 1036pp, illus, VG+ (some fading to spine, v slight soiling to page edges & spine)
PUBLISHER: University of Queensland Press / Australian War Museum 1982
KEYWORDS: Australian military history First World War One WW1 France Robert O'Neill CEW Bean
Why Italians Love to Talk About Food
Octavo softcover (fine) illus; 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: Duckworth Overlook 2010
KEYWORDS: specials elena kostiokovitch italians food culture history
The Church in an Age of Revolution: 1789 to the Present Day
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Pelican / Penguin 1980
KEYWORDS: specials Alec R Vidler Christian church religion theology history
Twilight Warriors: Inside the World's Special Forces
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: 22 Books 1996
KEYWORDS: specials Martin C Asostegui special forces SAS Delta Force SEALs GSG9 GIGN military history
CQB: Close Quarter Battle
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Corgi Books 1998
KEYWORDS: specials Mike Curtis SAS autobiography memoir military history
The Dardanelles Disaster: Winston Churchill's Greatest Failure
Octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d/w (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Duckworth Overlook Peter Mayer Publishers 2009
KEYWORDS: specials Dan Van Der Vat Winston Churchill Dardanelles first world war one ww1 wwI Britain British military history
Fields of Memory: A Testimony to the Great War
First edition, quarto, dark grey cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 232pp, illus, VG+ (light fading to lower spine extrem, slight rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, slight bruising to edges, slight tanning to inside)
PUBLISHER: Cassell 1999
KEYWORDS: Anne Roze John Foley Jean Rouland first world war one ww1 wwI pictorial military history photography first edition
The Life and Works of Michelangelo
Square 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: Parragon Books 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Nathaniel Harris Michelangelo biography art painting history
Augustans and Romantics 1689-1830
Introduction to English Literature Volume III
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: Cresset Press 1961
KEYWORDS: specials HVD Dyson John Butt Geoffrey Webb FJ Fisher HA Hodges literature Augustans Romantics art history religion philosophy
The Drama of Graf Spee and The Battle of the Plate: A Documentary Anthology 1914-1964
First edition, quarto, turquoise cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt battleship motif to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xxvi + 500pp, illus + folding map, VG+ (bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, moderate foxing & light tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG- (some damp-staining & wrinkling to spine, several small closed tears to spine extrems & to edges & corners, light staining to rear)
PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1964
KEYWORDS: first edition Sir Eugen Millington-Drake Earl Mountbatten of Burma Sir Philip Vian naval history battles First Second World War One Two WW1 WW2 Coronel Falklands Plate navy sailors seamen Admiral Graf von Spee
A History of Modern Japan
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Pelican / Penguin 1965
KEYWORDS: specials Richard Storry Japan Japanese history