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$15.00
xxrbj146988

1945: The World We Fought For


KEE, ROBERT

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: Hamish Hamilton 1985

KEYWORDS: military politics history ww2 second world war

$20.00
xxrbj146993

The Campaign of Adowa and the Rise of Menelik


BERKELEY, G. F-H.

Super octavo softcover (Near 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: Naval & Military Press N/D

KEYWORDS: military war history Adowa Menelik

$20.00
xxrbj146997

Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon: Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective


CARLSON, CHIP & BALL, LARRY D. (Fore)

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: High Plains Press 2001

KEYWORDS: Tom Horn US America history wild west cowboys cattle Wyoming rustlers

$17.50
xxrbk147001

Ghost Towns


DE JAUREGUI, RUTH E.

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Bison Books 1988

KEYWORDS: ghost towns history US America illustrated

$15.00
xxrbk147004

The World We Left Behind: A Chronicle of the Year 1939


KEE, ROBERT

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1984

KEYWORDS: history 1939 culture chronicle

$15.00
xxrbk147010

The Great English Earthquake


HAINING, PETER

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: Robert Hale 1976

KEYWORDS: earthquakes England history natural disasters Essex

$17.50
xxrbk147013

Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains Under the Direction of the A. B. C. F. M. Performed in the Years 1835, '36 and '37


PARKER, Rev. SAMUEL

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: Ross & Haines 1967 (Reprint of 1838 edition)

KEYWORDS: US America exploration travel Rocky Mountains history Samuel Parker

$17.50
xxrbk147014

The Queen and Us


NICOLSON, NIGEL

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2003

KEYWORDS: first edition royalty monarch England Queen Elizabeth history culture biography memoir

$10.00
xxrbk147015

Ready For Anything: The Parachute Regiment at War 1940-1982


THOMPSON, JULIAN

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: Fontana 1990

KEYWORDS: military history paras parachute regiment war British Army

$15.00
xxrbk147026

Uphill Battle: Cycling's Great Climbers


MULHOLLAND, OWEN

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: Velo Press 2003

KEYWORDS: cycling sport history anecdotes illustrated athletes

$12.00
xxrbl147060

Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb


POWERS, THOMAS

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: Penguin Books 1994

KEYWORDS: military war history bombs weaponry atomic nuclear Germany ww2 second world war

$9.00
xxrbl147070

The Very Bloody History of Britain: 1945 to Now


FARMAN, JOHN

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: Red Fox/Random House Children's Books 1995

KEYWORDS: children's literature history humour

$10.00
xxrbl147076

On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries from Archimedes to DNA


BRAGG, MELVYN & GARDINER, RUTH

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: Hodder and Stoughton 1998

KEYWORDS: science philosophy history

$45.00
1y30/44

The Story of the Goths: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Gothic Dominion in Spain


BRADLEY, HENRY

super octavo, dark green cloth boards, gilt lettering & illus. to spine & fr. cover, frontis, illus. chapter pages, xviii+376pp, illus, shabby (covers a little grubby & rubbed, with some surface loss, partic. on corners; spine sl.faded; previous owner's name , in ink, on fep; sl. damp staining; mod. foxing, partic. on eps; fr. gutter cracked; sl. cocked; some signatures a little loose but inatact)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1898

KEYWORDS: history East Germanic Visigoths Ostrogoths fall of the Western Roman Empire Medieval Europe Getica Jordanes migration Scandza (Scandinavia) Gothiscandza

$45.00
1y31/16

The Great North Road: Auckland - Whangarei Section


MABBETT, H.

octavo, textured green leather boards with gilt lettering on spine, 171pp, illus, VG+ (light foxing to top page edges) in d/w VG (light foxing and soiling to covers, spine tanned, sl. chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: Institute Press 1981

KEYWORDS: history autobiography journey New Zealand townships farming industry travel society culture

$40.00
1y31/18

An Interpretation of Prophecy


FAIRBAIRN, DOUGLAS

super octavo, navy blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, xxiii+532pp, VG+ (inscription, in ink, on fep; covers a little bruised, rubbed & fr. cover is sl. soiled but internally is v. nice) in d/w VG (sl. chipping to edges; sl. browning, partic. to spine)

PUBLISHER: Banner of Truth 1964

KEYWORDS: prophecy nature proof belief place church history religion Christianity Bible

$10.00
xxrbl147079

Magical and Mystical Sites - Europe and the British Isles


PEPPER, ELIZABETH & WILCOCK, JOHN

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: Abacus 1978

KEYWORDS: archaeology history Europe Malta Delphi Granada Stonehenge Chartres druids magik magic witches wicca fairies

$10.00
xxrbl147082

Nature Guide to Wales


CHATFIELD, JUNE F.

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: Usborne 1981

KEYWORDS: Wales natural history walks plants animals birds

$40.00
1y31/33

The Angel of Death: The Story of Smallpox


WILLIAMS, GARETH

imperial octavo, black cloth boards with silver lettering on spine, 425pp, illus, Near FINE, in d/w Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Palgrave MacMillan 2010

KEYWORDS: smallpox history vaccination only disease ever to be successfully exterminated by a public health campaign Jenner

$47.50
1y31/4

Illustrated English Social History: Vol 1- Chaucer's England and the Early Tudors, Vol 2- The Age of Shakespeare and the Stuart Period, Vol 3- The Eighteenth Century, Vol 4- The Nineteenth Century


TREVELYAN, G. M. & WRIGHT, RUTH C. (Illus selected)

4 VOLUME SET, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, top page edges stained red, frontispieces, xi-xvi + 175pp-209pp, illus, VG (light bruising to board corners, light discolouration to board edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to front pastedown of vol 2) in d/w, VG- (vols 1 & 2 price clipped, light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy chipping to top edges of vol 4 with some loss & tape repairs, tape repair to top spine extrem of vol 3, 7cm closed tear to rear cover of vol 4, moderate discolouration & foxing to covers of all vols, vol 2 has removable protective clear plastic cover to d/w)

PUBLISHER: Longmans, Green & Co 1950-1954

KEYWORDS: history illustrated English England Great Britain

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