Books - "history"
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British Civil Aircraft 1919-1959: Volume One
Super octavo hardcover (VG-) large patch of dampstaining to front board lower corner with damage carrying over to lower edges of first 40 pages. Without that fault, book would be 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: Putnam 1959
KEYWORDS: specials AJ Jackson civil aviation history British aircraft aeronautical history aeroplanes
Unearthing New Zealand
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Government Printing Office 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Trotter Beverley McCulloch New Zealand archaeology pre-history anthropology history
Cadillac Standard of the World: Compete History
With the Editors of Automobile Quarterly
Oblong imperial octavo, maroon textured boards with gilt lettering to spine, 447pp, illus, VG+ (slight rubbing to boards) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, several 1cm closed tears to upper spine extrem, small chaffing patch to rear upper edge, light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Princeton Publishing 1977
KEYWORDS: Maurice D Hendry cars transport automobiles cadillac American motorcar history photographic pictorial history
Paddle Steamers of Australasia
large quarto/small folio, cream light card stapled covers with black lettering to front cover, v + frontispiece maps + 196pp, VG- (light tanning & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges, reading crease to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: RH Parsons 1967
KEYWORDS: RH Parsons JC Tolley transport Australia New Zealand paddle wheel steamers Murray Darling Rivers steamers tugs vessels ships shipping history Tasmania reference history specications
Naval Camouflage 1914-1945: A Complete Visual Reference
Large quarto, navy blue buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, 3cm closed tear to front upper corner/flap fold)
PUBLISHER: Chatham Publishing 2001
KEYWORDS: David Williams nautical maritime naval history camouflage patterns colours schemes function illustrated photographic history warships
British Warships 1860-1906: A Photographic History
Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 208pp, illus, fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Pen & Sword Maritime 2009
KEYWORDS: Nicholas J Dingle naval maritime nautical history British warships boats ships photographic history
Official History of the War: Military Operations France and Belgium 1915: Four-book set: 2 volumes & 2 boxes of maps
Two-volume set plus 2 boxes of folding maps in matching clamshell boxes, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines. Two volumes pristine - still in plastic and never opened (FINE) Two map boxes incomplete. Vol.1 missing maps 2, 3, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 13. Vol 2 missing maps 3, 4, 5, 7, 11, and diagram 1.
PUBLISHER: Imperial War Museum 1992 facsimile reprint
KEYWORDS: Imperial War Museum official history First World War One WWI military history France Belgium 1915
Official History of the War: Military Operations France and Belgium 1916
5-volume set: 2 vols & 2 vols of appendices & box of maps
5 volumes: 2-volume set plus 2 vols of appendices plus 1box of folding maps in matching clamshell boxes, octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spines. All volumes pristine (FINE) and two still in original sealed plastic.
PUBLISHER: Imperial War Museum 1992 facsimile reprint
KEYWORDS: Imperial War Museum official history First World War One WWI military history France Belgium 1916
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 1908 Vol. XLI (New Issue)
Majority of pages unopened/uncut, super octavo, blue/grey light card covers with black lettering to spine & front cover, xiv + 471pp, illus, VG- (some dampstaining & soiling to front cover & page upper edges, some bending, 1cm closed tear to front cover upper edge & first 10 or so pages, 2cm chaffing with loss to lower spine extrem, light soiling & bruising to cover edges, light tanning to spine & cover edges, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1909
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute Vol. 55 (New Issue)
Super octavo, blue/grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xviii + 884pp, illus, VG- (boards loosening at gutters, moderately heavy dampstaining to front board lower edge carrying over to first two pages, dampstaining to rear board edges carrying over to last three or so pages, light bruising & fraying to board edges & spine extrems, light rubbing to spine label, tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1924
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles
Transactions of the New Zealand Institute Vol. 54 (New Issue)
Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with black lettering to front board and paper title label mounted to brown cloth spine, xxxi + 920pp, illus, VG+ (v slight bruising to spine extrems & board corners, v slight soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Board of Governors of New Zealand Institute 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions history science botany zoology natural history chemistry geology fossils essays articles
Traction Engines in New Zealand
Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (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: Steam Traction Society 1969
KEYWORDS: specials Ron Alexander Graham Radcliffe New Zealand transport agriculture history traction engines pictorial photographic history
Unstructuring Chinese Society: The Fictions of Colonial Practice ad the Changing Realities of 'Land in the New Territories of Hong Kong
Super octavo, lavendar light card covers with white lettering to spine, xv + 2pp maps + 348pp, nr fine (v slight creasing to front cover lower corer)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2002
KEYWORDS: Allen Chun China Hong Kong Chinese colonial history anthropology history cluture politics ethnology
Post Mortem: The Jews in Germany - Now
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: Hamish Hamilton 1968
KEYWORDS: specials Leo Katcher Jews Germany anti-semitism history social history
Chatto Curiosities of the British Street: Troughs & Drinking Fountains: Fountains of Life
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: Chatto & Windus 1989
KEYWORDS: specials Philip Davies Britain British horse troughs drinking fountains mediaeval pumps monumnets history architecture social history
The Whirtinaki Valley
first edition hardcover, worn 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: Paul's Book Arcade 1956
KEYWORDS: specials nancy ellison new zealand history autobiography history
The Historic Bay of Plenty
Te Papa C.M.S. Mission Station 1838 - 1883
Softcover staple bound super octavo (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: The Elms Trust 1970
KEYWORDS: specials Stanley Bull New Zealand history religion religious history local regional North Island Bay of Plenty
The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II: Part 1 USAF Variants
Quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 128pp, illus + folding 1:72 scale drawings to rear, nr fine
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2007
KEYWORDS: military history aeronautical engineering model modelling aeroplanes aircraft aviation military history hobbies crafts Andy Evans McDonnell Douglas F4 Phantom II
General Dynamics F-111: A Comprehensive Guide
Quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 176pp, illus + folding 1:48 scale drawings to rear, nr fine
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2013
KEYWORDS: military history aeronautical engineering model modelling aeroplanes aircraft aviation military history hobbies crafts Anthony M Thornborough F-111
The Hawker Hunter: A Comprehensive Guide
Quarto, illus light card covers with white lettering to spine & front cover, illus title page, 128pp, illus + folding 1:72 scale drawings to rear, nr fine
PUBLISHER: SAM Publications 2009
KEYWORDS: military history aeronautical engineering model modelling aeroplanes aircraft aviation military history hobbies crafts Paul Bradley Hawker Hunter