Books - "history"
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Because Each Life is Precious: Why an Iraqi Man Risked Everything for Private Jessica Lynch
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: HarperCollins 2003 approx
KEYWORDS: autobiography memoir Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief military modern history Iraq US America Jessica Lynch
History of London: London 800-1216: The Shaping of a City
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: Secker & Warburg 1975
KEYWORDS: London history culture architecture politics England medieval
The Great Rebellion: The King's War: 1641-1647
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: Book of the Month Club/Deborah Owen 1991
KEYWORDS: history British military war King Charles politics royalist parliament Oliver Cromwell
How Old is Our House? A Short Guide to the Documentary Sources and Architectural Records Available in New Zealand
Super octavo softcover, stapled light card covers (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: Otago Heritage Books circa 1980
KEYWORDS: building history New Zealand architecture land documents
True History of the Kelly Gang
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: University of Queensland Press 2000
KEYWORDS: history Ned Kelly gang fiction literature Australia novel
Broadcasts From the Blitz: How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America Into War
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in dw/ (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: Potomac 2006
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second world war America US broadcast journalism radio media politics Edward R. Murrow
The Curtiss Navy Hawks: Number 116
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PUBLISHER: Profile Publications n/d
KEYWORDS: aviation history military navy hawks engineering airplanes aeroplanes US America
The Curtiss Army Hawks: Number 45
Super octavo softcover, stapled light card covers (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: Profile Publications n/d
KEYWORDS: aviation history military army hawks engineering airplanes aeroplanes US America
Glaswegiana: A miscellany of Stories of Glasgow Past & Present
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: Vista of Glasgow 1973
KEYWORDS: anthology collection culture Glasgow Scotland history social biographies memoirs stories
Bluff Harbour
ASSOCIATION COPY - signed dated & inscribed by author to his father (and fellow historian), octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xix + 170pp, illus, VG (newspaper article pasted to prelims, light tanning & foxing to page edges eps & frontispiece) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing to edges, light fading to spine, light rubbing & foxing)
PUBLISHER: Southland Harbour Board, Bluff 1976
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Bluff harbour history association copy signed
A Short History of Russia
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: English Universities Press 1959
KEYWORDS: history Russia politics Romanovs Europe muscovy
Escape From France
Very scarce in d/w, first edition, octavo, red cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, frontispiece, 117pp, VG (slightly cocked, sl scuffing to lower spine extrem & board edges, light crease to top rear board, light tanning to eps and all pages & edges) in d/w, VG- (moderately heavy fraying & chipping to spine extrems, 1cm closed tear to lower spine extrem, moderate creasing to edges, moderate soiling & tanning, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Ltd 1941
KEYWORDS: first edition ww2 second world war autobiography memoir Claire France Germany military history
Five Months on a German Raider: Being the Adventures of an Englishman Captured by the Wolf
First edition, octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 187pp + 4pp adverts, plates, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems & board corners with sl surface loss, light tanning to page edges & eps, owner's ex-libris labels to pastedowns, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, bookseller's label to back pastedown, 3cm tear with loss to upper corners of pgs 83-86, 1cm closed tear to bottom pg 83/84)
PUBLISHER: Headley Bros 1919
KEYWORDS: first edition autobiography memoir F. G. Trayes ww1 first world war military history prisoner of war maritime nautical
The Diary of Peter Bussell (1806-1814)
Octavo, light brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiii + 232pp, plates, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light bruising to board corners, light tanning to page edges & page 232, light foxing to prelims, v light staining & rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Peter Davies 1931
KEYWORDS: diary journal autobiography memoir Peter Bussell maritime navy British military history nautical
Dresden 1945: The Devil's Tinderbox
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: Souvenir Press 1982
KEYWORDS: military history politics ww2 second world war Dresden bomb attack Germany first edition
The Dangerous Book For Boys
Quarto 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: HarperCollins 2006
KEYWORDS: children's history dangerous book for boys how to guide
Jack the Ripper: Summing Up and Verdict
Paperback (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: Corgi 1988
KEYWORDS: jack the ripper history crime murder mystery London true real life
A Distant Feast: The Origins of New Zealand's Cuisine
Ex-library, 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: Godwit/Random House 1999
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history culinary cuisine cooking cookery culture recipes
Introduction to Documentary
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: Indiana University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: film cultural studies education text book history criticism documentary
Catholic Record Society: Recusant Roll No. I, 1592-3: Exchequer Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer Pipe Office Series
MOST TEXT IN LATIN, this volume only, super 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: Catholic Record Society 1916
KEYWORDS: catholic church British recusant roll finance financial economics history list debt most text in latin