Books - "history"
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P.S.: A Memoir
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 will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: St Martin's Griffon 1997
KEYWORDS: autobiography history
Weimar and the Rise of Nazi Germany 1918-33
Imperial 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Hodder Murray 2010
KEYWORDS: Political science Germany history
Revolution until Victory? The Politics and History of the Plo
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press 1994
KEYWORDS: politics government history
Their Trade is Treachery
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1981
KEYWORDS: Espionage Russian Great Britain History
Supping with the Devils
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Atlantic Books 2003
KEYWORDS: politics Great Britain history
Nungesser: Le Chevalier de Ciel
TEXT IN FRENCH, octavo, light blue boards with darker blue lettering to spine, illus eps, 253pp, illus, VG (light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (some bruising & creasing to eps, some soiling)
PUBLISHER: Le Livre Contemporain 1961
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH Roland Nungesser biography French aviation history
With the Aurora in the Antarctic 1911-1914
First edition, scarcer 'orange' binding edition, imperial octavo, orange cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & black ship illus to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xxi + 183pp, illus plus folding map to rear, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, small black stain to front board upper edge, moderate browning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in pencil to fep, some foxing & tanning to prelims and terminals, sporadic lighter foxing elsewhere)
PUBLISHER: Andrew Melrose 1919
KEYWORDS: John King Davis autobiography Antarctic exploration maritime nautical history
Air Power and Colonial Control: The Royal Air FOrce 1919-1939
First edition, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xv + 260pp, illus, nr fine, in d/w, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Manchester University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: Royal Air Force aviation history
Unternehmen Barbarossa im Bild: Der Russlandkrieg Fotografiert von Soldaten
TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, grey heavy card boards with black & white lettering to spine, 466pp, heavily illus, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: Ullstein Sonderausgabe 1985
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN GERMAN photographic photography illustrated pictorial military history
Air Challenge and The Locusts
Inscribed dated & signed by author, octavo, light blue cloth boards with white lettering & white aeroplane motif to spine, xvii + 240pp, VG (slight fading to spine & boards, moderate browning to page edges, some heavy browning to eps) in d/w, VG (moderate browning & foxing, light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: John Lane The Bodley Head 1939
KEYWORDS: aviation aircraft history
The Ariel Story: A History of the Ariel Motorcycle
Scarce, octavo, illus yellow light card covers with red & black lettering, xii + 316pp, illus, VG (some fading & staining to covers, some foxing to page edges, creasing to spine)
PUBLISHER: Goose & SOns /Argus Books Ltd 1980
KEYWORDS: Ariel motorbikes motorcycles transport history
Brough Superior: The Rolls-Royce of Motor Cycles
Octavo, black heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 176pp, illus, VG (some tanning & foxing, light bruising & fading to board edges & spine extrems) in d/w, VG- (heavy fading to spine, moderate browning)
PUBLISHER: Goose & Son 1974
KEYWORDS: Brough Superior motorbikes motorcycles transport history
Cannibals won for Christ; A Storty of Missionary Perils and Triumphs in Tongoa New Hebrides
Octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering and gilt & black illus to spine, gilt & black lettering and illus to front board, blind stamped leaf motif to rear board, patterned eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, 188pp + 4pp book ads, illus, VG- (heavy browning to spine, page edges, eps, tissue guard and title page, slight bruising to spine extrems, some foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Moirgabn & Scott (n/d) but inscription dated 1898
KEYWORDS: Oscar Michelsen autobiography missionary missionaries Tongoa New Hebrides religion christianity history
Prince Ahmad of Egypt
First edition, scarce in d/w, super octavo, orange cloth boards with blue lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp + 8pp book ads, illus, VG (moderate browning & foxing to page edges & eps, tiny stain spots to front board, some tanning to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy creasing to edges & spine extrems, tape reinforcement/repairs to upper edges, some tanning & staining)
PUBLISHER: Stanley Paul & Co 1939
KEYWORDS: Egypt Egyptian Prince Ahmad Seif-ed-Din biography history
British Air Policy Between the Wars 1918-1939
Imperial octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xx + 539pp, illus, VG+ (v slight staining to boards) in d/w, VG (slight fading to spine, light tannning)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann 1976
KEYWORDS: military history Britain British air Ministry aviation
The Foxes of the Desert
First English edition, super octavo, crimson cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, vi + 370pp, illus, VG+ (slight foxing to page edges, small stain to front board) in d/w, VG (some tanning & soiling)
PUBLISHER: Macdonald & Co 1960
KEYWORDS: Afrika Corps Second World War Two WW2 German military history Rommel
Runanga Home of Champions: School & COmmunity Centenary: 1906-2006 Dunollie Runanga & Schools Centennial
Large quarto, illus light card covers, white lettering to black spine, black lettering to white covers, illus eps, 216pp, illus, nr fine
PUBLISHER: 100 Jubilee Committee of Dunollie Runanga 2006
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Runanga Dunollie history school education
Airpower: Theory and Practice
Octavo, grey illus glossy boards with darker grey lettering to spine & boards, 276pp, nr fine (bookseller's label to front pastedown)
PUBLISHER: Frank Cass & Co 1995
KEYWORDS: aviation aeronautical aircraft military history bombers
Life of Captain Cook
First edition, 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: Sidgwick & Jackson1939
KEYWORDS: biography captain James Cook exploration New Zealand Australia Pacific history
The White Nile
First edition, 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: Hamish Hamilton 1960
KEYWORDS: history exploration geography the nile