Books - "history"
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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
The Sinking of the Titanic: The Mystery Solved
Octavo hardcover (fine) in d/w (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: Souvenir Press 2004
KEYWORDS: specials Captain L M Collins Titanic nautical maritime shipwreck sinking theory history evidence
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Battle for Egypt: The Summer of 1942
Super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front, frontispiece, xv + 400pp, illus VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to lower board edges, slight tanning to eps & page edges) in d/w, VG- (light fading to spine, 7cm tear with loss to upper edges, some chipping & bruising with loss to edges, repaired with tape inside, light rubbing with some loss)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1955
KEYWORDS: J L Scoullar New Zealand Egypt second world war two ww2 wwII official military history
Maori Religion and Mythology Part 1
Being an Account of the Cosmogony, Anthropogeny, Religious Beliefs and Rites, Magic and Folk Lore of the Maori Folk of New Zealand
This volume only, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to front board, 424pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges, middle gutter cracked) in d/w, VG (light creasing to covers, sunning to spine)
PUBLISHER: A. R. Shearer, Government Printer 1976
KEYWORDS: Elsdon Best New Zealand Maori religion mythology myths culture history anthropology
A Personal Affair
First edition, super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front, lavender eps, frontispiece, xix + 480pp, illus,VG+ (v slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (slight soiling & rubbing, slight bruising to edges)
PUBLISHER: Magari Publishing 2004
KEYWORDS: Sir Owen Woodhouse Peggy Woodhouse New Zealand biography autobiography correspondence letters army second world war two ww2 wwII history
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45: Prisoners of War
Super octavo, green cloth boardswith gilt lettering to spine, blind coat of arms stamp to front board, frontispiece, folding maps, xxvi + 546pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, slight tanning to eps, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, scruffy (creasing, chipping and tears to edges, light rubbing with some loss,adhesive tape to front and rear upper covers)
PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Department of Internal Affairs New Zealand 1954
KEYWORDS: W Wynne Mason New Zealand second world war two ww2 wwII Prisoners of War POW official military history
The Hidden Children: The Secret Survivors of the Holocaust
Octavo softcover (VG); all our pecials 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: Bantam Books 1995
KEYWORDS: specials Jane Marks Jewish children Holocaust survivors biography memoirs history
A History of Our Time:: Readings on Postwar America
2nd Edition
Octavo softcover (VG); all our pecials 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 1987
KEYWORDS: specials William H Chafe Harvard Sitkoff Postwar America American history
The Reformation
Paperback (VG); all our pecials 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: Pelican / Penguin 1979
KEYWORDS: specials Owen Chadwick Christian church reformation religion theology history
British Aviation: The Adventuring Years 1920-1929
Ex library, octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 727pp, illus, VG (usu library markings, some light fraying to spine extrems & board edges, tape reinforcement to front & rear hinges, moderate tanning to page edges) in d/wVG (price clipped, tape residue stains to inside, some creasing & tanning)
PUBLISHER: Putnam & Co 1973
KEYWORDS: Harald Penrose Britain British airlines aviation aircraft industry history transport
The Life in the Forests of The Far East Volumes I and II
Two-volume facsimile reprint set, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, green eps, xix + frontispiece folding map + 400pp (vol.1), xviii + frontispiece folding map + 420pp (vol.2), illus, VG+ (v slight rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG+
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1974 (facsimile reprint of Smith Elder 1862 edition)
KEYWORDS: Spenser St John Far East Sarawak Sabah East Malaysia Brunei history travel exploration James Brooke Dayaks
South African Airways: 50 Years of Flight
Imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG+ (red cancellation stamps to eps, slight tanning to eps) in d/w, VG- (light scuffing, some creasing & nicks to edges & corners)
PUBLISHER: Da Gama Publishers (n/d)
KEYWORDS: South African Airways aviation aeronautic history transport airlines
Flying: An Epitome and a Forecast
First edition, small quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xi + 263pp, illus, VG- (archival tape repairs to tears on page 97 but no loss of text, owner's name in ink to fep, some browning to spine, bruising & fraying to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to upper spine extrem, light soiling & fading to boards, moderate browning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims, lighter foxing elsewhere)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1930
KEYWORDS: first edition Claude Grahame-White aviation aeronautics flying aeroplanes aircraft history
The Celluloid Circus: The Heyday of the New Zealand Picture Theatre 1925-1970
Square quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps & purple spine, printed eps, 304pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Godwit / Random House 2008
KEYWORDS: Wayne Brittenden New Zealand cinema picture theatre film social photographic history entertainment
The Park Sensations: A Story of the Napier Park Racing Club and famous Greenmeadows
Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, iillus eps, frontispiece, 184pp, illus, VG+ (inscription in ink to fep verso) in d/w, VG+ (light soiling spot to front, v slight creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Napier Park Racing Club 1987
KEYWORDS: Joe Lorigan New Zealand Napier horse racing sport racingcourse club history
Man the Lifeboats: Women and Children First
Wimin's War on Words
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Dunmore 1983
KEYWORDS: specials gb harrison humanity history english language