Books - "history"
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Munich: Before and After: A Fully Documented Czechoslovak account of the crises of September 1938 and March 1939 with detailed analysis of the repercussions of the Munich Agreement...
Super octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, 523pp, VG+ (v slight tanning to page edges, small mark to front board)
PUBLISHER: Howard Fertig 1969
KEYWORDS: politics political military history Second World War Two causes Czechoslovak
The History of Ruhleben: A Record of British Organisation in a Prison Camp in Germany
First edition, super octavo, fawn cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xiv + 246pp + 6pp book ads, illus, VG- (heavy soiling to boards, moderately heavy browning & foxing to page edges, some foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: W Collins & SOn 1919
KEYWORDS: prisoners of war POWs Ruhleben POW prison camp history
Auckland 1840 - 1920
Uncommon, oblong imperial octavo, grey light card 'tied' wrappers with brown lettering to front, unpaginated, illus, VG- (some staining to covers, occasional tanning & foxing)
PUBLISHER: LD Nathan & Co (n/d but circa 1920)
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Auckland pictorial photographic history photographs
The Wonder Book of Children and the People They Live With
First edition, imperial octavo, dark green cloth boards, black lettering to sine, children illus to front board and gold pattern to back board, illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, illus prelims, 264pp, illus, plates, VG (moderate bruising & fraying to spine extrems, moderate scuffing to boards & spine, heavy chaffing to board edges & corners with some surface loss, 17.5cm open tear with loss to tissue guard, moderate tanning, internal front hinge starting to crack)
PUBLISHER: Ward, Lock & Co 1917
KEYWORDS: first edition children's annual history 1917
Aby Warburg: Akten des Internationalen Symposions Hamburg 1990
TEXT IN GERMAN, imperial octavo, dark blue heavy card boards, white lettering to spine & boards, xii + 344pp, illus, VG+ (light chaffing to spine extrems & boards with v slight surface loss)
PUBLISHER: VCH Acta Humaniora 1991
KEYWORDS: German art history Aby Warburg
The Foundation and Settlement of South Australia 1829-1845
Octavo, navy blue cloth boards, white title label with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 260pp, plates, folding map, VG (light fading to spine with light chipping & creasing to extrems, light bruising to corners with slight surface loss, ligth/moderate staining to boards, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, bookseller's label to front pastedown, ink stamp to fep, heavy tanning to eps, sporadic foxing to pages with light tanning)
PUBLISHER: F. W. Preece 1924
KEYWORDS: history Australia settlement colonisation archive documents
Hampstead Garden Suburb
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: Phillimore 1992
KEYWORDS: history British gardens architecture buildings conservation Hampstead
Jose Antonio Paez
First edition, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering to front boards, frontispiece, viii + 328pp, illus plates, folding map to rear, VG- ( heavy bruising & light fraying to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine, heavy chaffing to board edges,tanning to page edges & eps, light foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann Ltd. 1929
KEYWORDS: history military Venezuela independence biography Jose Antonio Paez
Scottish Country Dances of the Eighteenth Century
Octavo hardcover (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: Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing Incorporated 1963
KEYWORDS: Scotland dancing entertainment eighteenth century history education scottish
Maxton
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: Mainstream Publishing 1986
KEYWORDS: biography memoir James Maxton British politics labour party history socialism
How Household Names Began
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Michael O'Mara 1997
KEYWORDS: culture history marketing brand names
U.S. Military Tracked Vehicles
Quarto, green heavy card boards with silver lettering to spine & front board, silver tank illus to front board, 416pp, illus, VG (boards slightly warped, light foxing to eps & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Motorbooks International 1992
KEYWORDS: US U S USA United States of America military vehicles transport tanks history
Building for Books: The Architectural Evolution of the Advocates' Library 1689-1925
Imperial octavo, black cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xx + 273pp, illus, VG+ (vv light creasing to spine extrems, light soiling to board edges, vv light foxing to page edges, light water staining to bottom of back pages) in d/w, VG+ (light buising to spine extrems & corners, vv light scuffing & denting to rear, light fading)
PUBLISHER: Aberdeen University Press 1989
KEYWORDS: architecture buildings history Edinburgh Scotland faculty of advocates national library
Roman Coins
Large quarto, forest green cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt motif to front board, 368pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to upper page edges, light foxing to prelims & terminals, tiny owner's ex libris label to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (v light creasing to top spine extrem, moderate scuffing to back cover, light sunning to spine, small patch label residue to front cover, slight creasing to back internal flap)
PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1978
KEYWORDS: antiques antiquities collectables collectibles coins currency Roman ancient history republic imperial emperors Europe coinage
Economic Diplomacy and the Origins of the Second World War: Germany, Britain, France and Eastern Europe 1930-1939
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Princeton University Press 1980
KEYWORDS: military history politics ww2 second world war Europe
Militarism: The History of the International Debate 1861-1979
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: Berg Publishers 1981
KEYWORDS: military history politics ideology sociology criticism
The Left Wing Intellectuals Between the Wars 1919-1939
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Harper & Row 1966
KEYWORDS: politics war military history essays collection anthology sociology
The Great War and the French People
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Berg Publishers 1985
KEYWORDS: ww1 first world war history military politics France culture sociology
English Neoclassical Art: Studies in Inspiration and Taste
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: Faber & Faber 1966
KEYWORDS: antiques antiquities art history neoclassicism Britain architecture pottery fine politics renaissance
P-38 Lightning Aces of the ETO/MTO
Some highlighting, 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: Osprey/Aerospace 1998
KEYWORDS: aviation history engineering engines military p-38