Books - "history"
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The Boer War: A History
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: I.B Taurus & Co 2014
KEYWORDS: history boer war military
Walter Boyd: A Merchant Banker in the Age of Napolean
Imperial 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: Alan Sutton 1983
KEYWORDS: history merchant banking napolean explorer
Khrushchev: The Years in Power
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: Oxford University Press 1977
KEYWORDS: khrushchev russia history USSR Stalin
Making Suburbia: New Histories of Everyday America
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 cost
PUBLISHER: University of Minnesota Press 2015
KEYWORDS: academic sociology history suburbs
The Changing World of Gay Men
Octavo, illus heavy card boards, black lettering to spine, illus of marble statue of naked man to front board, xiv + 222pp, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2008
KEYWORDS: gay homosexual gender male men sociology culture anthropology history sexuality
Histoire de la Guerre Entre Les Etats-Unis D'Amerique et L'Angleterre
TEXT IN FRENCH, 2 Volume set, octavo, leather bound heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine & front boards, blind stamp rule to front boards, marbled page edges & eps, 313pp + 320pp, VG (age appropriate wear to spines & boards inc sporadic slight surface loss, light/moderate tanning & foxing throughout) both volumes have maintained the vibrancy in the marbelled colouring beautifully
PUBLISHER: Chez Corbet Libraire 1820
KEYWORDS: TEXT IN FRENCH war military history US America England
London and the Culture of Homosexuality 1885-1914
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiv + 223pp + 3pp adverts, nr fine, in d/w, VG+ (v light creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, small internal stain)
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 2003
KEYWORDS: history social culture gay homosexuality London sexuality
Becoming a Woman: A biography of Christine Jorgensen
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, xxxix + 301pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine & covers)
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2008
KEYWORDS: sexuality transsexual sex change trans gender biography Christine Jorgensen lgbt studies history medical
Nameless Offences: Homosexual Desire in the Nineteenth Century
Super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, x + 258pp, nr fine (vv light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges)
PUBLISHER: I. B. Tauris 2003
KEYWORDS: history culture gay homosexuality lgbt sexuality gender
Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi
Quarto, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, author's signature in gilt to front board, xvi + 400pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing and bruising to spine extrems board corners, v slight foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing and chipping to edges of covers, archival repair to front lower right corner, light scuffing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Friends of the Mahurangi Inc. 2001
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history Jade River Mahurangi port maritime nautical
A Journey to the Center of the Mind
3 Volumes, octavo, illus loght card covers, xxi + 411pp (vol1), xxv +789pp (vol2), xxi + 532pp (vol3), Nr Fine (very light soiling to top page edges)
PUBLISHER: Infinity 2014-2017
KEYWORDS: autobiography crime history FBI unabomber police
The Commerce of Peoples: Sadomasochism and African American Literature
Octavo, illus boards, viii + 195pp, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Lexington Books 2012
KEYWORDS: history american literature literary criticism
Tattoos in American Visual Culture
octavo, illus boards, xii + 201pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2007
KEYWORDS: tattoos tattooing sociology history America
Perceiving Animals: Humans and Beasts in Early Modern English Culture
Octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, x + 232pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Macmillan Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Philosophical anthropology History Philosophy Human beings Animal nature
27 Patrick Tambay: The Ferrari Years
Imperial octavo, red cloth boards, 300pp, illus, Fine in d/w Fine
PUBLISHER: Evro Publishing 2016
KEYWORDS: sports car racing history autobiography Grand Prix racing Ferrari
Fearless: The Extraordinary Untold Story of New Zealand's Great War Airmen
Imperial octavo, illus boards, illus eps, 495pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Massey University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand aviation World War One WW1 military history biography
First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth OBE
super 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Veloce 2017
KEYWORDS: engineering autobiography history Britain
The Marines Were Here
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: Putnam 1950
KEYWORDS: nautical royal marines history war
Nelson: The Essential Hero
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: Wordsworth 1999,
KEYWORDS: biography history war Horatio Nelson nautical
Fangio: The Life Behind the Legend
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: Virgin 2009
KEYWORDS: biography history sports racing