Books - "history"
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Illustrated Motorscooter Buyer's Guide
Super ocavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks International 1993
KEYWORDS: Motorbooks International Illustrated Buyer's Guide series motor scooters mopeds motoring vehicles transport photographs history Cushman Vespa Lambretta
Scooterama: Cafe Chic & Urban Cool
Super ocavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: MBI 1999
KEYWORDS: motor scooters mopeds motoring vehicles transport colour photographs history
Policing the Colonial Frontier: Part One: The Theory and Practice of Coercive Social and Racial Control in New Zealand, 1767-1867
THIS VOL ONLY, SIGNED, super octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed eps, xxi + 409pp, illus/photos, Near FINE, in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing & surface loss, sm stain to base of front cover)
PUBLISHER: V R Ward, Gov't Printer 1986
KEYWORDS: New Zealand police history law enforcement signed Richard Hill colonialism
The Luftwaffe War Diaries
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, 399pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to board & spine extrems & edges, minor tanning & staining to page edges, light tanning to eps, binding sloppy, occasional staining throughout) in d/w, G+ (in plastic protective cover, v heavy tearing & chipping/loss to edges & spine extrems- only minor loss, moderate tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1967
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 luftwaffe German aviation bombers aerial combat warfare
Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
FIRST US EDITION, super octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to beige cloth spine, 480pp, VG+ (light bruising to edges/extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, minor chafing & soiling, moderate vertical crease to rear flap)
PUBLISHER: W W Norton & Company 1997
KEYWORDS: first US editions social evolution civilisation civilization ethnology human history environment
Onetahua Marae: The First 20 Years: 1985-2005
Oblong quarto, illus stapled light card wrappers, white lettering to covers, printed inside covers, 27pp, illus/photos, includes loosely enclosed ephemera, VG+ (sl chafing/rubbing to covers, light tanning to page edges0
PUBLISHER: Onetahua Marae 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori heritage maraes Onetahua Marae history culture
The Photographic History of the Civil War: Volume 3: Forts and Artillery, The Navies
THIS VOL ONLY, quarto, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to blue faux leather spine, illus prelims, mixed pagination, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to spine & edges, light chafing & soiling, minor creasing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: The Blue & Grey Press 1987
KEYWORDS: US America American civil war history forts artillery navy navies
Gerrman Racing Silver: Drivers, Cars andTriumphs of German Motor Racing
Square imperial octavo, grey heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars German Germany motor racing sport history
British Racing Green: Drivers, cars and Triumphs of British Motor Racing
Square imperial octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board edges & extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine & base of front cover, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars British Great Britain motor racing sport history
French Racing Blue: Drivers, cars and Triumphs of French Motor Racing
Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (minor bruising to extrems & rear board) in d/w, VG (moderate fading & light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2009
KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars France French motor racing sport history
Italian Racing Red: Drivers, Cars and Triumphs of Italian Motor Racing
Square imperial octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus prelims, 176pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to board & soine extrems/edges, sl bruising to front board, sl tanning to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear, prev. owner's sm ex-libris label to front cover)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan Publishing 2008
KEYWORDS: motorsport classic vintage high performance cars Italy Italian motor racing sport history
Aventures dans le Pacifique: From the Accounts of French Voayagers to the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand
TEXT MOSTLY FRENCH, WITH ENGLISH SUMMARIES; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1967
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history French exploration Pacific Islands Australia nautical maritime diaries illustrated
The Golden Age of Speedway
Imperial octavo 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The History Press 2011
KEYWORDS: speedway motorbike racing motorsport history
Gun Running in the Red Sea
Octavo hardcover (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low (no date)
KEYWORDS: history arms trade europe Red Sea Italy Ethiopia sea travel nautical maritime
Intermediate Schooling in New Zealand
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1964
KEYWORDS: New Zealand educational history education intermediate schooling teaching
English Literature in the Sixteenth Century, Excluding Drama
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 696pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (fore-edge of front flap clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1954
KEYWORDS: English literature history historical 16th sixteenth century
Warrior Women and Popular Balladry, 1650-1850
Octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xvi + 233pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, v sl soiling to page edges & front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing top edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: English literature literary criticism women ballads heroines history soldiers warriors female
The Markhor: Sport in Cashmere
Octavo, green/blue buckram boards, silver gilt lettering & illus to spine & front board, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xv + 151pp, plates- all present, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising to board corners, moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, considerable insect damage [inactive] throughout, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges & eps, minor tanning & foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co 1910
KEYWORDS: historical hunting history Cashmere markhor capra goat Count Hans von Koenigsmarck
The Russo-Japanese War: Reports from British Officers Attached to the Japanese and Russian Forces in the Field, Vol I
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, red speckling to page edges, printed eps, xxiv + 682pp, VG- (light bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, sl cracking to front hinge, light chafing & heavy soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims, prev. bookseller's ink price to ffep, numerous officer's club ink stamps throughout- mostly to prelims, sl cracking to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: His Majesty's Stationery Office 1908
KEYWORDS: military history British reports officers Russo-Japanese war Russia Japan historical
Hunting Trips in the Caucasus
FIRST EDITION, ORIGINAL BINDING (SPINE NEEDS GLUE) MAP MISSING, probable ex-library- no markings as such but evidence/staining from previous labels, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/printed eps, xvi + 319pp, illus, G- (boards in fully adhesive plastic covering, moderate scuffing to spine & board extrems, light tanning to spine, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, occasional pencil annotation, moderate staining from prev. library labels to front board & front pastedown, heavy clear tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters, heavy cracking to other gutters throughout, gutter at pg80/81 fully cracked exposing binding & completely separated from spine- glue needed, single terminal page prev. detached but reaffixed at gutter with clear tape)
PUBLISHER: Rowland Ward Ltd 1898
KEYWORDS: first editions antiquarian books hunting history historical Caucasus Prince San Donato E Demidoff