Books - "history"
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The Ironmasters: The First One Hundred Years of H.E. Shacklock Limited
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: H.E. Shacklock Limited 1973
KEYWORDS: history Iron industry New Zealand
A Train in Winter
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 2011
KEYWORDS: biography history
The Crimean War: A Reappraisal
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: Wordsworth 2001
KEYWORDS: History war military
Mary Renault: A Biography
First edition 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1993
KEYWORDS: biography history
The Children's House of Belsen
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: Fremantle Arts Centre Press 2001
KEYWORDS: history biography holocaust
Gallipoli Diaries; An Anzac'z Own Story Day by Day
Super Octavo softcover (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Simon and Schuster
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history world war one WW1 Gallipoli
Prisoner or War
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Hamlyn 1984
KEYWORDS: war history
Diaries and Letters of Marie Belloc Lowndes 1911-1947
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1971
KEYWORDS: English Correspondence literature history
Alexander the Great: 2000 Years of Treasures
Quarto, illus light card covers with very large French flaps, frontispiece, 297pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Australian Museum Sydney 2012
KEYWORDS: Alexander the Great art exhibition history sculpture coins ceramics jewellery
The Southern Cross and Southern Crown; or The Gospel in New Zealand
Ex libris bookplate of Historian Alison Drummond, duodecimo, full bound in polished light brown leather with gilt rule & gilt building illus to front board, five raised bands to spine with gilt title lettering between, marbled page edges, marbled eps with gilt dentelle to edges, frontispiece, viii + folding map + 263pp, illus, VG- (heavy scuffing with loss to spine, lighter scuffing to boards, bruising with loss to spine extrems, some browning to page edges, creasing to some page fore-edges, small ink stain to page fore-edges, occasional annotation & underlining in ink)
PUBLISHER: James Nisbet & Co 1856
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history religion
Eugene Aram: His Life and Trial
Super octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, a.e.g, frontispiece, xvi + 221pp, illus, VG (light browningn to spine, light brusing to spine extrems, some browning & foxing to page edges, moderately heavy browning to eps, sporadic foxing, occasional annotation in pencil)
PUBLISHER: Butterworth & Co 1913
KEYWORDS: Eugene Aram biography Australian crime murder history Daniel Clark
Les Avions Dewoitine
Quarto, dark blue heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 475pp, illus, VG+ (v. slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (small closed tear to upper edge, light soiling) TEXT IN FRENCH
PUBLISHER: Editions Lariviere 1980
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH aviation history aircraft aeroplanes reference
Anticipating Total War: The German and American Experiences 171-1914
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards iwth gilt lettering to spine, ix + 496pp, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, ticks in ink to first contents page) in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: German Historical Institute & Cambridge University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: essays war military history German Germany USA American conflict
Big River Quartz Mine 1882-1942: A Worthwhile Speculation
Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with black lettering to white spine, frontispiece, 144pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, light tanning, prev owners details in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Friends of Waiuta 1993
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Reefton history quartz mining
From the Lowlands to the Hills
Octavo, illus light card covers with brown lettering, illus eps, iv + 205pp, illus, VG (light staining to covers)(
PUBLISHER: Tora Kolff 1987
KEYWORDS: Tora Kolff New Zealand Holland Netherlands biography family history
Brides and Bridals in Two Volumes
Two-volume set, imperial octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front boards, black decorative rule to boards, red eps, vi + 362pp + 2pp book ads, vi + 364pp + 16pp book ads (Vols 1 and 2 respectively), VG (moderately heavy staining to boards, some creasing & fraying to spine extrems, some browning to page edges, subscription library label to front pastedowns, owner's name in pencil to half-title pages, front & rear hinges cracked)
PUBLISHER: Hurst and Blackett Publishers 1872
KEYWORDS: marriage weddings brides bridal costumes matrimonial customs culture lay religious cultural history
Icy Heritage: The Historic Sites of the Ross Sea Region, Antarctica
Imperial octavo, illus light card covers with pink & white lettering, printed rear ep, 88pp, illus, VG+ (number in ink to front cover, very occasional annotation in pencil)
PUBLISHER: Antarctic Heritage Trust 1995
KEYWORDS: Antarctic Antarctica Ross Sea history
Dearest Affie: Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, Queen Victoria's Second Son 144-1900
First edition, octavo, black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 202pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v. slight fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Alan Sutton 1984
KEYWORDS: Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh biography English history
Deadly Farce: Harvey Matusow and the Informer System in the McCarthy Era
Octavo softcover (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: University of Illinois Press 2004
KEYWORDS: American history McCarthyism
Subcultures: Cultural Histories and Social Practice
Octavo softcover (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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2007
KEYWORDS: subcultures cultural history sociology