Books - "history"
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The Long Life and Slow Death of the TSS Maheno
Oblong quarto, illus glossy light card wrappers, brown lettering to spine, 150pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing/curling to cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Nathan Smith 2019
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history TSS Maheno ships boats
Linlithgow Palace: Its History and Traditions, with Peeps from its Windows at the Burgh and Surrounding District
Super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxviii + 369pp, illus, VG (light to moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning to spine & board edges, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev, bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, historic gift inscription in ink to ffep, minor foxing to prelims & terminals, sl insect damage to front gutter, occasional minor cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Oliver and Boyd N/D (c.1910)
KEYWORDS: history Linlithgow Palace Scotland Scottish British stately homes manor houses historical buildings
Sunward by Yeoward: The Story of Yeoward of Liverpool - The First 100 Years
Square super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 154pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & fading to spine & board edges/extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, sl soiling to eps, prev. owner's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: Granta Editions 1994
KEYWORDS: maritime nautical history Yeoward Brothers of Liverpool shipping
Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa; Including Accounts of Timbuktu, Sokoto, and the Basins of the Niger and Benuwe
Octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering with gilt & black rule to spine, black decoration to boards, aeg, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 548pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl soiling to gilt/page edges, minor tanning to eps, minor foxing & soiling to prelims, heavy cracking to gutters btween pgs 289-321)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co N/D
KEYWORDS: travel exploration literature writing Africa Henry Barth history historical
Slamdek A to Z: The Illustrated History of Louisville's Slamdek Record Company 1986-1995
Octavo, illus light card wrappers, white & black lettering to spine, 221pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing to cover edges, sl rubbing to spine, sl chafing to covers, sl soiling to page edges, minor foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: K Composite Media 1999
KEYWORDS: punk rock record labels companies history Slamdek popular culture
Queering the Underworld: Slumming, Literature, and the Undoing of Lesbian and Gay History
Super octavo, illus light card wrappers, black & yellow lettering to spine, xv + 278pp, illus, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press 2007
KEYWORDS: lgbtq gay lesbian history studies literature literary criticism
With Scott to the Pole: The Terra Nova Expedition 1910-1913: The Photographs of Herbert Ponting
Square quarto, blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, frontispiece, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear, sl chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 2004
KEYWORDS: exploration south pole Antarctica Antarctic expeditions Terra Nova expedition history Captain Scott photos photography Herbert Ponting
Ford in New Zealand: Putting the Car Before the Horse
Oblong octavo, blue heavy boards, silver gilt & white lettering to spine, white & silver gilt lettering & illus to front board, frontispiece, 225pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to spine & extrems, binding sloppy- boards shaky, sl scuffing to board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to ffep, prev. owner's inscription in ink to full title page, moderate cracking to gutters sporadically throughout, occasional soiling to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: New Holland Publishers 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand transport automotive history cars Ford design engineering
Maserati Cars 1957-1998
LIMITED EDITION, imperial octavo, blue faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/scuffing to edges, light fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Brooklands Books N/D
KEYWORDS: high performance classic vintage cars Maserati history Brooklands portfolio limited editions design engineering
The Tattooed Land: The Southern Frontiers of the Pa Maori
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, quarto, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at pastedowns, x + 262pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing to board & spine edges, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to front pastedown, occasional sl cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1981
KEYWORDS: signed Barry Brailsford New Zealand history Pa Maori iwi tribes
The Worst Journey in the World: Antarctic 1910-1913 (One Volume Edition)
Super octavo, light blue buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, deckled page edges, lxiv + 585pp, illus, folding maps- all folding maps present, VG (light bruising to extrems, light tanning to spine, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Chatto & Windus 1937
KEYWORDS: exploration adventure south pole Antarctic Antarctica history Apsley Cherry-Garrard
A Leading Lady: The Story of Mary Jolly
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 140pp, illus, folding family history chart to rear, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board corners, light chafing & soiling to boards, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's ephemera to makeshift pocket affixed to rear board)
PUBLISHER: Pam Bayfield 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand family history research genealogy Mary Jolly
On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors: John Z De Lorean's Look Inside the Automotive Giant
Super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 237pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, faint pink ghostlettering to ffep & verso of title page) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing/scuffing to edges, light chafing & soiling, minor tanning to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1980
KEYWORDS: car industry automotive General Motors business John Z De Lorean GM history
A History of Australia: VI: The Old Dead Tree and the Young Tree Green 1916-1935, with an Epilogue
THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 522pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1992
KEYWORDS: Australia Australian history C M H Clark
Despite Captivity: A Doctor's Life as Prisoner of War
SIGNED, super octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 240pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl fading & bruising to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor ink annotation to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate fading to spine & cover edges, light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: William Kimber & Co 1975
KEYWORDS: signed military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pows prisoners of war medical doctors John Borrie
War, Taxation and Rebellion in Early Tudor England: Henry VIII, Wolsey and the Amicable Grant of 1525
Octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xi + 164pp, VG+ (light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light fading to spine, minor foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Harvester Press 1986
KEYWORDS: forces loans 16th sixteenth century history early tudor English England taxation politics government
Driving Forces: The Grand Prix Racing World Caught in the Maelstrom of the Third Reich
Imperial octavo, illus light card wrappers, cream lettering to spine, illus prelims, viii + 285pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light fading to spine, sl creasing/curling to cover edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Bentley Publishers 2000
KEYWORDS: grand prix history automotive car racing ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 Germany nazi third reich
The Arab Horse: A Record of the Arab Horses Imported into Britain from the Desert of Arabia from the 1830s to 1960
Oblong quarto, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 336pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, multiple sm ink stamps to edges of page block & eps) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling, light fading)
PUBLISHER: Medina Publishing / Arabian Horse World 2012
KEYWORDS: horses equine history Arab Arabian stallions breeding imports
Frontsoldaten: The German Soldier in World War II
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The University Press of Kentucky 1995
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 German soldiers nazi Germany
The Kaiser's Holocaust: Germany's Forgotten Genocide
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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber 2011
KEYWORDS: Namibia history German occupation genocide 19th nineteenth century Shark Island camp concentration camps Swakopmund Africa African