Search Results: History - General from All Booked

Great Britain: George Ronald, 1958. Blue cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 192pp. B/w Frontispiece & illustrations. Cloth has wear to edges. Top corners softened. Tape marks on endpapers. Ffep has bookstore stamp and sticker remnant; previously belonged to a book club. Sl. foxed. Sl. soiled. 1 leaf has small surface loss affecting 5 words. DJ has thin strip of each flap fore edge removed (with part of original price still remaining), edgeworn with several tiny tears to the top edge. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1962. Second Impression. Illustrated with photos, drawings & maps. Foldout Map. Maroon cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 308 pp. includes Index. Illustrated endpapers. Front panel and spine case has narrow sunned strip on lower edge. Clean with square, firm binding. Unclipped DJ has light wear to top edge. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Heron Books Women Who Made History Series. Olive green, cream and gold binding. 244pp. includes Historical Appendix. B/w Frontispiece. Colour & b/w illustrations. Yellow ribbon bookmark. Small p/o details on half-title page, light dust spotting to top edge. Contents clean and tight. . Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand and London: Paul's Book Arcade/John Murray, 1960. Pictorial boards with identical illustration as DJ. 147 pp. includes Index. B/w illus. Small felt pen mark across lower edge of text block. Bookstore stamp to lower Ffep. Trace of foxing to endpapers. Pages bright and clean, binding firm. DJ has price intact, spine slightly discoloured with small sticker mark, minor wear to spine tips. The true story of the dolphin that played with the children of Opononi, and the stories of friendly dolphins known to the Greeks, the Romans, and the Maoris.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Erik Thorn . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

pp.xvi, 416 includes Bibliography & Index. Large Trade size. Light wear to covers. Firm, clean copy.

Australia: University of Queensland Press , 1983. Blue cloth, white lettering to spine. pp.289. Colour & B/w Photos by Tim Porter. Tail of spine slightly rubbed, corners lightly bruised. Contents clean, binding firm. Intact DJ with sunned spine, light shelfwear, small chip to top of spine. Heavy book, extra shipping will be requested for delivery outside New Zealand.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Reprint. Landscape format booklet, staple bound. 44pp. Illustrated. Light wear to cover corner tips.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1942. Tan cloth, brown text on spine and front. 297pp. includes Index. B/w Frontispiece & illustrations. Cloth is unmarked. A hint of foxing to endpapers. Ffep has name conealed neatly. P/o details on front flyleaf. Pages clean, binding firm. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1975. The wreck of the Wager stands next to the mutiny on the Bounty as one of the most powerful stories in the history of the sea. The Wager, a 40-gun ship, was detailed to accompany Anson in his famous voyage of circumnavigation in 1740 in search of Spanish treasure ships. Blue cloth, gilt text on spine. Illustrated endpapers. 288pp. includes Index. B/w Maps & Plates. Front top corner slightly bruised. Very clean internally with tight binding. Unclipped DJ has slightly sunned spine with light shelfwear and tiny chip to spine head. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Collins, 1972. Green covers lettered in gilt on spine. Endpaper Maps. Colour Frontispiece. 192pp. includes Index. Colour & B/w illustrations. Trace of foxing to first and last few pages. DJ has not been priceclipped. top edge is lightly chipped, spine sunned, light foxing on reverse.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1964. Red cloth titled in white on spine. Endpaper Maps. B/w Illustrations. Maps by Arthur Douglas. A crisp, clean copy tightly bound, minor surface wear to cloth on rear lower corner. DJ un-clipped, light shelfwear. "A striking story of a New Zealander's grim game of hide and seek with the Germans after the fall of Crete.". First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +/Very Good. Illus. by Paul Hanrahan . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1957. Fourth Impression. 270pp. includes Index. B/w photographs & Maps. Folded panoramic view of the battle area. Small signature on Ffep. Price unclipped Dust Jacket has edgewear, moisture stain on rear lower corner. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Heron Books, 1965. Women Who Made History Series. Translated from the French by Anne Carter. Preface by Arthur Calder-Marshall. Olive green, cream and gold binding. 356 pp. includes Historical Appendix. B/w Frontispiece. Colour & b/w illustrations. Yellow ribbon bookmark. Light dust spotting to top edge. Contents clean and tight.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Headline Book Publishing Plc, 1989. Translated from the French by Christine Donougher. Pp.xix plus 524 includes Foreword, Chronology, Map of China, Map of Shanghai, The Chinese Intelligence Community, 1989, A Family Business: The Inter-relationship Between the Communist and Nationalist Hierarchy, Preface and Index. B/w Plates. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Souvenir Press, 1957. Blue cloth, gilt text to spine. 223 pp. B/w illus. Spine mildly sunned with one small spot, gilt dull. Internally clean (no inscriptions or foxing), binding firm. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Rupert-Hart Davis, 1962. Rust cloth lettered in silver on spine. 192pp. includes Biographical Notes & Index. Scuff to bottom edge of small section of pages otherwise a tight, clean copy with light spotting to top edge. DJ unclipped, spine slightly sunned, shelfwear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: The Reprint Society, 1965. pp.223 includes Index. Double Frontispiece B/w Map of Australia. B/w illustrations & Maps. P/o details concealed on Ffep with black felt marker. Faint trace of foxing to exterior of closed pages. DJ darkened on reverse, light shelfwear. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1940. Orange cloth, black text to spine. 136 pp. includes Bibliography & Index. Colour Frontispiece. B/w Plates. Illustrated from Photographs, Paintings and Prints. Cloth is sunned on spine extending across top edges. Spine tips rubbed. Green felt pen remainder mark to top edge of text block. P/o details and gift inscription to front eps. Rear fep has two signatures. Pages clean, binding firm. The tradition, history and current [1940] status of corn production in Britain. Also discusses the transition from Open Field cultivation to Enclosure, with the consequent shift-over from farming for subsistence to farming for profit.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Chatto & Windus, 1953. Second Impression. With a Foreword by Air Chief Marshal Sir William Elliot. Green cloth, gilt text (worn) on spine. 222pp. B/w Frontispiece. B/w illustrations. Sunned spine. Cup ring mark on front panel..Small nick to fore edge of front board. Name and date in blue ink on Ffep. Trace of foxing to edges, text clean. Essentially a book about the air by an airman. It is a chapter in the history of the war and the history of Great Britain. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Lexington, Massachusetts: The Stephen Greene Press, 1985. Card Covers. 121 pp. includes Appendices, Selected Bibliography, Glossary & Index. Illustrated with over 150 b/w pictures, diagrams and maps. Includes the origin, whereabouts and design of the bridges, along with a full account of the pioneers who designed and built them. . Revised Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.