Books - "history"
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The Loneliest Man in the World: The Inside Story of the 30 - Year Imprisonment of Rudolf Hess
Ex-Library, 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: Secker & Warburg 1974
KEYWORDS: history rudolf hess nazi party world war two ww2 wwii germany
Hippies, Drugs and Promiscuity
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: Arlington House 1972
KEYWORDS: history counter culture hippies academic
The Victorian Mountaineers
Ownership Signature of Mavis Davidson & Gifting Letter to her Pasted to FEP, 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: B. T Batsford 1953
KEYWORDS: history explorer victoria
The Taking of the Bastille: July 14th, 1789
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: Faber & Faber 1970
KEYWORDS: history bastille france
High Hopes in Hard Times: A History of Grey Lynn and Westmere
Oblong quarto softcover (VG-, slight damp wrinkling); 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: Media Studies Trust 1991
KEYWORDS: history new zealand auckland grey lynn westmere
Exploring the Connection Bewteen Mormons and Masons
Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) in d/w (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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Covenant 2009
KEYWORDS: Freemasonry discourse history mason Nauvoo Mormon
Treasures of Britain and Treasures of Ireland
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 costs.
PUBLISHER: Drive Publicatiosn 1984
KEYWORDS: travel history archaeology architecture england britain ireland
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
4 VOLUME SET, super octavo, half bound marbled heavy boards, gilt lettering to title plates to spines, frontispiece to vol 1, folding maps to vols 1, 2 & 3, viii-xxvii + 464-529pp, VG- (spine missing but partially present to vol 1, heavy chipping & cracking to spines- with some heavy loss to vol 2, age appropriate scuffing & chafing to boards & board edges with some surface loss, heavy tanning & moderate foxing to page edges, heavy cracking to hinges & gutters with slightly shaky boards, owner's name lightly in pencil to full title page of vol 1, moderate but sporadic tanning & foxing to pages throughout all vols, light creasing to folding maps but otherwise in very good condition)
PUBLISHER: Harper & Brothers 1843-1844
KEYWORDS: ancient history politics military antiquity Rome Italy Europe Edward Gibbon classical
Random Recollections of the House of Commons From the Year 1830 to the Close of 1835 Including Personal Sketches of the Leading Members of All Parties
Octavo, half bound marbled boards, gilt lettering to title plates with raised bands & gilt rule to spine, marbled page edges & eps, xii + 382pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine with loosened title plate, moderate scuffing to boards & edges/corners, heavy tanning to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters, heavy foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Smith, Elder & Co 1836
KEYWORDS: politics political history anecdotes biographies collection anthology
History of British India
FOLDING MAP & 7 TITLE PLATES, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering & blind stamp decoration to spine, gilt motif to front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, frontispiece with tissue guard, 748pp, illus, VG (light bruising & fraying to spine extrems & board corners, light scuffing to spine & boards, moderate tanning to page egdes, light foxing to prelims & terminals, 9cm closed tear to folding map)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson 1850
KEYWORDS: history politics British India colonisation colonies military empire
The Fiji of Today
FIRST EDITION, octavo, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & Fijian illus plate to front board, teg, frontispiece, 364pp + adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising.creasing to spine extrems & board corners, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, heavy cracking to gutters, some mild folding to top of page corners, light lining in pencil to some pages)
PUBLISHER: Charles H. Kelly 1910
KEYWORDS: first edition Fiji exploration travel history illustrated pacific culture plantations
Historical Record of the 76th Hindoostan Regiment From Its Formation in 1787 to 30th June 1881
FIRST EDITION, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xiv + 275pp, 7 folding maps + 5 plates with tissue guards, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to board corners, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, sm inscription in ink to rear pastedown, light cracking to some gutters)
PUBLISHER: A. C. Lomax's Successors 1908
KEYWORDS: first edition history military Hindoostan Duke of Wellington war
History of Thos. Farrington's Regiment Subsequently Designated the 29th (Worcestershire) Foot 1694 to 1891
Imperial octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, gilt military motifs to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, xvii + 598pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to spine extrems, moderatebruising to board corners, light scuffing to board edges, 8cm crack to buckram of spine, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, owner's name in ink to fep, heavy cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Littlebury & Company 1891
KEYWORDS: military history Farrington regiment 29th xxix Worcestershire
History of the East Surrey Regiment: Volume IV 1920-1952
FIRST EDITION, TIDY ex-library, tan buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine, illus eps, 283pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, light creasing/bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate foxing to spine, light discolouration to boards, light tanning/foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ernest Benn 1957
KEYWORDS: military history east Surrey regiment 20th twentieth century
The Story of 98th Field Regiment (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry Q. M. R.) R. A. (T. A.) and 144th Field Regiment (Surrey and Sussex Yeomanry) r. a. (T. A.) 1939-1946
Octavo, red heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motifs to front board, illus eps, frotnispiece, xvii + 370pp, folding maps throughout, VG+ (light creasing & bruising to spine extrems & board corners, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing to edges, moderate sun fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to covers, price clipped)
PUBLISHER: Ditchling Press 1980
KEYWORDS: military history yeomans yeomanry illustrated second world war ww2
A History of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers: Late the Twenty-Third Regiment
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt military motif to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 288pp, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, light chafing & staining to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, light foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: T. Fisher Unwin 1916
KEYWORDS: first edition military history royal Welsh fusiliers 23rd twenty-third regiment
Armentieres and the Somme
Octavo, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, 147pp, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing to covers, prev owners inscription in ink to verso of cover)
PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2002
KEYWORDS: ww1 first 1st world war military history New Zealand Somme autobiography memoir ANZAC Cecil Malthus
The Mad Mullah of Somaliland
FIRST EDITION, octavo, black lettering & line to spine & front board, top page egdes stained grey, frontispiece, 336pp, illus, folding maps throughout, VG (moderate creasing & chipping with 1cm closed tear to spine extrems, light bruising & scuffing to board corners, moderate discolouration & soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & light foxing to page egdes & eps, 1cm heavy scuff to top corner of fep, light tanning & foxing to pages throughout, moderate crack to gutter of pgs 64-65)
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1923
KEYWORDS: first edition Africa Somaliland colony illustrated exploration anthropology Somalia culture history
The Indian Frontier War: Being an Account of the Mohmund and Tirah Expeditions 1897
Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black lettering & gilt Somali scene motif to front board, frontispiece, xviii + 300pp + 32pp adverts, illus, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to spine extrems, heavy bruising to board corners, heavy discolouration to spine, moderate soiling & light fading to boards, moderate tanning to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: William Heinemann 1898
KEYWORDS: India military politics history colony British empire
With the Machine Gunners in France and Palestine (The Official History of the New Zealand Machine Corps in the great World War 1914-1918)
FIRST EDITION, red buckram boards, black lettering & black military motif to spine & front board, frontispiece, 255pp, illus, VG (light creasing & staining to spine extrems, light bruising & fraying to board corners, light discolouration to spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, owner's name & scribbles in ink to front pastedown, light crack to rear gutter)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1923
KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history ww1 world war one first machine gunners France Palestine illustrated first edition