Books - "history"
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Through Aboriginal Eyes: The Cry from the Wilderness
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, xix + 158pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: WCC Publications 1991
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian indigenous Aborigines history land rights anthropology
Canada and Canadian Defence
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus emblems to front board, x + 186pp, folding maps, VG (light bruising to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, moderate tanning to eps, prev. owner's ex-libris label & annotation to front pastedown, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, tidy annotation to pages)
PUBLISHER: Hugh Rees Ltd 1910
KEYWORDS: first editions defence defense policy Canada Canadian military history
Setting the Med Ablaze: Churchill's Secret North African Base
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 296pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Cloudshill Press 2020
KEYWORDS: military history special operations executives North Africa soes Winston Churchill
The Early History of God: Yahweh and the Other Deities in Ancient Israel
Super octavo, grey heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to green buckram boards, xxxiv + 197pp, VG+ (minor bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning to page edges, moderate underlining & annotation in ink to early pages) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins 1990
KEYWORDS: Israel ancient history antiquity religion Yahweh semitic biblical teaching
Holocaust Testimonies: The Ruins of Memory
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, red & black lettering to spine, xix + 216pp, VG+ (light curling & chafing to covers, light soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sm ink annotation to preface, moderate fold to pg39)
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press 1991
KEYWORDS: holocaust survivors history Jews Jewish persecution
The Patriot Chiefs: Studies of Nine Great Leaders of the American Indians
UK FIRST EDITION, 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: Eyre and Spottiswoode 1962
KEYWORDS: first UK editions US American history native indians leaders chiefs
Great Barrier: Isle of Enchantment
SIGNED & DATED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, 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: A H & A W Reed 1946
KEYWORDS: first editions signed A H Reed New Zealand history Great Barrier Island
Kapiti Bird Sanctuary: A Natural History of the Island
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Masterton Printing Company 1952
KEYWORDS: New Zealand birds ornithology natural history Kapiti Coast
Fifty Ships That Changed the Course of History: A Nautical History of the World
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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Firefly Books 2016
KEYWORDS: nautical maritime history ships shipping
America Fights the Tide 1942
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: Walker and Company 1991
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 US America American
Along the Line in New Zealand (Railway Series No 591)
Oblong octavo stapled 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: Traction Publications 1972
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways steam locomotives
New Zealand Railways 1982: An Illustrated Review of New Zealand Railways Transport Operations
Octavo stapled 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: The New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society Inc 1982
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport history trains rail railways steam locomotives
Omokoroa
Octavo stapled 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: Don Kale Printing N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Omokoroa pioneers early settlers
The Book of Old Ships: From Egyptian Galleys to Clipper Ships
Octavo softcover (Near 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: Dover Publications 1992
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history boats ships
The Spanish Civil War
REPRINT, 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: Eyre & Spottiswoode 1961
KEYWORDS: Spain Spanish civil war history geopolitics geography politics political civil unrest
St Bathans: An Historic Town
Octavo stapled 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: Otago Goldfields Park N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history St Bathans Otago towns
Goldfield Balladeer: The Life and Times of the Celerated Charles R Thatcher
Ex-library, 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: William Collins 1977
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pioneers biography biographies memoir Charles R Thatcher goldfields history
The World Guide to Combat Planes (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, oblong 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: Macdonald & Co 1966
KEYWORDS: military aviation history planes combat fighter aircraft
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1975 (112th Year)
Sm 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: Sporting Handbooks 1975
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years 1975
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1988 (125th Year)
Sm 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: John Wisden & Co 1988
KEYWORDS: sport history cricket cricketers' almanacks past years 1988