Books - "history"
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1945: The World We Fought For
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
The Campaign of Adowa and the Rise of Menelik
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
Tom Horn: Blood on the Moon: Dark History of the Murderous Cattle Detective
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
Ghost Towns
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
The World We Left Behind: A Chronicle of the Year 1939
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
The Great English Earthquake
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
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
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
The Queen and Us
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
Ready For Anything: The Parachute Regiment at War 1940-1982
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
Uphill Battle: Cycling's Great Climbers
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
Heisenberg's War: The Secret History of the German Bomb
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
The Very Bloody History of Britain: 1945 to Now
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
On Giants' Shoulders: Great Scientists and Their Discoveries from Archimedes to DNA
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
The Story of the Goths: From the Earliest Times to the End of the Gothic Dominion in Spain
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
The Great North Road: Auckland - Whangarei Section
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
An Interpretation of Prophecy
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
Magical and Mystical Sites - Europe and the British Isles
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
Nature Guide to Wales
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
The Angel of Death: The Story of Smallpox
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
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
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