Books - "history"
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The Rise and Fall of Athens
Wood engravings by Raymond Hawthorn
Folio society super octavo hardcover (VG+) in slipcase (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: Folio Society 1967
KEYWORDS: specials classics Greece ancient Greek history Athens Plutarch Ian Scott-Kilvert Raymond Hawthorn
The Journal of the Victoria Cross Society
16th Edition March 2010
Quarto 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 Victoria Cross Society 2010
KEYWORDS: specials Brian Best Victoria Cross Society military history biography war magazine
Royal Flying Corps Communiques 1915-1916
First edition, super octavo, orange boards with gilt lettering to spine, 352pp, illus, nr fine (v v slight bruising to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (moderate fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Tom Donovan 1990
KEYWORDS: Christopher Cole aviation aircraft Royal Flying Corps history First World War One WWI air arm bombing damage intelligence aircrew first edition
Natal: An Illustrated Official Railway Guide and Handbook of General Information
Imperial octavo, green cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 300pp, illus + folding maps + large folding map in pocket to rear ep, G+ (heavy rubbing, fraying, bruising & tears to spine, rubbing & fraying to board edges, some browning & staining to boards, moderate browning to eps, owner's name address & date in ink to fep, corner of first six pages torn off, front hinge loose, heavy tanning & foxing to folding maps, some foxing throughout, browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Payne Jennings 1903
KEYWORDS: CW Francis Harrison South Africa Natal Durban transport trains railways travel tourism scenery attractions history immigration emigration
God On Our Side: The British Padres in World War I
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: Leo Cooper / Martin Secker Warburg 1983
KEYWORDS: specials Michael Moynihan World War One WWI history regimental padres priests clerics chaplains church
Business In Great Waters
softcover super octavo (nr 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: Wordsworth 1999
KEYWORDS: specials John Terraine military submarine u-boat war history
Supersonic (Airliner) Non-Sense: A Case Study in Applied Market Research
Warmly insribed & signed by author to NZ aviation author Ian Mackersey, super octavo hardcover (fine) 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: Paladwr Press 1998
KEYWORDS: specials REG Davies transport aviation history airlines aeroplanes supersonic airliners
Ship of Courage: The Epic Story of HMAS Perth and Her Crew
First edition, ex library, 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: Allen & Unwin 1994
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Brendan Whiting HMAS Perth Australia World War Two WWII Battle of the Sundra Strait naval maritime history
The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright
First edition, octavo hardcover (fine) in d/w (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: Simon & Schuster 2005
KEYWORDS: first edition Noah Adams Orville Wright Wilbur Wright biography Kitty Hawk aviation history specials
The Fledgling: An Autobiography
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: Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1964
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Arch Whitehouse autobiography pilot aviation history World War One WWI Royal Flying Corps
Iron Dinosaurs
First edition, small octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d;/w, (nr 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: Blandford Press 1976
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Colin Garratt railways transport trains steam engines history Java Sumatra Indonesia Taiwan Philippines
Steam Safari
First edition, small octavo hardcover (nr fine) in d;/w, (nr 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: Blandford Press 1974
KEYWORDS: specials first edition Colin Garratt railways transport trains steam engines locomotives history Africa
Stratocruiser & C-97: Pictorial & Production
Photographs by Aviation Photo News
Quarto light card stapled wrapper (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: Airline Publications & Sales 1978
KEYWORDS: specials Ian Mackintosh aviation history aeroplanes aircraft transport stratocruiser C97 photography specications
Manx Airlines & British Regional Airlines including complete Aircraft Directory
Quarto light card stapled wrapper (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: B&C Publications 2001
KEYWORDS: specials aviation history aeroplanes aircraft transport Manx Airlines British Regional airlines
Hurricane & Messerschmitt: Part One Hurricane at War; Part Two Messerschmitt Bf109 at War
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: The Prominent Reprint Co 1993
KEYWORDS: specials military aviation history aeroplanes aircraft Hurricanes Messerschmitt World War Two RAF Luftwafe Chaz Bowyer
Evolution of the Airliner
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: Crowood Press 2007
KEYWORDS: specials aviation history aeroplanes aircraft Ray Whitford airliners transport
Focke-Wulf Fw190: Chasseur-Bombardier
Quarto hardcover (VG+) TEXT IN FRENCH; 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: Editions Atlas 1981
KEYWORDS: specials aviation history aeroplanes aircraft Focke Wulf fighter plane Mister Kit G Aders TEXT IN FRENCH en francais
The Warlords: US Eighth Air Force Fighter Colours of World War II: Volume I The 4th, 20th & 55th Fighter Groups
Quarto softcover (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: Flight Record Publications 2003
KEYWORDS: specials aviation history aeroplanes aircraft US Air Force colours identification reference Barry Money Ann Money
Propliners: A Half-Century of the World's Great Propeller-Driven Airliners
Imperial octavo softcover (nr 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: Motorbooks International 1994
KEYWORDS: specials Clinton H Groves aircraft aviation history aeroplanes propeller propliners transport passenger aircraft
From Wherry to Steam Ferry on the Waitemata
A History of the Romantic Conquest of the Silvery Waterway
Octavo, creamy/mauve mottled light card covers with blue lettering to front cover, frontispiece, 49pp, illus, manually typed errata page loosely enclosed, VG (heavy bruising & Creasing to cover edges, some light tanning to spine, coffee stain to rear cover, white label to front covering original price)
PUBLISHER: Walsh Printing 1932
KEYWORDS: T Walsh New Zealand Waitemata transport boats ferries passenger transport history