Books - "history"
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My Russian Jailers in China
LACKS D/W, super octavo, green textured buckram boards, grey lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 288pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate rubbing & bruising to spine & board extrems & edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate cracking to central gutter)
PUBLISHER: Hurst & Blackett 1937
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war China Chinese
The Third Route
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, to ppage edges stained blue, deckled page fore-edges & base, frontispiece, xv + 279pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl staining/discolouration to rear board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light rubbing & tanning to front eps, light foxing to rear eps, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday, Doran & Company 1929
KEYWORDS: aviation history aircraft aeroplanes flight
The Russian Empire 1801-1917
REPRINT, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, xx + 813pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (in fully adhesive protective cover- fully affixed, price clipped, light creasing to edges, light soiling, minor bleeding of text from adhesive, light tanning)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1967 (Reprint)
KEYWORDS: history Russia Russian 19th nineteenth century politics political
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume I (With an Introduction and Appendices)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, xx + 442pp, folding map to rear pocket, VG+ (sl bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume III (With an Introduction and Appendices)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs787-1230, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795, Volume IV (With an Introduction and Appendices)
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, frontispiece, viii + pgs1231-1752, illus/map, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate chafing to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Hakluyt Society c/o The Map Library 1984
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society history exploration voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century
Bentley: The Story
Lg heavy quarto, black buckram boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, 241pp, illus/photos, VG+ (boards sl warped & soiled, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Redwood Publilshing 2003
KEYWORDS: automotive car manufacturers Bentley history design engineering
The Diary of Hugh McKenzie of Martins Bay 1918-1919
Octavo, white stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 12pp, G+ (heavy creasing & closed tearing to covers- yellowing tape repairs to rear, moderate foxing & light soiling to covers, whole item with vertical fold, light to moderate foxing to eps)
PUBLISHER: Timaru Herald Print (Printer) N/D
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history pioneers settlers diaries journals Hugh McKenzie Martins Bay
Beautiful Dunedin: Its Environs, and the Cold Lakes of Otago
Octavo, illus light card covers, unpaginated illus adverts to prelims, 140pp, illus/photos, VG- (heavy cerasing & chipping/loss to spine, moderate creasing & light soiling to covers, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Evening Star Co 1906
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history historical guides travel brochures Dunedin Otago
Oxford Composer Companions: J S Bach
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus title page, xxv + 626pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, plate residue to ffep, light cracking to some gutters) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: classical music composers Johann Sebastian J S Bach reference history
Winged Mars: Volume I: The German Air Weapon - 1870-1914 / The Air Weapon 1914-1916 - Volume II of Winged Mars (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, super octavo, vol 1- blue buckram boards with red lettering to spine & front board, vol 2- black buckram boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, vol 1- unpaginated prelims + 338pp, vol 2- unpaginated prelims + 503pp, illus/maps, VG (light bruising to spines & extrems, light to moderate soiling to spines & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG-/G+ (heavy/v heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, moderate chafing to spines, light to moderate soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap of vol 2)
PUBLISHER: Military Service Publishing Company 1942-47
KEYWORDS: military history aviation aircraft German luftwaffe fighter planes
Bruce McLaren: Life and Legacy of Excellence
Square imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 208pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising/rubbing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light chafing & soiling, prev. bookseller's label to rear)
PUBLISHER: Haynes 2002
KEYWORDS: automotive motorsports Bruce McLaren racing cars car drivers grand prix f1 formula 1 one biography biographies memoir history
Death Camps of the River Kwai
Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 262pp, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, light to moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: United Writers Publications 1977
KEYWORDS: military history River Kwai Malaya Singapore ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Japanese
Time Out: American Airmen at Stalag Luft I
Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 192pp, illus, VG (covers in fully adhesive plastic- fully affixed, light wrinkling & rubbing to spine & cover edges, light tanning & label residue to rear cover, light tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's label to inside front cover)
PUBLISHER: Aero Publishers 1982
KEYWORDS: military history pows prisoners of war camps Stalag Luft nazi Germany John Vietor autobiography autobiographies memoir
Innisfail, or, Distant Days in Tipperary (Fourth Edition)
Octavo, green buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 284pp, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate scuffing to spine with minor loss, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to front gutters, light soiling & foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: M H Gill & Son 1907
KEYWORDS: literature history Rev P Hickey
A Commentary on Saint Paul's Epistle to the Galatians, to Which are Prefixed, The Life of the Author, and a Complete and Impartial History of the Times in Which He Lived
Super octavo, black/brown textured buckram boards, black adhesive buckram to spine- unlettered, frontispiece, c + 476pp, VG (moderate rubbing/scuffing & bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing & staining to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, lovely encouraging inscription in pencil to ffep by prev. owner, moderate foxing to prelims, occasional pencil underlining & annotation to margins & text)
PUBLISHER: William Tegg 1860
KEYWORDS: religion religious history St Paul epistle Galatians bible biblical textx scripture Christian Christianity theology Martin Luther
Sir Seefton Brancker
LACKS D/W, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 491pp, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. owner's sm ink stamp to front pastedown, prev. owners' details in coloured pencil & ink to ffep, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1935
KEYWORDS: military history biography biographies memoir Sir Seefton Brancker British armed forces raf royal air force pilots
From Many Angles: An Autobiography
LACKS D/W, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 592pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate scuffing & bruising to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & light soiling & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional light cracking & tanning/discolouration to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George G Harrap & Company 1942
KEYWORDS: autobiography autobiographies memoir Major-General the Rt Hon Sir Frederick Sykes royal flying corps military history
A Carmelite of the Sacred Heart: The Life of Mere Marie de Jesus, Foundress of the Carmel of Paray-le-Monial 1853-1917
Ex-library, octavo, brown textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt coat of arms to front board, frontispiece, xii + 171pp, VG (usual library markings, sl bruising & scuffing to spine & board extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Burns Oates & Washbourne 1923
KEYWORDS: religion religious history figures historical Mere Marie de Jesus biography biographies memoir carmel carmelite
The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament, Vol I
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, folding map, xxxii + 310pp, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & extrems, moderate soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, top corner of ffep missing, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor cracking to gutters, moderate annotation in ink & pencil to rear eps & terminals, moderate creasing to base of pgs153-156, light foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Williams and Norgate 1885
KEYWORDS: religion religious history old testament biblical antiquity syllabic writing languages linguistics