Hard To Find Books
Books

Search For Hard To Find Books

Advanced Search

Books - "history"

Showing 18761 to 18780 of 43694 results.

$50.00
2f34b/20

Yankee Whalers at the Bay of Islands


KENNY, ROBERT W.

Imperial octavo, cream light card stapled wrappers, 24pp, illus, VG- (some staining to covers, wear & tearing to spine, owner's name & address stamp to fep, sporadic slight foxing)

PUBLISHER: American Neptune Inc 1952

KEYWORDS: nautical marine history New Zealand Bay of Islands American whalers whaling

$40.00
2f45a/4

The River Clyde and The Clyde Burghs: The City of Glasgow and its Old Relations with Rutherglen, Renfrew, Paisley, Dumbarton, Port Glasgow, Greenock, Rothesay and Irvine


MARWICK, SIR JAMES D.

First edition, quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece with tissue guard, liv + 254pp, illus + folding maps, VG- (moderate staining to boards, some tanning to page edges & eps, owner's name & date in ink to title page,)

PUBLISHER: James Maclehose & Sons 1909

KEYWORDS: Scotland Scottish history Glasgow Clyde

$425.00
2f45a/27

The Topography of Rome and its Vicinity in Two Volumes


GELL, SIR WILLIAM

Two-volume set, super octavo, brown heavy card boards with green cloth spines, gilt lettering in maroon decorative title label, vii + 456pp, 414pp (vols 1 & 2 respectively), illus, VG- (moderate fraying to spine extrems, vol 2 title labels missing, bruising to board corners, some browning & staining to boards, heavy browning to page edges, moderate soiling & tanning to prelims & terminals, bookseller label to front pastedown of vol.1, sporadic light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Saunders and Otley 1834

KEYWORDS: Rome geography topography reference history

$24.50
xxskf102066

Politics and the Museum of the American Indian


FORCE, ROLAND W.

Imperial 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: Mechas Press 1999

KEYWORDS: native american indian museum USA USA history

$9.00
xxskg102121

The General Says No


BELOFF, NORA

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: Penguin 1963

KEYWORDS: british european britain europe history

$9.00
xxskg102136

Love and the French


EPTON, NINA

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: Penguin Books 1964

KEYWORDS: love history France

$25.00
xxskg102161

The Rules of Rugby Football


N/A

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: A.H. & A.W. REED Ltd 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sports rugby

$32.50
xxskg102163

Deep Water Gold: The Story of RMS Niagara - The Quest for New Zealand's Greatest Shipwreck Treasure


GORDON, KEITH

Super 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: SeaROV 2005

KEYWORDS: New Zealand nautical boats history shipwreck

$16.50
xxskh102182

Stendhal: A Biography


RICHARDSON, JOANNA

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: Victor Gollancz 1974

KEYWORDS: biography history

$19.50
xxskh102185

Nasser: The Cairo Documents


HEIKAL, MOHAMED

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: New English Library 1972

KEYWORDS: Egypt Foreign relations history

$14.00
xxskh102193

It was Twenty Years Ago Today


TAYLOR, DEREK

Super 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: Bantam Press 1987

KEYWORDS: history sociology

$35.00
xxskh102207

New Zealand Bowlers' Annual, 1906-07


ALLOO, W. (compiled)

Super octavo hardcover (G); 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: W. Alloo 1907

KEYWORDS: New Zealand sports history Bowling

$40.00
1c21a/17

Ferguslei to Hawthorne:The History of North East Valley: People and Places involved in its Development


HENDRY, CAROLE

Octavo, illus green light card stapled wrappers with black lettering to front cover, 32pp, illus, VG (light foxing and soiling to covers, prev ownership details blacked out with black permanent marker to fep, slight creasing)

PUBLISHER: Carole Hendry 1976

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Dunedin North East Valley Normanby Ferguslei Hawthorne local history

$45.00
1c21a/18

One Hundred Grand Parades: A Centennial History of the Gore A&P Association 1882-1982


MORRISON, G. L. & MCARTHUR, J. F.

Small quarto, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, 204pp, illus, VG (slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing, light soiling, fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: McArthur & Morrison / Gore A&P Assn 1982

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Gore A & P centenary local history

$80.00
1c21a/20

Merchantmen-at-Arms: The British Merchants' Service in the War


BONE, DAVID W. & BONE, MUIRHEAD (Illus)

Large quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, t.e.g, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiii + 260pp, illus, VG (owner's name & date in ink to title page, bruising to spine extrems, some foxing to page edges & eps, insect damage to lower edge of page 41)

PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1919

KEYWORDS: Britain British merchants Merchant navy naval nautical maritime history

$40.00
1c21a/22

Bunyip Says So: A Tale of the Australian Bush


FLEMING, W. M.

Small quarto, beige heavy card boards iwth blue lettering & blue koala motif to front board, dark beige eps, ii + 96pp, illus, VG (moderate fading to boards & spine, heavy browning & foxing to page edges, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: New Century Press Pty 1939

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian children's literature natural history

$45.00
1c21a/24

Historic Worcestershire: Worcestershire Historical, Biographical, Traditional, Legendary and Romantic


BRASSINGTON, W. SALT

Quarto, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt city scene to front board, blind rule to rear board, marbled eps, frontispiece, xxiii + 329pp, illus, VG (moderate browning to page edges, light bruising to spine extrems, some scrating to rear board, occasional foxing)

PUBLISHER: Midland Educational Co. Ltd 1894

KEYWORDS: Worcestershire history architecture

$450.00
1c21a/26

Chinese Invasion of NEFA


JAHRI, MAJOR SITA RAM & CARIAPPA, GENERAL K. M. (Foreword)

First edition, octavo, blue cloth boards with light blue lettering to front board, illus eps, 260pp, illus, VG- (heavy fading to lower spine & spine extrems, light soiling to boards, light tanningn & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (some browning, heavy creasing to edges, lower one-third of spine missing, tears with loss to upper spine, archival tape repairs)

PUBLISHER: Himalaya Publications 1968

KEYWORDS: China CHinese invasion NEFA military history

$300.00
1c21a/34

Yeomen of the South


THOMAS, M. C.

Dated inscribed & signed by author to FG Hall-Jones, scarce, octavo, illus light card covers with black lettering to front cover & handwritten title to spine, 188pp, VG- (some soiling to covers, 1cm closed tear to lower spine, some tanning to spine & page edges, v. occasional annotation in pencil, light tanning, occasinoal creasing)

PUBLISHER: Southland News Company 1940

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Southland history

$30.00
2c19a/4

New Zealand Historical Atlas / Ko Papatuanuku e Takoto Nei


McKINNON, MALCOLM (ed) & BRADLEY, BARRY & KIRKPATRICK, RUSSELL

Folio, dark grey boards with silver lettering to spine, illus eps, 290pp, illus, VG, in d/w, VG

PUBLISHER: Bateman 1998

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history geography geology

site powered by - Turboweb :: Simple Web Manager