Books - "history"
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History of a Crime
2 volume set, octavo, navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, frontispiece, illus prelims, 245pp vol 1, 238pp vol 2, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & light chipping to spine extrems with light surface loss, light bruising & surface loss to board corners, light scuffing to boards on vol1, moderate soiling & water staining to boards of vol2, moderate tanning to page edges, both vols moderate tanning & scuffing to eps, owner's name in ink to both feps, cracks to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Y Crowell 1888
KEYWORDS: literature history essay Napoleon III France takeover politics military Victor Hugo
Cobra Pilote: The Ed Hugus Story
Imperial octavo, black boards, 304pp, illus, Fine in d/w Fine
PUBLISHER: Dalton Watson 2017
KEYWORDS: cars automobile racing sports history biography Edward Hugus cobras
The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 19 1896-1897
Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps, 824pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Boy's Own Paper 1897
KEYWORDS: Boy's own annual children's literature adventure stories history sport hobbies crafts
The Boy's Own Annual: Volume 46 1923-1924
Imperial octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, 784pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing & light soiling to boards, light tanning & light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Boy's Own Paper 1924
KEYWORDS: Boy's own annual children's literature adventure stories history sport hobbies crafts
Lettres De Mme De Sevigne
text in french, Octavo, red and black boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown spine, marbled eps, frontispiece, 651pp, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light rubbing to boards, light foxing to pages)
PUBLISHER: Firmin Didot 1860
KEYWORDS: text in french letters history sociology France correspondence
Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen and Other Photographic Rhetoric
Imperial octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xv + 198pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Syracuse University Press 2012
KEYWORDS: history disease medicine photography
Carroll Shelby: A Collection of My Favourite Racing Photos
Super octavo, illus boards, illus eps, illus title page, 255pp, illus, Fine in d/w fine
PUBLISHER: Car tech 2016
KEYWORDS: autobiography history car racing automobile
Lola: The Illustrated History 1957 to 1977
Super octavo, illus light card covers, 192pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to cover)
PUBLISHER: Veloce 2017
KEYWORDS: Lola company Britain racing cars automobile history
Koloman Moser: Master of Viennese Modernism
Quarto, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, frontipiece, 248pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems) in d/w VG+ (light bruising to spine extrems)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 2002
KEYWORDS: Interior decoration Austria biography history Koloman Moser
Jensen V8: The Complete Story of the American-Powered Cars
Imperial octavo, Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Crowood 2016
KEYWORDS: Jensen automobile History cars
Ferrari 1990-1995: Opera Omnia
Imperial octavo, red cloth boards with white lettering to spine, frontispiece, 183pp, illus, Nr Fine in d/w VG+ (light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Automobilia 1995
KEYWORDS: Ferrari cars racing sports reference automobile history
Grand Prix! Race-By-Race Account of Formula 1 World Championship Motor Racing 1950-1984
4 volumes, Super octavo, illus boards, 288pp (vol1), 259pp (vol2), 398pp (vol3), 312pp (vol4), illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards, light foxing to page edges, vol 4 in d/w VG+ (light rubbing)
PUBLISHER: Haynes 1981-1992
KEYWORDS: grand prix car motor racing automobile sports history
Queer 1950s: Rethinking Sexuality in the postwar Years
Octavo, illus boards, 207pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to boards)
PUBLISHER: Palgrave 2012
KEYWORDS: sexuality history culture sociology
Joe Orton: A Casebook
Octavo, illus boards, 181pp, illus, Nr Fine
PUBLISHER: Routledge 2003
KEYWORDS: sexuality literature - England - History
The Struggle for Afghhanistan
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: Cornell University Press 1981
KEYWORDS: afgahnistan war history middle east
Congo to Cape: Early Portuguese Explorers
First edition 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: Faber & Faber 1973
KEYWORDS: first edition portugal history explorer
Afgahnistan Under Soviet Occupation: A Study of Russia's Expansion Drama whose Latest Aggression has Pushed Mankind to the Threshold of a new Catastrophe
Ocatvo 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: World Affairs Publications 1980
KEYWORDS: afghanistan history russia ussr occupation war
Brassing and Brass Rubbing in England
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: David and Charles Ltd 1972
KEYWORDS: brass engraving history art heraldry england
Leonardo Da Vinci: An Account of his Development as an Artist
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Penguin Books 1958
KEYWORDS: leonardo da vinci art history biography
Mary Queen of Scots
Octavo softcover (VG-) in slip case (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: Panther History 1970
KEYWORDS: mary queen of scots history royal family uk biography