Books - "history"
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Background to the Anzus Pact: Policy-Making, Strategy and Diplomacy, 1945-55
Inscribed & signed by author, super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 464pp, VG+ (light foxing & tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: St Martin's Press / Canterbury University Press (nd)
KEYWORDS: Anzus pact New Zealand politics nuclear energy history signed
An Aeronautical History of the Cumbria, Dumfries and Galloway Region: Part 2: 1915 to 1930
This volume only, signed by author, quarto, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, 182pp, illus, NR FINE in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: St Patrick's Press 1984
KEYWORDS: Cumbria Dumfries Galloway aeronautical England English aviation history signed
A Military History of Germany: from the eighteenth century to the present day
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: Weidenfel and Nicolson 1975
KEYWORDS: military history germany 1700-1975
Representing the South Pacific: Colonial Discourse from Cook to Gauguin
Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 307pp, VG+ (review slip to fe.p., slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: South Pacific islands post-colonial studies social history anthropology culture sociology
Petrodvorets (Peterhof): Palaces and Pavilions, Gardens and Parks, Fountains and Cascades, Sculptures
Text in English, large quarto, patterened brown heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration to spine & front board, blue eps, folding frontispiece, 372pp, illus, VG (light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (sellotape repairs to closed tears to edges, light foxing, heavy creasing to front flap, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Aurora Art Publishers 1978
KEYWORDS: Petrodvorets Peterhof Russia Russian gardens palaces architecture design landscaping fountains scuptures art history photography
The Shackleton Voyages
Large quarto, dark blue paper covered boards with with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 288pp, illus, NR FINE (owner's small address stamp to rear ep) in d/w, NR FINE
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2002
KEYWORDS: Sir Ernest Shackleton biography pictorial history Antarctic polar exploration
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
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: Dell Publishing 1984
KEYWORDS: hacking hackers computer programming history 50s 60s 1950 1960
Tales of Old North Taranaki
Large quarto 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: New Plymouth 150 Years Official Project 1991
KEYWORDS: taranaki new zealand history
Our Music is Red With Purple Flashes: The Story of The Creation
Imperial 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: Cherry Red Books 2004
KEYWORDS: music the creation history band
Questions on German History: Ideas, forces, decisions from 1800 to the present: Historical Exhibition in the Berlin Reichstag Catalogue, 3rd (updated) Edition
Imperial 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: German Bundestag Publications' Section (n.d.)
KEYWORDS: german history primary source exhibition catalogue berlin
I Shall Bear Witness: The Diaries of Victor Klemperer 1933-1941
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: Phoenix 1999
KEYWORDS: history war Biography
An Outline of European Architecture
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: Pelican 1968
KEYWORDS: Europe history architecture
The Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898 - 1934
Super Octavo hardcover (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: Scholarly Resources 2002
KEYWORDS: history war Caribbean military
Passchendaele: The Sacrificial Ground
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: Cassell 2001
KEYWORDS: history Ypres third Battle Leper Belgium World War One WW1
Nightjars: Potoos, Frogmouths, Oilbird and Owlet-nightjars of the World
Small quarto, black cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, 464pp, illus, NR FINE in d/w, VG+ (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Wild Guides Ltd / Princeton University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: ornithology nightjars potoos frougmouths oilbird owlet-nightjars birds natural history
Shaw Savill & Albion: The Post-War Fortunes of a Shipping Empire
Quarto 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: Conway Maritime Press Ltd. 1986
KEYWORDS: british maritime history shipping commercial late 1900s containership dunedin shaw savill line
Crossing the Tracks of Columbus: German Liner Shipping to Latin America, the Caribbean and the West Coast of North America down the years
Large quarto hardcover (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: E. S. Mittler & Sohn 1992
KEYWORDS: german maritime history international liner shipping latin america caribbean north america west coast
An Officer of the Blue: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne, South Sea Explorer 1724-1772
Ex library, imperial octavo, dark blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, dark blue eps, xvi + 229pp, illus, VG- (usual library markings, tape staining to boards & eps, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (library markings, light creasing & rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press1994
KEYWORDS: Marc-Joseph Marion Dufresne exploration nautical biography history
South to the Pole: The Early History of the Ross Sea Sector, Antarctica
Ex library, imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, folding map, xx + 481pp, illus, VG- (heavy library markings, moderate soiling & tanning to page edges) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & rubbing, library markings)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1967
KEYWORDS: Ross Sea Antarctica Antarctica exploration history
Dien Bien Phu: The Epic Battle America Forgot
Imperial 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: Brassey's, Inc. 1994
KEYWORDS: america usa vietnam thailand laos military history